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The Gradual Road To Hell  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2011

THE GRADUAL ROAD TO HELL In C.S. Lewis’ book The Screwtape Letters, we read the story of an older demon counseling a younger demon. At one point in the book, we read these words: "You will say that these are very small sins, and doubtless, like all young tempters, you are anxious to be able to ...read more

Scripture: James 1:13-15

Tags: Sin Deceptive, Risk Of Sin

Billy Graham: Can Money Buy Happiness?  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2012

BILLY GRAHAM: CAN MONEY BUY HAPPINESS? Rev. Billy Graham: "The Bible warns that money cannot buy happiness. Money cannot buy true pleasure. Money cannot buy peace of heart. And money cannot buy entrance into the Kingdom of God. If God has given you more than your neighbors around about you, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:13-34

Tags: Money

The Wonder Of The Human Heart  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 1, 2012

THE WONDER OF THE HUMAN HEART Consider the power of your heart. It averages beating about eighty times a minute and the average cardiac output is about six liters of blood every minute. The next time you are in Walmart, go to the aisle where all the two liter drinks are and consider that every ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:13-16

Tags: Heart

God Is Not An Editor

Contributed by David Tack on Oct 17, 2012

GOD IS NOT AN EDITOR "God is looking for common ordinary people like you and me who are willing to let Him use as He sees fit. He wants to write our story, He doesn’t want to be our editor. But, we want to write the story and then we call God in as our editor. When the story gets messy then we ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:23

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Baptist

Forgiveness For Everyone?

Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 11, 2015

Lloyd Prator writes, “Take Adolph Hitler or better Joseph Stalin because he killed more people. What if, at the last minute, as Stalin lay dying, he turned his heart to Jesus and confessed his sins? Suppose he repented at the last minute, repented of the 14 million Russians Stalin killed… Would he ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:32-43

Tags: Forgiveness, Repentance

Denomination: Methodist

A Wrist Watch And A Big Bang

Contributed by Ron Freeman, Evangelist on Mar 24, 2019

Shake it together! If we placed the parts of a wrist watch in a bag and began to shake it; how long do you think it would be, before it came together, and function properly? Both the world and the watch had a creator, designer, and maker. The world did not begin as a result of a big bang. God ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1, Hebrews 1:10, John 1:1-3, Psalm 14:1, Psalm 53:1  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Big Bang, Darwins Theory, Evolution Theory, Wrist Watch Created, Creation, God Created  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Jewish Man Was Confronting A Christian Man: ...

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 15, 2005

A Jewish man was confronting a Christian man: “You know, you people borrowed the 10 Commandments from us.” “Well,” responded the Christian, “we may ...read more

Tags: Sin General

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Duke University Finds That Elderly Folks Who ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006

Duke University finds that elderly folks who attend church, pray and read the Bible regularly have lower blood pressure than non practicing peers. ...read more

Tags: Basics Of Christianity

E-Mail Angst: 51% Of E-Mail Users Have Had Their ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

E-Mail Angst: 51% of e-mail users have had their e-mail messages misunderstood. Beware of the tone of your messages. (The Foster Network & ...read more

Tags: Dealing With Conflicts

Income Of America's 72 Million Families, 74% Earn ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Income Of America’s 72 million families, 74% earn less than $75,000 and 45% between $30,000 and $75,000, the middle-class ...read more

Tags: Money

According To Credit Card Tracker Cardweb.com, The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006

According to Credit card tracker CardWeb.com, the average household owed $8,123 on credit cards in ’00, up from $3,223 in ’91. ...read more

Tags: Money

Research Shows That We Spend About 40% Of Our ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Research shows that we spend about 40% of our time listening, yet most of the time we only listen with 25% efficiency, and that creates many of our ...read more

Workplace Jitters: A New Harris Interactive Poll ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

Workplace Jitters: A new Harris Interactive poll finds that 29% of workers claim global unrest as the primary source of stress. 28% attribute economy, 27% job ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Consumers Intend To Spend An Average Of $248 On ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Consumers intend to spend an average of $248 on gift cards this holiday season, up from $223 in ‘04 and $183 in 2003 finds a Stored Value Systems ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Women Who Have Abortions Are 65% More Likely To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Women who have abortions are 65% more likely to experience clinical depression than those who carry their pregnancies to term finds an Ohio State Univ. ...read more

Tags: Abortion

Drug Use Among Teens Nationwide Declined From ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007

Drug Use among teens nationwide declined from 11.4% in ’02 to 10.9% in ’05. States that saw the biggest declines were IL, ...read more

Drug Use Among Teens Nationwide Declined From ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Drug Use among teens nationwide declined from 11.4% in ’02 to 10.9% in ’05. States that saw the biggest declines were IL, ...read more

Tags: Addiction

How Do People Learn?

Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Sep 2, 2009

HOW DO PEOPLE LEARN? 89% of what we learn is visual. 10% of what we learn is auditory. 1% of what we learn comes from the other senses. Dr. ...read more

Tags: Learning

Denomination: Baptist

Unsung Heroes-Claudius Lysias

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Aug 22, 2023

Introduction: He was a high-ranking officer in the Roman army, mentioned only a couple of times in Scripture. We don’t know if he ever became a Christian, but we do know that he saved the life of Paul the apostle at least twice! Text: Acts 24:22-23, KJV: 22 And when Felix heard these things, ...read more

Scripture: Acts 24:22-23

Tags: Paul, Persecution, Claudius Lysias

Denomination: Baptist

One Day, While My Family Was Shopping At Lowes ...  PRO

Contributed by Bryan Mcnair on Jun 7, 2005

One day, while my family was shopping at Lowes Home Improvement store, I was showing my little girl, Lauren, some of the large area rugs rolled up on the floor. I told her that we needed one that could fit perfectly in our living room. As we looked at different styles and colors, I came upon one ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:25

Tags: Faith General

Denomination: Baptist