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  • Approved Workers

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 2, 2020
     | 1,599 views

    In II Timothy 2:14-20, the Apostle Paul gives five characteristics of those in the Body of Christ who are "approved workers". When believers stand at the Judgment Seat of Christ, there will be only two types of people there: workers who are approved and workers who are not approved. ...read more

  • Starved To Death  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,685 views

    Somewhere recently I read of a tribe of natives in a South American jungle who learned that the leaves of certain trees would give them extra energy and strength and would keep them from getting hungry. So they began to eat them regularly. They seemed strong, energetic and seldom got hungry. A few ...read more

  • God Is Never Unsure  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,385 views

    GOD IS NEVER UNSURE Pastor and author A. W. Tozer once said: "All of God’s acts are consistent with all of his attributes. No attribute contradicts any other, but all harmonize and blend into each other in the infinite abyss of the Godhead. All that God does agrees with all that God is, and being ...read more

  • Reveal Your True Colors

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 10, 2023
     | 516 views

    TO SHOW YOUR TRUE COLORS DATES BACK TO THE 1700s. Ships were required to fly flags at sea. These flags would identify where the ship was from and the type of cargo. PIRATES OFTEN HID THEIR REAL IDENTY BY FLYING FALSE FLAGS. By doing doing this the PIRATES WOULD DECEIVE OTHER SHIPS TO NOT RAISE ...read more

  • The Persistence In Forgiveness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
     | 6,039 views

    The Persistence in Forgiveness After sixteen years as a missionary on the continent of Africa. David Livingstone returned Scotland to address the students at Glasgow University. His body had been ravaged by some 27 fevers that had overtaken him during his years of service. One arm hung useless at ...read more

  • Is Not My Word Like Fire,” Declares ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Aug 30, 2001
    based on 92 ratings
     | 2,669 views

    “Is not my word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?” For those of you who have gone camping, you know how important a fire is at night. On a cold night it keeps you warm. In the dark it gives light. The smoke chases off the bugs. You can grill hot ...read more

  • David Brewer, A Justice Of The United States ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 4, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,173 views

    David Brewer, a Justice of the United States Supreme Court, gave the court’s opinion in the 1892 case of Church of the Holy Trinity vs. United States: “Our laws and our institutions must necessarily be based upon and embody the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind. It is impossible that it should ...read more

  • I Was Watching The Abc Special "The Path To ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 17, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,232 views

    I was watching the ABC special “The Path to 9/11” the other evening as it showed two Arab men talking in a restaurant in the U.S. They were planning the plot on the World Trade Center. One of the terrorists was telling the other that he had been in Germany and began talking about spiritual ...read more

  • What's Up With Jesus?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,532 views

    WHAT’S UP WITH JESUS? Renowned theologian Karl Barth was lecturing to a group of students at Princeton when a student asked him, "Sir, don’t you think that God has revealed himself in other religions and not only in Christianity?" With a modest thunder he stunned the crowd, replying, "No, God has ...read more

  • We Need Christ In Good Times And Bad

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2011
     | 2,292 views

    WE NEED CHRIST IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD Presbyterian minister of the 19th century, J. R. Miller, once wrote that "We need Christ just as much in our bright, prosperous, exalted hours as in the days of darkness, adversity, and depression. We are quite in danger of thinking that religion is only for ...read more

  • You Are Not In Charge  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 7, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,853 views

    YOU ARE NOT IN CHARGE Tom Boyd tells about a woman who was a member of a church he pastored in Tennessee. She was flamboyant and eccentric but Boyd was impressed with her "intense commitment to the faith. She did not have a pietistic bone in her body, but her devotion was nonetheless clear and ...read more

  • On The Steps Of The Altar  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on May 22, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,323 views

    ON THE STEPS OF THE ALTAR C S Lewis in his "Screwtape Letters", the imaginary account of a senior devil giving the benefit of his experience to fellow tempters, has Screwtape saying: "Religion can still send us the truly delicious sins. The fine flower of unholiness can grow only in the close ...read more

  • Parting Words  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,574 views

    PARTING WORDS Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labour to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of ...read more

  • In A 1991 Poll, George Gallup, Jr., Reported ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jan 8, 2003
    based on 36 ratings
     | 1,221 views

    In a 1991 poll, George Gallup, Jr., reported seven needs of the average American: 1. The need for shelter and food, 2. The need to believe life is meaningful and has a purpose, 3. The need for a sense of community and deeper relationships, 4. The need to be appreciated and respected, 5. The ...read more

  • Church Planting In Nyc: While New York's 5 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,885 views

    Church Planting In NYC: While New York’s 5 boroughs claim 8.1 million residents, an estimated 22 million people live within 50 miles of Times Square. The city is home to millions of immigrants representing hundreds of languages and countries. A 16 denomination alliance has committed to planting 700 ...read more

  • More Believers: It Took 1900 Years For The Number ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 876 views

    More Believers: It took 1900 years for the number of dedicated believers to grow to 2.5% percent of the population, but only 70 years to double that to 5%. Since ‘70 – just 35 years – it has more than doubled again, to 11.2% today. At this rate, in 20 years the numbers will grow to 50%. ...read more

  • Prime Minister Tony Blair, A Confessed Christian ...

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jan 17, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,271 views

    Prime Minister Tony Blair, a confessed Christian wanted to end a televised address to the nation with the words “God bless you!” but he was stopped by his media director, spin-doctor, Alistair Campbell, a convinced atheist, in a celebrated remark, “We don’t do God!” Well that’s not what Micah had ...read more

  • Liberal, Missouri: A Town Of Atheists

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 18, 2011
     | 2,094 views

    LIBERAL, MISSOURI: A TOWN OF ATHEISTS There was an experiment in atheism here in the United States. Back in the 1800s, Liberal, Missouri decided to become completely atheistic. Religion was not allowed inside the city limits. No church could exist within the city and religious people were ...read more

  • Sparky Anderson The Great Baseball Manager Who ...

    Contributed by Rick Bezanson on Jul 29, 2008
     | 1,509 views

    Sparky Anderson the great baseball manager who won many pennants and a world championship, said,” I’m not lying when I say that this religion is so important to me. If I had one great wish, it would be that I could honestly say that I was one of God’s children. That is the one emptiness I ...read more

  • C S Lewis, In His Book "The Screwtape Letters", ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jun 16, 2001
    based on 52 ratings
     | 2,156 views

    C S Lewis, in his book "The Screwtape Letters", imagined that he could overhear what a chief tempter in Hell was saying: "It will be an ill day for us," the tempter says, "if what most humans mean by ’Religion’ ever vanished from the Earth. It can still send us the truly delicious sins. The fine ...read more

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