Contributed by Richard Burkey on Jun 7, 2005
based on 7 ratings
| 4,407 views
J. I. Packer wrote, “The church is not to be like a bus, where passengers sit quietly and let someone else do the driving, but
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Lutheran
Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Jun 20, 2005
based on 3 ratings
| 32,963 views
John was a very lonely, wealthy old man. He had worked hard all his life and built a great business and made loads of money. But, he was all alone. One Sunday evening as he was talking a walk to clear his head, he was drawn to a church where he heard wonderful, joyous music. It was a spiritual
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Jun 20, 2005
based on 2 ratings
| 13,412 views
A wealthy man was taking a cruise when suddenly the announcement came that the ship was sinking. The man took his sack of gold coins around his waist and jumped overboard trying to swim to safety. Unfortunately, the weight of the coins
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 29, 2005
based on 1 rating
| 5,050 views
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. I once read a news story about a lawsuit in Tennessee. It seems that an evangelist was being sued for $1 million by a woman who claimed the evangelist-healer tried to punch a demon out of her stomach. The punch knocked the lady over onto another woman whose
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 29, 2005
based on 1 rating
| 2,115 views
We are living in a time in which millions of people are exploring alternatives to traditional Western Medicine. An “holistic health explosion,” it has been called. We realize, of course, that traditional Western Medicine is very valuable and, for most of us, when we get sick, it is the first place
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by David Thompson on Jul 30, 2005
Those of you who have sat close to me know that I can’t carry a tune, my tones are off. It makes my mind wander and probably yours too, if you sit very close to me.
I have to remind myself that it’s not the sound that comes from my lips, it’s
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 4, 2005
Do you know that at one point ‘pew rental’ was a common custom in the church? It was one of the ways, if not the chief way, to raise money. It was like paying admission.
I did a short Internet search and found several articles on the subject including one about church in Australia that mentioned
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Church Of God
Sermon Central