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  • Did You Read About The Pope's Passing ...

    Contributed by Bob Gillchrest on Dec 8, 2008
     | 2,001 views

    Did you read about the Pope's passing forgiveness on John Lennon’s famous statement when the Beatles were climbing the ladder of popularity and success in the 60s? He forgave John for claiming that one day the Beatles would be more popular and famous than Jesus Christ. Well, the Pope may have ...read more

  • While The Liturgy Daily Builds Up Those Who Are ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 3, 2010
     | 1,731 views

    While the Liturgy daily builds up those who are within into a Holy Temple of the Lord, into a dwelling place for God in the Spirit, to the mature measure of the fullness of Christ, at the same time it marvelously strengthens [our] power to preach Christ, and thus shows forth the Church to those who ...read more

  • There Would Be No Islam

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 25, 2011
     | 3,760 views

    THERE WOULD BE NO ISLAM A Hindu professor once found out that a man in his class was a Christian. The professor said to this student, "If you Christians were like Jesus Christ, India would be at your feet tomorrow." A learned Muslim who recently became a Christian said, "If Christians were truly ...read more

  • Ignorance Of Scripture

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Jan 13, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,911 views

    "Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago It Was Estimated To Require One ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 17, 2001
    based on 132 ratings
     | 971 views

    A few years ago it was estimated to require one thousand laypersons and six ministers one year to lead one person to Christ. It was also estimated that 95 percent of the Christians today never lead a soul to Christ. This is the reversal of Jesus’ strategy of New Testament evangelism. These trends ...read more

  • Philip Henry Used To Call The Lord’s Day ...  PRO

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Apr 12, 2001
    based on 87 ratings
     | 3,945 views

    Philip Henry used to call the Lord’s day the queen of days, the pearl of the week, and observed it accordingly. His common salutation of his family or friends, on the Lord’s day in the morning, was that of the primitive Christians--"The Lord is risen, He is risen indeed;" making it his chief ...read more

  • In The Epistles, Prayer Requests Are Most Often ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 11, 2007
     | 1,635 views

    "In the epistles, prayer requests are most often linked to the rapid spread of the gospel and the advance of Christ’s Kingdom. Christians are encouraged to seek God’s wisdom and revelation, perseverance, and power…petition comes across as a dynamic agent of change, something that seizes the ...read more

  • My Favorite Abraham Kuyper Quotation Comes From ...

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Jun 23, 2007
     | 1,310 views

    My favorite Abraham Kuyper quotation comes from a speech that he once gave before a university audience in Amsterdam. He was arguing that scholarship is an important form of Christian discipleship. Since scholarship deals with God’s world, it has to be done in such a way that it honors Christ. ...read more

  • A. Man Sends Himself To Hell By Rejecting God's ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Dec 25, 2007
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    a. Man sends himself to hell by rejecting God’s plan of salvation. b. Receiving Jesus Christ as your own personal Saviour is how we accept God’s plan of salvation. a. Hell is prepared for those who prepare for it by rejecting Christ. b. There are good parking places on the road to hell. c. Every ...read more

  • Unconverted Ministers

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Sep 6, 2011
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    UNCONVERTED MINISTERS Thousands of ordained men in the present day know nothing whatever about Christ, except His name. They have not entered "the door" themselves, and they are unable to show it to others. Unconverted ministers are the dry-rot of the Church...We must never fail to ask, Where is ...read more

  • Edward Kimball, Sunday School Teacher, Was Not ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Jones on Jan 21, 2007
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    Edward Kimball, Sunday school teacher, was not one of the ordinary type. Mere literal instruction on Sunday did not satisfy his ideal of the teacher’s duty. He knew his boys, and, if he knew them, it was because be studied them, because he became acquainted with their occupations and aims, ...read more

  • I Am…  PRO

    Contributed by Rev Dr Randall M Deal Sr on Mar 16, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,481 views

    I am… BLESSED when I come in and BLESSED when I go out (Deut 28:6) SAFE wherever I go (Psa 91:11) REDEEMED from the hand of the enemy (Psa 107:2) The SALT of the earth (Matt 5:13) The LIGHT of the world (Matt 5:14) VALUABLE! (Matt 10:31) Exercising my AUTHORITY over the enemy (Luke 10:19) VALUABLE ...read more

  • The Most Natural And Most Enthusiastic Expression ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 23, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,019 views

    The most natural and most enthusiastic expression of exultation should be used in view of the victories that Jesus Christ won upon the Cross of Calvary and in His resurrection. Our joy in the Lord may be demonstrative and I can assure you that God is not going to censure it. Our family owns a ...read more

  • The Significance Of Nazareth  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,939 views

    The Significance of Nazareth "God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee." (Luke 1:26) Many Christian historians tell us that by the time of the birth of Christ, Nazareth had become an unimportant town. It was the home of Joseph and Mary (Luke 2:39) and Nazareth was where the ...read more

  • Parachute Illustration

    Contributed by David Goering on Nov 2, 2019
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    SCRIPTURE: James 2:19 "Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble." ILLUSTRATION: Two men are on a plane, an announcement comes over the loud speakers and says "This plane is going to crash, please put on the parachute that is under ...read more

  • Sowing The Seed: A Comparison  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 12, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 7,461 views

    SOWING THE SEED: A COMPARISON In the 13th Century, Nicolo Polo (father of Marco Polo) was visiting the court of the grandson of Ghengis Khan - Kublai Khan. Kublai Khan was the Emperor of China and he had never met Europeans before. He was delighted to meet this visitor from Venice AND he was ...read more

  • Unity: Members Of The Body Of ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 10, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,591 views

    ILLUSTRATION : Unity: Members of the body of Christ are truly dependant on one another. Three Indonesian mothers, Eti , Rebekka, and Ratna, were imprisoned two years ago for teaching Muslim children in their Sunday School. Prison was shocking, discouraging and very hard at first. One of the women ...read more

  • A Sweet Scent  PRO

    Contributed by Ron Crow on Mar 7, 2003
    based on 23 ratings
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    A SWEET SCENT The story is told of a missionary to China who was in language school. The very first day of class the teacher entered the room and, without saying a word, walked down every row of students. Finally, still without saying a word, she walked around the room again. Then she came back ...read more

  • Perhaps You've Heard Of Watchman Nee. Watchman ...  PRO

    Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on Nov 13, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
     | 9,153 views

    Perhaps you’ve heard of Watchman Nee. Watchman Nee became a Christian in mainland China in 1920 at the age of seventeen and began writing in the same year. Throughout the nearly thirty years of his ministry, Watchman Nee was a unique gift from the Lord to the church. Though imprisoned for his ...read more

  • I Just Read The Story Online Of A Guy Who Sold ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Apr 11, 2004
    based on 13 ratings
     | 1,843 views

    I just read the story online of a guy who sold everything in order to place a bet in Los Vegas. The article explains: “A British man who has sold all his possessions, including his clothes, will stand in a rented tuxedo on Sunday and bet everything on a single spin of the roulette wheel. If he ...read more