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  • The Nobodies Of The Church  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 6, 2010
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    THE NOBODIES OF THE CHURCH Janet Reno, Attorney General of the United States during the Clinton administration, was interviewed on "60 Minutes" on June 26, 1999. She seems to hold this ancient opinion of Christians. Here is how she defined a cultist: "A cultist is one who has a strong belief in ...read more

  • Church Fights

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 5,390 views

    Church Fights I’m told that there is a church in Texas that debated over the issue of telling a lie. Some felt that there were some occasions in which a little white lie was acceptable. The others felt that there was never an occasion in which a lie of any kind was acceptable. The discussion got so ...read more

  • Church Unity?  PRO

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 17, 2007
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    Church Unity? I read about a church that split, and that split began over an argument at a potluck supper when a lady brought a congealed salad she made with Cool Whip instead of real whipping cream. There’s a book entitled War In The Pews that talks about real-life instances which are absolutely ...read more

  • The Church Household

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 28, 2007
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    (1 Timothy 3:1-13) Chrytsostom writes, "The church leader must be ’one that governs well his own house.’... For the church is, as it were, a small household. In a house there are children and wife and domestic duties, and some person has to provide order for them all. So in the church there are ...read more

  • Dead Church

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 14, 2010
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    DEAD CHURCH William James of Harvard once said, "There were some people for whom religion was a dull habit, while to others, it was acute fever." By appearances it was a Church of an acute fever. But by assessment it was a Church of a dull habit. The impressive prayers that were prayed went no ...read more

  • Church Conflict

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2011
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    CHURCH CONFLICT In Winchester, Ohio there’s a church called the Bethlehem Church of Christ. It’s been in existence for over 150 years, and over the years different events have been recorded in their “history” book. One of their recent ministers was reading back over the different entries in this ...read more

  • Friends In The Church

    Contributed by John Putty on Apr 7, 2011
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    FRIENDS IN THE CHURCH Flavil Yeakley decided to track one hundred new members within his church for six months. After six months, 90 percent of the actives had six or more friends in the congregation (average 7.3) ...read more

  • Galileo And The Church

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 2, 2011
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    GALILEO AND THE CHURCH Many of us have heard about the conflict between Galileo and the church of his day. The Church doctrine of that day taught that the sun revolved around the earth. But Galileo discovered that that wasn’t true--it was the earth that revolved around the sun. The Church didn’t ...read more

  • A Dying Church  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2011
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    A DYING CHURCH An artist was once asked to put on canvas what he considered to be the picture best symbolizing a decaying and dying church. After several months, he returned and reported that he had finished the task. The hour finally arrived when the painting was to be unveiled. Several people ...read more

  • The Wallpaper Church

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on May 28, 2011
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    THE WALLPAPER CHURCH The first Protestant missionary martyr in Korea was Robert Jermain Thomas (1839-1866), a Welsh missionary with the London Missionary Society. In 1863 he went to Beijing and there met two Korean traders who told him about the Catholic converts who had no Bibles. Thomas became ...read more

  • Church On Fire

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Jun 15, 2011
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    CHURCH ON FIRE Here's an interesting article that goes well with Pentecost. The article’s title read, "Fireworks Blamed for Church Fire." The story begins, "Fireworks were blamed for a fire that tore through a church in Brush Prairie, on Monday... . The church's roof collapsed as the fire ...read more

  • Ineffective Churches

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2011
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    INEFFECTIVE CHURCHES Chuck Colson makes an interesting observation. He points out that when the Communists took over Russia in 1917, they did not make Christianity illegal. The Soviet constitution guaranteed freedom of religion. What they did do is make it illegal for the churches to do any "good ...read more

  • Mom's Church  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2011
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    MOM'S CHURCH Four scholars were arguing over Bible translations. One said he preferred the King James Version because of its beauty, eloquent old English. Another said he preferred the American Standard Bible for its literalism, the way it moves the reader from passage to passage with confident ...read more

  • A Peacemaking Church  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
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    A PEACEMAKING CHURCH I can tell this story because one neighbor has died and the other neighbor no longer lives across the street from our church. Our neighbors endured the disruption of their lives as we built on to our church. I'm sure that contributed to their lack of patience with us. We put ...read more

  • The Ship Of The Church

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 9, 2012
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    THE SHIP OF THE CHURCH In Wheat That Springeth Green, author J.F. Powers has one of his characters say, "This is a big old ship. She creaks, she rocks, she rolls, and at times she makes you want to throw up. But she gets where she’s going. Always has, always ...read more

  • Division In The Church

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 6, 2014
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    Daniel Overdorf- A few years ago I visited a couple in their home. Both husband and wife had lived most of their lives apart from Christ and His church. Their marriage- a second marriage for both- had grown rocky. The 50 year old husband faced a frightening battle with cancer, and neither ...read more

  • A Dying Church

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Oct 13, 2019
     | 4,301 views

    John MacArthur tells this awesome story: There once was an old church in England. A sign on the front of the building read, ''We preach Christ crucified.'' After a time, ivy grew up and obscured the last word and it read, 'We preach Christ.'' The ivy grew some ...read more

  • Church Is Open!

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on May 24, 2020
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    As I write this, it’s late May 2020 and this has been one of the strangest years I can ever remember. Much of the year has been taken up with the Wuhan Virus (also called COVID-19, the Corona Virus, and perhaps other names) and the effect on the world’s economy. For those of you reading this in the ...read more

  • Sleeping Church

    Contributed by Rev. Duraimony Dickson on Sep 26, 2020
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    Martin Luther once dreamed that the devil was listening to reports from his agents on the progress they were making against the Kingdom of God. One reported, "A company of Christians were crossing the desert, and I loosen the lions on them, and all were lost." The devil replied, ...read more

  • Be Quiet In Church

    Contributed by John Bright on Apr 27, 2021
     | 2,511 views

    One Sunday School teacher asked her class, “Why do we have to be quiet in church?’ A little boy quickly ...read more