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Grits And Grace

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2012

GRITS AND GRACE How blessed is the person whose sin God does not take into account. Even if you don’t deserve it; God provides for you. True story. Two pastors were on their way to Atlanta, Georgia for a large Christian men’s gathering. One of them had never been in the south before. After ...read more

Scripture: Acts 15:6-11

Tags: Grace

[303]. A Message From A Poem - They Did This To My Saviour Lord - Easter

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 3, 2026

[303]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - THEY DID THIS TO MY SAVIOUR LORD This is not a complex poem and is written with Easter in view. It recounts some of the events of the Trial and hearing before Pilate. I have put a refrain into this poem, but I am not sure if it is one to be sung. Here and there ...read more

Scripture: John 19:1-3

Tags: Jesus Mocked, Jesus On Trial, Christian Poem, The False Trial, Jesus Scourged, The Crown Of Thorns, Easter, Pilate, Jesus Before Pilate  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Daily Religion Widespread In The U.s., 9 Out Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

Daily Religion Widespread In the U.S., 9 out of 10 people claim to engage regularly in prayer; and 3 of 4 say they do so on a daily basis. In the 21st century, the pull of religion ...read more

Tags: Character

Alzheimer's: About 10% Of People Age 65 And Older ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Alzheimer’s: About 10% of people age 65 and older and 50% of those over 85 develop Alzheimer’s. 4 million people current suffer from this degenerative, incurable and always fatal ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Volunteerism: About 59 Million People, Or 27.6% ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Volunteerism: About 59 million people, or 27.6% of the civilian non-institutional population, volunteered through or for an organization at some point from September ‘01 to September ’02 (The most recent ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:8-11

Tags: Giving General

Scrapbook Boom: There Are 4.4 Million New ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Scrapbook Boom: There are 4.4 million new scrap-booking households in the U.S. since ’01 according to the 2004 National Survey of Scrapbooking. The industry has seen a 27.8% sales growth ...read more

Sleepless

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Sleepless: National Institute on Aging studies show that among twentysomethings about 1 out of 8 are insomniacs. By ages 50 to 64, it’s 1 out of 5 and rises to 1 in 4 ...read more

Tags: Workplace

George Barna Says, "As Long As Churches Measure ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

George Barna says, “As long as churches measure success on the basis of popularity and efficiency, we will continue to see a nation filled with people who can recite Bible stories but fail to live ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

Campus Drugs: A Recent Columbia National Center ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Campus Drugs: A recent Columbia National Center survey finds that 28% of middle-school-students reported drugs are used, kept or sold at their schools, up 47% since ’02. 62% of high schoolers say ...read more

Tags: Children

Crime: Gallup's Annual Crime Poll Reports Nearly ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Crime: Gallup’s annual crime poll reports nearly 1 in 3 households experienced some type of crime during the past year, including 18% with one incident and another 14% with two or ...read more

Tags: Sin General

Nearer, My God, To Thee

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 7, 2006

Though like the wanderer, The sun gone down, Darkness be over me, My rest a stone; Yet in my dreams I’d be Nearer, my God, to Thee, Sarah Flower Adams ...read more

Tags: God Brings Hope

Following Beliefs

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

FOLLOWING BELIEFS 68% of Americans 13-24 follow their own religious and spiritual beliefs, but think other religious beliefs could be true as well. Just 31% strongly believe their religious beliefs are true and ...read more

Tags: Youth

The Democrats Ran On Honesty And I Told Em At ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The Democrats ran on Honesty and I told em at the time they would never get anywhere. It was too radical for politics. The Republicans ran on Common Sense and the returns showed that there were 8 million more people in the United ...read more

Tags: Government

In The Mystery Of His Becoming Man, Christ Showed ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 3, 2010

In the mystery of his becoming man, Christ showed us what humanity was meant to become. He showed us the transcendent dignity and destiny of each human person as a child of God. -- Archbishop Jose Gomez on the ...read more

Tags: Christmas Advent

Denomination: Catholic

The Heart Is Like A Garden  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 25, 2011

THE HEART IS LIKE A GARDEN John Owen: "The hearts of believers are like gardens, wherein there are not only flowers, but weeds also; and as the former must be watered and cherished, so the latter must be curbed and ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 4:23

Tags: Heart

The 2000 Edition Of The Yearbook Of American & ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

The 2000 edition of the Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, published by the NCC reports that for first time, the Southern Baptist Convention had a loss (1.03%) rather than a gain in membership last year. Membership totals for the 3 largest denominations are reported as follows: Roman ...read more

Tags: Church General

His One Mistake - He Brushed His Teeth Twice A ...

Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 26, 2007

His One Mistake - He brushed his teeth twice a day. The doctor examined him twice a year. He wore rubbers when it rained. He slept with the windows opened. He stuck to a diet with plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables. He golfed. He got at least 8 hours of sleep every night. He never smoked, ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

An Ad For The U.s. Marines Pictures A Sword, And ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

An ad for the U.S. Marines pictures a sword, and beneath it the words: “Earned, not given.” If you want to become a Marine, be prepared to earn the right to be called a “Marine” through sacrifice, hardship, and training. If you get it, you deserve it. But if you want to become a Christian, you must ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:8-9

Tags: Evangelism How To

M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2014

M51 Whirlpool Galaxy -- Source: www.hubblesite.org The Hubble Telescope has been orbiting the earth since 1990 taking pictures into deep space. On June 8, 1992 it took a picture of the center of the M51 Whirlpool Galaxy which is 23 million light years from our galaxy. The picture of the core ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 27:27-56

Tags: Cross, Galaxy, Astronomy

What Happens When You Die?

Contributed by John Bright on Jan 15, 2026

This body is only a temporary dwelling place for our eternal spirits. Peter calls this body a tent, just like Paul in 2 Corinthians 5:4-8: “4 For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life. 5 ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:13, 2 Corinthians 5:4-8

Tags: Tent, Hope, Body, Heresy

Denomination: Methodist