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  • The End Result Of All Of This Is Sadly ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    The end result of all of this is sadly illustrated in the book, Reforming Fundamentalism, by George A. Marsden, which informs that 85% of the students in one of America’s largest evangelical seminaries stated that they do not believe in the inerrancy of Scripture. Beyond that, a poll of 10,000 ...read more

  • John Wesley's Covenant Prayer

    Contributed by Sylvester Fergusson on Nov 3, 2007
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    John Wesley’s Covenant Prayer Romans 12:1-2 I am no longer my own, but thine. Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt. Put me to doing, put me to suffering. Let me be employed by thee or laid aside for thee, Exalted for thee or brought low by thee. Let me be full, let me be ...read more

  • Too Good For Your Church

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
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    TOO GOOD FOR YOUR CHURCH A good set of clothes makes all the difference. A Methodist church tried to get a man to attend, but he never did. "Why don't you come?" the minister asked, and the man finally admitted it was because he didn't have proper clothes. So a member of the congregation took him ...read more

  • Using Grape Juice Is A Practice That Began Right ...

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Oct 20, 2008
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    Using grape juice is a practice that began right here in Vineland when Dr. Thomas Welch, a dentist was visited one Sunday afternoon by a drunken man, who had begun his binge with communion. Welch was a prohibitionist and the Communion Steward at Vineland Methodist Church, so he experimented with ...read more

  • We Require Loving

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 20, 2011
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    WE REQUIRE LOVING A little girl was making but poor progress toward recovery, though the ailment had been checked and there seemed to be no reason why she should not rapidly improve. But it didn’t happen, and the doctor in charge was keenly interested to know why. She was a very sensitive child, ...read more

  • I Am A 52 Year Old Adoptee. I Was Born On ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 11, 2003
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    I am a 52 year old adoptee. I was born on February 1, 1951 in a Lynchburg, VA hospital. My first two years of life must have been traumatic as my birth mother gave me up when it became apparent that she could not take care of me. She was unmarried at the time and the birth father was a married ...read more

  • A Prison Chaplain Writes Of A Study In Which He ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Mar 4, 2003
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    “A prison chaplain writes of a study in which he talked with twelve inmates in the penitentiary. He asked each “Why are you here?” The answers were instructive: “I was framed.” “They ganged up on me.” “It was a case of mistaken identity.” “The police had it in for me.” Not one said he was guilty of ...read more

  • The Average U.s. Pastor Has Received Continuing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    The Average U.S. Pastor has received continuing education on 3.6 different topics during the last two years. Ellison Research finds even though most ministers have gone through seminars or classes, 36% say their church doesn’t budget for it, and the average church that does so allocates just $1,504 ...read more

  • Someone Shared With Me A Story This Week Of A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Someone shared with me a story this week of a young boy who witnessed a Baptism at his local Baptist Church. And he heard how the minister described it made that person part of the family of God. This got the young boy to thinking and so the next morning he decided to baptize the family cats. He ...read more

  • The Body Of Christ Is Not Divided  PRO

    Contributed by Silas Eke on Feb 26, 2015
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    A Baptist Pastor had a dream and found himself fully dressed with a Bible in hand at the gate of heaven. As he was about to enter, he heard so many people crying and wailing in hell. He went to the gate and met the gate-keeper. He asked the gate-keeper “Who are those crying? Is there a Baptist ...read more

  • Amazing Things Happen  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 24, 2004
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    AMAZING THINGS HAPPEN When God sends forth the Spirit amazing things happen: barriers are broken, communities are formed, opposites are reconciled, unity is established, disease is cured, addiction is broken, cities are renewed, races are reconciled, hope is established, people are blessed, and ...read more

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

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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    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

  • Born Again Beliefs: The Number Of People Born ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
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    Born Again Beliefs: The number of people born again varies widely by denomination. Using this definition, “they have made a personal commitment to Christ that is important in their life today and say that when they die they know they will go to Heaven solely because they have confessed their sins ...read more

  • Giving, Greed And Salvation

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Mar 12, 2009
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    GIVING, GREED AND SALVATION A very old rich skinflint in declining health finally gets serious about his eternal state. He goes to the local pastor and asks what he can do to account for the fact that he’s never given God much time or given the church a dime. The pastor just looks at him with that ...read more

  • Three Types Of Suffering

    Contributed by John Bright on Feb 25, 2025
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    “Wesley adopted a traditional Christian distinction between types of suffering: natural, moral, and penal. People suffer because of disease and natural disaster; people suffer because other people harm them; and people suffer because they are punished for wrongdoing. (Natural Suffering) Wesley ...read more

  • Wesley's Ministry Of Social Reform Began With ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Jan 27, 2007
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    Wesley’s ministry of social reform began with Charles Wesley’s Holy Club at Oxford University in 1729. The Holy Club personally ministered in Oxford’s two prisons, at the workhouse, with poor familes, and in a school for underprivileged children. Methodism was actively engaged in abolishing ...read more

  • The U.s. Religious Landscape Survey By The Pew ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    The U.S. Religious Landscape Survey by the Pew Forum estimates the U.S. is 78% Christian and about to lose its status as a majority Protestant nation, at 51% and slipping. More than 25% of U.S. adults have left the faith of their childhood for another religion or no religion. Factoring in moves ...read more

  • In The 18th Century, Selina Hastings, Countess Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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    In the 18th Century, Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntington, invited the Duchess of Buckingham to come and hear George Whitfield preach. The Duchess wrote to the Countess of Huntington about the Gospel that Whitefield and his fellow "Methodists" preached as follows: "It is monstrous to be told ...read more

  • Faith In Tragedy: Luther Bridges  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 24, 2012
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    FAITH IN TRAGEDY: LUTHER BRIDGES A Methodist preacher by the name of Luther Bridges was born in 1884. He married and had 3 sons. Pastor Bridges accepted an invitation to minister at a conference in Kentucky in the year 1910, so he left his family in the care of his father-in-law & made the trip to ...read more

  • Working Hard To Earn Salvation

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 21, 2012
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    WORKING HARD TO EARN SALVATION United Methodist Bishop Reuben Job writes, "If we are just good enough, do enough, deny ourselves enough, we will be forgiven, redeemed, and reconciled to God. Following this path brings no peace, assurance, or sense of companionship with God. Rather than asking ...read more