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However, As Robert Saucy Points Out, "The New ...

Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Jun 25, 2003

However, as Robert Saucy points out, “the New Testament never confuses Israel and the church. As opposed to the church, which is a religious body composed of individuals from all nations, the term Israel retains its reference to the people ...read more

Tags: Church General

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

It Is Clear From Acts 2 That The Members Of The ...

Contributed by Jay Robison on Aug 30, 2004

It is clear from Acts 2 that the members of the early church depended on one another. They were unified and interconnected. As a church today, we depend on one another. We are a family. I depend on you for an example of holiness, for enthusiasm about what we are ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

Tags: Church Purpose Of

Denomination: Baptist

Check Out This Welcome Sign Into A Town In ...  PRO

Contributed by Joe Fornear on Oct 20, 2004

Check out this Welcome sign into a town in Florida– “Welcome to Sebastian – Home of Pelican Island” – “Friendly People and Six Old Grouches”. - I know this sign is being cute but in reality some individuals basically present themselves this way to the world. Most of the time they are friendly ...read more

Tags: Character

Denomination: Independent/Bible

I Saw A Woman Coming Out Of Loblaws This Week ...  PRO

Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Aug 4, 2005

I saw a woman coming out of Loblaws this week with a t-shirt that said “I’LL LOVE YOU WHEN YOU ARE MORE LIKE ME” That’s often how we do it – once people get redeemed, then we will love them, it is not ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:6-8

Tags: Unconditional Love

Denomination: *other

Late-Age Divorce Is A Growing Trend In The U.s., ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Late-Age Divorce is a growing trend in the U.S., according to U.S. Census Bureau’s statistics. The number of senior citizens getting a divorce has risen 34%--the equivalent of 2.2 million people--from ...read more

Tags: Divorce

C. H. Spurgeon, A Baptist Minister In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

C. H. Spurgeon, a Baptist minister in the mid-eighteen hundreds, claimed that 98 percent of the people he met-- including the criminals he visited in England’s prisons--told him that they believed the Bible to be true. But the vast majority had never made a ...read more

Tags: Assurance Of Salvation

Carl Jung Told Of A Man Who Asked A Rabbi, "How ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Carl Jung told of a man who asked a rabbi, “How come in olden days God would show Himself to people but today nobody ever sees God?” The rabbi said, “Because nowadays nobody can bow low ...read more

Tags: Endurance

William Barclay Describes A Cold, Legalistic ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

William Barclay describes a cold, legalistic religion whose followers always do the right thing, but in a rigid, austere fashion. They are people who go through the proper moves, but are not the warm type to whom you could pour out your heart in grief and tears. Theirs ...read more

Tags: Grace

Methodist Minister And Author Charles L. Allen ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Methodist minister and author Charles L. Allen wrote of a fisherman friend who told him that one never needs a top for his crab basket. If one of the crabs starts to climb up the sides of the basket, the other crabs will reach up and pull it back ...read more

Tags: Faith

Vance Havner Was One Of The Great Preachers In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Vance Havner was one of the great preachers in the last century. Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, "Shake well before using." That is what God has to do with some of His people. He has to shake them well before they are ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 4:12-14

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

A Sunday School Class Was Discussing King ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

A Sunday school class was discussing King Solomon. People pointed out that though Solomon had been so wise, he made some foolish choices. Finally, the teacher asked, "Are we picking too much on Solomon?" ...read more

Tags: Parable Ten Virgins

Clarence Darrow, A Famous Attorney In The Early ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Clarence Darrow, a famous attorney in the early 1900’s – said on the saddest statements I have ever heard: “I wish I could believe in the Bible, like you people—I just can’t. And I ...read more

Tags: Cross Agony

Around 1915, Mohandas Gandhi Set A Goal For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Around 1915, Mohandas Gandhi set a goal for himself… political freedom for his native India. And over the next three decades he led his people in their quest for freedom until it was granted to them in 1947. Albert Einstein said of Gandhi: “Generations to come will ...read more

Tags: Faith General

When The Fireworks Display Began On The Fourth Of ...

Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 13, 2007

When the fireworks display began on the Fourth of July, my six-year-old nephew became so frightened I had to take him home. As we drove away, he said, "I bet God is mad at those people shooting at him!" —Opal ...read more

Tags: Children

Denomination: Church Of God

A Popular Acrostic For This Christian Lifestyle ...

Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006

A Popular acrostic for this Christian lifestyle is WWJD.. What Would Jesus Do. You can see it on wristbands worn by many people. The Ohio State Football coach Jim Tressel wears one. He said it is a reminder when he ...read more

Denomination: Wesleyan

Statesmen...may Plan And Speculate For Liberty, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Statesmen...may plan and speculate for Liberty, but it is Religion and Morality alone, which can establish the Principles upon which Freedom can securely stand.... The only foundation of a free Constitution, is pure Virtue, and if this cannot be inspired into our People, in a great Measure, than ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

Friends Contribute Materially Toward Your ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Friends contribute materially toward your education. You derive most of your knowledge of getting on with people from friends who are sufficiently interested and patient to tell you what they know. It is only from a friend that you will listen to a disagreeable truth ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Being Surrounded By A Great Cloud Of Witnesses ...

Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Apr 8, 2009

Being surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses (12:1) in a race that is marked out for us makes me think about Roger Bannister being cheered on by a stadium full of people when he became the first man to run a mile in under four minutes. Training, ...read more

Tags: Endurance

Denomination: Anglican

Missions

Contributed by Tony Abram on Aug 22, 2009

Missions While churches concern themselves with missions abroad, many miss the opportunity afforded by the 400,000 international students who study in the U.S.A. each year. Many of them are open to new ideas and would be responsive to the gospel. We ...read more

Tags: Missions

David Phillips, Research Sociologist At Ucsd, ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 22, 2009

David Phillips, research sociologist at UCSD, states, "Most of us are all cognizant of the fact that fear plays a leading role in television and theater productions. People want to be, ’scared to death’, and are usually not knowledgeable, or don’t care about the ill ...read more

Tags: Fear And Worry

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational