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Betty Maxfield Survived The 9/11 Tragedy At The ...

Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Nov 4, 2004

Betty Maxfield survived the 9/11 tragedy at the Pentagon. In the Chicago Tribune, she said, “I should’ve been dead. We were all, for some reason, saved. My question now is, what am I supposed to do with it? I just can’t go waste it. I thought I was living my life well before, but obviously there’s ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines

Denomination: Baptist

When We First Came To Jesus, We Might Not Have ...

Contributed by John Stevenson on Dec 26, 2004

When we first came to Jesus, we might not have understood just how big He is. We came to see a winsome Galilean rabbi, but we found that He is so much more. C.S. Lewis makes this point in his Chronicles of Narnia when Lucy returns to the magic land and sees Aslan, the Christ figure. "Aslan," said ...read more

Tags: Descriptions Of God

Denomination: Evangelical Free

A Well-Known Christian Businessman Who Was ...  PRO

Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Jan 21, 2005

A well-known Christian businessman who was visiting a church was asked to give his testimony. He said, "I have a fine family, a large house, a successful business, and a good reputation. I have plenty of money so I can support some Christian ministries very generously. Many organizations want me on ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:6-13, Mark 4:35-38

Tags: Humility

Denomination: Baptist

Marriage Is Not A Contract; It Is A Covenant. In ...  PRO

Contributed by Johnny Creasong on May 3, 2005

Marriage is not a contract; it is a covenant. In a contact, the two parties remain separate (Party of the first part and party of the second part). Like salad dressing, oil and water, shaken up and mixed together, put never really one. Left alone and still, salad dressing will eventually ...read more

Tags: Divorce, Marriage Commitment, Perseverance, Faithfulness, Unity  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Church Of God

I Want To Summarize A Statement That An ...  PRO

Contributed by Tim Richards on May 18, 2005

I want to summarize a statement that an Episcopalian minister by the name of Robert Capon made about the greatest threat to Christianity today. I don’t think I could agree with him more. Listen to what he said, "The most critical issue facing Christians is not abortion, pornography, the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:13-16

Tags: Evangelism Urgency, Evangelism How To

Denomination: Baptist

What If Porcupines Could Dance? They Are God's ...  PRO

Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Aug 2, 2005

What if porcupines could dance? They are God’s idea of the animal kingdom’s version of a cactus. Imagine a cactus gliding, twirling around the ballroom as the orchestra plays a waltz. Or look at that cactus in an embrace of the tango - striding, dipping, heads bobbing to the music. Cheek-to-cheek. ...read more

Scripture: Romans 15:7

Tags: Church Body Of Christ, Unity

Denomination: Pentecostal

Actress Carol Burnett Got Out Of A Cab One Day ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005

Actress Carol Burnett got out of a cab one day and caught her coat in the door. The driver was unaware of her plight and slowly began to edge out into traffic. To keep from being pulled off her feet, the comedienne had to run alongside down the block. A passerby noted her predicament and quickly ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

A Secret And Deadly Power Lies Hidden Beneath The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005

A secret and deadly power lies hidden beneath the ground of Belgium’s Flanders Field, one of the bloodiest battlefields of World War I. Unexploded artillery shells are surfacing there more than 80 years after they were fired. Still unexploded, many are capable of killing. Some 3,000 shells are ...read more

Tags: Sin Deceptive

Robert Wuthnow, Author Of God And Mammon In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006

Robert Wuthnow, author of God and Mammon in America states, "The more orthodox the (church) member’s belief and faith, the higher the giving--except among Catholics." (In general Catholic giving lags behind Protestant giving.) He also has discovered very predictable giving increases as a result of ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Growing Up Too Fast Youth Are Maturing At An ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Growing Up Too Fast Youth are maturing at an accelerated pace. Preschoolers are playing with toys that would have been considered suitable for an 11-year-old a decade ago. A Sesame Street Parents survey finds moms with kids under 12 are more afraid of exposing kids to pop media-dictated pop-culture ...read more

Tags: Children

Working Poor: There Are 35 Million People In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Working Poor: There are 35 million people in the country living in poverty. Most of the adults in that group work, notes Ron Suskind, the author of The Price of Loyalty. Worker Output rose at a 2.7% annual rate in Q4 of ’03, down from 9.5% in Q3 reports the Labor Department. Productivity for year ...read more

Tags: Money

New Ratings: The Entertainment Software Rating ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

New Ratings: The Entertainment Software Rating Board® has set up a new category for video game ratings. The “E10+” category was created for games suitable for children ages 10 and older. These fall between the ones rated “E” for “everyone,” which many tweens outgrow, and the ones rated “T” for ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

Lower Risk Kids: The Foundation For Child ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Lower Risk Kids: The Foundation for Child Development reports the teen and adolescent birth rate has dropped from 20 births per 1000 girls in ’92 to 10.9 in ‘04. Binge drinking among high school seniors has fallen from 36.9% in ’74 to 29.2% last year. The number of youth offenders has fallen from ...read more

Tags: Church General

A New Evangelical Movement: Rick Warren Recently ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

A New Evangelical Movement: Rick Warren recently sent an open letter to President Bush saying, “I deeply believe that if we as evangelicals remain silent and do not speak up in defense of the poor, we lose our credibility and our right to witness about God’s love for the world. Endorsed by Billy ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Women Prefer Home: A New Gallup Poll Shows That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Women Prefer Home: A new Gallup Poll shows that if free to choose, a majority of women would opt for the traditional female role of staying at home, while a majority of men would prefer their traditional role of working outside the home. Over the past 4 years, younger women (more so than older ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Boomer Facts: A Recent Aarp Survey Found That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Boomer Facts: A recent AARP survey found that most boomers (Americans between ages 38 and 56) believe the solution to life’s problems are within their own grasp and 65% believe that if they put their minds to getting something done, they’ll eventually succeed. 63% feel good about relationships with ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

In The Intervarsity Press Publication, ...  PRO

Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 29, 2006

In the InterVarsity Press publication, “Lifeline,” the benefits of forgiving were highlighted as follows, ‘According to the latest medical and psychological research, forgiving is good for our souls-and our bodies. People who forgive: benefit from better immune functioning and lower blood ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

Denomination: Church Of God

Moms Staying Home Of The 41.8 Million Kids Under ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Moms Staying Home Of the 41.8 million kids under 15 who lived with two parents last year, more than 25% had stay-at-home moms according to a recent Census Bureau report. This is up from 23%, or 9.4 million kids in ’94. Full-time stay-at-home dads took care of 189,000 kids in ’02, up 18%. Experts ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Scaling Back: A Small But Growing Number Of Men ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Scaling Back: A small but growing number of men are scaling back their work in spite of the soft job market. 10% of human resource executives say they are seeing a growing number of high-potential men leave their companies or decline a promotion because of work-life demands. 40% of working fathers ...read more

Tags: Workplace Balance

Conflict Resolution

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 2, 2006

Psychologist Lynne Namka writes: Recent research shows that couples break up because they do not know how to resolve their differences through communication. Hostility only breeds more hostility. Venting the negative emotions may clear the air temporarily, but it does not solve the underlying ...read more

Tags: Communication General

Denomination: Independent/Bible