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  • A Drastic Decline Among Americans Who Live With A Biblical Worldview

    Contributed by Timothy Lueking on Mar 30, 2023
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     | 1,164 views

    The year was 1999 and George Barna just wrapped up his latest study on the status of the Worldview of American adults. He was shocked to discover that only 12% of American adults were living their life with a Biblical worldview. He knew that if this trend did not change then it would mean a rapid ...read more

  • Unca Frank's Christmas!" Isaiah 9: 6-7 Key ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Dec 20, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,785 views

    “Unca Frank’s Christmas!” Isaiah 9: 6-7 Key verse(s): 6a: “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given.” Franklin Chaney was by all accounts what you would call a crank. For years he had lived alone in his upper flat, Vera having gone to be with the Lord many years past. He was pretty set in ...read more

  • Since The Bible And The Ten Commandments Have ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 6,802 views

    Since the Bible and the Ten Commandments have been taken out of our schools in the last 40+ years, we now have epidemic problems with teen pregnancy and Sexual diseases; epidemic drug and alcoholic problems, and violence in our schools to such an extent that we have never seen in the history of our ...read more

  • The Great Evangelist George Whitefield Once Asked ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Apr 11, 2002
    based on 27 ratings
     | 1,515 views

    The Great Evangelist George Whitefield once asked a coal miner what he believed. “Oh,” the miner answered, “That’s easy. I believe what my church believes.” “And what does your church believe?” asked the evangelist. “Well, the church believes what I believe.” “But what do you believe?” ...read more

  • Love Letter Ignored—communion Meditation  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jul 17, 2002
    based on 21 ratings
     | 3,129 views

    LOVE LETTER IGNORED- COMMUNION MEDITATION When Robert Browning came into her life, Elizabeth Barrett was a 39-year-old invalid. Daughter of a jealous & dominating father, her first 4 books of poetry had been published when she was just 12 years old. At 15 she injured her spine, & the resulting ...read more

  • A Beggar Lived Near The King's Palace. One Day ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jul 23, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,868 views

    A beggar lived near the king’s palace. One day he saw a proclamation posted outside the palace gate. The king was giving a great dinner. Anyone dressed in royal garments was invited to the party. The beggar went on his way. He looked at the rags he was wearing and sighed. Surely only kings ...read more

  • On The Sunday Before Ash Wednesday This Year, The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Caley on May 5, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 5,601 views

    On the Sunday before Ash Wednesday this year, the central dining facility in Camp Udairi (Kuwait) caught fire, flames quickly spread to engulf all five tents and completely destroyed them in less than 30 minutes. After the smoke cleared, and all units checked the status of their soldiers, it was ...read more

  • Passing The Torch  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 16, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,532 views

    PASSING THE TORCH On August the 13th, the Summer Olympics begin 16 jam pack days of competition at the site of the original Olympic Games, Athens, Greece. This month we have watched American athletes compete for a spot on the team in track and field and swimming and if their times carry over to ...read more

  • A Click And A Pop-Up Menu! ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jun 28, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,643 views

    A Click and a Pop-Up Menu! (06.30.05--Direction--John 21:15-19 ) Just being in love is not enough especially when you are considering spending the rest of your life in that condition. Internet romance is on a real boom swing around the world. Only a few short years ago anyone who “dated” on ...read more

  • Bill Hybels, The Pastor Of Willow Creek Church ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jul 3, 2005
    based on 33 ratings
     | 2,818 views

    Bill Hybels, the pastor of Willow Creek Church in Chicago which as over 20,000 people in attendance each week, tells the story of an encounter he had with a young woman: “I recall one time being in a restaurant studying for a message, and a gal looked over from her table and saw me reading my ...read more

  • Not Mixed Veggies! (09.23.05--Grace ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Sep 21, 2005
     | 2,130 views

    Not Mixed Veggies! (09.23.05--Grace Walks!--Isaiah 4:2-4) As we recently joined a local CSA, a farmer’s cooperative whereby we receive our vegetables on a regular basis from a local farm, our refrigerator has been pretty consistently stuffed with vegetables of all sorts. From squashes to ...read more

  • Making God-Hugs Possible! ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Oct 10, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,890 views

    Making God-Hugs Possible! (10.12.05--Sacrifice!--Matthew 19:21) Does God place limits on how far He wants us to go when it comes to committing to His will? If His will is our sacrifice, can there be any limits? Is our God reasonable when it comes to our ability to forbear or to bear? God, of ...read more

  • Evangelist Merv Rosell Relates A Story From His ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Oct 25, 2006
     | 2,501 views

    Evangelist Merv Rosell relates a story from his childhood when he and his brother contracted diphtheria. They were wrapped in white sheets and taken to the contagious ward of the hospital. He could still see his mother’s face, pressed against the glass of the ward, peering lovingly at her two ...read more

  • One Of The Things I Love To Do Most Is To Tell ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,722 views

    One of the things I love to do most is to tell people about how I met the risen Lord. I was a senior in high school. I was just about to graduate. And my English teacher gave us one final assignment. He put a bowl on the table filled with slips of paper. He said, "Each slip of paper has a value on ...read more

  • This Is A Fictional Christmas Correspondence ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 20, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,879 views

    This is a fictional Christmas correspondence between Martha Stewart and Erma Bombeck to remind us that Christmas isn’t always picture perfect. Hi Erma, This perfectly delightful note is being sent on paper I made myself to tell you what I have been up to. Since it snowed last night, I got up ...read more

  • This Is A Fictional Christmas Correspondence ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 20, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,622 views

    This is a fictional Christmas correspondence between Martha Stewart and Erma Bombeck to remind us that Christmas isn’t always picture perfect. Hi Erma, This perfectly delightful note is being sent on paper I made myself to tell you what I have been up to. Since it snowed last night, I got up ...read more

  • They Will Give You Up  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on Mar 31, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,338 views

    THEY WILL GIVE YOU UP Donald Grey Barnhouse led the son of a prominent American family to the Lord. He was in the service, but he showed the reality of his conversion by immediately professing Christ before the soldiers of his military company. The war ended. The day came when one of the ...read more

  • Between You And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    BETWEEN YOU AND GOD I conclude with a story that I heard Pastor Larry Booker tell in a sermon he preached on August 4, 2007 at the First Pentecostal Church of North Little Rock, Arkansas. The title of the message was "Three Attitudes of Jewish Babylon." I understand just as you do that holiness ...read more

  • Christ: An All-Access Pass

    Contributed by Hal Seed on Aug 21, 2008
     | 3,039 views

    CHRIST: AN ALL-ACCESS PASS Mark and Susie Alderson have been attending New Song since what we call our "portable days." In the early days of the church, we would pack a trailer full of equipment, unload it at a local school, hold church there, and then pack up and put the trailer away. Mark is ...read more

  • On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
     | 3,324 views

    ON PRAYER Dr. Lewis Sperry Chafer told a story on the subject of prayer. A certain minister was in the habit of profound prayers, oftentimes resorting to words beyond the understanding of his simple flock. This went on week after week, to the dismay and frustration of the congregation. At last, a ...read more