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  • In A Small Church On The U.s. East Coast A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,715 views

    In a small church on the U.S. East Coast a pastor delivered a sermon on abortion, and after the service a German man who lived in Nazi Germany told of his experience: I lived in Germany during the Nazi Holocaust. I considered myself a Christian. We heard stories of what was happening to the Jews, ...read more

  • Security

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 28, 2009
     | 4,686 views

    SECURITY Consider this story in relying upon God: The 3-year-old felt secure in his father’s arms as Dad stood in the middle of the pool. But Dad, for fun, began walking slowly toward the deep end, gently chanting, “Deeper and deeper and deeper,” as the water rose higher and higher on the child. ...read more

  • Spiritual Consumerism

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
     | 3,718 views

    SPIRITUAL CONSUMERISM In February 27 2009 article from the website “Slate” titled, “Why American churchgoers like to shop around” also caught my attention. That article cited statistics from a Barna Group survey that revealed that one in seven adults changes churches each year, and another one in ...read more

  • Let Me Relate A Bizarre Yet True Story, Before I ...

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Oct 25, 2011
     | 1,704 views

    Let me relate a bizarre yet true story, before I get started with my main theme. Before that… those of us who don’t know about, Charlie Chaplin, let’s put up our hands? Well, not many hands would go up, for most of us know that he was a huge movie star in the silent-picture era sending many (and ...read more

  • First Phil And First Phyllis

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 11, 2012
     | 1,944 views

    FIRST PHIL AND FIRST PHYLLIS Some years ago, I asked the leaders of our church to do a little exercise with me. I fabricated two imaginary people, one a man and the other a woman. Since this is First Presbyterian Church, I named the man "First Phil" and the woman "First Phyllis." I suggested that ...read more

  • Ray Bradbury's Message

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 28, 2012
     | 4,555 views

    RAY BRADBURY’S MESSAGE Avid readers often will credit this or that writer for luring them into a lifelong love of a genre. For those who love science fiction, it offers grand, cosmic landscapes on which to project the boundless possibilities of life. Yet for one writer, Ray Bradbury (August 22, ...read more

  • On Fasting  PRO

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Apr 20, 2013
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    ON FASTING The Didache, is a first or second century document that relates to us outside the New Testament the teaching of the early church. This document "prescribed two fast days a week: Wednesday and Friday." For early Christians; this was seen as a regular part of daily discipleship. John ...read more

  • Take It First To The Lord In Prayer  PRO

    Contributed by Palitha Jayasooriya on Apr 3, 2017
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    Take it to the Lord in prayer My mobile phone crashed a few months ago and I had to switch to my wife's old one as a temporary measure. On the first day of using the phone, there was one particularly important feature that neither I nor my wife could grasp, though we tried to figure it out for a ...read more

  • Doctrinal Differences

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on May 27, 2017
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    I began my Christian journey, like most I suppose, with a narrow doctrinal point of view. But, I was curious and did not stay within denominational boundaries. The graduate school of theology that I chose had professors who were from a wide variety of Protestant backgrounds. Professors there tried ...read more

  • Whose Are You?

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 5, 2023
     | 1,017 views

    Do you remember, how once in the gospel, the Pharisees, trying to trap Jesus, came with that question about paying your tax? And how he asked them, “Show me the coin used for paying the tax." And how then he asked: "Whose portrait is it?" And how they answered, "It bears the ...read more

  • Resurrection Proof

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Mar 29, 2024
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    Why is His resurrection so important? Think about what they call cold cases. Sometimes a man is accused of a crime he didn’t commit and put in jail. They found blood at the scene, but they didn’t have the DNA technology that they do today. But now, years later, they can use that same blood and ...read more

  • Comments About Muhammad Originate In Key Islamic ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 14, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,223 views

    Comments About Muhammad Originate in Key Islamic Source Two former Muslims responded June 12 to complaints from Islamic groups that a speaker’s comments at the Southern Baptist Pastors’ Conference in St. Louis were "bigoted" and "hateful." National media have widely reported that Jerry Vines, ...read more

  • Just This Past Thursday We Learned The Results Of ...

    Contributed by Mike Rexroat on Dec 16, 2007
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    Just this past Thursday we learned the results of what is being called the "Mitchell" report. For those of us who are baseball fans it was a pretty dark day. Former Senator George Mitchell concluded his almost two year investigation into the game and released his conclusions and one of those ...read more

  • Seven Principles Of Finance For The Believer  PRO

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Feb 6, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
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    Seven Principles of Finance for the Believer By Jim and Pam Elliff One of the most recognizable differences in the believer and the world he lives in is his unusual relationship to money and possessions. However, even serious believers sometimes balk at the seeming extremities in the teaching and ...read more

  • The Rope Held By Adela Rogers St. Johns  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,473 views

    THE ROPE HELD by ADELA ROGERS ST. JOHNS Sometimes on sunny days, when I could see my way and feel the pathway firm under my feet, I wondered--Would the rope hold if the worst happened? A bent old man brought me that telegram which in war years hung like a suspended sword over the heart of every ...read more

  • David's Demons

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Nov 16, 2010
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    DAVID'S DEMONS Many years ago I worked in an organisation called SCILS - Sunshine Coast Independent Living Skills. We worked with people who had mild to moderate intellectual disabilities. David (not his real name) was helped to find a place to rent in the community. He had been in danger of ...read more

  • Fred Craddock, In An Address To Ministers, Caught ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 1, 2001
    based on 50 ratings
     | 3,638 views

    Fred Craddock, in an address to ministers, caught the practical implications of living for Christ. -"We think giving our all to the Lord is like taking a $l,000 bill and laying it on the table-- ’Here’s my life, Lord. I’m giving it all.’ -But the reality for most of us is that he sends us to the ...read more

  • William Rathje Likes Garbage. This ...

    Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 9, 2002
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    William Rathje likes garbage. This Harvard-educated researcher is convinced we can learn a lot from the trash dumps of the world. Archaeologists have always examined trash to study a society. Rathje does the same; he just eliminates the wait. The Garbage Project, as he calls his organization, ...read more

  • More God More Power  PRO

    Contributed by Ralf Bergmann on May 30, 2002
    based on 39 ratings
     | 3,767 views

    Lord, send revival in mighty flood-tide; Send streams of blessing to sweep far and wide. Send them engulfing like waves of the sea; Sweep through our lowlands and work mightily. Send the outpourings of God’s Holy rain Send mighty cloud-bursts again and again Strike holy lightning at home and ...read more

  • Writer Charles Swindoll Once Found Himself With ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
     | 1,916 views

    Writer Charles Swindoll once found himself with too many commitments in too few days. He got nervous and tense about it. “I was snapping at my wife and our children, choking down my food at mealtimes, and feeling irritated at those unexpected interruptions through the day,” he recalled in his book ...read more