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  • Top 10 Ways You Know You’re In A Bad ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2001
    based on 207 ratings
     | 1,591 views

    Top 10 Ways You Know You’re In A Bad Church 10. The church bus has gun racks. 9 . The church staff consists of Senior Pastor, Associate Pastor and Socio-pastor. 8. The Bible they use is the "Dr. Seuss Version." 7. There’s an ATM in the lobby. 6. The choir wears leather robes. 5. Worship ...read more

  • How Many Children Are Aborted? Worldwide, 55 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,810 views

    How many children are aborted? Worldwide, 55 million unborn children are killed every year. Around the world, every day 150,685 children are killed by abortion; every hour, 6278; and every minute, 105. Those are the reported cases. If you are an American citizen, no doubt your greatest interest is ...read more

  • On One Of His European Tours, The Master Magician ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 2,104 views

    On one of his European tours, the master magician and locksmith Harry Houdini found himself locked in by his own thinking. After he had been searched and manacled in a Scottish town jail, the old turnkey shut him in a cell and walked away. Houdini quickly freed himself from his shackles and then ...read more

  • A. In Its Early Days, Dallas Theological ...

    Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Aug 7, 2006
     | 1,348 views

    A. In its early days, Dallas Theological Seminary was in critical need of $10,000 to keep the work going. During a prayer meeting, renowned Bible teacher Harry Ironside, a lecturer at the school, prayed, “Lord, you own the cattle on a thousand hills. Please sell some of those cattle to help us meet ...read more

  • Let Me Give You A For Instance. How Many People ...

    Contributed by Michael De Rosa on Sep 9, 2006
     | 1,350 views

    Let me give you a for instance. How many people here today have been told by well meaning parents that they just don’t want to impose religion on their children, that they want to wait until they make up their own minds for them to choose? I am not going out on a limb here, but if there is one ...read more

  • Who Am I No One. Take Me Out Of The Role Of ...

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Dec 28, 2006
     | 1,580 views

    Who am I no one. Take me out of the role of pastor and I am just another guy. I am 54 balding and gaining weight which describes a lot of men in this world. On my own I am a no buddy. But with Christ I am a pastor of a church. I have a voice to be invited to TV shows and I have your respect ...read more

  • Non-Verbal- New Websites Like Myspace Are Popping ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,681 views

    Non-Verbal- New websites like MySpace are popping up regularly. Popular with teens, it has more than 78 million members. Though sometimes intimidating, parents embracing the new technologies are learning kids are willing to communicate — on their own terms. Parenting experts say technology should ...read more

  • You And I, Your Neighbors And My Neighbors, We ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 3,245 views

    "You and I, your neighbors and my neighbors, we share with each other our liberties and [our] civil rights.They are ours. They belong to all of us, not just to each of us. Liberty is not any one man's possession. When a man asks Freedom for himself alone, both he and his neighbor lose what he ...read more

  • When Jesus First Sent Peter And The Others Out ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Mar 1, 2005
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    When Jesus first sent Peter and the others out to heal the sick, He gave them the necessary power to do it (see Matt. 10:1). The Greek word for this power is exousia, which carries with it the meaning that the power is not inherent but delegated by a higher authority. It is similar to the power an ...read more

  • Some Things To Be Thankful For This ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Burkey on May 19, 2005
    based on 21 ratings
     | 3,965 views

    Some Things To Be Thankful For This Thanksgiving. 1. Be thankful for automatic dishwashers. They make it possible to get out of the kitchen before the family come in for their after-dinner snacks. 2. Be thankful for husbands who attack small repair jobs around the house. They usually make them big ...read more

  • It Is Said That About 200 Years Ago, The Tomb Of ...

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Sep 15, 2005
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    It is said that about 200 years ago, the tomb of the great conqueror Charlemagne was opened, and the sight that greeted the workmen startled them. It seems they found his body in a sitting position, clothed in the most elaborate of royal garments, with a scepter in his bony hand. On his knee lay ...read more

  • How Many Children Are Aborted? Worldwide, 55 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 18 ratings
     | 2,539 views

    How many children are aborted? Worldwide, 55 million unborn children are killed every year. Around the world, every day 150,685 children are killed by abortion; every hour, 6278; and every minute, 105. Those are the reported cases. If you are an American citizen, no doubt your greatest interest ...read more

  • How To Be Miserable

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
     | 3,337 views

    HOW TO BE MISERABLE From an unknown source comes an article titled, "How To Be Miserable." It says, * "Think about yourself. Talk about yourself. Use 'I' as often as possible. * Mirror yourself continually in the opinion of others. * Listen greedily to what people say about you. * Expect to ...read more

  • Family Fuss

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
     | 5,182 views

    FAMILY FUSS If you think your family has problems, consider the marriage mayhem created when 76-year-old Bill Baker of London recently wed Edna Harvey. She happened to be his granddaughter’s husband’s mother. That’s where the confusion began, according to Baker’s granddaughter, Lynn. "My ...read more

  • Worship And The Woman At The Well

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 29, 2011
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    WORSHIP AND THE WOMAN AT THE WELL The Nelson Study Bible states: "By mentioning the two different worship sites, the woman was perhaps trying to shift the conversation away from the subject of her own sins to theological questions. Or perhaps she realized that she was a sinner (v. 18), and knew ...read more

  • Dying In The Ocean Of Grace

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 14, 2011
     | 2,971 views

    DYING IN THE OCEAN OF GRACE Dr. Gerstner, "Christ has done everything necessary for his [sinners] salvation. Nothing now stands between the sinner and God but the sinner's good works. Nothing can keep him from Christ but his delusion that he has good works of his own that can satisfy God. If men ...read more

  • Grace In A Cell Phone

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 27, 2011
     | 2,351 views

    GRACE IN A CELL PHONE I remember a grace moment one morning when I got a call from Susan on a cell phone. You see, Susan doesn’t own a cell phone, but on that day when she was driving to work and the tread on one of her tires disintegrated on the freeway, a gracious man with a cell phone pulled ...read more

  • We Study The Bible To Listen To His Voice

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jan 14, 2013
     | 3,630 views

    WE STUDY THE BIBLE TO LISTEN TO HIS VOICE "We study the Bible to listen to His voice that comes from outside our experience, not to listen to our own voice that is crying from within. "His Word is not one of many. It is the only Word that has been there from all eternity because it comes from ...read more

  • Lifting The Fear

    Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Jan 14, 2013
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,379 views

    LIFTING THE FEAR A story is told of a child who had to walk each evening past a dark, spooky house. Some adults sought to give him courage. One handed him a good luck charm to ward off the ghosts. Another had a light put on the dreaded corner. Still another said earnestly, "It is sinful to be ...read more

  • Hypocrisy Part Of Human Nature

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 24, 2019
     | 3,316 views

    “Since psychological studies first began, people have given themselves top marks for most positive traits. While most people do well at assessing others, they are wildly positive about their own abilities, Dunning said. That's because we realize the external traits and circumstances that guide ...read more