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  • Religion Matters To Teens According To A 4-Year ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2007
     | 1,560 views

    Religion Matters To Teens according to a 4-year study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 80% of teens identify themselves as Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Mormon, or Jewish. 82% are affiliated with a local congregation, 80% have few doubts about their beliefs. 71% feel ...read more

  • Religion Matters To Teens According To A 4-Year ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,947 views

    Religion Matters To Teens according to a 4-year study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 80% of teens identify themselves as Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Mormon, or Jewish. 82% are affiliated with a local congregation, 80% have few doubts about their beliefs. 71% feel ...read more

  • Billy Graham Told Of An Old Drunk Who Gave Up ...

    Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on May 4, 2007
     | 1,250 views

    Billy Graham told of an old drunk who gave up alcohol. Every day, on the way to work, he would hitch his horse by a saloon, walk to the door, take a big sniff, and say, “I don’t need this any more.” Billy said if he kept doing that, the day would come when, in a weak moment, he would walk back into ...read more

  • Mother Teresa: "If You Give What You Do Not ...

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

    Mother Teresa: “If you give what you do not need, it isn’t giving.” A woman gave her son Billy 2 quarters. One was for his Sunday School offering. The other was for an ice cream cone on the way home from Sunday School. Billy was flipping one quarter in the air and catching it on the way down. ...read more

  • Many Of You Remember The Struggles Of The Viet ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 23, 2007
     | 1,445 views

    Many of you remember the struggles of the Viet Nam War. During that war, our troops would often set up “fire bases”. These were bases where troops & artillery would be placed. They were arranged in such a way that if one fire base was attacked, usually one or two other bases could provide ...read more

  • It Is Not Wrong When We Seek The Favor Of Men, ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Jul 26, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,181 views

    It is not wrong when we seek the favor of men, however, it is most important we strife to have the favor of God in our lives. How? 1. Study the Word of God. 2. Be a doer of the Word. 3. Pray daily and be filled continually with His Holy Spirit. 4. Then you can be led of the Spirit. 5. Tell others ...read more

  • If You Read Psalm 42 You Will See It Is A ...

    Contributed by Richard Francis on Sep 10, 2007
     | 1,601 views

    If you read psalm 42 you will see it is a contemplation of the sons of Korah. Korah was a direct relation to the high priesthood of Israel he led a rebellion against Moses and Aaron basically against God and God dealt with them, the ground opened up and swallowed them and all the rebels in front of ...read more

  • Today, More Than 200 Million Christians In Over ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 10, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,183 views

    Today, more than 200 million Christians in over 60 countries around the word – our brothers and sisters in the faith – face brutal opposition and persecution because of their faith in Jesus. The number one request they have when asked, is always “please pray for us”. So today we bring their ...read more

  • If You Knew This Was Your Last Day On Earth, How ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 14, 2008
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    If you knew this was your last day on earth, how would you fill the time? A website asked people this question. Here’s a few answers. * Be with my wife and kids * I will restitute my ways, preach a good message to people around me and conduct a night vigil * Confess my sins and then I’d go to ...read more

  • Grandma's Game

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 1,893 views

    GRANDMA'S GAME Eight-year-old Ann Johnson wrote this poem which expresses the influence of millions of grandparents on their grandchildren: My grandma likes to play with God, They have a kind of game. She plants the garden full of seeds, He sends the sun and rain. She likes to sit and talk with ...read more

  • It Seems A Little Guy Was Attending Church With ...

    Contributed by Ricki Lee Brooks on May 4, 2010
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    It seems a little guy was attending church with his family when a flash of insight concerning prayer and conflict resolution suddenly came over him. Here’s how the storyteller related the incident: "We watched an especially verbal and boisterous child being hurried out, slung under his irate ...read more

  • Prayer Is A Gauge

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 23, 2011
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    PRAYER IS A GAUGE Spurgeon: The condition of the church may be very accurately gauged by its prayer meetings. So is the prayer meeting a grace-ometer, and from it we may judge of the amount of divine working among a people. If God be near a church, it must pray. And if He be not there, one of the ...read more

  • Poem: Daddy's Table Grace  PRO

    Contributed by Chad Martens on Oct 25, 2001
    based on 47 ratings
     | 3,281 views

    POEM: Daddy’s Table Grace As we sit at the table, Our family’s head bowed low; My thoughts return to childhood And the finest man I know. He didn’t speak good English; He was just a simple man, But when he was talking to the Lord, Even a little child could understand. I was young and ...read more

  • God's Hmo's

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 6, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,228 views

    GOD'S HMO'S In Christian Counseling Today Magazine I discovered another article talking about "Spirituality Theology and Health." It highlighted the center for the study of Religion/Spirituality and Health at Duke University. After twenty years of study and 25 research studies they discovered the ...read more

  • Eyes And Toes

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Aug 11, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,201 views

    EYES AND TOES There is a terrific story I once heard in a taped message from a marvelous Baptist pastor named Ron Dunn. Dunn's parable suggested that once upon a time there was a body where the eyes convinced all of the other parts of the body that the gift of SIGHT was the only important gift. ...read more

  • The Bigger Miracle

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 30, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,862 views

    THE BIGGER MIRACLE Pastor Steve Yeschek lost his sister, Judy, after a five-year battle with cancer. She was a woman who, as Steve described her, was a party animal—-a big drinker with a self-contented lifestyle. She was someone everybody loved, because she exuded excitement and a thrill for life. ...read more

  • Mercy Me: Hold Fast

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 7, 2011
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    MERCY ME: HOLD FAST Mercy Me is a Christian band (I Can Only Imagine) and recently they sang a song called, "Hold Fast." Bart Millard tells the story of the inspiration for "Hold Fast": "I was standing in the back of the bus going to our next concert. We were in a traffic jam and we passed a ...read more

  • God's Word Has Power

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2011
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    GOD'S WORD HAS POWER In an interview about his book The Folly of Prayer (IVP, 2009), author and pastor Matt Woodley shared a story about his friend Theresa. She had married the man of her dreams, but soon after that dropped into the pit of a deep depression. Everything went dark in her mind and ...read more

  • How To Get Rid Of Your Pastor!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Aug 9, 2023
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     | 975 views

    What a blessing it is to have a pastor who loves the Lord, who teaches the Word, and who leads his "flock" aright. I thank God we have a man like that in the church which I attend. In these days of apostasy, when there is such a tragic departure from an emphasis on the Word, how we ...read more

  • When We Raise Our Hands, God Will Intervene

    Contributed by Saumiman Saud on Feb 18, 2025
     | 246 views

    WHEN WE RAISE OUR HANDS, GOD WILL INTERVENE Heavenly Father, I have just realized how Almighty You are, even though I have known this for a long time. Forgive me, Father, for often facing various problems relying only on myself. It turns out that I am limited and have no strength of my own. ...read more