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Closer To The Other Side—joni Eareckson Tada

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2012

"CLOSER TO THE OTHER SIDE"--Joni Eareckson Tada Joni Eareckson Tada is a woman who has experienced a lot of suffering. Paralyzed from the shoulders down after a tragic diving accident as a teenager, Joni often wanted to die instead of working to live and overcome her disabilities. She still lives ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:19-26

Tags: Heaven

Top Ten Addictions

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2012

TOP TEN ADDICTIONS The top 10 addictions verify these statements: Alcohol, smoking, drugs, gambling, food, video games, internet, sexual, shopping, work People succumb to these addictions in search of peace and fulfillment; but fail to realize either one. It is a sad, circular, dangerous, and ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:17-18

Tags: Addiction

Manuscript Evidence Of The Bible

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 4, 2021

Do we have any of the originals of the Bible's 66 books? NO. Not 1. But, we do have enough pieces of the cross to build several crosses, and enough other relics to rebuild several sacred objects several times over. Get the point? Anytime something of religious significance survives the ages, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-17, 2 Timothy 4:1-3, 2 Peter 1:21, Hebrews 4:12

Tags: Bible, Scripture, Apologetics, Truth, Word Of God, Biblical Manuscripts  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

You Believe What?  PRO

Contributed by Brian Mavis on Aug 27, 2001

YOU BELIEVE WHAT? Between 1976 and 1997, the number of Americans who believed in astrology grew from seventeen percent to thirty-seven percent. During the same period, the percentage of Americans who professed a belief in reincarnation nearly tripled -- from nine percent to twenty-five percent. ...read more

Tags: Cults, Paranormal

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Look To The Stars  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 20, 2002

Title: Look to the Stars One night Abraham Lincoln suggested to a young man that they take a walk along a country road. Lincoln lifted his eyes to the heavens full of stars and said, "I never behold them that I don’t feel I am looking into the face of God. A man might look down upon the ...read more

Tags: Apologetics, Joy, Humility

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Number Of Years Ago I Read A Newspaper Article ...

Contributed by Richard Harsell on Jun 2, 2005

A number of years ago I read a newspaper article about a man who was a member of a religious cult that believed that the utilization of modern medical science was unneccessary and any needed healing which a person needed could be accomplished through fervent prayer. His wife, who was 8 months into ...read more

Tags: Misconceptions

Denomination: Baptist

Absolute Moral Truth: 35% Of Adult Americans Say ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Absolute Moral Truth: 35% of adult Americans say moral truth is absolute, not dependent upon circumstances. 32% say it is always determined by the situation and 33% don’t know if it is absolute or relative. 70% of evangelicals believe it’s absolute and 42% of non-evangelical born again adults ...read more

Tags: Truth Absolute

Prayer In School: Large Majorities Favor Allowing ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Prayer In School: Large majorities favor allowing voluntary prayer in public schools, and believe that religion has too little presence there. A Gallup poll finds 76% of Americans favor “a constitutional amendment to allow voluntary prayer in public schools,” while just 23% oppose it. This is not ...read more

Tags: Prayer Adoration

Dramatic Drop: Government Figures Show The Rate ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Dramatic Drop: Government figures show the rate of sexual assaults against adolescents ages 12-17 plunged 79% between ‘93 and ‘03, and the number of substantiated sex-abuse cases involving kids of all ages fell 39%. Crimes Against Children Research Center credits multiple reasons for the decline: ...read more

Tags: Sin General

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

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

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

Tags: Giving General

Boomer Volunteers

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

BOOMER VOLUNTEERS 75% of Boomer volunteers who engage in professional activities, such as managing people or projects, continue volunteering the following year. Activities with the 2nd and 3rd highest volunteer retention rates are music or some other type of performance (70.9%) and tutoring, ...read more

Tags: Servanthood

Religious Books Were Top Choice Among America's ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

Religious books were top choice among America’s most avid readers in '06. An AP-Ipsos poll found that 66% of U.S. adults read a religious book (including the Bible), the most-read category, followed by popular fiction, histories, bio-graphies, and mysteries. One in four did not read any book during ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

The Audiobook Market Grew 6% Increase In '06, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

The Audiobook Market grew 6% increase in '06, with sales now estimated at $923 million, reports the Audio Publishers Association. Best-selling audiobook products were most likely to be unabridged, in CD format, book-based, fiction (69%), targeted at adults and sold through retail channels and to ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

Chuck Swindoll In His Book, "Hope Again," Tel...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008

Chuck Swindoll in his book, "Hope Again," tells the answer Dr. Bruce Waltke, his Hebrew professor, gave Chuck Swindoll when he asked his professor about some “whys” in his life. His professor answered: “Chuck, I’ve come to the place where I believe only on very rare occasions does God tell ...read more

Tags: Knowing God's Will

Sin Promises Freedom, But It Only Brings Slavery ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Feb 19, 2009

Sin promises freedom, but it only brings slavery (John 8: 34); it promises success, but brings failure; it promises life, but “the wages of sin is death” (Rom.6: 23). The boy thought he would “find himself,” but he only lost himself! When God is left out of our lives, enjoyment becomes ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Using Our Ability

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2011

USING OUR ABILITY S. D. Gordon said, "We have nothing to do with how much ability we’ve got, or how little, but with what we do with what we have. The man with great talent is apt to be puffed up, and the man with little (talent) to belittle the little. Poor fools! God gives it, much or little. ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:3-8

Tags: Servanthood

The Crown Of Life

Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Oct 7, 2014

Finally, for those who are willing to lay their life at the altar, the reward by way of a Crown promised is not one of incorruptibility (I Cor 9:25) or rejoicing (I Thess 2:19) or glory (I Peter 5:4) or righteousness (2 Tim 4:8) but paradoxically the one of Life (Rev 2:10). Hallelujah!!! No wonder ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:10

Tags: Commandments, Cross, Character, Comforter

Denomination: *other

Now – You May Be Wondering What The Red Cups On ...

Contributed by Steve Malone on Dec 15, 2004

NOW – you may be wondering what the red cups on the stage are all about… NO – they’re not Christmas decorations… I brought them here to illustrate how rich we really are when compared to billions of people in this world… CHECKOUT – the statistics on the screen… World-Wide Income… (6.2 ...read more

Tags: Money

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Cult Growth

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008

CULT GROWTH Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) reported the largest membership increases in a year, according to the National Council of Churches’ 2008 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches. Although Jehovah’s Witnesses currently rank 25th in size ...read more

Tags: Church General

Who Has Abortions?

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009

WHO HAS ABORTIONS? Fifty-two percent of U.S. women obtaining abortions are younger than 25: Women aged 20-24 obtain 33 percent of all abortions, and teenagers obtain 19 percent. Black women are more than 3 times as likely as white women to have an abortion, and Hispanic women are 2 1/2 times as ...read more

Tags: Abortion