based on 6 ratings
| 8,539 views
The church is not:
* An ark for the saving of a select few.
* A ferryboat to take effortless passengers to the shores of heaven.
* A life insurance company, with no obligation on policy holders except the payment of a small annual premium.
* A social set, welcoming certain people and
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
Strong Small Churches - The bigger a church grows, the worse it becomes both in quality and in its capability to reach new people. This surprising finding comes out of a Germany -based Institute of Church Development study of churches worldwide. In churches with attendance of less than 100, 31% of
...read more
Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jul 8, 2009
Blake Griffin is the number one 2009 NBA draft pick for the Los Angeles Clippers. He is 6’10” and dominated college basketball playing for Oklahoma. After he was drafted, he called the Clippers general manager on a Saturday morning to open the gym so he could work out. Being a millionaire and
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 6, 2007
based on 1 rating
| 2,251 views
Believers throughout church history – the early church fathers, the Reformers, the Puritans – have been inspired by Scripture to reduce spiritually to two lists known as “the seven deadly sins and the seven virtues” of saintliness. The sin list includes pride, envy, anger, sloth, avarice, gluttony
...read more
Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
based on 1 rating
| 2,000 views
If something terrible happens to my grandparents would it affect me? If God told my great, great, great, great, great, great, (x2000 {just a random number}) grandparents NOT to get in the car and go down a certain road because the bridge was out – and they did it anyway – and died. Would it affect
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Jung Lee on Jan 16, 2024
based on 1 rating
| 1,020 views
Jonathan Roumie, who portrayed Jesus in 'The Chosen,' profoundly stated, "Instead of waiting to go to heaven, I will work diligently for heaven until I enter." His life, marked by faith and service, mirrors this philosophy. Despite his role's fame, he focuses on his spiritual
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Oct 12, 2009
GENUINE REVIVAL
Quote - NEW SPIRIT-FILLED LIFE BIBLE (Nelson’s) (Is 64:1-3)
'Awesome things that we did not expect' (Is 64:3) is a perfect description of genuine revival, because the unpredictable
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Charismatic
Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2002
based on 31 ratings
| 1,529 views
Puritans viewed the family as a little church and a little commonwealth. The home was to be a place where spiritual and moral development was nurtured – a smaller culture that impacted the larger culture.
Michael G. Moriarty, The Perfect
...read more
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 11, 2025
Thomas Watson, the great Puritan preacher, said: "Bless God, you his saints, that he has removed your spiritual cataract, and has enabled you to discern those things
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Independent/Bible
Contributed by Greg Yount on Oct 28, 2001
based on 69 ratings
| 2,639 views
John Curzon, a Polish mechanic, who
was presented with a gold medal for his inventions, performed a most extraordinary thing when he
succeeded in manufacturing a complete watch in the space of 8 hours from materials on which most watchmakers would have looked with contempt. It appears that the
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 30, 2002
based on 5 ratings
| 2,486 views
UNSATISFIED
French author, Guy de Maupassant was one of the greatest writers of short stories the world has ever known. Within ten years he rose from relative obscurity to fame. Just what he thought he’d always wanted. His material possessions showed a life of affluence…a yacht in the
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Pat Cook on Jun 15, 2003
based on 9 ratings
| 6,612 views
BUILDING ETERNALLY, NOT ETERNITY
Sarah Winchester’s husband had acquired a fortune by manufacturing and selling rifles. After he died of influenza in 1918, she moved to San Jose, California.
Sarah was convinced that the dead souls of the many Indians who lost their lives because of Winchester
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Douglas Vincent on May 28, 2004
Building a house is always a serious undertaking.
I was about 5 years old when my uncle began showing me how to build a card house. He taught me three different ways in which I could stack the cards. Each time he would start and I would want to jump right in after him and start building the house
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Methodist
Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jun 3, 2009
One would think that selling one’s soul, as Faust offered his to the devil in Goethe’s Dr. Faustus, is only a figment of literary fiction. Medieval as it seems, however, several cases of soul-selling have occurred. Wired magazine reported that a 29-year-old university instructor succeeded in
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 14, 2009
This story broke this week from the United Kingdom: " LONDON (Reuters) – Gone are the days of shepherds in tea towels and tinsel-clad angels. Britain’s competitive parents are forking out on luxury pashmina shawls and velour dressing gowns to make their child the star of the annual nativity
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Independent/Bible
Sermon Central