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  • We May Think It Strange To Emphasize That Christ ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Apr 18, 2006
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    We may think it strange to emphasize that Christ came back from the dead. A most recent poll done at the end of February asked people if they believed in a physical resurrection. Sadly, among all of the 1,007 people that they asked, 36% said, "Yes." So about a third of the people believed that ...read more

  • The Roof Of The Church Hall Of A Little Swiss ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Jun 21, 2006
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     | 2,343 views

    The roof of the church hall of a little Swiss church, at the turn of the 20th century, was falling down. So the members of the church held regular prayer meetings in the hall after the service to pray for funds to repair the roof. There was an old man, known to be very tight with his money, who ...read more

  • A Minister Decided That A Visual Demonstration ...  PRO

    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Nov 9, 2006
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    A minister decided that a VISUAL DEMONSTRATION would add EMPHASIS to his Sunday sermon. Four worms were placed into four separate JARS. The first worm was put into a container of alcohol. The second worm was put into a container of cigarette smoke. The third worm was put into a container of ...read more

  • A Little Girl Had Been Taught The Verse: Let ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 30, 2006
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    A little girl had been taught the verse: Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and give glory to our Father who is in heaven. Her mom explained to her, "Well, it means that when you’re good and kind and thoughtful and obedient, you’re letting Christ’s light shine in ...read more

  • Christian Country There's A New Wave Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
     | 1,451 views

    Christian Country There’s a new wave of faith-based, Nashville sounds. Whether it’s Carrie Underwood’s prayerful Jesus, Take the Wheel or Brooks & Dunn’s nostalgic Believe, country charts are sounding like Sunday morning. The reason, says David Fillingim, Shorter College religion and philosophy ...read more

  • Unchurched Insights 1-Most Prefer To Attend ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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     | 1,536 views

    Unchurched Insights 1-Most prefer to attend church on Sunday morning if they attend. 2-Most feel guilty about not attending church. 3-96% are somewhat likely to attend church if invited. 4-Very few have had someone share how to become a Christian with them. Christians have not been particularly ...read more

  • Reformation's Two Martins

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 2, 2007
     | 1,984 views

    Reformation’s Two Martins At the beginning of the Reformation, Martin of Basle came to a knowledge of the truth, but, afraid to make a public confession, he wrote on a leaf of parchment: "O most merciful Christ, I know that I can be saved only by the merit of thy blood. Holy Jesus, I acknowledge ...read more

  • It's Father's Day, And The Very First National ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    It’s Father’s Day, and the very first national celebration of this day was on June 19, 1924, by proclamation of President Calvin Coolidge (But not finalized until 1972.) But it all came about because of the efforts of Sonora Smart Dodd. Sonora was sitting in church in 1909 listening to a Mother’s ...read more

  • On The Nascar Circuit, They Have Their Own Form ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    On the NASCAR circuit, they have their own form of church called the MRO (Motor Racing Outreach). Nascar great Darrell Waltrip helped found this organization and he commented that Nascar is a dangerous commercialized place and they can’t always get away to go back to their church. He said: “If you ...read more

  • Reformation's Two Martins

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,267 views

    Reformation’s Two Martins At the beginning of the Reformation, Martin of Basle came to a knowledge of the truth, but, afraid to make a public confession, he wrote on a leaf of parchment: “O most merciful Christ, I know that I can be saved only by the merit of thy blood. Holy Jesus, I acknowledge ...read more

  • William Engebretsen From Nebraska Writes, "For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    William Engebretsen from Nebraska writes, “For three years, we had a sheep ranch in western Nebraska. Each year, we sheared some sheep, sold some, and butchered a few lambs for leg-of-lamb for our family and our cattle-raising relatives. In 1990, we moved to Indiana, so I could attend seminary. One ...read more

  • Snoopy's Week

    Contributed by Mark Bauer on Aug 1, 2007
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    For years there has been a Snoopy poster that shows how he spends his week: On Sunday, he dances, with the caption, "Party-Time!" On Monday, he scowls, with the caption, "Don’t speak to me." On Tuesday, he lies flat on his back as though dead, with the caption, "God, get me through ...read more

  • A Minister Decided That A Visual Demonstration ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Newman on Aug 10, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,642 views

    A minister decided that a visual demonstration would add emphasis to his Sunday sermon. Four worms were placed into four separate jars. The first worm was put into a container of alcohol. The second worm was put into a container of cigarette smoke. The third worm was put into a container of ...read more

  • My Attempt To Help Bring Clarity And ...  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
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     | 2,230 views

    My attempt to help bring clarity and understanding to the commandments may be out done by “The Hillbilly’s Ten Commandments.” These are the simple down home interpretation of the Ten Commandments as posted on the wall at Cross Trails Church in Louisville, KY. (1) Just one God (2) Put nothin’ ...read more

  • Two Ladies Were Sharing Lunch Together When One ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 24, 2007
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    Two ladies were sharing lunch together when one said to the other: "I don’t know many Christians, but somehow I can’t help regarding them as hypocrites." Said the other, "But your sister-in-law, she lives in the same house with you; surely you must acknowledge that she is a devoted ...read more

  • What If We Had Entered This Sanctuary This ...

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Nov 5, 2007
     | 1,268 views

    What if we had entered this sanctuary this morning to find it filled with cigarette smoke? Yet we fill God’s house with it! What if you found a spittoon ate the end of each pew? Yet God’s house is filled with tobacco juice every time we put just pinch between the teeth and gum. What if every ...read more

  • Sharing Our Faith Is Full-Time Employment…. So ...

    Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Mar 3, 2008
     | 1,444 views

    Sharing our faith is full-time employment…. So many think that it’s a Sunday morning, 9:30-2:00 job and maybe an hour or two on Wednesday nights… But the Bible lets us know “that Satan the adversary is roaming to and fro as a lion seeking whom he may devour…” And if you know anything about lions, ...read more

  • Too Good For Your Church

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,227 views

    TOO GOOD FOR YOUR CHURCH A good set of clothes makes all the difference. A Methodist church tried to get a man to attend, but he never did. "Why don't you come?" the minister asked, and the man finally admitted it was because he didn't have proper clothes. So a member of the congregation took him ...read more

  • In His Autobiography, Mahatma Gandhi Wrote That ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 29, 2008
     | 1,919 views

    In his autobiography, Mahatma Gandhi wrote that during his student days he read the Gospels seriously and considered converting to Christianity. He believed that in the teachings of Jesus he could find the solution to the caste system that was dividing the people of India. So one Sunday he decided ...read more

  • I Like Christ, I Don't Like Christians

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 3,387 views

    I Like Christ, I Don’t Like Christians There was a story told concerning former Prime Minister of India Gandhi. Years ago a British missionary asked the former Prime Minister of India Dr. Gandhi if he would consider becoming a Christian. Gandhi said no. The missionary said why. Ghandi had seen ...read more