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  • Blond At The River Bank  PRO

    Contributed by Tony Klinedinst on Aug 9, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 2,087 views

    Blond at the river bank. A blond approaches a riverbank and sees another blond on the other side. The first shouts, “How do I get to the other side?” The second thinks and ...read more

  • Lord Shaftesbury, The Great English Social ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 23, 2004
     | 2,051 views

    Lord Shaftesbury, the great English social reformer, said near the end of his life, “I do not think that in the last 40 years I have lived one conscious hour that ...read more

  • Nobody Is A Creative Thinker Unless Continually ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
     | 1,839 views

    "Nobody is a creative thinker unless continually he has a thorn in his flesh, that is, unless he is disturbed by something. The thick-skinned people do no creative thinking; to them ...read more

  • A Famous Theologian From The 16th Century Named ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Oct 29, 2007
     | 567 views

    A famous theologian from the 16th century named John Calvin had this to say: “I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels.” ...read more

  • Tv Personality Hugh Downs Tells A Story About ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Jones on Nov 3, 2000
    based on 159 ratings
     | 2,296 views

    TV personality Hugh Downs tells a story about the problem lawyers and doctors often encounter with people who seek to obtain free professional advice at parties and other social events. It seems that a certain doctor and lawyer were having a conversation during a cocktail party. While they were ...read more

  • Joanna Chu Told Me An Interesting Chinese ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 12, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,141 views

    Joanna Chu told me an interesting Chinese proverb this week. I didn’t know this, but all Chinese proverbs are told by speaking only four Chinese characters — four words. This parable is called “Frog-Well-Sky-World.” The parable’s meaning is that a frog in a well can only see the sky above him, ...read more

  • Ransom

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Jan 25, 2005
     | 3,564 views

    INTRODUCTION... Ransom Ransom, is an action packed drama thriller that came out in 1996 starring Mel Gibson and Rene Russo and directed by Ron Howard. The movie focuses on Mel Gibson’s character, Tom Mullen, a rich airline owner, is shocked when his son is kidnapped. He is willing to pay the two ...read more

  • Recently I Laid A Small Circle Of Poison Around A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
     | 2,240 views

    Recently I laid a small circle of poison around a hill of stinging ants. Thinking the tiny granules of poison were food, the ants began to pick them up and carry them throughout the colony. I returned later to see how well the poison was working. Hundreds of the stinging ants were carrying the ...read more

  • Peter Senge, A Pioneer Of Applying Systems ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2006
     | 1,846 views

    Peter Senge, a pioneer of applying systems thinking to learning, defines learning as “a process that occurs over time and always integrates thinking and doing.” During a recent conference for Chief Learning Officers, he addressed how knowledge is generated and diffused. It is generated by teams, ...read more

  • Godly Sorrow Results In A Willingness To Change. ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jul 1, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,569 views

    Godly sorrow results in a willingness to change. Worldly sorrow results in hanging on to the sin. Worldly sorrow sees the sin as precious, as something you know is wrong yet you find yourself desperately trying to figure out some fool proof way to keep it close to you. Video Clip: Lord of the ...read more

  • Recently I Laid A Small Circle Of Poison Around A ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 27, 2010
     | 2,275 views

    Recently I laid a small circle of poison around a hill of stinging ants. Thinking the tiny granules of poison were food, the ants began to pick them up and carry them throughout the colony. I returned later to see how well the poison was working. Hundreds of the stinging ants were carrying the ...read more

  • Accountability

    Contributed by Thomas Donelan on Aug 4, 2010
     | 4,653 views

    He wanted to get out from out of the sphere of his father’s influence. Think about it, every year we get flooded in Florida for about a week or so every year with a bunch of college students for a thing called “spring break” and these kids go out and get drunk, do drugs, get their groove on, and ...read more

  • Man On The Street

    Contributed by Michael Buckingham on Jul 18, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,723 views

    MAN ON THE STREET When you meet someone on the street, you don’t know anything about them. Everyone is different, so be kind and courteous and don’t get caught up in discrimination. We all subconsciously stereotype people, but there isn’t one person in the world that fits perfectly into a ...read more

  • The Impact Of Lust

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
     | 2,488 views

    THE IMPACT OF LUST I think about a woman I knew in college who dated and slept with one guy after another until one night she slept with several men consecutively. After college, she went from one relationship to another until she had a mental breakdown. Now in her mid 40s, she just pulling her ...read more

  • Singing

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 18, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,857 views

    Do not neglect your gift. Susan Boyle, age 48, of Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland. REMEMBER HER? She thrilled England and the world when she stood on that stage competing in the Britain’s Got Talent contest on April 11, 2009, and sang, “I Dreamed A Dream.” That was the most watched youtube clip ...read more

  • You Are Free To...

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Mar 20, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,353 views

    I was thinking about my niece who just got her 1st car. While my memory may be deteriorating, I remember how awesome it was to have my 1st car. While I loved that old car, it gave me an attitude that got me in trouble more than once. I began to think that I was grown, and I could do whatever I ...read more

  • Why? Look At The Israelites, He Parted The Seas, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2008
     | 1,371 views

    Why? Look at the Israelites, he parted the seas, let them cross, while he blocked the Egyptians from attacking with pillars of fire, and when they were across, the Egyptians pursued them and he brought the walls of water down on them. Now think of it in another sense, think about it, he set our ...read more

  • Os Guinness On A Christian Worldview

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
     | 2,295 views

    OS GUINNESS ON A CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW Os Guinness says that a Christian worldview involves believers thinking about anything and everything in a manner that is consistently shaped, directed, and restrained by the truth of God's Word and God's Spirit. Such a Christian worldview encompasses core ...read more

  • S ...

    Contributed by Andy Payne on Jan 18, 2009
     | 1,819 views

    Starfish An old man was walking on the beach one day and he noticed that hundreds and maybe thousands of starfish had been washed up on the beach and were dying. He thought to himself what a shame, but what could he do, he was only but one person. The problem was too great. Then something in ...read more

  • God Is Never Unsure  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,386 views

    GOD IS NEVER UNSURE Pastor and author A. W. Tozer once said: "All of God’s acts are consistent with all of his attributes. No attribute contradicts any other, but all harmonize and blend into each other in the infinite abyss of the Godhead. All that God does agrees with all that God is, and being ...read more

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