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  • A. The Story Is Told Of A Pig Farmer Down South ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A. The story is told of a pig farmer down south who called a local church and asked to speak to the Head Hog at the Trough. 1. The church secretary said, “If you are referring to our minister, you are welcome to call him Brother, or Reverend if you are so inclined, but it would be improper to refer ...read more

  • Charles Swindoll Lists What He Calls The "Four ...

    Contributed by Fran Van Hoven on Aug 11, 2007
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    Charles Swindoll lists what he calls the "four spiritual flaws": Flaw #1: Because you are a Christian, all your problems are solved. (Please do tell non-Christian this.) Flaw # 2: All the problems you will ever have are addressed in the Bible. (When your computer crashes, please don’t go to the ...read more

  • Fact: Since 1900, The Percentage Of The World's ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Oct 7, 2007
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    Fact: Since 1900, the percentage of the world’s atheistic and non-religious peoples (agnostics, secularists, com­munists, and so on) has grown from 0.2 percent to 21.3 percent - in other words from less than one-fifth of one percent to over one fifth of the world’s population. This is the most ...read more

  • A Little Boy Came To The Washington Monument And ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 5, 2007
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    A little boy came to the Washington Monument and noticed a guard standing by it. “I want to but it.” “How much do you have?” asked the guard. “35 cents.” “You need to understand three things,” the guard explained. “First, 35 cents is not enough to purchase the monument; in fact, 35 million ...read more

  • In The 1980's And Early 1990's, Nike Corporation ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    IN THE 1980’S AND EARLY 1990’S, NIKE CORPORATION MADE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BY MARKETING THE PHRASE “I WANNA BE LIKE MIKE.” 1. SPORTS AND NON-SPORTS FANS ALIKE NEW THAT “MIKE” WAS MICHAEL JORDAN, THE BASKETBALL SUPERSTAR FOR THE CHICAGO BULLS. 2. CHILDREN ACROSS AMERICA DREAMED OF BEING THE NEXT ...read more

  • Wine Consumption Increased 4% In '07, While ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    Wine Consumption increased 4% in '07, while distilled spirits were up 3.2% and beer 1.2%. Distilled spirits sales reached more than 182 million nine-liter cases (their 10th straight year of growth) and wine sales reached 294.4 million cases, the 14th consecutive growth year. After declining sales ...read more

  • According To Nrf's 2007 Holiday Consumer ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    According to NRF's 2007 Holiday Consumer Intentions, sales will rise 4% this year to $474.5 billion. U.S. consumers plan to spend an average of $816.69 on holiday shopping, plus an additional $106.67 on special "non-gift" purchases by taking advantage of special promotions and discounts to treat ...read more

  • H ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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    HOMESCHOOL Homeschooler numbers continue to grow. Brian Ray of National Home Education Research Institute estimates 1.9 million to 2.4 million K-12 children were home educated during 2005-06. Research shows homeschoolers on average exceed the national average on standardized achievement test for ...read more

  • Putting Up A Fight

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
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    Putting Up a Fight Charles Spurgeon may have been the most evangelistic preacher to ever walk the earth. His heart hurt for lost people like no other preacher that I have read. Listen to what said about hell: "If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to hell over our bodies. And if they ...read more

  • Buying Your Way To The King

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 2, 2009
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    BUYING YOUR WAY TO THE KING A wealthy American made a trip to London. He was all taken up with Buckingham Palace, where the king lived. So one morning he went to the gates, expecting to go right in, but two soldiers stuck out their bayonets and stopped him. They said, "Where do you think you’re ...read more

  • On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
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    ON HUMILITY The moderator of a Presbyterian church in Melbourne, Australia, gave J. Hudson Taylor a flattering introduction. When the founder of the China Inland Mission stepped into the pulpit, he quietly said, "Dear friends, I am a little servant of an illustrious Master." The late A. W. Tozer ...read more

  • Divorce Accepted  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    DIVORCE ACCEPTED A record 70% of Americans believe divorce is morally acceptable (up 59% from ’00), finds Gallup’s ’08 Values and Beliefs Survey. Marriage Savers’ Mike McManus says, “Since 1970, that’s 42 million divorces, shattering the lives of 40 million children. We have the highest divorce ...read more

  • Rich Landowner Learns That God Owns ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
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    Rich Landowner Learns that God Owns Everything The late Bishop Edwin Hughes once delivered a rousing sermon on "God’s Ownership" that put a rich parishioner’s nose out-of-joint. The wealthy man took the Bishop off for lunch, and then walked him through his elaborate gardens, woodlands, and farm. ...read more

  • Bill Hybels On Prayer As An Unnatural ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    Bill Hybels on Prayer as an Unnatural Activity Bill Hybels begins his book Too Busy Not to Pray with these words: “Prayer is an unnatural activity. From birth we have been learning the rules of self reliance and self sufficiency. Prayer flies in the face of such deep seated values…. It is an ...read more

  • Contentment In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 3, 2010
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    Contentment in the Workplace One of the keys to contentment in your work and finding fulfillment in every area of life is learning to be thankful for what you have been given. Wanting to move forward in your career is not a problem unless it means that you take where you are for granted. As one ...read more

  • Decline Of Christianity In America  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2010
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    DECLINE OF CHRISTIANITY IN AMERICA North America is the only continent on earth where Christianity is not growing. Only 17.5% of the population of the US attends church on a regular Sunday. During the 1990’s there was a 19.4% decline in church attendance. 85% of churches in America are ...read more

  • A Gift Of The Word

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Oct 5, 2010
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    A GIFT OF THE WORD When I was a teenager, my pastor gave me a little pocket New Testament, bound in red leather. And inside, on the flyleaf, he had written a note. And with the note was a Scripture citation: Romans 12:1-2. I couldn’t wait to turn to that passage and read what it said. If you know ...read more

  • Who Needs Your Help?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 17, 2011
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    WHO NEEDS YOUR HELP? Of the 2,000 passengers on the Titanic, 1517 were lost. At the time the Titanic went down, another ship, the California was only 30 miles away. The Titanic’s operator frantically sent out SOS repeatedly; but the wireless set on the California was closed because there was only ...read more

  • Max Lucado: Beside, Under, With Christ?

    Contributed by Kevin Karhoff on Mar 23, 2013
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    MAX LUCADO: BESIDE, UNDER, WITH CHRIST? As Paul said, "It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me" (Gal 2:20). The apostle sensed within himself not just the philosophy, ideals, or influence of Christ but the person of Jesus. Christ moved in. He still does. When grace happens, Christ ...read more

  • Life Begins At Conception

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 20, 2014
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    Barry McCarty says, "In 1979 I debated Dr. Robert Thompson, the medical director of the largest abortion clinic in Pittsburg. My case in that debate had two major contentions: 1) That every human being has an unalienable right to life; and 2) that from the moment of conception an unborn child is ...read more