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  • Your Self Esteem Is A Reflection Of How You ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 26, 2006
     | 1,983 views

    Your self esteem is a reflection of how you believe other people see you. It consists of who you think other people think you are. And that can be a real downer. Lindy Chappoten, a pitcher of middling talents who played for the old Shawnee Hawks in the Class D Sooner League, was once traded to the ...read more

  • Your Self Esteem Is A Reflection Of How You ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 26, 2006
     | 1,468 views

    Your self esteem is a reflection of how you believe other people see you. It consists of who you think other people think you are. And that can be a real downer. Lindy Chappoten, a pitcher of middling talents who played for the old Shawnee Hawks in the Class D Sooner League, was once traded to the ...read more

  • Focus On The Family Compiled The Following ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
    based on 176 ratings
     | 5,333 views

    Focus on the Family compiled the following conclusions of the effectiveness of 25 years of addressing the search of intimacy with "safe sex" ideology. (From Fresh Illustrations) Ten percent of all 15 to 19 year-old females become pregnant each year. ("Kids Having Kids," A Robin Hood Foundation ...read more

  • A Pastor Was Visiting A Family One Day. He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 27, 2001
    based on 180 ratings
     | 9,579 views

    A pastor was visiting a family one day. He knocked on the door but no one answered it. He knocked again and again, but still no answer. He thought he heard someone inside but they just wouldn’t answer the door. Finally he wrote a note and slipped it under the door. It was Rev.3:20: “Behold I ...read more

  • Affluent Americans Spend More Time On The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 2,173 views

    Affluent Americans spend more time on the Internet searching instead of surfing according to a JupiterResearch study. Americans with annual household income over $100,000 spend a median of 17 hours a week online, vs. 14 for everyone else. They also are more aware of advertising and are more active ...read more

  • Porn Tolerance According To A New Study, 65% Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,719 views

    Porn Tolerance According to a new study, 65% of men, 48% of women, 36% of fathers, and 20% of mothers agreed that pornography was an acceptable way for someone to express their sexuality. Pat Trueman of the Alliance Defense Fund says porn gives young men a sense of “entitlement” when it comes to ...read more

  • Dig In And Hang On

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jan 16, 2009
     | 1,585 views

    DIG IN AND HANG ON When I read Hebrews 6:13-20, I am always reminded of a story I heard years ago, from a young man telling about his trip down a foreign river. A storm came up suddenly and the banks were too high to climb, so he and his friend guided their small craft to the river's edge where, ...read more

  • Multi-Tasking Genes

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 28, 2009
     | 1,247 views

    MULTI-TASKING GENES According to Creation Magazine, "When geneticists found that there were only 20,000 to 30,000 genes in the human genome, [gee’ nome] on par with a 'simple worm,' they were surprised...But...new research shows that our genes can multi-task. By a process dubbed 'alternative ...read more

  • The Houston Hero

    Contributed by Nickolas Kooi on Aug 30, 2017
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    Abe Minor, a man nicknamed “The Houston Hero,” has been rescuing people all week. He started by being sent by his wife to rescue her friend’s family, which included four kids, one of which was an infant. As he was going there, others called out for his help as they saw him with his boat. He said ...read more

  • The Rich Family In Church By Eddie ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 11, 2009
     | 2,630 views

    THE RICH FAMILY IN CHURCH by Eddie Ogan I’ll never forget Easter 1946. I was 14, my little sister Ocy was 12, and my older sister Darlene 16. We lived at home with our mother, and the four of us knew what it was to do without many things. My dad had died five years before, leaving Mom with seven ...read more

  • What Is The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2009
     | 3,756 views

    What is the Church? They tell me the story that long ago there was a small church, in a small town, in a small county, where a small congregation had tried for years to get the biggest “sinner” in town, Sam, to come to church. Sam the sinner would have nothing to do with the church. He wouldn’t ...read more

  • The Missed Opportunity In Mongolian ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 4, 2009
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    The Missed Opportunity in Mongolian History A 13-year-old Mongolian inherited land from his father. Through great strategy and awesome fighting ability, he formed fighting bands that conquered village after village. Eventually he became known as Genghis Khan and ruled over 2 million people. His ...read more

  • On The Night Of April 14, 1912, During Its ...

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 2, 2007
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    * On the night of April 14, 1912, during its first trip from England to New York, the Titanic struck an iceberg. The collision tore a 300-foot gash in its hull, and in 2½ hours the unsinkable ship sank. Some 1500 people died. * On May 6, 1937, in Lakehurst, New Jersey, the mighty German Zeppelin, ...read more

  • One Mountain Too Many

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    ONE MOUNTAIN TOO MANY "No one has the right to an activity that can cause so much suffering and pain to others just so they can do something fun." Those are the words of Karl Purnell who lost his 28 year-old son Chris to an avalanche when Chris was ice-climbing in Canada. You can hear and maybe ...read more

  • A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
     | 3,225 views

    AMAZING In 1997, Reeve Lindbergh, daughter of aviator Charles Lindbergh, was invited to give the annual Lindbergh Address at the Smithsonian Institution’s Air and Space Museum to commemorate the 70th anniversary of her father’s historic solo flight across the Atlantic. On the day of the speech, ...read more

  • Child With Leukemia Grateful For Doctor's Help In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 20, 2009
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    Child With Leukemia Grateful for Doctor’s Help In Spite of Pain David, a 2-year old with leukemia, was taken by his mother, Deborah, to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, to see Dr. John Truman who specializes in treating children with cancer and various blood diseases. Dr. Truman’s ...read more

  • What Occupies Your Heart

    Contributed by Scott Carroll on May 20, 2011
     | 3,552 views

    WHAT OCCUPIES YOUR HEART I squirmed a bit as I forced myself to listen to my friend cataloging her problems. After three hours, I interrupted her gently to ask, "If you were to draw a circle to represent your life, what would be in the center? She thought a moment, then said, "My problems." My ...read more

  • Position Versus Discipleship

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 7, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,640 views

    POSITION VERSUS DISCIPLESHIP C. Gene Wilkes, in his book Jesus on Leadership, says, "Confusion arises when you equate higher 'positions' with leadership . . . As long as 'position' is honored above discipleship -- being a follower -- church leaders will honor the ambitious over the obedient." We ...read more

  • Forced To Kill  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 1, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,196 views

    FORCED TO KILL Around the time of the Korean War, Kim Joon-gon had seen 2,000 out of 20,000 people on Chunnam Island murdered by the Communists. They dragged he and his family outside their village where Kim’s father and wife were beaten to death and Kim was left for dead. When he revived and ...read more

  • Gay-Themed Content Ads Generated $212 Million In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,212 views

    Gay-Themed content ads generated $212 million in revenue in ‘05, a 2.5% increase over ’04. This represents 50.3% of total advertising in gay-themed publications—up from 9.9% in ...read more