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  • There Are Those That You Can Count On To Attend ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There are those that you can count on to attend every service they are called “the Core”. One choir director was upset because the choir members were not dedicated to choir practice but the piano player had attended every practice. So he bragged on him in front of the choir for being their every ...read more

  • Dentist

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Dentist Nobody likes a complainer. A dentist once heard a patient grumbling about his fee. “Two hundred dollars – just to pull out a tooth” she exclaimed, “And you only work for one minute” “Well, if you wish,” the dentist replied, “I can pull it out slowly.” 8) ...read more

  • Top 10 Reasons Why People Worry

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,255 views

    Top 10 Reasons Why People Worry Results of a national poll: Industry Week Magazine… 1. Own health and fitness - 73% 2. Lack of time for family or leisure pursuits - 49% 3. Their children’s problems - 43% 4. Job related stress - 43% 5. Personal investments - 39% 6. Estate planning - ...read more

  • Ten Basic Statements About Ministry

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 9, 2007
     | 1,705 views

    Ten Basic Statements about Ministry Warren and David Wiersbe, said in their book: Making Sense of the Ministry 1. The foundation of ministry is character. 2. The nature of ministry is service. 3. The motive for ministry is love. 4. The measure of ministry is sacrifice. 5. The authority of ministry ...read more

  • I Am Amazed By What People Will Believe. I Read ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Nov 9, 2007
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    I am amazed by what people will believe. I read this recently, the following headlines were observed: * Dinosaurs Honked Like Buicks * Cow Mattresses Help Cows Produce More Milk * Mother To Be On Diet Of Only Chicken, Lays Huge Egg * WWII Bomber Found On The Moon * Woman Gives Birth To 2 ...read more

  • Many Different Dates Have Been Observed As The ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Dec 17, 2007
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    Many different dates have been observed as the birthday of Jesus. January 2 was the first we know about. Later May 20 was observed. At different periods Christmas has been on April 18, April 19, March 25, March 28, and January 6. For a long time the Eastern Orthodox Church observed January 6 and it ...read more

  • One Of My Christmas Presents Was A Book: ‘a ...  PRO

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jan 5, 2008
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    One of my Christmas presents was a book: ‘A Bundle of Laughs’ by J. John & Mark Stibbe. Towards the end of the book comes their light-hearted ‘20 Rules of Wisdom’. Don’t worry; I’m only going to read four! 1.God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts! 2.Growing old is inevitable, growing up ...read more

  • Going Home

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    GOING HOME For the first time since the Depression, more Americans ages 75 and older have been leaving the South than moving there, according to a New York Times analysis of Census Bureau data. The reversal appears to be driven in part by older people who retired to the South in their 60s, but ...read more

  • Women Are More Likely To Work During Pregnancy ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    Women are more likely to work during pregnancy than they were 30 to 40 years ago. They also are returning to work more rapidly after having their first child; 64% are back at work within a year vs. 17% in the 60s. 66% of women who had their first child between ’01 and ’03 worked during their ...read more

  • Affluent People Are Increasingly Likely To Use ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
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    Affluent People are increasingly likely to use the Internet to make their charitable donations, reports The Chronicle of Philanthropy. But charities are turning off some of their biggest donors (those who give $1,000 or more). Some send too many messages to donors who say they don’t want them, ...read more

  • The Culture Of The Corinthians Said, "Go Ahead ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 2, 2008
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    The culture of the Corinthians said, "Go ahead commit sexual immorality – God won’t mind – God is okay with it." The Corinthian city was evil because they practiced "Sexual immorality in the temple of Aphrodite." 1. It was considered normal! 2. It was considered even a way to honor other ...read more

  • A Certain Oklahoma Farmer Had Been Taken So Many ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Aug 1, 2008
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    A certain Oklahoma farmer had been taken so many times by the new car dealer that when the dealer wanted to buy a cow, the farmer priced it to him like this Basic cow $200 2-tone exterior $45 Extra stomach $75 Product storage compartment $60 Dispensing unit with 4 spigots $50 Genuine cow hide ...read more

  • Sheep Are Stubborn

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
     | 4,178 views

    As Joel Preston says: -Sheep are stubborn. Sheep can get easily lost because they tend to go their own way. Like sheep, believers have a tendency to go their own direction rather than follow the divine Shepherd's plan. So Ps 119:176 says, "I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for ...read more

  • When Dawn And I Were In Kenya, It Was An ...

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jan 21, 2009
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    When Dawn and I were in Kenya, it was an interesting thing. For about 2 hours every day, the local deep well near an oasis would be pumped into cisterns all around the area. It was often difficult to get the local people to allow the cisterns to fill before they turned on hoses to water the trees. ...read more

  • Changing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    CHANGING ME There’s an old story about a man who tried to save the city of Sodom from destruction by warning the citizens. But the people ignored him. One day someone asked, "Why bother everyone? You can’t change them." "Maybe I can’t," the man replied, "but I still shout and scream ...read more

  • The Rock Wasn't Shaking!

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 2, 2022
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    A passenger ship tragically capsized at sea. Many drowned, but one teenager was found clinging to a rock. After he was rescued, someone asked him if he was terrified. He responded by saying, “Yes, I was shaking all the time…but the rock I was holding onto wasn’t shaking!”  Psalm ...read more

  • Money In The Bible

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 2, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,865 views

    16 out of 38 of Christ’s parables deal with money. More is said in the New Testament about money than Heaven and Hell combined. Five times more is said about money than prayer. While there are 500 plus verses on both prayer and faith, there are over 2,000 verses dealing with money and ...read more

  • Mold

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Nov 2, 2025
     | 232 views

    Rom 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that ...read more

  • This Is Only A Test

    Contributed by Kelvin Parks on May 2, 2026
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    This is only a test. Not a punishment. Not a sign God forgot you. A test. James 1:2 says count it ALL joy when you fall into diverse temptations. The testing of your faith works patience. And patience has a perfect work. You are not in a storm. You are in a process. The test is not meant to break ...read more

  • That Another Might Live—communion Meditation  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 11, 2003
    based on 17 ratings
     | 5,135 views

    THAT ANOTHER MIGHT LIVE- COMMUNION MEDITATION About 6:00 A.M. on a Wednesday morning James Lawson of Running Springs, California (in the San Bernardino mountains) left home to apply for a job. About an hour later his thirty-six-year-old wife, Patsy left for her fifth grade teaching job ...read more