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  • The Poor Are Much Greater Givers Than The Rich. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Nov 3, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,270 views

    The poor are much greater givers than the rich. Did you know that? According to U.S. News and World Report, the poorest households in America gave 5.5% of their income to charity last year. The wealthiest households gave only 2.9%. According to the magazine Confident Living, ...read more

  • Pornography Revenues Now Exceed The Combined ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
     | 1,730 views

    Pornography revenues now exceed the combined revenues of Coca-Cola and McDonnell Douglas. ’96 porn video sales & rental profits were $4.2 billion. Americans spend more money at strip clubs than at Broadway, off-Broadway, regional and nonprofit theaters; at the opera, the ballet, ...read more

  • A Mother Knows She's Been Home Too Long For The ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on May 18, 2009
     | 1,381 views

    A mother knows she’s been home too long for the following reasons: 1. She begins to talk to Barney as a real person. 2. She forgets which one is real – Mister Rogers or King Friday. 3. She cries for a wedding on Sesame Street. 4. She is one of the congregation ...read more

  • Liberty = Vigilance  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 24, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,081 views

    LIBERTY = VIGILANCE In 1790 John Philpot Curran said, "The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt." Thomas Jefferson condensed Curran’s advice with the ...read more

  • I ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010
     | 1,225 views

    ILLUSTRATION The example of EVIL in the 20th century. 1. 6,000,000 Jews murdered in gas chambers. 2. 7,000,000 gypsies/others 3. Russia slaughtered 20,000,000 Ukrainians 4. 1.5 million Armenians killed 5. tens of thousands ...read more

  • Steps Of Bible Study

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 27, 2010
     | 2,958 views

    STEPS OF BIBLE STUDY Bible study starts with Observation: What does it say? Then we move on to step 2 with Interpretation: What does it mean? Then we move on to step 3 with Correlation: How does it fit with the Bible as a whole? Finally, we end with Application: How do I use it in my life? ...read more

  • Principles Of Materialism  PRO

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on May 8, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,438 views

    PRINCIPLES OF MATERIALISM In Randy Alcorn’s book: God, Money and Possessions, we find some worthwhile principles: 1. God owns everything. 2. My heart always goes where I put my money. 3. Heaven, not earth, is my home. 4. Giving is the only antidote to materialism. ...read more

  • God Works In Tranquility

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2010
     | 2,797 views

    GOD WORKS IN TRANQUILITY Fuss and feverishness, anxiety, intensity, intolerance, instability, pessimism and wobble, and every kind of hurry and worry--these, even on the highest levels, are signs of the self-made and self-acting soul; the spiritual parvenu. The saints are never like that. They ...read more

  • Spiritual Hunger: Stop Feeding People Who Are Not Hungry!

    Contributed by Kingdom Focus Institute on Jan 31, 2016
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,199 views

    About that time there was once again a large crowd with nothing to eat. Jesus called his disciples and said to them, 2 “I feel sorry for the people. They have been with me three days now and have nothing to eat. 3 If I send them home before they’ve eaten, ...read more

  • Tattling

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 4, 2019
     | 1,455 views

    Difference between tattling and communicating necessary information: 2. Difference between rightness [trite correctness] and being righteous. "Johnny is playing with matches" - OK "Johnny is playing with his iPod even though you said he had to brush his teeth first!" - ...read more

  • When A Surgeon Enters An Operating Theater, He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,611 views

    WHEN A SURGEON ENTERS AN OPERATING THEATER, HE IS CAREFUL TO WORK IN A STERILE ENVIRONMENT, BY SCRUBBING HIS HANDS; WEARING A STERILIZED GOWN AND MASK TO PROTECT THE PATIENT AND HIMSELF, FROM ANY GERMS OR BACTERIA. L. THE THEOLOGICAL IMPLICATION IS THAT WE SHOULD HATE SIN, BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY WE ...read more

  • Volunteers Down

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 2,313 views

    VOLUNTEERS DOWN In ’06 more than 61 million Americans donated their time to charity, the fewest since ’02, and down 4.4 million from ’05, reports the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Experts note volunteering spiked after 9/11/01 and Hurricane Katrina may have played a role in that it wiped out ...read more

  • Big Idea Productions' Parent Classic Media ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,518 views

    Big Idea Productions' parent Classic Media Holdings, Inc. has been acquired by U.K.-based Entertainment Rights, owner of rights to many characters, including Fat Albert & the Cosby Kids, Postman Pat, and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. VeggieTales officials say the organization has a ...read more

  • Heroes And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 2,720 views

    HEROES AND ROLE-MODELS British adults were asked who they would want their children to look up to in an Opinion Research poll. Family members topped the list, followed by multi-millionaire entrepreneur and daredevil Richard Branson. Jesus Christ came in 3rd in the ...read more

  • Greatest Commandment

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 22, 2025
     | 427 views

    From the Talmud: Rabbi Simlai taught "Six hundred and thirteen commandments were given to Moses; then David came and reduced them to eleven in Psalm 15.; Isaiah (33:15), to six; Micah (6:8), to three; Isaiah again (56:1), to two; and Habakkuk ...read more

  • Giant Steps  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Mar 10, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,433 views

    Giant steps Marathon the latest goal in a life of challenges. Katie Lynch, 26, practicing for Monday’s Boston Marathon with a special Walker. (Globe Staff Photo / JohnTlumacki) By John Vellante, Globe Staff, 4/14/01 WAYLAND Her life -- all 26-plus years of it -- has been one challenge after ...read more

  • With Regard To Alcohol Abuse

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,020 views

    With regard to alcohol abuse: 1. Currently, nearly 14 million Americans—1 in every 13 adults-abuse alcohol or are alcoholic. 2. Several million more adults engage in risky drinking patterns that could lead to alcohol problems. 3. Even more scary and sad is how young people are when they get ...read more

  • Prayer For Those In ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 2,804 views

    “Prayer for Those In Authority” 1 Timothy 2:1-4, “I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone -- for kings and all those in authority… This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of ...read more

  • In 1818, Ignaz Phillip Semmelweis Was Born Into A ...

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on Dec 18, 2006
     | 2,290 views

    In 1818, Ignaz Phillip Semmelweis was born into a world of dying women. The finest hospitals lost one out of six young mothers to the scourge of "childbed fever." A doctor’s daily routine began in the dissecting room where he performed autopsies. From there he made his way to the hospital to ...read more

  • A. Here Are A Series Of Quotes From The Founding ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 3, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,732 views

    a. Here are a series of quotes from the Founding Fathers warning us not to forsake the Bible and its teachings these quotes are form the same website above and from lectures by Peter Marshall on Restoring America: “The very men who WROTE the Constitution admit that this nation and its Judicial ...read more