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Someone Once Said…"I Made 6 Resolutions Last ...  PRO

Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Jan 6, 2003

Someone once said…”I made 6 resolutions last year and I kept them all Year long. They are in an ...read more

Tags: Decision, New Year, New Life, New Year's Day, Resolution  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

June 6, 1944; The Day When Allied Forces Invaded ...

Contributed by Nathan Garcia on Mar 8, 2005

June 6, 1944; the day when allied forces invaded the beaches of Normandy. Four days after D-Day a German soldier, Franz Gockel wrote to his family describing it. “We shot at everything that moved. The beach was soon covered with the bodies of American soldiers.” Maybe some of you have seen the ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Denomination: Adventist

1 In 5 Children Ages 6-12 Are Regularly Left ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

1 in 5 children ages 6-12 are regularly left without supervision after school. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Children

1 Out Of Every 6 Theological Students In The U.s. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

1 out of every 6 theological students in the U.S. is enrolled in a Southern Baptist seminary. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Church General

American Chat Some 53 Million Americans, 1 In 6, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

American Chat Some 53 million Americans, 1 in 6, now visit a chat room every month, up from one in 10 million in ‘01, finds Nielsen/Net Rating and Forrester Research. E-mail is now the most popular online activity for 93% of Web regulars ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Getting To The Good Stuff!" Exodus 6: 1-12 Key ...

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 11, 2004

“Getting to The Good Stuff!” Exodus 6: 1-12 Key verse(s): 12: “But Moses said to the Lord, ‘If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips’.” When I was a boy I had the rather thankless job of feeding a herd of our neighbor’s ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 6:1-12

Tags: Leadership General

Denomination: Lutheran

Unca Frank's Christmas!" Isaiah 9: 6-7 Key ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Dec 20, 2004

“Unca Frank’s Christmas!” Isaiah 9: 6-7 Key verse(s): 6a: “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given.” Franklin Chaney was by all accounts what you would call a crank. For years he had lived alone in his upper flat, Vera having gone to be with the Lord many years past. He was pretty set in ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:6-7

Tags: Christmas Advent

Denomination: Lutheran

Mrs.baughman Was My 6th Grade Sunday School ...  PRO

Contributed by Patrick Wooten on Jan 18, 2005

Mrs.Baughman was my 6th grade Sunday School teacher. One morning, she brought a pan of brownies to our class. As the goodies sat over by her chair, she gave each child a slip of paper marked with a household expense: house payment, utility bill, phone bill, entertainment, etc. My slip had a car ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 3:9-10

Tags: Giving General

Denomination: Church Of God

Chilling Hit-And-Run, June 6, 2008, Hartford, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008

Chilling hit-and-run, June 6, 2008, HARTFORD, CONN. And you probably saw this on the news! SHOCKING! -- A 78-year-old man was tossed like a rag doll in a hit-and-run and stayed there motionless on a busy street as car after car drove by. Pedestrians gawked but did nothing. One driver stopped ...read more

Tags: Character

In John 6:40 Jesus Says, "For My Father's Will Is ...

Contributed by Mike Cleveland on Aug 17, 2008

In John 6:40 Jesus says, “For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.” But wait a minute, there is something within every person that prevents us from looking to Jesus. It is the belief that we’re ...read more

Tags: Sin Deceptive

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Romans 6:11 "So You Should Consider Yourselves ...

Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Jan 14, 2008

Romans 6:11 "So you should consider yourselves dead to sin and able to live for the glory of God through Christ Jesus." Something that’s dead is unresponsive. I’ve brought one of my daughter’s stuffed animals today, a large dog. When she was little she called him James T. Bone. It’s not really ...read more

Denomination: Mennonite

Before I Got Married, I Had 6 Theories On ...

Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 22, 2009

"Before I got married, I had 6 theories on raising kids. Now I have 6 kids and ...read more

Tags: Children

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

An Image Better Than Adam's!" Isaiah 59:1-8 Key ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Feb 27, 2005

“An Image Better Than Adam’s!” Isaiah 59:1-8 Key verse(s): 1-2:“Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you so that he will not hear.” Oh if we could but live one ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 59:1-8

Tags: Sin Separates From God, Soul Immortal

Denomination: Lutheran

2. Ex. Loyd Neal Was Mayor Of Corpus Christi ...

Contributed by Bob Gomez on Jan 8, 2008

2. ex. Loyd Neal was mayor of Corpus Christi from 1997-2004, and has served as Judge for Nueces County a. Regardless of how you may feel about him politically, a while back they wrote a great story about him in the Caller-Times. - Fresh from active duty in the U.S. Army, Neal began his civilian ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

In ‘03, U.s. Consumers Paid $9.4 Billion Dollars ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

In ‘03, U.S. consumers paid $9.4 billion dollars for cosmetic procedures. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment

Unintentionally Humorous Texts: Micah’s Misfortunes, Part 2

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Mar 11, 2024

Introduction: The first verses of Judges 17 tell the story of Micah. In a word, he stole a lot of money from his mother, but returned it to her after she pronounced a curse on the stuff—and, probably, the thief whoever it may have been. The section concludes with Micah establishing his own ...read more

Scripture: Judges 17:7-13

Tags: Micah, Idolatry, Levites, Mount Ephraim

Denomination: Baptist

An Average Day Is Actually 23hrs. 56 Mins 4.09 ...

Contributed by Millie Pisano on Apr 26, 2004

1. An average day is actually 23hrs. 56 mins 4.09 seconds. Leap year makes up for this shortfall 2. One year contains: 31,557,600 seconds 3. An average person spends 55 mins a day getting showered; dressed; groomed. That is a total 335hrs. 25 mins. ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

Denomination: Pentecostal

Kurt Cobain Died About 8 Years Ago. I Remember ...  PRO

Contributed by Scott Weber on Mar 23, 2001

Kurt Cobain died about 8 years ago. I remember the day I picked up the newspaper and read about it. He was the founder and lead singer of the rock group "Nirvana." His death was a suicide. He took a shotgun, pointed it to his head, and killed himself. The newspaper was filled with the words of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:7-11

Tags: Hope, God Brings Purpose, God Brings Hope, Meaning, Self-Control  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The U.s. Household Savings Rate Now Averages 0.8% ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The U.S. household savings rate now averages 0.8% of disposable income, the lowest since the Great Depression. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Money

Some 41 Companies Lost $170.8 Million Last Year ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Some 41 companies lost $170.8 million last year from theft of proprietary information. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Sin General