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  • Duke University Study  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Dec 11, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 1,801 views

    INTRODUCTION... A Duke University Study A group at Duke University did a study on “peace of mind.” Factors found to contribute greatly to emotional and mental stability are: 1. The absence of suspicion and resentment. Nursing a grudge was a major factor in unhappiness. 2. Not living in the ...read more

  • Perhaps An Analogy Will Best Clarify This. As ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Schaal on May 20, 2004
    based on 31 ratings
     | 3,658 views

    Perhaps an analogy will best clarify this. As Christians we may be compared with a reservoir for producing electrical power, like one of those you see when you drive down the canyon. When we accept Christ, construction of our reservoir is complete. We now have the potential to be useful and to ...read more

  • Spiritual Anarchy  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Jan 23, 2003
    based on 22 ratings
     | 2,006 views

    SPIRITUAL ANARCHY In his [Barna’s] new volume he flatly states that moral anarchy has arrived and rules our culture today. The argument hinges on a substantial amount of attitudinal and behavioral evidence: record bankruptcy levels, frivolous lawsuits, the rapid growth of the pornography industry, ...read more

  • Someone Has Estimated That The Average Member Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Brincefield on May 30, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,107 views

    Someone has estimated that the average member of the church has heard 6,000 sermons, 8,000 congregational songs and led zero people to Jesus Christ! Here is the way the problem stacks up in a Church with 200 members: 20 are too old to work, that leaves 180 left to work, but of the rest, 18 are ...read more

  • Pastor Bud Buchner, A Well-Known Street ...

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on Sep 26, 2004
     | 1,747 views

    Illus. Pastor Bud Buchner, a well-known street minister in Lansing, MI, was once counseling with a man high on drugs and alcohol. The guy wasn’t being responsive to his invitation because he had to get to the bar across the Michigan Ave. in downtown Lansing. Michigan Ave. is a five-lane street that ...read more

  • Tammy Faye Baker In One Of Those Tv Reality ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joe Fornear on Oct 20, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,880 views

    Tammy Faye Baker in one of those TV reality series went to a book signing and several other celebrities were with her – She was asked “What advice would you give to a parent who first finds out their child is gay?” – She responded, “Love them anyway – love them unconditionally” – she blew everyone ...read more

  • Columnist L. M. Boyd Recently Described The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jess Bousa on Jan 2, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,595 views

    Columnist L. M. Boyd recently described the amazing good fortune of a man named Jack Wurm. In 1949, Mr. Wurm was broke and out of a job. No job and no money, just like some of us here. One day he was walking along a San Francisco beach when he came across a bottle with a piece of paper in it. As ...read more

  • Isaiah Thomas - In His Sexual Harrassment ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 27, 2007
     | 1,629 views

    Isaiah Thomas - In his Sexual Harrassment deposition A bizarre deposition given by the coach of The New York Knicks in a sexual harassment suit has attracted much attention in the media. During the testimony, former Detroit Pistons legend Isiah Thomas suggested that when a black man refers to a ...read more

  • Finding Peace Of Mind

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 12, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,019 views

    Finding Peace Of Mind Duke University did a study on “peace of mind.” Factors found to contribute greatly to emotional and mental stability are: · The absence of suspicion and resentment. Nursing a grudge was a major factor in unhappiness. · Not living in the past. An unwholesome preoccupation ...read more

  • Cast In A Line For Yourself

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Dec 30, 2007
     | 1,419 views

    Cast In A Line For Yourself A poor, hungry man stood idly on a bridge watching some fishermen. Seeing one of them with a basket full of fish by his side, he said, "if I had a catch like that, I’d be happy. I’d sell it and buy some food and clothes." "I’ll give you that many fish if you do a ...read more

  • Preferences – Being A Disciple Of Christ Also ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 2,040 views

    Preferences – Being a disciple of Christ also means that you deny, you forgo, you give up many of your preferences for Christ. Before anything that is truly of God can be born, your own preferences have to die. Your desire to serve or lead in this type of church or that, has to be laid on the altar ...read more

  • Bloom Where You're Planted

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 17, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,218 views

    BLOOM WHERE YOU'RE PLANTED In the eleventh century, King Henry III of Bavaria grew tired of court life and the pressures of being a monarch. He made application to Prior Richard at a local monastery, asking to be accepted as a contemplative and spend the rest of his life in the monastery. "Your ...read more

  • God Gave Me The Light

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 22, 2008
     | 2,196 views

    GOD GAVE ME THE LIGHT I remember back when I graduated from college and was beginning to interview for ministry positions. I was being looked at by three churches, but I wanted God to be able to guide in where I would go, so I agreed to go to the first church that would give me the official call. ...read more

  • Reverend Marsh Tells The Story Of Two Men Who ...

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on May 28, 2008
     | 888 views

    Reverend Marsh tells the story of two men who worked together for years. Joe went to church every Sunday, Harvey not at all. One Monday morning, Harvey said, "Joe, I went to church yesterday," whereupon Joe responded excitedly, "Harvey, I'm sure glad to hear that." Harvey continued, "The ...read more

  • Paul Harvey Tells About A Airline Stewardess Who ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
     | 1,199 views

    Paul Harvey tells about a airline stewardess who was being harassed by a slightly inebriated man up in the first class section who was making passes at her and trying to get her to agree to meet him in his hotel suite that night. With some difficulty she got away from him, only to encounter another ...read more

  • Dying To Save Her Father

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,799 views

    DYING TO SAVE HER FATHER The great Charles Spurgeon told a story that demonstrated a person’s concern for an unsaved family member. A rather young girl in Spurgeon’s congregation who had a terminal illness approached her pastor one day with thoughts about her upcoming funeral. She spoke of her ...read more

  • Satisfied ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Mar 13, 2009
     | 2,406 views

    “Satisfied Completely!” The daughter of a New York rabbi tells this story. “My father taught me to read the Bible in Hebrew as a young child. We began at Genesis. When we came to Isaiah, he skipped the fifty-third chapter. I asked him why. He said it was not necessary for Jews to read that ...read more

  • More Time Later...?

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Sep 2, 2009
     | 1,149 views

    MORE TIME LATER...? When I returned from my trip to Europe, back in 1982, I remember a conversation I had with an high school classmate. He asked me if I heard about Vick, another classmate of ours. Vick was one of my old partying buddies from before I accepted Christ. His parents were good ...read more

  • Does He Show Through?

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Sep 3, 2009
     | 6,875 views

    DOES HE SHOW THROUGH? One Sunday as they drove home from church, a little girl turned to her mother & said, "Mommy, there’s something about the preacher’s message this morning that I don’t understand." The mother said, "Oh? What is it?" The little girl replied, "Well, he said that God is ...read more

  • Effects Of Divorce

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 22, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,132 views

    EFFECTS OF DIVORCE Focus on the Family states: With more than 30 years of research, we now know divorce seldom leads to a better life. Consider that: 1. Life expectancies for divorced men and women are significantly lower than for married people (who have the longest life expectancies).3 2. A ...read more

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