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  • The Choice Before Us Is Plain: Christ Or Chaos, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "The choice before us is plain: Christ or chaos, conviction or compromise, discipline or disintegration. I am rather tired of hearing about our rights and privileges as American citizens. The time is come it is now when we ought to hear about the duties and responsibilities of ...read more

  • What American Christians Want: Christen ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
     | 1,680 views

    What American Christians Want: Christen researchers, the Barna Group, recently polled American attitudes on God and country. Some of their findings are: Removing the Ten Commandments—18% of adults support “removing signs that list the Ten Commandments from government buildings.” 79% rejected this ...read more

  • Perhaps No Composer Has Captured The Musical ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 20, 2007
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    Perhaps no composer has captured the musical heart and soul of America as did Irving Berlin. In addition to familiar favorites such as "God Bless America" and "Easter Parade," he wrote, "I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas," which still ranks as the all-time best-selling musical score. In an ...read more

  • At One Time Andrew Carnegie Was The Wealthiest ...

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 4, 2007
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    At one time Andrew Carnegie was the wealthiest man in America. He came to America from his native Scotland when he was a small boy, did a variety of odd jobs, and eventually ended up as the largest steel manufacturer in the United States. At one time he had forty-three millionaires working for him. ...read more

  • People Seem To Believe Now As Hollywood Has ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    People seem to believe now as Hollywood has taught that the more things and the more money you have the better your life will be. This though is the furthest thing from the truth. "I wish all of this never would have happened." The wife of a record-setting Powerball jackpot winner says she wishes ...read more

  • At One Time Andrew Carnegie Was The Wealthiest ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,513 views

    At one time Andrew Carnegie was the wealthiest man in America. He came to America from his native Scotland when he was a small boy, did a variety of odd jobs, and eventually ended up as the largest steel manufacturer in the United States. At one time he had forty-three millionaires working for him. ...read more

  • In 1863 President Lincoln Designated April 30th ...  PRO

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Sep 18, 2007
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    In 1863 President Lincoln designated April 30th as a day of national humiliation, fasting, and prayer. Let me read a portion of his proclamation on that occasion: "It is the duty of nations, as well as of men, who owe their dependence upon the overruling power of God, to confess their sins and ...read more

  • Andy Fastow Was A Brilliant Kid In My High School ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 17, 2009
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    Andy Fastow was a brilliant kid in my high school graduating class in New Providence New Jersey. He was one of the really good kids. In fact he was the student body president of my senior class. He went on to get a great education and a fantastic job. He climbed his way up the ladder until he ...read more

  • Many Of You Know That I Am A Big Fan Of Al Jo...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 31, 2009
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    Many of you know that I am a big fan of Al Jolson. Did you know how I became a Jolson fan? It started with Ted Martin’s dad, Danny Martin… Jolson - first superstar. First man to sell a million records. The man who was billed as "The World’s Greatest Entertainer," the man who had the rude ...read more

  • The Beautiful Country: Predestination

    Contributed by Michael Walther on Jun 6, 2011
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    THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY: PREDESTINATION A few years ago, a movie came out about a boy in Vietnam who’s father had been an American GI (The Beautiful Country). His life was miserable because no one in Vietnam accepted him. He was a half-breed. His mother wanted him to try to escape to America to ...read more

  • Several Years Ago, James Eads Built The First ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Nov 9, 2002
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    Several years ago, James Eads built the first steel bridge in America. It spanned the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri. No one believed that it would support its own weight. Eads ordered 14 locomotives to stop on the bridge at the same time. The people then trusted the ...read more

  • Family Time: Society Is Seeing Attitudinal Shifts ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    Family Time: Society is seeing attitudinal shifts in parents as they focus less on career and more on family. According to the Travel Industry Association of America, households with kids took just under 119 million leisure trips in ‘02, up 23% ...read more

  • Christian Values ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    CHRISTIAN VALUES STATISTICS 93% of U.S. Christians think tax-funded schools should not promote homosexuality as an acceptable lifestyle. 92% of U.S. Christians think it is "very important" to prevent homosexual "marriage" from becoming legal. 89% of U.S. Christians ...read more

  • In North Shore Baptist Church, In Chicago, The ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 12, 2006
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    In North Shore Baptist Church, in Chicago, the Sunday School Director and one of the deacons in the church was a man named James L. Kraft. As a young man, just beginning, he wanted to be the most famous manufacturer and salesman of cheese in the world. He was going to be rich and famous, and he ...read more

  • When I Think Of The Promises Of God, I'm Reminded ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Montgomery on Jun 9, 2007
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    When I think of the promises of God, I’m reminded of the story of the young man who had a dream to go to America. He scrimped and saved, and did everything in his power to save enough money to buy a ticket on a boat bound for America. The day came when he had precisely the amount of money ...read more

  • D.l. Moody: God Loves Sinners  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
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    D.L. MOODY: GOD LOVES SINNERS D.L. Moody was a renowned American preacher back in the mid 1800’s. He went to England where he was introduced to a young preacher named Henry Moorehouse. During their short conversation, Moorehouse said he wanted to go to America. Moody, trying to be polite, said ...read more

  • The Enemy Is Real  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 6, 2011
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    THE ENEMY IS REAL I am learning some things about the FIRST WORLD WAR. Things like it was a TRENCH WAR in which both sides just looked at each other from trenches for most of the war. Often they did not see one another as enemies. The French would not fire on the Germans when they saw their ...read more

  • God Came On 9/12, A Column In The Wall Street ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    God Came On 9/12, a column in the Wall Street Journal began with these words, “In the week since terrorists struck America, the most surprising public appearance hasn’t been made by a political leader, or a grieving celebrity or a foreign dignitary. The most striking ...read more

  • 9/11 And Evil

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 12, 2009
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    9/11 AND EVIL For some years many people have claimed that there is no such thing as evil. However, when 9/11 happened almost no one disputed the claims of President Bush: "America was targeted for attack because we’re the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no ...read more

  • The Following Were Answers Provided By 6th ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
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    The following were answers provided by 6th graders during a history test. Watch the spelling! Some of the best humor is in the misspelling. Even funnier read aloud to someone else! 1. Ancient Egypt was inhabited by mummies and they all wrote in hydraulics. They lived in the Sarah Dessert. The ...read more