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  • Ernest Hemingway, Said This About His Life: "I ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,189 views

    Ernest Hemingway, said this about his life: “I live in a vacuum that is as lonely as a radio tube when the batteries are dead, and there is no current to plug into.” Hemingway lived his life in a way that would be the envy of any person who has bought in to the values of this world. But on a Sunday ...read more

  • Connections

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on May 7, 2009
     | 5,650 views

    CONNECTIONS My truck would not start. I tried several things to fix it and even had the battery checked. I thought I was in for a big expense. I prayed for my truck. A friend told me to clean the terminals, which I already had done. But I cleaned them thoroughly again and the truck started ...read more

  • He Is Our Desperate Need: 2 Peter ...

    Contributed by Michael West on Oct 2, 2008
     | 1,797 views

    He is our desperate need: 2 Peter 1:3-4 Without Him, we are lost. Without Him, we are like a toy that needs batteries… We were born into this world blind to the truth of God— I Corinthians 2:14. Without Him, we would have remained full of corruption. With Him, we now ...read more

  • Ignorance

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 18, 2020
     | 3,758 views

    This is a transcript of an actual support call to a computer support number: Me: Thank you for calling —- my name is —- how may I help you? customer: My new laptop won’t turn on. Me: Is it plugged in? Customer: What? Me: Did you plug it in? The battery is probably dead. Customer: It’s a WIRELESS ...read more

  • Power To Be The Light

    Contributed by Joshua Blackmon on Jun 3, 2024
     | 440 views

    Smartphones are amazing pieces of technology. Everything my generation went to RadioShack to purchase is now all together in the palm of our hand, including our flashlights. My grandfather loved flashlights. It was okay to get him a new one each year for Christmas or his birthday. He would take a ...read more

  • Postmodernism Is, Almost By Definition, A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 7, 2006
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     | 2,633 views

    Postmodernism is, almost by definition, a transitional cusp of social, cultural, economic and ideological history when modernism’s high-minded principles and preoccupations have ceased to function, but before they have been replaced with a totally new system of values. It represents a moment of ...read more

  • Woman's Husband Gave Her A Hard Time… One Day ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 1,645 views

    Woman’s husband gave her a hard time… one day disconnected battery cables… car wouldn’t crank so without a word to her husband she started walking… he later felt bad, showed up at services & then obeyed the gospel They live in a Barbie world wanting everything their Barbie had! Think: “If Barbie ...read more

  • Plug-In Pollution

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,460 views

    PLUG-IN POLLUTION The expected introduction of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles could cut U.S. gasoline use but could also increase air pollution in some areas. A plug-in's lower tailpipe emissions may be offset by smokestack emissions from the utility plants supplying electricity to recharge the ...read more

  • My Family And I Lived In A Temporary Home After ...

    Contributed by Scott Rodgers on Apr 13, 2008
     | 2,849 views

    My family and I lived in a temporary home after a move and did not bother to unpack our boxes. My brother and I were kept awake each night by a bothersome cricket. After several nights of poor sleep we moved all the boxes out in an attempt to drive the cricket but were unsuccessful. Finally after a ...read more

  • Plug-In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
     | 1,031 views

    PLUG-IN POLLUTION The expected introduction of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles could cut U.S. gasoline use but could also increase air pollution in some areas. A plug-in’s lower tailpipe emissions may be offset by smokestack emissions from the utility plants supplying electricity to recharge the ...read more

  • Get Recharged Often

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 29, 2008
     | 2,042 views

    GET RECHARGED OFTEN This is our first year with cell phones. Marylu was a counselor up at Camp Emmanuel this year for two weeks. Her cell phone kept needing to be recharged, because out at camp the towers are remote (it said, "extended service area") and cell phones keep looking for a better ...read more

  • Smoke Alarms

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 11, 2011
     | 1,371 views

    SMOKE ALARMS This is one of my smoke alarms. (HIT BUZZER) Annoying, isn’t it? Now a smoke alarm is supposed to go off if the house is on fire. But mine goes off more often than that. Generally my smoke alarm goes off when I’m cooking (yes I’ve burnt my food). And when the smoke from burnt ...read more

  • Thomas Edison Invented The Microphone, The ...

    Contributed by Rommel Samaniego on May 16, 2008
     | 2,007 views

    Thomas Edison invented the microphone, the phonograph, the incandescent light, the storage battery, talking movies, and more than a thousand other things. In December 1914 he had worked for ten years on a storage battery. This had greatly strained his finances. This particular evening, ...read more

  • Dynamic E-Books: The Biggest Barrier To E-Book ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
     | 1,578 views

    Dynamic E-Books: The biggest barrier to e-book world domination has to be the screen. An LCD display has much lower resolution than paper, and is reflective. On a PDA reading time is severely limited by battery life. But the dedicated e-book reader is about to make a comeback. Soon to be released ...read more

  • Dynamic E-Books The Biggest Barrier To E-Book ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2007
     | 1,383 views

    Dynamic E-Books The biggest barrier to e-book world domination has to be the screen. An LCD display has much lower resolution than paper, and is reflective. On a PDA reading time is severely limited by battery life. But the dedicated e-book reader is about to make a comeback. Soon to be released ...read more

  • The Value Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 3,535 views

    THE VALUE OF STUFF It’s interesting the values people put on stuff. It’s amazing what sells on E-bay. A Brazilian manufacturer put a UFO detector with AA batteries included on E-bay. The detector could detect fluctuations in the earth’s magnetic field caused by visitations from alien spacecraft. ...read more

  • Thomas Edison Invented The Microphone, The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2005
     | 2,036 views

    Thomas Edison invented the microphone, the phonograph, the incandescent light, the storage battery, talking movies, and more than 1000 other things. December 1914 he had worked for 10 years on a storage battery. This had greatly strained his finances. This particular evening spontaneous combustion ...read more

  • If You Were To Sit Down In Your Living Room, Hit ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 11, 2001
    based on 79 ratings
     | 1,688 views

    If you were to sit down in your living room, hit the remote control and nothing happened, what’s the first thing you’d do? Call the cable company? Call KDKA and ask what happened to their signal? Call ABC & CBS & NBC & Fox? Probably most of you would check the batteries in the remote. Or you’d see ...read more

  • If Your House Is On Fire, Warm Yourself By ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Knight on Jul 15, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,847 views

    If your house is on fire, warm yourself by it. -Spanish Proverb Thomas Edison invented the microphone, the phonograph, the incandescent light, the storage battery, talking movies, and more than 1000 other things. December 1914 he had worked for 10 years on a storage battery. This had greatly ...read more

  • Churches Closed Due To Lack Of Power!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 10, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 769 views

    Bill Crowder gives us a pithy Illustration of Need for Power. The first winter that my wife Marlene and I were married was marked by severe blizzards. I can vividly remember one Sunday when we awoke to find that the electricity had been knocked out by an ice storm. Huddled around a ...read more

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