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  • He Became Like Us

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
     | 2,481 views

    HE BECAME LIKE US John Howard Griffin was a white man who believed he could never understand the plight of African-Americans unless he became like one. In 1959, he darkened his skin with medication, sun lamps, and stains, then traveled throughout the South. His book, Black Like Me, helped whites ...read more

  • Sin Like A Mushroom

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 8, 2011
     | 2,466 views

    SIN LIKE A MUSHROOM In Oregon's Malheur National Forest, a fungus spreads through tree roots across 2,200 acres, making it the largest living organism ever found. Popularly known as the honey mushroom, the Armillaria Ostoyae started from a single microscopic spore. Yet it's been weaving its black ...read more

  • Missing Out  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,418 views

    MISSING OUT Leith Anderson, a pastor, shares an experience of disappointment. As a boy, he grew up outside of New York City and was an avid fan of the old Brooklyn Dodgers. One day his father took him to a World Series game between the Dodgers and the Yankees. He was so excited, and he just knew ...read more

  • When Do We Usually Want To Know God's Will? When ...

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Jul 29, 2008
     | 2,242 views

    When do we usually want to know God's will? When we've run out of answers. Thank God for the times the answers run out and we must look to him! Tony Dungy is the coach of the Indianapolis Colts who won the Super Bowl last season. He is a devout Christian and has written a book, not about ...read more

  • Mothering Sunday

    Contributed by Egerton Gbonda on Apr 2, 2011
     | 3,361 views

    MOTHERING SUNDAY The history of Mothering Sunday is interesting. Some say it is difficult to be definitive about how it all began. The following are some of the theories advanced about the history of this all important day: It may have started from a Roman Spring festival- a time in which the ...read more

  • "Barbarians" And The Gospel

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Mar 14, 2013
     | 4,156 views

    "BARBARIANS" AND THE GOSPEL It is said that one of the greatest disasters in the history of Christianity took place in 1271. Nichelo and and Matteo Polo, the father and the uncle of Marco Polo, were visiting the Kubla Kahn. At that time, Kubla Kahn was a world ruler. He ruled all of China, all of ...read more

  • Sometimes Sharing Christ Takes Interesting ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 3, 2003
    based on 22 ratings
     | 3,483 views

    Sometimes sharing Christ takes interesting forms. For months I left the church well into the late night hours. Periodically I would see a man huddled on the corner of our property. At first I feared the man. You see our neighborhood is rough and we have many homeless individuals that roam the ...read more

  • Restroom Use Policy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 28, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 1,956 views

    FROM: YS OPERATIONS SUBJECT: Restroom Use Policy In the past, employees were permitted to make trips to the restroom under informal guidelines. Effective immediately, a Restroom Trip Policy will be established to provide a more consistent method of accounting for each employee’s restroom time and ...read more

  • Conflict Is A Part Of Life; It Is A Part Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 3, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 3,002 views

    Conflict is a part of life; it is a part of human history. A study reported in the Canadian Army Journal regarding the frequency of human conflicts came up with this interesting statistic – since 3600 B.C. the world has only known 292 years of peace. During this period ...read more

  • According To The Study Made By Paul Lee Tan: ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sol Madlambayan on Nov 30, 2002
    based on 39 ratings
     | 1,936 views

    According to the study made by Paul Lee Tan: “the murder rate in the U.S is roughly 10,000 per year- more than one per hour everyday in the year. In all the wars in the nations’ history, 530,000 US combatants have been killed; but ...read more

  • How Good Are The Facts?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2005
    based on 13 ratings
     | 2,742 views

    HOW GOOD ARE THE FACTS? I claim to be an historian. My approach to Classics is historical. And I tell you that the evidence for the life, the death, and the resurrection of Christ is better authenticated than most of the facts of ancient history . . . ~E. M. Blaiklock, Professor of Classics at ...read more

  • Century Of Society Peter Drucker Says "The Next ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 1,162 views

    Century Of Society Peter Drucker says “the next century will be dominated by society, not the economy. We are entering the 1st century in human history in which the great majority of people will work with what is between their ears, not their hands.” The 20th century was one of big government and ...read more

  • Lost Trust: Recent Research By Yankelovich Finds ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,326 views

    Lost Trust: Recent research by Yankelovich finds that the determining factor in building trust is the history and quality of interaction between consumer and marketer. They have found that 66% of American consumers agree with the following statement: “If the opportunity arises, most businesses will ...read more

  • From The Wild Irish Slums Of The 19th Century ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,157 views

    "From the wild Irish slums of the 19th century eastern seaboard, to the riot-torn suburbs of Los Angeles, there is one unmistakable lesson in American history: A community that allows a large number of young men to grow up in broken families, dominated by women, never acquiring any stable ...read more

  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer Studied For One Year In New ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,148 views

    Dietrich Bonhoeffer studied for one year in New York City’s Union Theological Seminary. He was extremely discouraged by the preaching he heard there; he chastises, “One may hear sermons in New York upon almost any subject; one only is never handled, namely, the gospel of Jesus Christ, of ...read more

  • Worrywarts

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,722 views

    Illustration – Worrywarts A man was trying to encourage his friend not to worry. “Worry is a waste of time,” he said. After all, 80% of the things people worry about never happen anyway.” Aha” the worrier cried. “That proves that worry works” No, it doesn’t prove any such thing “Yesterday ...read more

  • The Church, Especially In The Realm Of ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Aug 21, 2007
     | 1,032 views

    “The church, especially in the realm of evangelicalism, has over history bounced between two extremes. On the one hand isolationism, which makes us very sure of what we have to say but there’s no one to talk to, on the other an absorption by the culture, which gives us someone to ...read more

  • >when I Think Of Sincerity Or Honesty I Think ...

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Jun 2, 2008
     | 2,313 views

    >>>When I think of sincerity or honesty I think of the woman doing a family history and had to do something about the reputation of two members who were hung and electrocuted... For the uncle electrocuted for murder, she wrote, "occupied the chair of applied electricity at a large state ...read more

  • Reported Giving To The Local Church By Barna ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 6, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,705 views

    Reported giving to the local church by Barna Research group • Six out of ten adults (61%) gave money to one or more churches in 2000, a small decline from 1999 (66%). • The average church donor contributed a mean of $649 to churches in 2000, down from the $806 in 1999. • Nearly one-quarter of ...read more

  • A Certain King Had Two Servants. To The First He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Dec 26, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,052 views

    A certain king had two servants. To the first he said, "I want you to travel for six months through my kingdom and bring back a sample of every weed you can find." To the second servant the king said, "I want you to travel through my kingdom for six months and bring back a sample of every flower ...read more