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  • Gen Y Clout: 70 Million People Were Born Between ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 1,405 views

    Gen Y Clout: 70 million people were born between ’76 and ’97. Nearly double the Baby Boomers and 3 times the size of Generation X. “It’s hard to overstate the import-ance of this market development,” says Reid Sullivan, Panasonic’s U.S. Portable Audio Product Group. This generation of kids is ...read more

  • Passion Prompts Bible Reading: More People Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 2,288 views

    Passion Prompts Bible Reading: More people are reading the Bible as a result of Mel Gibson’s movie The Passion of The Christ, according to a Zondervan sponsored Beliefnet.com poll. 62% of all respondents answered “yes” to the question, “Are you reading the Bible more as a result of the movie The ...read more

  • Openness Is Essentially The Willingness To Grow, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 2,685 views

    Openness is essentially the willingness to grow, a distaste for ruts, eagerly standing on top-toe for a better view of what tomorrow brings. A man once bought a new radio, brought it home, placed it on the refrigerator, plugged it in, turned it to WSM in Nashville (home of the Grand Ole Opry), and ...read more

  • The Problem For Evolutionists Is That The Fossil ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jan 16, 2007
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    The problem for Evolutionists is that the Fossil Record does NOT show gradual development. Instead it shows what is known as the Cambrian Explosion. This is the sudden appearance of animal life, fully formed and unchanged up to the present --- with no record of fossil ancestors prior to them. ...read more

  • Social Justice, Contrary To Conventional Wisdom, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,492 views

    Social Justice, contrary to conventional wisdom, is more actively supported by evangelicals than mainline Protestants finds Calvin College research fellow Stephen Monsma. Of 500 welfare-to-work programs studied, 96 were Protestant programs, 61 sponsored by evangelical churches vs. 35 by mainlines. ...read more

  • John Wesley - Heart Strangely Warmed

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,308 views

    John Wesley - Heart Strangely Warmed In May of 1738, John Wesley wrote in his journal: "In the evening I went very unwillingly to a society in Aldersgate.Street, where one was reading Luther’s preface to the Epistle to the Romans. About a quarter before nine, while he was describing the change ...read more

  • C. S. Lewis Says This About Love: To Love At All ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,415 views

    C. S. Lewis says this about love: To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and ...read more

  • Ben Franklin  PRO

    Contributed by Kelly Fellows on Dec 7, 2007
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     | 1,769 views

    Ben Franklin -Probably the most popular story of lightning involves old Ben Franklin. -Benjamin Franklin is credited with testing and discovering the effects of electricity through his historic kite flying experiment in Philadelphia in 1752. -The problem he and others had with lightning was ...read more

  • When I Attended College I Had A Speech Professor ...

    Contributed by Don Crowson on Feb 1, 2008
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    When I attended college I had a speech professor who came in one morning and had the class take out a piece of paper. “On the paper,” he said, “write out five things you cannot do using the statement, ’I can’t do…’” I wrote out those things. One was, “I can’t cook.” He then instructed us to ...read more

  • You Probably Didn't Know I Watched Or That My ...

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Feb 7, 2008
     | 1,791 views

    You probably didn’t know I watched or that my eyes did see That you have practiced what you preached And you influenced me. You spoke your words with power and you caused me to believe I thank my God for men like you for you influenced me. You taught me by the life you lead your actions were the ...read more

  • Patsy Dancey Tells This ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 15, 2008
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    Patsy Dancey tells this story: Hospital regulations require a wheelchair for patients being discharged. However, while working as a student nurse, I found an elderly gentleman already dressed and sitting on the bed with a suitcase at his feet-who insisted he didn’t need my help to leave the ...read more

  • Following World War Ii Some German Students ...

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 1, 2008
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    Following World War II some German students volunteered to help rebuild a cathedral in England, one that had been badly damaged by the Luftwaffe bombings. As the work progressed, they weren’t sure how to best restore a large statue of Jesus with arms outstretched and bearing the familiar ...read more

  • Plan Your Life

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 24, 2008
     | 4,635 views

    PLAN YOUR LIFE A famous British writer George Bernard Shaw once visited a sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein at his studio. The visitor noticed a huge block of stone standing in one corner and asked what it was for. "I don’t know yet. I’m still making plans." Shaw was astounded. "You mean you plan your ...read more

  • I Will Pay The Fine  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Nov 12, 2008
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     | 4,872 views

    I WILL PAY THE FINE Let's say you where caught speeding down this highway in front of the church. You were doing 100 mph, obviously slightly out of the acceptable speeding window. You go to court and just as the judge is about to throw the book at you, someone steps forward and says, "I will pay ...read more

  • Yancey Noted: "Today As I Read The Accounts Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    Yancey noted: "Today as I read the accounts of Jesus’ birth I tremble to think of the fate of the world resting on the response of two rural teenagers. How many times did Mary review the angel’s words as she felt the Son of God kicking the walls of her uterus? How many times did Joseph ...read more

  • I Heard The Story Of A Young Man Who Told His ...  PRO

    Contributed by J Bernard Taylor on Jan 25, 2009
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     | 3,873 views

    I heard the story of a young man who told his pastor that the Lord had called him into the ministry. And for several months he was busy in the work of the Lord, serving in the pulpit, leading Bible studies, going to prayer meeting, and so on. But then all of a sudden, he stopped coming to church. ...read more

  • Confession And Contrition

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Oct 28, 2009
     | 3,224 views

    CONFESSION AND CONTRITION Metro News (Ottawa). It tells how in 2008, 22 people died from eating cold cuts processed by Maple Leaf Foods. To his credit, Michael McCain, the Maple Leaf CEO, owned up to the fact that the meats were contaminated with listeria at his company's plant in North York. ...read more

  • History Books Report That Ww Ii Began On Sept 1, ...

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Dec 15, 2009
     | 1,842 views

    History books report that WW II began on Sept 1, 1939 when German armies invaded Poland. The original plan was to invade on August 26th. The order was sent out to stand down because of a last minute change in plans. All units but one received the news. That unit moved forward on the 26th, ...read more

  • Attitude Is Everything

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
     | 2,358 views

    ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING Harry Emerson Fosdick once told how as a child, his mother sent him to pick a quart of raspberries. Reluctantly he dragged himself to the berrypatch. His afternoon was ruined for sure. Then a thought hit him. He would surprise his mother and pick two quarts of raspberries ...read more

  • Closed For Alterations  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 16, 2011
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     | 6,621 views

    CLOSED FOR ALTERATIONS Billy Graham tells a story--a simple illustration--that I want to borrow. A preacher once passed a shop which was no longer open for business. A sign hung in the window that said, "Closed for Alterations." The owner had closed shop for a while in order to remodel the store. ...read more

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