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  • Surely What A Man Does When He Is Taken Off His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 13, 2005
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    Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is. If there are rats in a cellar, you are most likely to see them if you go in very suddenly. But the suddenness does not create the rats; it only prevents them from hiding. In the same way, the ...read more

  • The Princeton Religion Research Center Has ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,190 views

    The Princeton Religion Research Center has measured the impact of religion on day-to-day work. Comparing the "churched" with the "unchurched" on a wide range of behaviors like pilfering supplies (stealing), overstating qualifications on resumes (lying), calling in sick when not sick (lying and ...read more

  • Christian T-Shirts Are More Popular Among Young ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,361 views

    Christian T-shirts are more popular among young adults (18-34) than NBA-themed or Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) logo tees, finds a new DATOmana survey. When presented with NBA and A&F shirts, 40% of those surveyed chose a religious T-shirt, vs. 16% for the NBA shirt and 30% for the A&F shirt. Most said ...read more

  • On The Same Page

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Mar 28, 2010
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     | 1,835 views

    ON THE SAME PAGE The man came in and sat down. I'd say he was in his mid-thirties; he looked a bit rough around the edges and hadn't shaved for a few days. We introduced ourselves and the question was asked, "How are you surviving?" "Well I can't get the benefit right now, so I'm doing a few ...read more

  • The Caterpillar's Voice  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on May 31, 2006
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    STORIES - The Caterpillar’s Voice …Eugene Loh, in A Slice of Life, FM93.8LIVE, 17 May 2006 Once upon a time a caterpillar crawled inside a hare’s house when the hare was away, and set about making himself comfortable. When the hare returned home, he noticed new marks on the ground going into the ...read more

  • Do You Believe Things About Christ Or Do You Believe On Christ?

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 22, 2024
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     | 545 views

    Herschel Ford once wrote, “There is a difference between believing something ABOUT Jesus and believing ON Him. We can believe that He is the Virgin-born Son of God, that He lived a sinless life, that He died on the cross, that He rose from the grave, that He is coming again—we can believe all ...read more

  • Blessed Are Those Who Mourn  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    Blessed Are Those Who Mourn One of the greatest messages ever proclaimed was delivered by Jesus Christ and is referred to as the "Sermon on the Mount." His message is as relevant today as it was when it was first spoken. Our Lord opens this message not with a joke, but with the Beatitudes. The ...read more

  • Near Cripple Creek, Colorado, Gold And Tellurium ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Dec 27, 2003
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    Near Cripple Creek, Colorado, gold and tellurium occur mixed as tellurite ore. The refining methods of the early mining camps could not separate the two elements, so the ore was thrown into a scrap heap. One day a miner mistook a lump of ore for coal and tossed it into his stove. Later, while ...read more

  • In The Movie "Groundhog Day" Actor Bill Murray ...  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Feb 6, 2003
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    · In the movie "Groundhog Day" actor Bill Murray wakes up to the same day over and over. He finds himself confronted with the same situations he had faced just the day before all over again; only of course it isn’t a new day–he’s stuck on groundhog’s day. Only he is aware of the repetition which ...read more

  • Cadillac Through And Through

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Nov 12, 2008
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    CADILLAC THROUGH AND THROUGH It is kind of like a brand new Cadillac. Inside, it has all the latest features installed. As it rolls off the assembly line at GM it has everything you would expect in a Caddy: Top of the line electronics, voice activated GPS navigation system, great surround sound ...read more

  • Hoping More People Do The Right Thing

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 29, 2010
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    HOPING MORE PEOPLE DO THE RIGHT THING A recent (March 2010) AFP article hit the presses this week: CHICAGO (AFP) – People fell onto a bag of cash like a pack of hungry piranhas after more than $100,000 tumbled out the back of an armored truck onto an Ohio street, local media reported. The bag ...read more

  • The Apostle John

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on May 26, 2009
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    THE APOSTLE JOHN Here are some of the things we know about John, John was one of the apostles. In fact he was the youngest apostle. His brother was the apostle James who is beheaded in Acts 12. He is the only apostle to not be martyred for his faith. And he walked in the inner circle of Jesus. ...read more

  • The Movie, "Stand And Deliver" Is Based Upon The ...

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 22, 2005
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    The movie, "Stand and Deliver" is based upon the true story of a math teacher, named Jamie Escalante. Through his leadership, a group of inner city students at East Los Angeles Garfield High School rise to excellence on the National Advanced Calculus Exam. “All’s well that ends well” and by the ...read more

  • Let Me Tell You A Story About Honest Labor. There ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jan 15, 2006
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    Let me tell you a story about honest labor. There was a boy named Harry who worked for a Scottish shoemaker named Dan. It was his chief responsibility to pound out and dry leather for shoe soles. It seemed an endless operation to him, and he wearied of it many times. "What made my task worse was ...read more

  • Importance Of Religion: According To A Recent Cbs ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Importance of Religion: According to a recent CBS News Poll 45% of Americans say the most important part of religion is following the teachings and traditions of their faith as closely as they can. 38% say the search for spirituality — no matter where it takes them — is more important than sticking ...read more

  • You've Done Some Great Things? God Says, "Really? ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jun 24, 2006
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    You’ve done some great things? God says, "Really? Maybe, like Bruce Nolan, you ought to try to do God’s job. {Video Clip: Bruce Almighty - Start: Chp. 8 - 0:35:45 - Stop: Chp. 8 - 0:37:26 = 1:41} Now, I know of no where other than the movies that God ever let someone do his job but he did ...read more

  • Object Lesson: Your Reputation

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Apr 27, 2009
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    OBJECT LESSON: YOUR REPUTATION (Light a candle on stage.) It’s easy to keep a fire going. What do you do to it? Not much. You work to get it started, and then it pretty much burns on its own. You may have to protect it, maybe do a little maintenance on it. But the fire is automatic. But if ...read more

  • The Mona Lisa Of Your Life

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 20, 2009
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    THE MONA LISA OF YOUR LIFE We live in an "I can’t wait" society. We must have instant gratification! It is no longer good enough to have a phone at home – now need a phone in your pocket! It is no longer good enough to have dial up internet – now must have High speed DSL ...to send a letter via ...read more

  • G. K. Chesterton: The Christ-Child

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    The Christ-child lay on Mary’s lap, His hair was like a light. (O weary, weary is the world, But here is all aright.) The Christ-child lay on Mary’s breast, His hair was like a star. (O stern and cunning are the kings, But here the true hearts are.) The Christ-child lay on Mary’s heart, ...read more

  • In The Fall Of 2000 And Winter Of 2001, Any Time ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 16, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,247 views

    In the Fall of 2000 and winter of 2001, any time you would turn on the news, you would constantly hear about the Presidential election and what one side was accusing the other of doing and vice versa. Through all the jokes and news coverage, something did occur to me as I listened while I looked ...read more