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  • During One Of His Political Campaigns, A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
     | 1,432 views

    During one of his political campaigns, a delegation called on Theodore Roosevelt at his home in Oyster Bay, Long Island. The President met them with his coat off and his sleeves rolled up. “Ah, gentlemen,” he said, “come down to the barn and we will talk while I do some work.” At the barn, ...read more

  • Sometime When You're In An Airport, Observe The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,470 views

    Sometime when you’re in an airport, observe the difference between passengers who hold confirmed tickets and those who are on standby. The ones with confirmed tickets read newspapers, chat with their friends or sleep. The ones on standby hang around the ticket counter, pace and smoke, smoke and ...read more

  • On His First Voyage West In 1492, Christopher ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
     | 1,843 views

    On his first voyage west in 1492, Christopher Columbus knew that his crew felt uneasy about sailing into unknown waters for an unknown period of time. So he kept two logs for the journey. In the first, he recorded the distances traveled as he calculated them. In the second log, he deliberately ...read more

  • What A Difference A Century Makes! In 1904: ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,877 views

    What A Difference a century makes! In 1904: ►The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years. ►Only 14% of the homes had a bathtub, 8% had a telephone. ►A 3-minute call from Denver to New York City cost $11. ►There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S. and 144 miles of paved ...read more

  • There Are An Estimated 66.3 Million Fathers In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,797 views

    * There are an estimated 66.3 million fathers in the U.S. today. * There are 25.8 million fathers in married-couple families with their own children under 18. * There are 2,000,000 single fathers, up from 393,000 in ‘70. Today, 1-in-6 single parents is a father, vs. 1-in-10 in ‘70. * 105,000 ...read more

  • Consumer Trends: Two Major Trends Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
     | 1,598 views

    Consumer Trends: Two major trends of paradigm-shifting proportions are changing the face of the entire consumer retail market today. Every consumer business is going to feel the effects. Trend #1: Connecting replaces cocooning as dominant consumer trend. The cocooning and nesting trend that is at ...read more

  • Sometime When You're In An Airport, Observe The ...

    Contributed by Jim Kilson on Feb 18, 2006
     | 2,135 views

    Sometime when you’re in an airport, observe the difference between passengers who hold confirmed tickets and those who are on standby. The ones with confirmed tickets read newspapers, chat with their friends or sleep. The ones on standby hang around the ticket counter, pace, and pace. The ...read more

  • I Am Steadfastly For Monogamy. Adultery Is Almost ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 2,433 views

    I am steadfastly for monogamy. Adultery is almost certainly going to make a dent in trust and intimacy, and in many cases I’ve known, it has destroyed them altogether. A woman who is conducting a secret affair has to become deliberately deceitful...like a CIA agent or spy. She can’t just come home ...read more

  • Sometime When You're In An Airport, Observe The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,902 views

    Sometime when you’re in an airport, observe the difference between passengers who hold confirmed tickets and those who are on standby. The ones with confirmed tickets read newspapers, chat with their friends or sleep. The ones on standby hang around the ticket counter, pace and smoke, smoke and ...read more

  • Consider These Famous Predictions That ...

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Jul 25, 2006
     | 1,884 views

    Consider these famous predictions that underestimated the incredible power of vision. • Thomas Watson, the chairman of IBM in 1943 said, "I think there is a market for maybe five computers in the world." • Ken Olson, president and founder of Digital Equipment Corporation said in 1977, "There is ...read more

  • Millions Of People Upon This Planet This ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Oct 28, 2006
     | 1,121 views

    Millions of people upon this planet this Christmas will celebrate with big celebration’s, but they will completly miss the point of the celebrations. Could you imagine returning home to find your house decortated top to bottom with lights and party decorations and when you get to the door you ...read more

  • B. In The War Being Waged In Iraq There Are ...

    Contributed by Sean Lester on Jan 8, 2007
     | 1,714 views

    b. In the war being waged in Iraq there are soldiers of various ranks and experience who have different tasks. All soldiers receive the same pay but some enjoy an easier way of life than others. Infantrymen, for instance, live in small compounds and have few conveniences. They are vigilant ...read more

  • When I Was Very Young, My Grandfather Worked ...

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jan 25, 2007
     | 1,082 views

    When I was very young, my grandfather worked for a time as a night watchman. His assignment was a textile plant that manufactured carpet. I never got to see him at work, but I sometimes got to see him before he left for the job and sometimes when he came home. He wore a badge and what I would call ...read more

  • Indifference By G. A. Stoddard-Kennedy

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,995 views

    Indifference by G. A. Stoddard-Kennedy When Jesus came to Golgotha, they hanged Him on a tree. They drove great nails through hands and feet and made a Calvary. Red were His wounds and deep, for these were crude and cruel days and human flesh was cheap. When Jesus came to Birmingham, they ...read more

  • Protective Equipment

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 26, 2009
     | 5,954 views

    PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT From John Gillmartin--Somehow, the young man found himself standing directly in the path of an oncoming car. The driver hit her brakes. Before either of them could do anything it seemed the 10 year old was shoulder deep in the windshield of the automobile. "Are you ...read more

  • Those Who Have Been Married For More Than A Few ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 8, 2010
     | 2,375 views

    Those who have been married for more than a few days, and those who counsel young married people, realize that one of the greatest fears of a young wife–and of a young husband, too, if they’ll admit it–is of abandonment. “Will he come home? Will she realize some difficult truth about me and ...read more

  • When One Receives Christ,it Is Said That He Has ...

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 4, 2010
     | 2,584 views

    When one receives Christ,it is said that he has "eternal life." We must understand that this is far more than just living forever. It is to have living within you the divine life of God Himself. The truth is, the born again child of God will live as long as God lives for God lives within him. That ...read more

  • Caught In The Barn  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,876 views

    CAUGHT IN THE BARN During one of his political campaigns, a delegation called on Theodore Roosevelt at his home in Oyster Bay, Long Island. The President met them with his coat off and his sleeves rolled up. "Ah, gentlemen," he said, "come down to the barn and we will talk while I do some work." ...read more

  • Son Gets Their Choice In Will

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
     | 2,702 views

    SON GETS THEIR CHOICE IN WILL A testator left all his estate to a monastery on condition that on the return of his only son, then abroad, the worthy fathers should give him "whatever they should choose." When the son returned home he went to the monastery, and received but a small share, the ...read more

  • A Young Man Had Finished His First Semester In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 25, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,536 views

    A young man had finished his first semester in college, and was spending the weekend at home. Somewhat bored with the old place, he was regaling his father with the wonders of his campus and the enlightened people there. After getting up a head of steam and warming up to his subject he said, "Why, ...read more