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  • Let Me Tell You A Story About A Man. This Man ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Let me tell you a story about a man. This man grew up in the north end residential area of Tacoma, Washington. He graduated from the University of Washington and attended the University of Washington Law School. His friends considered him suave, debonair, handsome, and smooth with the ladies. He ...read more

  • Some Years Ago, Two Teenagers With A Long History ...

    Contributed by Jordon Leblanc on Apr 5, 2008
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    Some years ago, two teenagers with a long history of crime and delinquency robbed a YMCA in New York City. On the way out they saw a young man at the telephone switchboard. In their panic they assumed he was calling the police. They grabbed him and beat him savagely with brass knuckles and a steel ...read more

  • James Bradley, Who Wrote "Flags Of Our Fathers," ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    James Bradley, who wrote "Flags of Our Fathers," described America as it responded to the necessary sacrifices that World War II brought the nation. In fact, it ushered her into a greatness that caused that generation to be defined as "The Greatest Generation." He wrote: "During World War II, the ...read more

  • Thankfulness Or Forgetfulness  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 17, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 6,605 views

    THANKFULNESS OR FORGETFULNESS "History knows no disasters," said the Literary Digest (Sept. 1923), "which parallels the earthquake and fire that visited Japan this month and laid waste the capital city and the chief seaport." The New York Tribune called this earthquake “undoubtedly the greatest ...read more

  • Back In The 1880's Nietzsche Declared That "God ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
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    Back in the 1880’s Nietzsche declared that "God is dead," and before the turn of the Twentieth Century, Shaw and Wells chimed in saying the 20th Century would mark the end of the world’s "religious phase." Yet, today a church now meets in Russia’s Museum of Religion and Atheism-the former center ...read more

  • If The Apostle Paul Were Asked What He Would Do ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jan 1, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
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    If the apostle Paul were asked what he would do with all of the present problems of fear, unemployment, and hardship in America today he would no doubt say, "You are more than conquerors through Him who loves us. Do not be overcome (by over-reacting, over-emphasizing, over-spiritualizing, ...read more

  • Source: Right To Life League Of Southern ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jan 12, 2004
    based on 72 ratings
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    [Source: Right to Life League of Southern California web site, http://www.rtllsc.org/abortion.html Abortion Facts Did you know that…? …1.2 to 1.4 million abortions are performed in the United States every year? That amounts to 4,000 every day, 3 every minute, 1 every 20 seconds. …the United States ...read more

  • A Majority Of Americans--8 Out Of 10--Say That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    A majority of Americans--8 out of 10--say that they are Christians, but only half that number know who delivered the Sermon on the Mount. Most Americans think the Ten Commandments are valid rules for living, but many have a rough time recalling exactly what those rules are. Among teenagers, 3 in 10 ...read more

  • The Presidency To This Day Rests More On The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    The Presidency to this day rests more on the character of the person who inhabits the office than on anything else. The Founding Fathers designed it that way. It was their idea to find a man in America with a great character and let him invest a tradition and shape a national character. They found ...read more

  • St. Pixels, The World's First Online 3d Church, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
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    St. Pixels, the world’s first online 3D church, was created by UK Christian webzine shipoffools.com and is sponsored by the Methodist Church of Great Britain. During it‘s pilot run it had as many as 41,000 attempts to log in to the church and averaged over 7,300 visits per day. More than half the ...read more

  • St. Pixels, The World's First Online 3d Church, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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    St. Pixels, the world’s first online 3D church, was created by UK Christian webzine shipoffools.com and is sponsored by the Methodist Church of Great Britain. During it‘s pilot run it had as many as 41,000 attempts to log in to the church and averaged over 7,300 visits per day. More than half the ...read more

  • Faith Makes You Happier As You Age, Study Shows

    Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Jun 27, 2010
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    FAITH MAKES YOU HAPPIER AS YOU AGE, STUDY SHOWS The Gerontological Society of America released an academic journal in February 1976 that shows as you get older, Christian faith makes you feel happier, more useful and more adjusted over time. In May 2007 the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease ...read more

  • The Frozen Waterfall  PRO

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 9, 2014
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    THE FROZEN WATERFALL The present day church in America appears to be mostly principle and very little power. We say the right things and believe the right things, but produce very little evidence to confirm what the Bible says. You might say that the modern church is much like a FROZEN ...read more

  • Right After The 9/11 Attacks, The President ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Right after the 9/11 attacks, the president addressed the nation. He said, “A great people have been moved to defend a great nation. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot shake the foundation of America” In other words, “even though we just ...read more

  • Worry

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Worry A great percentage of our illnesses is in some way related to worry and anxiety and stress. In fact, the #1 killer in America is heart disease. • 38% of all deaths are heart related and many of those are related to hypertension, high blood pressure and anxiety. • Worry has been linked to ...read more

  • S ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    SECURITY? What’s good about America? How about peace and security? A lady said: Security and peace of mind were part of the reason we moved to a gated community. But both flew out the window the night I called a local pizza shop for a delivery. "I’d like to order a large pepperoni, please," I ...read more

  • Face Your Fears, Don't Run From Them

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2011
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    FACE YOUR FEARS, DON'T RUN FROM THEM A few years ago, a canoeing friend of mine and I went to a talk one evening at the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Center. I could hardly wait to hear the couple that was to speak. It was Verlen and Valerie Kruger. They had recently completed a 21,000 mile ...read more

  • Medicine For ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    “Medicine for America” “Peculiar People” Titus 2:14 says, “[Christ] …gave Himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for Himself a people that are His very own, eager to do what is good.” The King James Bible says the Lord will purify unto Himself a “peculiar people.” ...read more

  • Sam Walton  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Mar 8, 2002
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    Sam Walton Sam Walton was in the mid 90’s named as one of the richest men in America. You’d never know it! He drove a pickup and lived like a regular person. Asked why he didn’t drive a Rolls Royce he replied, “Where would I put my dogs?” He was successful at least in part because he connected ...read more

  • Another Of Her Like Would Be Ophrah – Not A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Oct 25, 2002
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    Another of her like would be Ophrah – not a witch, but described by Christianity Today as one of the most influential spiritual leaders in America today – perhaps even all over the western world where her program is shown. This ex baptist now espouses the view that “one of the biggest mistakes we ...read more