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  • It Is That Kind Of Faith Which Would Lead A Man ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 17, 2007
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    "It is that kind of faith which would lead a man to take a bottle of medicine from his medicine cabinet. Looking at the instructions on it, he says, ’I’m sure they’re correct. I have all confidence in the source of the medicine. I know who wrote these directions. I believe everything about it. I ...read more

  • What God The Father, God The Son And God The Holy ...

    Contributed by Richard Wafford on Oct 18, 2007
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    What God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit endeavored to do in the Garden of Eden has come full circle. It wasn’t that God made a mistake in the garden and just corrected it. No, he brought to himself created beings who withstood the evil and temptations of this sinful world to truly ...read more

  • Trivial Pursuit Board ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2010
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    Trivial Pursuit Board Game - Created 1979 is a game in which progress is determined by a player’s ability to answer general knowledge and popular culture questions - The object of the game was to answer a correct question in each of 6 categories such as Geography, Sports and Leisure, History, and ...read more

  • A Little Pre-School Girl Was At The Doctor's ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 22, 2008
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    A little pre-school girl was at the doctor's office. When the doctor was listening to the little girl's heart through a stethoscope, he asked her, "Who do I hear in there? Is Donald Duck in there? Is Barney in there?" The little girl corrected him very seriously: "No! Jesus is in my heart; ...read more

  • Management Myths Jeffrey Pfeffer And Robert ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007
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    Management Myths Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert Sutton, Stanford professors new book, Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense: Profiting From Evidence-Based Management, recently discussed their 5 favorite myths of management with U.S. News. (1) Financial Incentives Drive Good Performance. ...read more

  • Management Myths Jeffrey Pfeffer And Robert ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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    Management Myths Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert Sutton, Stanford professors new book, Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense: Profiting From Evidence-Based Management, recently discussed their 5 favorite myths of management with U.S. News. (1) Financial Incentives Drive Good Performance. ...read more

  • The Beatles Rebellion  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 15, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 3,951 views

    THE BEATLES REBELLION The Beatles rebellion against the God of the Bible goes way back for most of them! One example is the fact that John Lennon was taken to Sunday School by his Aunt Mimi. He even sang in the choir. But, by age 11, John was permanently barred from Sunday services in his aunt’s ...read more

  • It Is Reported That In The Late 1860s, President ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
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    It is reported that in the late 1860s, President Ulysses S. Grant gave a cigar to Horace Norton, philanthropist and founder of Norton College. Because of his respect for the President, Norton chose to keep the cigar rather than smoke it. Upon Norton’s death, the cigar passed to his son, and later ...read more

  • Children's Prayers  PRO

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Apr 25, 2006
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    CHILDREN’S PRAYERS: Dear God: Please send a new baby for Mommy. The new baby you sent last week cries too much. Debbie, 7 Dear God: Who did you make smarter? Boys or girls? My sister and I want to know. Jimmy, 6 Dear God: How many angels are there in heaven? I would like to be the first kid in my ...read more

  • In 2003 Mike Tyson Was Declared Bankrupt He Owed ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on May 1, 2006
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    In 2003 Mike Tyson was declared bankrupt he owed a stretch limo firm $309,000. A year earlier he had spent $174,,000 on a white gold necklace with 80 carats of diamonds. He once splashed out $140,000 on two white Bengal tigers and $1.5 million on four Bentleys in one afternoon. The staff at ...read more

  • I Am Trying To Prevent Anyone Saying The Really ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on May 24, 2006
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    “I am trying to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: ‘I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept his claim to be God.’ That is the one thing we must not say, A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said ...read more

  • Children's Prayers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    CHILDREN’S PRAYERS: Dear God: Please send a new baby for Mommy. The new baby you sent last week cries too much. Debbie, 7 Dear God: Who did you make smarter? Boys or girls? My sister and I want to know. Jimmy, 6 Dear God: How many angels are there in heaven? I would like to be the first kid in my ...read more

  • Nothing Is Hidden From God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 23, 2011
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    NOTHING IS HIDDEN FROM GOD R.C. Sproul: "There are many things in my life that I do not want to put under the gaze of Christ. Yet I know there is nothing hidden from Him. He knows me better than my wife knows me. And yet He loves me. This is the most amazing thing of all about God’s grace. It ...read more

  • Chameleon Commitment  PRO

    Contributed by Neal Gracey on Dec 13, 2008
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    CHAMELEON COMMITMENT Studdert Kennedy tells of an explorer who brought back a chameleon which his household affectionately named Billy the Lizard. The explorer left Billy in the charge of his butler, who showed him to his many friends and associates. When the explorer returned, he asked how Billy ...read more

  • Oh, Memory, How I Miss Thee

    Contributed by James Snyder on Sep 16, 2023
     | 566 views

    Dr. James L. Snyder Driving home from a luncheon with friends, The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage asked me a stunning question. She is a specialist regarding questions I can’t answer. I am trying to evade her questions and have been very good up until now. “Did that story you told really ...read more

  • A Huge Metal Structure Was Built In 1889 For An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Mar 16, 2006
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     | 1,328 views

    A huge metal structure was built in 1889 for an international exposition. It was larger than anything that was built like it before, and it was considered by many as a ‘monstrosity that was to grotesque to see.’ But the creator, who had spent over a year building it, knew it was destined for ...read more

  • Advice

    Contributed by Kenneth Anthony on Dec 31, 2006
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    ADVICE A man was on the practice golf course when the club pro brought another man out for a lesson. The pro watched the fellow swing several times and started making suggestions for improvement, but each time the pupil interrupted with his own version of what was wrong and how to correct it. ...read more

  • Another Young Man Was Looking Through The ...

    Contributed by Jerry Caddell on Feb 16, 2007
     | 1,875 views

    Another young man was looking through the classifieds in search of a used car when he came upon an ad for a brand new Jaguar being sold for only $50. Surely he thought this was typo, but calling the number listed he was assured that $50 was correct. The next day he went by to see the car and to his ...read more

  • In The Clint Eastwood Movie "High Plains ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Nov 3, 2003
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    "In the Clint Eastwood movie "High Plains Difter", Clint was coming up against a whole town of people who had a dark secret they thought they had safely hidden, but he knew their secret and was about to expose them. A woman he was with warned him that the people were afraid, and she said, “that ...read more

  • Each Of Our Days Are Measured In The 24 Hours It ...

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Feb 10, 2008
     | 1,099 views

    Each of our days are measured in the 24 hours it takes for the Earth to rotate on its axis. A year is the time the Earth takes to revolve around the Sun, about 365 and a quarter days. That’s why every four years an extra day at the end of February is added – well that’s not quite true because if ...read more

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