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  • In '06, Nearly 30% Of Americans 65 To 69 Were In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,063 views

    In '06, nearly 30% of Americans 65 to 69 were in the workforce vs. 18% in '85, reports the Employee Benefit Research Institute. The increase in older workers reflects the erosion of traditional pensions, inadequate retirement savings and rising health care costs. But many simply don't want to quit. ...read more

  • Good News, Bad News Laughs

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 13, 2022
     | 2,234 views

    Good News: You baptised seven people today in the river.Bad News: You lost two of them in the swift current. Good News: The women's group voted to send you a get-well card.Bad News: The vote passed by 31-30. Good News: The trustees finally voted to add more church parking. Bad News: They are ...read more

  • So We Are Not Only Talking About The Sex Act ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jul 9, 2001
    based on 164 ratings
     | 3,251 views

    So we are not only talking about the sex act itself, but also anything that feds these shameful evil desires.... And listen one thing that does that, and it something I need to talk about briefly is pornography... because It is an epidemic that is destroying our country... It has it’s death ...read more

  • Finances – Money – Cash – The Green Stuff Have ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 27, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,533 views

    Finances – money – cash – the green stuff have torn apart many relationships in our culture today. There has been misunderstandings of financial resources and misappropriation of financial resources. This preoccupation with money has created some startling results in our world today listen to just ...read more

  • The Bay Of Fundy At The Head Of The ...

    Contributed by John Ingham on Aug 19, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,525 views

    Illustration: The Bay of Fundy at the head of the St. Lawrence River is 110 miles long and 32 miles wide when it empties into the bay. It is a spectacle to see the currents of the mighty St.Lawrence rushing to meet the tides of the Atlantic Ocean. You would think there could never be anything that ...read more

  • I Read This Week About Jack Hammond And His Son, ...

    Contributed by Joe La Rue on Apr 8, 2008
     | 1,062 views

    I read this week about Jack Hammond and his son, Michael. Jack is 88 years old, and recently moved to a nursing home closer to his son. That move, though, took him away from his neighbor who used to go drinking with him at the local pub. They were friends, and Michael is worried that his dad ...read more

  • We Need Hope

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
     | 3,206 views

    WE NEED HOPE Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Dusk was falling on the Saturday before Christmas in 1927 the S-4 submarine (S-class submarines, were the first class of submarines built ...read more

  • The "Yes" Face

    Contributed by Jorge Acevedo on Feb 17, 2010
     | 3,648 views

    THE "YES" FACE I read a story about our 3rd president, Thomas Jefferson, him and his companions were traveling the countryside when they came upon a river that had overran its banks because of heavy rain. The bridge had been washed out and they had to cross the river on horseback fighting against ...read more

  • Sacrifice Stats

    Contributed by David Simpson on May 19, 2017
    based on 2 ratings
     | 9,446 views

    It’s Memorial Day weekend. It is seen by many as the beginning of summer. Lake Lanier will be filled with boaters and swimmers and campers and picnickers who will celebrate fun on this holiday weekend. But, the truth of Memorial Day is that it is not a celebration. It is a commemoration; a ...read more

  • America's Spiritual Heritage With The Bill Of ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Jan 28, 2007
     | 2,074 views

    America’s Spiritual Heritage with the Bill of Rights. A century and a half before the Bills of Rights was framed, the early colonist adopted the Constitution of the New England Confederation. The document declared its framers’ devout faith and steadfast purpose. The proclamation read: "Whereas, we ...read more

  • Celebrities Tend To Misbehave In Tiresome And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,428 views

    Celebrities tend to misbehave in tiresome and predictable ways--tantrums, affairs, addictions--and we tend to think they’re spoiled. But one psychiatrist, Cornell’s Robert B. Millman, says they’re not spoiled, they’re sick. The affliction is Acquired Situational Narcissism. ASN develops when ...read more

  • On The Evening Of April 25, 1958, A Young Korean ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Mar 28, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,342 views

    On the evening of April 25, 1958, a young Korean exchange student, a leader in student Christian affairs in the University of Pennsylvania, left his flat and went to the corner to post a letter to his parents in Pusan. Turning from the mailbox he stepped into the path of eleven leather-jacketed ...read more

  • There Is A Neat Feature On Windows Xp…it's Called ...  PRO

    Contributed by Art Good on Jun 8, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,602 views

    There is a neat feature on Windows XP…it’s called “System restore”. Here’s how it works… Suppose you suffer a system crash on Thursday, you downloaded a bad program or something…You’re not a computer expert and you aren’t sure how to recover the last 2 weeks of financial information you had saved ...read more

  • In 2002 The Department For Environment, Food And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,205 views

    In 2002 the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, commissioned a survey in which they discovered that chewing gum was the major source of staining on pavements. They cite “the greatest problems are around facilities such as schools, cinemas and swimming pools that are frequented by ...read more

  • Deliverance Showed God's Protection

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,341 views

    DELIVERANCE SHOWED GOD'S PROTECTION (V. 28a) God spared Joseph’s life, and through these adverse circumstances, that are recorded in our text, God is overseeing his safety. This is the sovereign purpose of God at work. The Midianites and the Ishmeelites only saw Joseph as a business opportunity ...read more

  • Just Enough Strength To Make It Go

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2008
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    JUST ENOUGH STRENGTH TO MAKE IT GO "One hot day, Herman Trueblood, all clean and cooled off by a nice swim in the ocean, saw a sweating man and his two sons trying on a hot day to push a disabled car up an incline. Two voices started yelling at each other inside him. One said, "There is an ...read more

  • Joseph's Deliverance Showed God's Protection. (V. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
     | 3,134 views

    Joseph’s deliverance showed God’s Protection. (V. 28a) God spared Joseph’s life, and through these adverse circumstances, that are recorded in our text, God is overseeing his safety. This is the sovereign purpose of God at work. The Midianites and the Ishmeelites only saw Joseph as a business ...read more

  • Enough To Make The Thing Go

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
     | 1,338 views

    ENOUGH TO MAKE THE THING GO One hot day, Herman Trueblood, all clean and cooled off by a nice swim in the ocean, saw a sweating man and his two sons trying on a hot day to push a disabled car up an incline. Two voices started yelling at each other inside him. One said, "There is an opportunity for ...read more

  • Joseph’s Deliverance Showed God’s Protection. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 2,085 views

    Joseph’s deliverance showed God’s Protection. (V. 28a) God spared Joseph’s life, and through these adverse circumstances, that are recorded in our text, God is overseeing his safety. This is the sovereign purpose of God at work. The Midianites and the Ishmeelites only saw Joseph as a ...read more

  • Never, Never Be Late  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,147 views

    NEVER, NEVER BE LATE A local priest was being honored at his retirement dinner after 25 years in the parish. A leading local politician and member of the congregation was chosen to make the presentation and to give a little speech at the dinner. However, he was delayed so the priest decided to say ...read more