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  • The Ram In The Bush

    Contributed by Preacher Fo Real on May 14, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,708 views

    THE RAM IN THE BUSH Jeffery is not an avid cook, but he can hold his own in any kitchen. As the youngest child in the Honiara extended dysfunctional family, he spent many hours reluctantly tied to his mother’s apron springs. Often, he would find himself assisting her in the daily chores around the ...read more

  • Red Devil Tool Company Of Union, N.j. Has As ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Dec 7, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,433 views

    Red Devil Tool Company of Union, N.J. has as their slogan, “It’s easy with the devil.” Of course, they are boasting that their tools transform difficult tasks into simple ones. Those knowing God’s word understand the desire and ambition of Satan, how he seeks to destroy mankind. He makes sin ...read more

  • Many Years Ago, I Bought Myself A Car Which My ...

    Contributed by Matthew Olanrewaju on Aug 8, 2007
     | 1,348 views

    Many years ago, I bought myself a car which my children dubbed ’a banger’,although I bought this car to regain my freedom from car thieves who visited my previous car on three occasions, it however served me very well and fit for purpose. I packed it with total freedom anywhere I liked even without ...read more

  • Is This "Normal?" Why Have We Accepted ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jan 30, 2008
     | 1,091 views

    Is this "Normal?" Why have we accepted dysfunction as normal? "Dear Annie: My husband and I are separated and he moved in with his girlfriend six weeks ago. A few weeks ago, I had to call the girlfriend’s husband in order to pass along some information. "Harris" and I met for dinner and haven’t ...read more

  • Frenemies

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 7, 2011
     | 3,896 views

    FRENEMIES A frenemy is a friend/enemy. You like a frenemy and you hate a frenemy. You work with a frenemy when it is convenient and self-serving, but when it is not, the frenemy becomes a nemesis. The Urban Dictionary states a frenemy is "an enemy disguised as a friend." and twists the old adage ...read more

  • Everybody Smells Us  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Nov 12, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,734 views

    EVERYBODY SMELLS US You ever met someone that had no sense of smell? I have, and actually, an estimated 2.7 million people in the United States have an impaired or absent sense of smell. It's known as chronic olfactory dysfunction. Most people I know can smell when there is a certain powerful ...read more

  • Addiction | Angeles Arrien, A Cultural ...  PRO

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 21, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,598 views

    ADDICTION | Angeles Arrien, a cultural anthropologist, describes our situation this way. She says our condition is one of universal addiction. She has written that we are all afflicted with addictions, not necessarily to drugs or alcohol or other substances -- those are merely symptoms -- but ...read more

  • If My ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 1,523 views

    IF MY PEOPLE... Our nation is in trouble: Abortion i. Nearly half of pregnancies among American women are unintended, and four in 10 of these are terminated by abortion. Twenty-two percent of all pregnancies (excluding miscarriages) end in abortion. ii. In 2005, 1.21 million abortions were ...read more

  • Fathers.com Shares The Statistics From Some Of ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 18, 2007
     | 944 views

    Fathers.com shares the statistics from some of their studies on the Effects of Father Absence: Millions of father-absent or father-neglect families carry on successfully. But few would say that they would not be stronger by having two caring and cooperative parents. The importance of fathers to the ...read more

  • Rates Of Serious Child Abuse Are Lowest In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 2,113 views

    Rates of serious child abuse are lowest in intact families; 6 times higher in step-families; 14 times higher in always-single-mother families; 20 times higher in cohabiting biological-parent families; and 33 times higher when the mother is ...read more

  • Anastasia's Father Lost His Job-Not Through A ...

    Contributed by Mack Armstrong on Nov 5, 2006
     | 1,361 views

    Anastasia’s father lost his job-not through a direct fault of his own. As a result of losing his job, the entire family had to leave their nice home and go live in an apartment. After a few weeks living in this rental, they were moved far away and made to live in a small town where it was extremely ...read more

  • The Craigslist Murder

    Contributed by Chris Mccarthy on Aug 17, 2010
     | 2,556 views

    THE CRAIGSLIST MURDER When Charlene Sanders drove home from a routine day of work April 28, the last thing she expected was that she would be telling family of her husband’s death later that night. At about 9 p.m. on April 28, Jim Sanders invited a young man and women into his home to view a ring ...read more

  • Financial Crisis

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 27, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,765 views

    . Bobby Eklund states: Families are in financial crisis, not always because of economic downturns or situations out of their control, but because we normally bring these problems upon ourselves. Families have readily accepted the notion that the best way to get things done is through debt. It is ...read more

  • A Survey Of Fathers  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jul 3, 2003
    based on 26 ratings
     | 3,506 views

    A SURVEY OF FATHERS The June 2003 issue of Family Circle Magazine contained results from a recent national survey of fathers. It had some interesting results: * 94% feel building a family is the hardest and most important thing a man can do. * 71% say fatherhood is more demanding than ...read more

  • What Does This Faith Look Like? I Know A Young ...

    Contributed by David Heflin on Feb 8, 2007
     | 1,601 views

    What does this faith look like? I know a young lady from a Muslim family. She’s not Arab. Stephanie is from OK. Some people shared the gospel with her at OU and she wanted to give her life to Christ. Her family told her that if she made that choice she would be dead to them. She made her ...read more

  • When The Spiritual Leaders Fail To Lead People ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 18, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,089 views

    When the spiritual leaders fail to lead people toward God and teach the people His way then people will break the faith they have with God. Breaking the faith is common in a society when the leadership breaks down and fails to do its job. Breaking the faith means the people of God walk away from ...read more

  • New York State Sociologists Studied Two ...

    Contributed by Dan Brown on Nov 27, 2006
     | 2,300 views

    New York state sociologists studied two families-the Max Jukes family and the family of Jonathan Edwards. The head of the Max Jukes family (not his real name), was an unbeliever, a man with no obvious sense of morals, and he married a girl with similar values. Among the known descendants of the ...read more

  • The Craigslist Murder

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 29, 2011
     | 3,277 views

    THE CRAIGSLIST MURDER When Charlene Sanders drove home from a routine day of work April 28, the last thing she expected was that she would be telling family of her husband's death later that night. At about 9 p.m. on April 28, Jim Sanders invited a young man and women into his home to view a ring ...read more

  • Mother's Day Reminds Especially The Mothers ...

    Contributed by Daniel Haas on May 8, 2009
     | 6,186 views

    Mother’s Day reminds especially the mothers among us not to dissolve themselves into family work but to love ...read more

  • Charles Dickens' The Christmas Carol, Ebenezer ...

    Contributed by Russ Barksdale on Dec 27, 2007
     | 2,518 views

    Charles Dickens’ The Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge, who had treated Bob Cratchit with such disdain and indifference finally breaks down and shows favor to Cratchit’s family. He brings gifts and food to the Cratchit family on that Christmas day, showing favor to each one ...read more

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