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  • A Mother Was Trying To Explaining, To Her Little ...

    Contributed by David Hill on Jul 8, 2004
     | 1,963 views

    A mother was trying to explaining, to her little girl, the death of her father. The mother said: "God has sent for your father and will send for us, but I do not know just when." Finally, the little girl said: "If we do not know just when God is going to send for ...read more

  • A Number Of Statistical Studies From Around ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Uebergang on Apr 12, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,239 views

    A number of statistical studies from around thirty years ago seemed to suggest that if neither parent was involved in worship then there was a 5% likelihood that their children would do so. Where the mother alone was involved in worship there was a 30% likelihood that her children would be ...read more

  • Evangelism In The U.s.: A New Barna Group Survey ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,518 views

    Evangelism In The U.S.: A new Barna Group survey finds that 55% of born again adults claim to have shared their faith in Christ with a non-Christian during the prior 12 months, a ratio that has remained relatively constant for 10 years. As might be expected, 66% of evangelicals shared their faith, ...read more

  • 16 Year Old] Nathan Johnson Dreamed Of Starting ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Sep 10, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,383 views

    “[16 year old] Nathan Johnson dreamed of starting a revolution for Christ. [He wrote in his diary, “God’s] will for me is to radically impact my school for Him." But before he could see the revolution become a reality, Johnson’s life was cut short by an automobile accident [after] striking a ...read more

  • George Bernard Shaw Is Perhaps Most Renowned As A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,768 views

    George Bernard Shaw is perhaps most renowned as a free thinker and liberal philosopher. In his last writings we read, "The science to which I pinned my faith is bankrupt. Its counsels, which should have established the millennium, led, instead, directly to the suicide of Europe. I believed them ...read more

  • Martin Luther King Jr

    Contributed by Raymond Smith on Dec 30, 2006
     | 4,259 views

    Martin Luther King Jnr "I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together. This is ...read more

  • The Year Was 1934. The Place Was Charlotte, Nc. ...  PRO

    Contributed by James O. Davis on Dec 5, 2001
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,113 views

    The year was 1934. The place was Charlotte, NC. The evangelist was Mordecai Ham. The city was deeply moved by God, and a farmer’s son named Billy Graham was saved in that revival. The secret was that a group of business men gathered at Billy Graham’s father’s farm and prayed for revival for an ...read more

  • Louis Albert Banks, In His Book ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,836 views

    Illustration: Louis Albert Banks, in his book Windows for Sermons, tells of a father who had to punish his little daughter. Later that day the youngster, who was upset at first, came to her daddy and climbed up onto his lap. Hugging him tightly around the neck, she said, “Daddy, I do love ...read more

  • Hamburger And Husks

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 23, 2010
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    HAMBURGER AND HUSKS One family in desperate straits came to a congregation for help. The people began to pull together some resources to help them out. Someone brought a word of prophecy that said, "Don’t give hamburger to those I have put on husks." God put the prodigal on husks so he would come ...read more

  • According To The Jewish Encyclopedia,

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 11, 2010
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    According to the Jewish Encyclopedia, "It is… in the Book of Proverbs that the high place which the mother occupied in the Hebrew's estimation is specially indicated. Her teachings are constantly enjoined as being of equal weight with those of the father. The first verse after the introduction to ...read more

  • Do You Know What Happens When People Of Different ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    Do you know what happens when people of different occupations get old? • Old chauffeurs never die, they just lose their drive. • Old chemists never die, they just fail to react. • Old cleaning people never die, they just kick the bucket. • Old cooks never die, they just get deranged. And my ...read more

  • Guests At Weddings Are Seated By Taking The Right ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 14, 2008
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    Guests at weddings are seated by taking the right arm of the usher. However, the bride comes down the aisle on her father’s left arm. He stands between his daughter and the groom to protect her, until she finally says she does indeed want to go away with Big & Ugly. We begin the ceremony on the ...read more

  • Briefly Stated, The Talmud (Kiddushin 29a) ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 12, 2008
     | 1,090 views

    "Briefly stated, the Talmud (Kiddushin 29a) states that a father is obligated regarding his son to circumcise him, redeem him (if he is a first-born), teach him Torah, marry him off, and teach him a trade. Some add an obligation to teach him how to swim. A father is further obligated to support ...read more

  • When Corrie Ten Boom Of The Hiding Place Fame Was ...

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,777 views

    When Corrie Ten Boom of The Hiding Place fame was a little girl in Holland, her first realization of death came after a visit to the home of a neighbor who had died. It impressed her that some day her parents would also die. Corrie’s father comforted her with words of wisdom. "Corrie, when you and ...read more

  • The Suffering Of The Trinity  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 7,256 views

    THE SUFFERING OF THE TRINITY In the National Gallery of Art in London there’s a picture of the Crucifixion that is so dark that when you first look at it, you can’t see anything. But if you stand and ponder it, and if you do not permit your gaze to falter, eventually you will see in the darkness a ...read more

  • When Corrie Ten Boom Of The Hiding Place Fame Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,469 views

    When Corrie Ten Boom of The Hiding Place fame was a little girl in Holland, her first realization of death came after a visit to the home of a neighbor who had died. It impressed her that some day her parents would also die. Corrie’s father comforted her with words of wisdom. “Corrie, when you and ...read more

  • A Small Boy Had Been Consistently Late For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Hensley on Mar 15, 2001
    based on 205 ratings
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    A small boy had been consistently late for dinner. One particular day his parents had warned him to be on time, but he arrived later than ever. He found his parents already seated at the table, about to start eating. Quickly he sat at his place, and then noticed what was set before him--a slice of ...read more

  • A Clergyman Walking Down A Country Lane And Sees ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,443 views

    A clergyman walking down a country lane and sees a young farmer struggling to load hay back onto a cart after it had fallen off. "You look hot, my son," said the cleric. "Why don’t you rest a moment, and I’ll give you a hand." "No thanks," said the young man. "My father wouldn’t like it if I ...read more

  • The Access Of A Son

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 25, 2011
    based on 1 rating
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    THE ACCESS OF A SON Dale was one of my childhood friends. His dad ran the projectors in one of the local movie theatres. If I went to that theatre without Dale I paid full admission and had to sit on the main floor with everyone else. If I went with Dale, I got in free and got to sit up in the ...read more

  • Richard Eye On Divorce

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 16, 2013
     | 2,141 views

    RICHARD EYRE ON DIVORCE "We now have over 40 years worth of very conclusive statistics that show that children from two parent homes (a mother and a father) are at substantially less risk for drug abuse, teen pregnancy, school dropout, suicide, and a whole host of other problems. Statistically ...read more