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  • Direct Mail Doesn't Work As Well

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
     | 1,425 views

    DIRECT MAIL DOESN'T WORK AS WELL Direct mail sent by charities are not producing as much money as they did in years past, because the number of people who give through the mail is declining. Charities have increased the amount raised per solicitation, but not enough to ...read more

  • Madeleine L'engle On Her Marriage

    Contributed by Carla Powell on Jan 2, 2002
     | 2,622 views

    The well-known author, Madeleine L’Engle, in her book The Irrational Season (The Seabury Press, New York, 1977) writes about her long-time journey of marriage to actor Hugh Franklin: "It’s an extraordinary thing to me that Hugh and I have been married for 29 years. It is also, I believe, a ...read more

  • A Woman Got A Divorce And Lost Her Family. She ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Apr 20, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,014 views

    A woman got a divorce and lost her family. She sank into a deep depression, and was in desperate need. The people in her church only shook their heads and pointed their fingers at her failure, so she left and began frequenting a bar. One day the preacher came and ...read more

  • Are You Willing To Think? Consider Carefully, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,216 views

    "Are you willing to think? Consider carefully, for the answer to that question will largely determine your success or failure in life. If you would develop your judgment, use it. Exercise your power of judgment as often as you can, for the first rule of good judgment is practice. The ...read more

  • Chuck Colson Is Quoted Saying, "Without Ultimate ...

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on Sep 26, 2004
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    Chuck Colson is quoted saying, “Without ultimate justice, people’s sense of moral obligation dissolves; social bonds are broken. People who have no fear of God soon have no ...read more

  • Twenty Ways To Encourage Your Children To Use ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Davis on Jun 11, 2003
    based on 15 ratings
     | 2,835 views

    TWENTY WAYS TO ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILDREN TO USE DRUGS AND BECOME HOODLUMS,TRAMPS AND REBELS. 1. Never eat together as a family. 2. Never have weekly, monthly, or annual family outings that they can look forward to as a family unit. 3. Talk to your children, not ...read more

  • Noble Career  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2002
    based on 21 ratings
     | 3,110 views

    NOBLE CAREER There is no career more noble than that of motherhood at its best. There are no possibilities greater and in no other sphere does failure bring more serious penalties. To attempt this task unprepared and untrained is tragic, and its results affect generations to come. On the other ...read more

  • Here's Maximum Effort, Giving It Everything ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jul 27, 2007
     | 2,868 views

    Here’s maximum effort, giving it everything you’ve got. Determination, perseverance. Allow me to let Hitch, the date Doctor, to define this principle for us. {Video Clip: Hitch - Start: Chp. 9: 32:55 - End: 35:00 = 2:05} Did you hear Hitch’s definition? “Perseverance is ...read more

  • One Of My Favorite Movies Was Apollo 13. The ...

    Contributed by Thomas Miller on Feb 21, 2008
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    One of my Favorite movies was Apollo 13. The mission control commander Gene Kranz never lost focus when one of the oxygen tanks exploded on the space craft and the astronauts lives were in danger. “Do what ever you have to do to get them home. We’ve never lost ...read more

  • National ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 2,389 views

    National Foundation Expressing Fear of the Lord A nation with a firm foundation has Christians who have the heart of the Psalmist who wrote, “Teach me your ways, O Lord, and I will walk in Your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name.” (Psalm 86:11) A nation that has a ...read more

  • Repent Of Vain Words

    Contributed by Samuel M on Sep 13, 2025
     | 1,010 views

    These days on the pulpits, there are lot of fancy unnecessary words, self- boasting, manipulation, putting down people and misuse of words. The preachers speak lot of words in vain. They do not speak with reverence or fear of God. A preacher who knows or encounters God will rightly use his words. ...read more

  • Purity Is Laughed At These Days. I Recently Read ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 27, 2008
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    Purity is laughed at these days. I recently read an article on the internet about the recent reports and views expressed before a key Congressional Committee on abstinence only programs and their perceived failures. Some who testified thought they should be done away with while others thought that ...read more

  • Another Aspect On Being Broken Is In The Words ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,493 views

    Another aspect on being broken is in the words of Vance Havner who said, "God uses broken things. It takes broken soil to produce a crop, broken clouds to give rain, broken grain to give bread, broken bread to give strength. It is the broken alabaster box that gives forth perfume . . . it is ...read more

  • Kathryn Hepburn Said At 81 Years Old, "I Look ...

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Mar 22, 2009
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    Kathryn Hepburn said at 81 years old, "I look forward to oblivion. I am what is called 'gradually decentergrading.' I don’t fear the next world or anything else. ...read more

  • A Professor At Southwestern Baptist Theological ...

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Oct 9, 2007
     | 1,476 views

    A professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary from bygone days was called home to be with the Lord. H. C. Brown. I have some of his books on preaching. His words and works continue to live in the hearts of preachers everywhere. H. C. Brown from the time of 10 years of age was afraid. ...read more

  • Do We Have A Mouse's Heart?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Aug 6, 2021
     | 2,748 views

    ABRACADABRA--- THE MAGICIAN AND THE MOUSE… There was a very fearful mouse that heard a very famous and powerful magician was coming to town. The mouse was so happy, his fearful life of worry could change if he could get to the magician. The date arrived and the mouse was so afraid but he ...read more

  • Goliath Has To Fall

    Contributed by Samuel M on Jul 6, 2024
     | 804 views

    Just as the Israelites have accepted that it was impossible to defeat Goliath, who kept on mocking and defying Israelites for 40 days, morning and evening, causing dismay and great fear. So many times we also have accepted that it’s difficult to defeat the Goliath-sized difficulties or prayer ...read more

  • Michael Green Writes, "He Can Give The Power We ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 24, 2002
    based on 40 ratings
     | 3,609 views

    Michael Green writes, “He can give the power we need, and only he. Power for being witnesses to Jesus – is that not needed? Are not many Christians tongue-tied at the thought of speaking to anyone else about their Lord, while others find it second-nature? The difference lies in the Holy Spirit, ...read more

  • Don't Quit! Don't Quit!  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 8, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 19,026 views

    DON’T QUIT! DON’T QUIT! Many years ago I was visiting a lady named Deanna in the resthome, she had a copy of this little poem, I borrowed it and made a copy. I ask you to ponder these words: DON’T QUIT (author unknown) When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you’re ...read more

  • Poem: Don't Quit  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Jacobs on Jun 4, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,732 views

    POEM: DON’T QUIT When things go wrong as they sometime will, when the road your trudging seems all up hill, When funds are low and debts are high, and you want to smile but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit rest if you must but please ...read more