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  • Don't Just Count Them, Look Them In The Eye

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    DON’T JUST COUNT THEM, LOOK THEM IN THE EYE An item in Leadership magazine illustrates the importance of giving attention to needs, not just to numbers. "During World War II, economist E.F. Schumacher, then a young statistician, worked on a farm. Each day he would count the 32 head of cattle, then ...read more

  • My Daddy Is Here!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
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     | 4,140 views

    MY DADDY IS HERE! David Elkind, a psychologist, tells the story of visiting his middle son's nursery school class, at the request of his teacher. She wanted him to observe a "problem child" in the class. While he was there, he caught a conversation between his son and some other boys. There ...read more

  • Donald Miller, In His Excellent Book Searching ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 2, 2007
     | 3,108 views

    Donald Miller, in his excellent book Searching for God Knows What, tells about going to a Bible college where he taught one of the classes. Speaking to this group of Bible students, he told them he was going to present the plan of salvation, but he was going to leave out one key element, and they ...read more

  • Getting Worse Before It Gets Better

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
    based on 1 rating
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    GETTING WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER "Celente, who is CEO of Trends Research Institute, has the best track record in the professional forecasting industry, so when he speaks people listen. He was almost alone in predicting well in advance the 1987 stock market crash, the 1990 collapse of the Soviet ...read more

  • A Preacher Recalls One Such Instance During ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Oct 11, 2001
    based on 79 ratings
     | 3,594 views

    ILL. A preacher recalls one such instance during the Sunday evening service. When he finished speaking, he asked, "Is there anyone else who would like to say something?" At that, a rather dignified visitor stood up & said, "Yes, sir, I’d like to say something. This is the first time I’ve been ...read more

  • Positively Wrong

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2003
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    *Positively Wrong* A linguistics professor was lecturing his class. "In English," he explained, "a double negative forms a positive. In some languages, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative." "However," the professor continued, "there is no language wherein a double positive ...read more

  • A Sunday School Teacher Was Trying To Demonstrate ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,129 views

    A Sunday school teacher was trying to demonstrate the difference between right and wrong to her young teen class. She chose stealing for her example. The teacher said: "All right let’s use this example. If I were to go into a man’s pocket and take his wallet with all his ...read more

  • An Honest Day's Work  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
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    AN HONEST DAY'S WORK The USS Astoria (C-34) was the first U.S. cruiser to engage the Japanese during the Battle of Savo Island, a night action fought 8-9 August 1942. Although she scored two hits on the Imperial flagship Chokai, the Astoria was badly damaged and sank shortly after noon, 9 ...read more

  • It Is Hard To Believe Now, But The Potato Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 13, 2005
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    It is hard to believe now, but the potato was once a highly unpopular food. When first introduced into England by Sir Walter Raleigh, newspapers printed editorials against it, ministers preached sermons against it, and the general public wouldn’t touch it. It was supposed to sterilize the soil in ...read more

  • It Is Hard To Believe Now, But The Potato Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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     | 2,231 views

    It is hard to believe now, but the potato was once a highly unpopular food. When first introduced into England by Sir Walter Raleigh, newspapers printed editorials against it, ministers preached sermons against it, and the general public wouldn’t touch it. It was supposed to sterilize the soil in ...read more

  • A Friend Of Mine Told Me About A Time He Was A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A friend of mine told me about a time he was a youth counselor at church camp. During the week they had various types of activities. They had bible classes, and prayer groups, and hiking, and worship services, and of course some type of sporting competition every day. All the kids were having a ...read more

  • The Life Vest

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2011
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    THE LIFE VEST The USS Astoria (C-34) was the first U.S. cruiser to engage the Japanese during the Battle of Savo Island, a night action fought 8-9 August 1942. Although she scored two hits on the Imperial flagship Chokai, the Astoria was badly damaged and sank shortly after noon, 9 August. About ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of An English Teacher Who Told ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 27, 2010
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    The story is told of an English teacher who told her class to write a composition on, “What I would do if I had a million dollars.” After the students had been working on the assignment for about thirty minutes, one young man approached the teacher’s desk and very quietly said, “A ...read more

  • Sell Your Soul?

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 11, 2010
     | 2,405 views

    A bored student at the University of Washington used an Internet auction site to sell his soul to the highest bidder. As it turned out, the top offer was only $400. Since the soul is immaterial, it can’t be extracted from a body like a physical organ such as a heart. The student had to admit, “I ...read more

  • Three Bones In Church

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 23, 2011
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    THREE BONES IN CHURCH Church members may be divided into three classes in a mere skeleton outline: wishbones, jawbones, and backbones. The wishbones are always languidly hoping that their church will somehow grow without their effort. The jawbones talk their way out of doing things, and the ...read more

  • There Would Be No Islam

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 25, 2011
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    THERE WOULD BE NO ISLAM A Hindu professor once found out that a man in his class was a Christian. The professor said to this student, "If you Christians were like Jesus Christ, India would be at your feet tomorrow." A learned Muslim who recently became a Christian said, "If Christians were truly ...read more

  • It's Not The Water  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Sep 29, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,226 views

    IT'S NOT THE WATER Little Betsy had faithfully attended baptism classes. Her mother, wanting to be sure her daughter understood its significance, asked, "Honey, what does baptism mean?" "Well, it isn't the water that makes you clean ..." she began. Smiling, Mother thought, Yes, she ...read more

  • One Mother's Day I Was Preaching In Another State ...

    Contributed by Jim Blevins on May 16, 2009
    based on 1 rating
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    One Mother’s Day I was preaching in another state and during the Sunday School class I told about one of the two times that I sassed my mother. Now my mother is about 4 foot 11 inches tall and I was approaching 6 foot so I towered over her. She had told me to do something and I told her she wasn’t ...read more

  • Do You Remember Your High School Reunion? Many ...  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Nov 20, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
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    Do you remember your high school reunion? Many who attend the 5 and 10 year class reunions just want to impress each other with how successful they have become. By the 20th many have given up on impressing their friends and are just happy to survive. As you near the age of 40 you can begin to ...read more

  • It Is A Dangerous Thing To Grow Old! An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on May 11, 2002
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    It is a dangerous thing to grow old! An elementary school class had been photographed and the teacher was trying to persuade them each to buy a copy of the group picture. "Just think how nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown up and say, ’There’s Jennifer; she’s a lawyer,’ or ...read more