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  • George Barna Has Broken Down The American ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 30, 2008
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    George Barna has broken down the American population into five existing generationsf: Seniors: those that were born in 1926 and earlier Builders: those that were born between 1927 and 1945 Boomers: those that were born between 1946 and 1964 Busters: those born between 1965 and 1983 Those that were ...read more

  • There Are Some Surprising Statistics Regarding ...

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Apr 12, 2008
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    There are some surprising statistics regarding the Ten Commandments. A Gallup poll was given several years ago, and its results revealed 85% of Americans believe the Ten Commandments are still binding today. However, only 15% could name five of them. This is not terribly surprising considering ...read more

  • Boy, Have I Got News For You!

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 29, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,634 views

    A five year old boy had only one line to remember in a church Christmas pageant. Appearing in angel's garb, he was to say to the audience, "Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy! After practice, the little lad asked his mother, "What in the world does "tidings" ...read more

  • Little Speherd Boy

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 24, 2025
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    At the turn of the 19th Century, there was a little Shepherd boy who used to come to Sunday school but was not very good in learning. His Sunday school teacher taught him the first five words of the 23rd Psalm. "The Lord is my Shepherd" (on "Shepherd" make a fist with your ...read more

  • God Is

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    GOD IS Ann Kimball had a marvelous way of talking about Jesus. She was the dean of women at Eastern Nazarene College in Boston, and she would speak all over the country. She was flying from Boston to San Francisco to speak, and she said she was just so tired from the week that she sat down in her ...read more

  • Os Guiness Gives A Very Helpful Definition Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 21, 2000
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    Os Guiness gives a very helpful definition of doubt in his book In Two Minds. He says, "When you believe, you are in one mind and accept something as true. Unbelief is to be of one mind and reject that something is true. To doubt is to waver between the two, to believe and disbelieve at the same ...read more

  • If Power Could Deliver Us From Fear, Then Joseph ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Jan 28, 2002
    based on 36 ratings
     | 2,994 views

    If power could deliver us from fear, then Joseph Stalin should have been fearless. Instead, this infamous Russian premier was afraid to go to bed. He had seven different bedrooms. Each could be locked as tightly as a safe. In order to foil any would-be assassins, he slept in a different one ...read more

  • Peter Drucker Offers Insightful Guidance To The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
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    Peter Drucker offers insightful guidance to the church when he calls leadership a peak performance by one who is "the trumpet that sounds a clear sound of the organizations’ goals." His five requirements for this task are amazingly reliable and useful for those who dare to lead churches: (1) a ...read more

  • My Father  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2003
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    My Father; When I was seven: My Dad was a genius When I was forteen: My Dad is wrong many times. When I was twenty: My Father is old fashion and not up to things. When I was twentyfive: The old man does not know what he is talking about, he is out of touch with reality. When I was thirty five: With ...read more

  • There Was Once A Christian Celebration On The ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 14, 2004
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    There was once a Christian celebration on the west coast of Africa, when converted natives brought of their meager possessions to show their devotion to Christ, a young girl only recently saved from paganism brought a silver coin worth about eighty-five cents, and handed this to the missionary as ...read more

  • Stop Paying The Bully  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2005
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    STOP PAYING THE BULLY In his book Fuzzy Memories, Jack Handey writes: There used to be this bully who would demand my lunch money every day. Since I was smaller, I would give it to him. Then I decided to fight back. I started taking karate lessons. But then the karate lesson guy said I had to ...read more

  • A Workaholic Dad  PRO

    Contributed by Felipe Villegas on Dec 29, 2005
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    This poem was written by a workaholic dad: I have a son who’s five years old, a boy so very fine. When I look at him it seems to me that all the world is mine. But seldom do I ever see my son awake and bright. I only see him when he sleeps. I’m only home at night. When I come home so weary ...read more

  • One Day A Visitor Leaned On The Old ...  PRO

    Contributed by Debra Klein on Jun 5, 2006
    based on 18 ratings
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    ILLUSTRATION: One day a visitor leaned on the old fence around a farm while he watched an old farmer plowing with a mule. After a while, the visitor said, "I don’t like to tell you how to run your business, but you could save yourself a lot of work by saying, ’Gee’ and ’Haw’ to that mule instead of ...read more

  • The Following Is Attributed To "Gentleman Jim" ...

    Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Dec 1, 2006
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    The following is attributed to “Gentleman Jim” Corbett, who held the heavyweight boxing title for five years at the end of the nineteenth century: “Fight one more round. When your feet are so tired that you have to shuffle back to the center of the ring, fight one more round. When your arms are ...read more

  • Don't Move The Piano  PRO

    Contributed by James Chandler on Jan 10, 2007
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    A new preacher at the local church walked into the auditorium of His new church. He thought it would be best to move the piano from the right side of the stage to the left side of the stage, so he moved it. Soon after he was fired for the disruption caused by the new ...read more

  • Our News Is Filled With The Death Of Ana Nicole ...

    Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Apr 4, 2007
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    Our news is filled with the death of Ana Nicole Smith. Her trademark is the public exposure of her enlarged breasts. Her sexual escapades were proudly shared. Her son died of drug overdose and she appears to have done the same. Her little baby, worth millions, has had no less than five men claiming ...read more

  • Rico Tice Makes An Interesting Observation In ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 20, 2007
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    Rico Tice makes an interesting observation in his book, Christianity Explored: “I didn’t have a particularly religious upbringing myself. In fact, my experience of Christianity was limited to a few dull sermons, slightly spooky people in strange garments, hanging about in dank halls and religious ...read more

  • Imagine This; You're On Your Way To Jerusalem To ...

    Contributed by Nathan Cooper on Feb 26, 2008
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    Imagine this; you’re on your way to Jerusalem to offer a Passover sacrifice. As you are walking down the road, an area peddler calls to get your attention. He has in his possession a lamb that is being made available to you for this one time low price. As you look over this possible purchase ...read more

  • Lying Is So Ingrained In Our Culture That We've ...

    Contributed by Darren Mccormick on Feb 26, 2008
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    Lying is so ingrained in our culture that we’ve come to joke about some of the more common lies. Doug Mushrow has written an article titled “19 Great American Lies.” Here are a few of the classics: [SLIDE] 1. The check is in the mail… [SLIDE] 2. Your table will be ready in a few ...read more

  • Nobody Knew He Was Gone

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jun 15, 2009
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    NOBODY KNEW HE WAS GONE The rent hadn’t been paid, so the landlord came knocking. For years, the rent was paid automatically from the tenant’s bank account. But suddenly, there were no funds available and no response from the tenant. When he didn’t come to the door, the landlord let himself in to ...read more