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  • The World's Accent  PRO

    Contributed by Tim White on Mar 22, 2012
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     | 3,967 views

    THE WORLD'S ACCENT When I was a boy, my Arkansas cousins moved to California for two years. When they moved back, they talked funny. Just living in California for two years influenced how they said "You guys" and how often they said it. I prefer "Y'all" to "You guys" any day. My cousins promised ...read more

  • Let Me Read One Of Aesop’s Greek Fables; In ...

    Contributed by Francis Balla on Aug 24, 2012
     | 2,284 views

    Let me read one of Aesop’s Greek fables; In the forest, there lived four oxen. They were very good friends and always went together to graze in the fields. However, every time they went, a hungry lion tried to attack them. The lion longed for their meat. But they withstood his attack by fighting ...read more

  • The Game ‘dungeons And Dragons' First Came To ...

    Contributed by Mark Armstrong on Apr 23, 2009
     | 1,371 views

    The game ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ first came to light in 1974. Players of D&D create characters which they live out in an alternative reality. And so D&D is a fantasy role playing game where players embark upon imaginary adventures in a created world. Although there’s a few variations of the game, a ...read more

  • Stanley Hauerwas And William Willimon Open Their ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 19, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,141 views

    Stanley Hauerwas and William Willimon open their book Resident Aliens with the following: Sometime between 1960 and 1980, an old, inadequately conceived world ended…and a new world began. When and how did we change? Although it may sound trivial, one of us is tempted to date the shift sometime on ...read more

  • What's Most Important To You?

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Mar 27, 2018
     | 3,729 views

    Next to Billy Graham, Rick Warren and Joel Osteen are probably to most recognizable ministers in America. Warren is the author of the top selling hardcover book of all time, The Purpose Driven Life. It sold 30 million copies. Speaking about his "purpose driven" success, in 2005 Warren told U.S. ...read more

  • The New York Times Reported A Study About The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Christopher Roberts on Dec 6, 2001
    based on 21 ratings
     | 3,474 views

    The New York Times reported a study about the diminishing belief in the devil among Americans. Two-thirds of Americans do not believe in the devil as a living entity. In a randomly selected survey of over 1,000 Americans, pollsters asked whether they agreed that Satan is “not a living being, but ...read more

  • Kurt Warner's Testimony: "Before Accepting Jesus ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 6, 2002
    based on 51 ratings
     | 3,944 views

    Kurt Warner’s testimony: “Before accepting Jesus as my Lord I lived my life for only me. I never asked God what he wanted for my life. I was living only for what I wanted. When I was 25 years old I realized I was nothing without Jesus and that I was separated from Him because of sin. I asked Jesus ...read more

  • The Resurrection Of Jesus Christ Is The Most ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jason Cole on Feb 23, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,939 views

    The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the most provable fact in all of history! There is more evidence that Christ rose from the grave than any other fact in history. Today followers of the Islamic faith can visit the tomb of their leader Mohammed. Today followers of the Buddhist religion can go ...read more

  • Some Timber Producers Have To Wait Up To 180 ...  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Sep 29, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,408 views

    Some timber producers have to wait up to 180 years to produce a harvest! That means the planter will never know the great grandchild who reaps the harvest, and the harvester will never know the forefather who planted the seed. The future depends on the foresight and patience of each ...read more

  • J.r.r Tolkein, Famous Writer Leaves Us With This ...

    Contributed by Charles Bruner on Jul 19, 2005
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    J.R.R Tolkein, famous writer leaves us with this profound thought. “It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succor of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to ...read more

  • The Importance Of God: Gallup's Princeton ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
     | 2,282 views

    The Importance Of God: Gallup’s Princeton Research Center finds 50% of Americans rank the importance of God in their lives as a 10. Other nations rankings are: Brazil 87%, Nigeria 87%, Turkey 81%, South Africa 71%, Chile 58%, Argentina 57%, India 56%, Mexico 50%. More Americans say religion’s ...read more

  • According To The Bureau Of Standards In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 1, 2005
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     | 1,560 views

    According to the Bureau of Standards in Washington, D.C., a dense fog covering seven city blocks to a height of 100 feet is composed of less that one glass of water. That amount of water is divided into about 60 billion tiny droplets. Yet when those minute particles settle over a city or the ...read more

  • The People Who Received Help From Jesus Were ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 1,441 views

    The people who received help from Jesus were mainly “normal,” respectable, religious people. Yet they were demonized. A demon had gained access to some area of their personalities, and as a result they themselves were not in full control. We need to remember that the moral and ethical code ...read more

  • Some People Wonder Whether We Really Believe What ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 24, 2007
     | 972 views

    Some people wonder whether we really believe what we say we believe. Second, some people do not doubt that we believe it; they wonder whether we live by it. Third, some people do not doubt that we believe it or live by it; they wonder whether it makes much difference. (George G. Hunter III, The ...read more

  • Active Father Figures

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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     | 3,194 views

    ACTIVE FATHER FIGURES Active fathers and father figures play a key role in reducing behavior problems in boys and psychological problems in young women, according to the peer-reviewed journal Acta Paediatrica. Swedish researchers found regular positive contact reduces criminal behavior among ...read more

  • We Are Not To Be Isolated But Insulated," Said ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
     | 3,499 views

    "We are not to be isolated but insulated," said Vance Havner, "moving in the midst of evil but untouched by it." Separation is contact with contamination. Jesus was "holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners" (Heb. 7:26), yet He was "a friend of tax collectors and sinners" (Luke ...read more

  • Neil Chetnik, Author, Speaker, Expert On Men's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
     | 1,250 views

    Neil Chetnik, author, speaker, expert on men’s lives wrote in USA Today about the time he and his father were going through his grandfathers papers and he writes: "It was the first time I had ever seen my Dad cry, and Dad said, ’I am crying not only for my father, but also for me. His death means ...read more

  • When You Were Young, Did You Ever Tie A Towel ...

    Contributed by Greg Bond on Dec 28, 2009
     | 1,869 views

    When you were young, did you ever tie a towel around your neck, or have your mom make you a cape and then go running around the house screaming at the top of your lungs, jumping on and over furniture, throwing haymaker punches, and taking all sorts of imaginary bad guys into captivity? It was ...read more

  • We Can Only Hope To Experience Eden When We ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 14, 2010
     | 1,323 views

    We can only hope to experience Eden when we understand it is a lifestyle not a landmass. God invites us to walk with Him and live in Eden! Eden is the experience of wholeness in the world you inhabit. You don’t need to book an international flight or leave it behind after a few days! Eden can be ...read more

  • Changing Audiences

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010
     | 2,405 views

    CHANGING AUDIENCES We have let the world define greatness for us. Our society has built itself on the philosophy of the devil instead of on the wisdom of God. As long as we believe Satan’s big lie that our lives are insignificant unless we are on top, we will live in constant state of ...read more