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  • Half Of Americans In A Recent Poll Said They Or ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    Half of Americans in a recent poll said they or their family members have suffered from depression, 46% considered it a health problem, and 43% saw it as a "sign of personal or emotional weakness," according to the National Mental Health Association. Other topics measured included alcoholism (seen ...read more

  • Families In Financial Crisis

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 1, 2006
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    Bobby Eklund states: 1. Families are in financial crisis, not always because of economic downturns or situations out of their control, but because we normally bring these problems upon ourselves. Families have readily accepted the notion that the best way to get things done is through debt. It is ...read more

  • Arthur Custance Writes: "It Is A Curious Fact ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 24, 2006
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    Arthur Custance writes: “It is a curious fact that demons were notable for their physical strength, and it is also a curious fact that they had for some reason a fear of water. The instance of the Gadarene swine could conceivably be a case where the Lord permitted the evil spirit to enter animal ...read more

  • Even Scientists Are Stumped By There Own Response ...

    Contributed by Michael De Rosa on Sep 22, 2006
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    Even scientists are stumped by there own response to what is infallible proof¡ Science says if there is any such thing as infallible proof, it is the repetition of the same experiment. Jesus rose from the dead, and Mary Magdalene encountered him¡ experiment one. The women encountered him¡ ...read more

  • According To Abc News, "Stressful ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Nov 16, 2006
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    ILLUSTRATION: According to ABC News, “Stressful is perhaps the best way to sum up the last year of Ken Lay’s life. In May the former CEO of the Enron Corp. was convicted of defrauding investors and employees by repeatedly lying about Enron’s finances. He was expected to receive a long jail ...read more

  • She Has Used Up Husbands The Way Each Of Us ...

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Feb 27, 2008
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    She has used up husbands the way each of us uses up unsatisfactory water. We keep trying all these ways to cure our souls. We try this self-help book. We try that therapist. We try this drug. We try that drink. We try this husband. We try that wife. But, ultimately, we have no husband. ...read more

  • According To Nrf's 2007 Holiday Consumer ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    According to NRF's 2007 Holiday Consumer Intentions, sales will rise 4% this year to $474.5 billion. U.S. consumers plan to spend an average of $816.69 on holiday shopping, plus an additional $106.67 on special "non-gift" purchases by taking advantage of special promotions and discounts to treat ...read more

  • True Peace And Joy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
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    True Peace and Joy As a third-century man was anticipating death, he penned these last words to a friend: "It’s a bad world, an incredibly bad world. But I have discovered in the midst of it a quiet and holy people who have learned a great secret. They have found a joy which is a thousand times ...read more

  • Putting Up A Fight

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
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    Putting Up a Fight Charles Spurgeon may have been the most evangelistic preacher to ever walk the earth. His heart hurt for lost people like no other preacher that I have read. Listen to what said about hell: "If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to hell over our bodies. And if they ...read more

  • Buying Your Way To The King

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 2, 2009
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    BUYING YOUR WAY TO THE KING A wealthy American made a trip to London. He was all taken up with Buckingham Palace, where the king lived. So one morning he went to the gates, expecting to go right in, but two soldiers stuck out their bayonets and stopped him. They said, "Where do you think you’re ...read more

  • On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
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    ON HUMILITY The moderator of a Presbyterian church in Melbourne, Australia, gave J. Hudson Taylor a flattering introduction. When the founder of the China Inland Mission stepped into the pulpit, he quietly said, "Dear friends, I am a little servant of an illustrious Master." The late A. W. Tozer ...read more

  • A Church's Mission Drives Its ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
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    A CHURCH’S MISSION DRIVES ITS MORALE John Polak in his book, The Future in Past Tense, says: "A study of the history of the people of God reveals an interesting fact--the wellbeing of the believing community was directly proportional to their obedience to God’s mission for them. When the people of ...read more

  • Divorce Accepted  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    DIVORCE ACCEPTED A record 70% of Americans believe divorce is morally acceptable (up 59% from ’00), finds Gallup’s ’08 Values and Beliefs Survey. Marriage Savers’ Mike McManus says, “Since 1970, that’s 42 million divorces, shattering the lives of 40 million children. We have the highest divorce ...read more

  • Bill Hybels On Prayer As An Unnatural ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    Bill Hybels on Prayer as an Unnatural Activity Bill Hybels begins his book Too Busy Not to Pray with these words: “Prayer is an unnatural activity. From birth we have been learning the rules of self reliance and self sufficiency. Prayer flies in the face of such deep seated values…. It is an ...read more

  • Contentment In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 3, 2010
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    Contentment in the Workplace One of the keys to contentment in your work and finding fulfillment in every area of life is learning to be thankful for what you have been given. Wanting to move forward in your career is not a problem unless it means that you take where you are for granted. As one ...read more

  • The Word ‘love’ Conjures Up So Man ...

    Contributed by Patrick Nix on Jul 9, 2010
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    The word ‘love’ conjures up so man different things today. A modern dictionary lists 28 various uses for the word: tender affection, warm attachment, intimate passion, strong predication, & amorous benevolence. Yet not of these are complete to define / describe what the Bible speaks of as a ...read more

  • My Ears Heard You, But My Legs Didn't!!!

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 2, 2022
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    One day a man's little granddaughter was playing with her toys. Her mother, who was folding laundry across the room, noticed the child's shirt was dirty and needed to be changed. After calling two times with no response her mother called out as loud as he could to her stubborn daughter, ...read more

  • While Waiting To Pick Up A Friend At The Airport ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on May 15, 2001
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    While waiting to pick up a friend at the airport I had one of those life-changing experiences that you hear other people talk about. This one occurred a mere 2 feet away from me. Straining to locate my friend among the passengers deplaning through the jet way, I noticed a man coming toward me ...read more

  • Do Not Jump To Judge Other Christians

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Sep 14, 2019
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    Don't Jump to Judge Other Christians This is God's message for us in Romans 14:3-4, where Paul said: 3. Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats; for God has received him. 4. Who are you to judge another's servant? To his ...read more

  • Case In Point: One Of The Biggest Fools In Us ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 1, 2007
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    Case in point: One of the biggest fools in US Government History was Thomas Jefferson: He and George Washington did not agree on much because of his twisted and distorted religious beliefs: Thomas Jefferson had bought into the lie of the Enlightenment, French promoted Age of Reason and he ...read more