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  • In Regions Of Mexico Hot Springs And Cold Springs ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Nov 21, 2001
    based on 17 ratings
     | 4,434 views

    In regions of Mexico hot springs and cold springs are found side by side, and because of the convenience of this natural phenomenon the women often bring their laundry, boil their clothes in the hot springs, and then rinse them in the cold springs. A tourist watching this procedure commented to his ...read more

  • Douglas Coupland, Who Coined The Term ...  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Sep 29, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,665 views

    Douglas Coupland, who coined the term ’Generation X’, concludes in his book Life After God, "my secret is that I need God - that I am sick and can no longer make it alone. I need God to help me give, because I no longer seem to be capable of giving; to help me be kind, as I no ...read more

  • Return To Roots: Mainline Denominations Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2006
     | 2,621 views

    Return To Roots: Mainline denominations are casting off generic texts and hymns and reasserting sectarian beliefs to stem declining memberships. Methodists, Presbyterians Lutherans and Episcopalians all too often don’t know their denomination’s historic distinctives. Frequently less than 25% of ...read more

  • Home Schoolers Excel: A National Home Education ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
     | 1,524 views

    Home Schoolers Excel: A National Home Education Research Institute study has reveals that home-schoolers are more likely to attend college and be more politically active than their peers. 74% of home-schoolers ages 18-24 had taken college courses (compared with 46% of their general population ...read more

  • Traditions  PRO

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Nov 29, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,035 views

    Traditions J.I. Packer wrote, “All Christians are at once beneficiaries and victims of tradition—beneficiaries, who receive nurturing truth and wisdom from God’s faithfulness in past generations; victims, who now take for granted things that need to be questioned, thus treating as divine absolutes ...read more

  • Front Page The Percentage Of Adults Reading The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
     | 829 views

    Front Page The percentage of adults reading the front section of a daily newspaper from ‘00 to ‘05 increased from 51.4% to 53% in the 87 metro markets surveyed by The Media Audit. At the same time those reading the other 11 sections of a daily paper declined with the weekend TV guide declining the ...read more

  • Unacceptable- Only 44% Of Americans Say ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,202 views

    Unacceptable- Only 44% of Americans say homosexuality is morally acceptable while 51% say it is morally wrong. Yet, across society such tolerance ranges from 74% among liberal Americans to 18% among frequent churchgoers. A strong generational split is also evident, as only 32% of seniors say it is ...read more

  • In Sequoia National Park In California, There Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,635 views

    In Sequoia National Park in California, There is a big tree that stands 275 feet high and is 36 feet in diameter. It is called the General Sherman. It is known as the biggest tree in the world. Today I want to talk to you about a tree that reaches from earth all the way to heaven and reaches all ...read more

  • What Are We Worth?

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 25, 2009
     | 1,861 views

    WHAT ARE WE WORTH? It is estimated that the chemical components of a normal 150-pound human are worth about 12 bucks. The rest is water and is free. When we think about the electrical power we generate, it is figured that we would produce about 11,400,000 kilowatts per pound if it could be ...read more

  • Using Campaign Catch-Phrases Is An Exercise ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Aug 11, 2009
     | 1,710 views

    "Using campaign catch-phrases is an exercise older than “I Like Ike” or “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too”. I’m not a student of political history and I don’t know when this sort of sympathy-generating tactic was first used to help the voter identify with the candidate. For all I know, buried out there ...read more

  • Pants On The Ground

    Contributed by Engleburg Toney on Jun 6, 2010
     | 3,569 views

    PANTS ON THE GROUND I believe the General, Larry Platt, was right. We are talking about something as simple as "Pants on the ground, pants on the ground, looking like a fool with yo' pants on the ground, with the gold in yo' mouth, hat turned sideways, pants hit da ground, call yourself a ...read more

  • When The Veil Is Removed

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Sep 18, 2011
     | 2,144 views

    WHEN THE VEIL IS REMOVED There are many pictures of Mt Taranaki in NZ. It looked beautiful. It may be difficult for one to see it for oneself as it is generally covered in clouds. When the clouds are removed, the sight of the mountain takes one’s breath away. Many know a lot about the Lord and ...read more

  • Our White Stone Name

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 19, 2011
     | 2,351 views

    OUR WHITE STONE NAME In the BBC reality show Monastery, a group of five men from diverse backgrounds voluntarily join a Benedictine monastery for a span of forty days. The five men don't have to assent to Christian beliefs, but they do have to respect and follow the monks' communal requirements--a ...read more

  • Missionary Don Richardson Who Served For Many ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Elmore on Nov 29, 2001
    based on 10 ratings
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    Missionary Don Richardson who served for many years among the primitive tribes in Papua New Guinea wrote a book entitled “The Peace Child.” He writes how in translating the Scriptures into the native tribesmen language, he could find no words to express how Jesus Christ came to give His life that ...read more

  • The Cross And Antichrist In History  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 15, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,296 views

    THE CROSS AND ANTICHRIST IN HISTORY Massachusetts Bay Colony was the scene of "The Great Migration" wherein thousands of religious dissenters came over to the New World to make a new life for themselves in the company of "saints" and other Puritans. Right off quick they passed laws regulating ...read more

  • Future Declin:e A New Barna Survey Discovered ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,810 views

    Future Declin:e A new Barna survey discovered that adults who attended church as a child are twice as likely to read the Bible during a typical week as are those who avoided churches when young; twice as likely to attend a church worship service in a typical week; and nearly 50% more likely to pray ...read more

  • Who Are Today's Kids? A Recent White House Forum ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
     | 1,596 views

    Who Are Today’s Kids? A recent White House forum entitled Exploring the Digital Generation revealed these insights: · To a kid of the twenty-first century, learning is different than schooling. Learning, even education-based learning, takes place in many locations, with authorities ranging from ...read more

  • Every Christian Ought To Be Ready To Stand Up ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 18 ratings
     | 5,797 views

    Every Christian ought to be ready to stand up courageously and unashamedly for the Lord. How inconsistent that a person redeemed by the blood of Christ experiencing saving power should cower before an unbelieving world On one occasion Frederick the Great invited some notable people to his royal ...read more

  • Like Father, Like Son

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 9, 2008
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    LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON Among the more than 3,000 Americans who have received the Congressional Medal of Honor, there is one father/son combination. The father won it for a single act of bravery in a crucial battle of the Civil War. By the time he retired in 1909, he was the ranking officer in the ...read more

  • James Bradley, Who Wrote "Flags Of Our Fathers," ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 1,931 views

    James Bradley, who wrote "Flags of Our Fathers," described America as it responded to the necessary sacrifices that World War II brought the nation. In fact, it ushered her into a greatness that caused that generation to be defined as "The Greatest Generation." He wrote: "During World War II, the ...read more