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  • Does Anybody Know Who Has Won The Most Ncaa ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,731 views

    Does anybody know who has won the most NCAA national championships in men’s basketball? It was John Wooden - the coach of the UCLA Bruins. He won all those championships because he focused on. He created TEAMS. If you watch many basketball matchups, you’ll see that many teams have a “go-to” guy who ...read more

  • The Gift Of Standing By - Donald Grey Barnhouse ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,240 views

    THE GIFT OF STANDING BY - Donald Grey Barnhouse told the story (supposedly true) about Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes. When he moved to Washington, D.C., to take up his duties as Chief Justice, he transferred his membership letter to a Baptist Church in the area. His father had been a Baptist ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of A Terrible Traffic Accident. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 24, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 6,189 views

    The story is told of a terrible traffic accident. Police officers were called to the scene and when they arrived they found a husband, wife, and 2 children lying unconscious in the car. They pulled them from the car, and as they waited for the paramedics to arrive they noticed a monkey in the car ...read more

  • But Loving Is Hard. The Way Is Narrow. Not Many ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 29, 2007
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     | 1,441 views

    But loving is hard. The way is narrow. Not many really love the way Jesus does. Even in churches. We are more consumers than lovers. We are more takers than givers. I’ve poured into people and given and given as I know many of you have. I’ve poured into groups of people in this way. And they keep ...read more

  • America Split Into Three Financial Camps Last ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
     | 1,887 views

    America split into three financial camps last year that came sharply into focus at Christmas. 1-The Hunker-Down crowd cut back their purchases, uneasy about dwindling dollars and rising debt. Traffic in non-discount retail stores was sluggish as a result. 2-The Full-Speed-Ahead crowd did business ...read more

  • Even Before You Pray, God ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 1,817 views

    EVEN BEFORE YOU PRAY, GOD WORKS Dr. Helen Roseveare, missionary to Zaire, told the following story. "A mother at our mission station died after giving birth to a premature baby. We tried to improvise an incubator to keep the infant alive, but the only hot water bottle we had was beyond repair. So ...read more

  • They Don't But You Do  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,792 views

    THEY DON’T BUT YOU DO Consider the story of Oswald Golter. After ten years service as a missionary in China, Oswald Golter was on His way home. His ship stopped in India, and while waiting for the connecting boat home he found a group of refugees living in a warehouse on the pier. They were ...read more

  • Scientists Were Studying The Impact Of A ...

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Sep 5, 2008
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    Scientists were studying the impact of a high-cholesterol diet on heart disease. To measure this effect, they fed a group of genetically similar rabbits the same high-cholesterol diet. To their amazement, half the rabbits developed heart troubles, while the others were normal, with no noticeable ...read more

  • N India This Week (Early Oct., 2008), Here Is The ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 15, 2008
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    n India this week (early Oct., 2008), here is the latest: "Christians feel unsafe even under government protection, and are leaving the refugee camps to escape to other areas of India. In Kandhamal, the destruction has continued for more than a month. Bhubaneshwar (AsiaNews) - About 12,000 people ...read more

  • Speaking Of Gender Issues, I Heard That A While ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Nov 24, 2008
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    Speaking of gender issues, I heard that a while back Bill Gates decided it was time to figure out what gender a computer is. I mean, we assign gender to a lot of inanimate objects. In fact, in Spanish every noun is either male or female. Bill Gates called together his top male experts and his ...read more

  • The Choice: Build Up Or Tear Down  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 11, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,202 views

    THE CHOICE: BUILD UP OR TEAR DOWN Years ago I picked up a poem named "The Choice." I do not know where I got it nor the author, but it illustrates the importance of building others up. This poem raises the question of whether we will "tear down or build up." "I watched some men tearing a building ...read more

  • Compassion For The Elderly, Post Office ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2009
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    Compassion for the Elderly, Post Office Style [FINDING MAMIE IN YOUR CHURCH] Mamie was an elderly woman, plagued with arthritis and a number of other ailments. So people were surprised to see her going regularly to the post office to buy stamps. One Christmas the lines were particularly long, but ...read more

  • I Guess I've Always Liked Good News. When I Was ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 23, 2009
     | 1,949 views

    I guess I’ve always liked good news. When I was a student at Central College in Iowa, I worshiped at our Campus Church. Each week there was a pretty heavy prayer of confession that was usually preceded by recounting some really bad news stories of the previous week. Eventually a group of us ...read more

  • If You’re An Average Australian ...

    Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Mar 23, 2010
     | 1,773 views

    IF you’re an average Australian you’re worth just over $250,000 have a house valued at $458,488, a mortgage of $341,000 , credit card debt of $3085 and earn $1124.50 a week. Mortgage stress According to the experts if you’re an average Aussie, then chances are you’ll technically be experiencing ...read more

  • Moody's Servant's Heart  PRO

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
    based on 11 ratings
     | 6,695 views

    MOODY'S SERVANT'S HEART A large group of European pastors came to one of D. L. Moody’s Northfield Bible Conferences in Massachusetts in the late 1800s. Following the European custom of the time, each guest put his shoes outside his room to be cleaned by the hall servants overnight. But of course ...read more

  • Kissing Promotes A Positive Attitude

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
     | 2,768 views

    KISSING PROMOTES A POSITIVE ATTITUDE If you want to be happy, healthy, successful, and live longer, give your spouse a kiss before you go to work each day. That’s the conclusion of a study conducted by a group of German physicians and psychologists, in cooperation with insurance companies. ...read more

  • Waiting Vs. Watching For Him

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 23, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,554 views

    WAITING VS. WATCHING FOR HIM The Lord told us not only to wait for him but to watch for him, and he has pronounced a special blessing on those who watch. The difference between waiting and watching is illustrated in a story told of a Scotch fishing village. After days at sea, the skipper of a ...read more

  • A Light In The Darkness  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 9,721 views

    A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS In 1963, my grandfather was serving as the Senior Minister of West End United Methodist Church in Nashville. West End is situated right across the street from Vanderbilt University, and has always been a wealthy, predominately white church. One communion Sunday, a black ...read more

  • Two Faces

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 5, 2011
     | 1,650 views

    TWO FACES WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Frank and Louie the cat was born with two faces, two mouths, two noses, three eyes — and lots of doubts about his future. Now, 12 years after Marty Stevens rescued him from being euthanized because of his condition, the exotic blue-eyed rag doll cat is not only ...read more

  • Arthur's Envy

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
     | 3,326 views

    ARTHUR'S ENVY When I served on staff at Rayne Memorial UMC on St. Charles Avenue, a young man named Arthur began attending. Arthur was a nice guy but was different, both in appearance and in personality. Arthur got involved in the young adult ministry I had started at the church and was accepted ...read more