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  • Mixed Attitudes & Values: Americans Feel ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    Mixed Attitudes & Values: Americans feel emotionally comfortable with their choices but struggle with the consequences of their moral behavior. 74% say they are concerned about the moral condition of the nation. That point of view is only slightly more pronounced among Christians. When asked the ...read more

  • Pastor Search Reality: According To Adair Lummis, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    Pastor Search Reality: According to Adair Lummis, with the Hartford Institute for Religion Research, church pastoral search committees today look for the following in a new pastor: male, married (to a woman), and under age 40. Committees may not say this overtly to candidates, but that’s what they ...read more

  • Abraham Lincoln's Secretary Of War, Edwin ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    Abraham Lincoln’s secretary of war, Edwin Stanton, was angered by an army officer who accused him of favoritism. Stanton complained to Lincoln, who suggested that Stanton write the officer a sharp letter. Stanton did, and showed the strongly worded missive to the president. "What are you going to ...read more

  • Dr. Norman Wright Says That The Church Must ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 27, 2007
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    Dr. Norman Wright says that the church must prepare the members of the Body of Christ for Crises. Why? Because crises will come whether you are prepared or not and your survival is based on knowing what to do, what to say and how to handle the unexpected crises. He states, “Helping those in crisis ...read more

  • Lady Nancy Astor, The First Woman Ever Seated In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    Lady Nancy Astor, the first woman ever seated in the British House of Commons, encountered a lot of male antagonism -- but proved herself capable of giving as well as receiving in that arena. Once, at a formal dinner, Lady Astor said to her neighbor that she considered men to be more conceited than ...read more

  • Barn Handles

    Contributed by Tim Parsons on Sep 24, 2006
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    Shortly after Herman Ostry bought a piece of property in Bruno, Nebraska, a nearby creek flooded his new barn with 29 inches of water. Herman’s son Mike started thinking about the problem. Mike counted the number of boards, timbers, and nails, estimating the barn’s weight at 19,000 pounds. Mike ...read more

  • In His Early Years, American Landscape ...

    Contributed by James Westmoreland on Oct 23, 2006
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    In his early years, American landscape photographer Ansel Adams studied piano and showed some talent. At one party, however, as Adams played Chopin’s F Major Nocturne, he recalled that "In some strange way my right had started off in F-sharp major while my left had behaved well in F-major. I could ...read more

  • Shortly After Herman Ostry Bought A Piece Of ...

    Contributed by Patrick Mccosh on Jul 23, 2007
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    Shortly after Herman Ostry bought a piece of property in Bruno, Nebraska, a nearby creek flooded his new barn with 29 inches of water. Herman’s son Mike started thinking about the problem. Mike counted the number of boards, timbers, and nails, estimating the barn’s weight at 19,000 pounds. Mike ...read more

  • Relentless Repetition Was Once Enough To Drive ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
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    Relentless repetition was once enough to drive your message home. Not anymore! Fact-based statements can be proven or disproven objectively. But the "truth" of a values-based statement hinges on agreed-upon values. Modern advertising overflows with values-based statements, e.g. "Big selection," ...read more

  • According To Another Report Just This Friday ...

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on Sep 15, 2008
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    According to another report just this Friday (9/12/08), “Those who wish to be married in California and be called ’bride and groom’ will have to wed in another state. The problem surfaced when a couple who married in the state crossed out ’Party A’ and ’Party B’ on the marriage license and ...read more

  • One Sunday Morning The Pastor Noticed Little Alex ...

    Contributed by Todd Brock on Nov 13, 2008
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    One Sunday morning the pastor noticed little Alex was staring up at the large plaque that hung in the foyer of the church. The plaque was covered with names, and small American flags were mounted on either side of it. The seven year old had been staring at the plaque for some time, so the pastor ...read more

  • The Power Of A Cause

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Jan 9, 2009
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    THE POWER OF A CAUSE On April 21, 1845 a Texas Army, who had been running from the Mexican Army since the defeat of the Alamo, came upon the Mexican Army led by Santa Anna just a few miles from here at Lynch’s Ferry, now called Lynchburg Ferry. General Sam Houston ordered that Vince’s Bridge be ...read more

  • An Outstretched Hand

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
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    AN OUTSTRETCHED HAND In Stockholm, Sweden, a woman was injured as she rushed to catch a streetcar. She stumbled in front of the moving car and was caught beneath it. The police sent for a crane to lift the car off her body. While waiting for the crane, a crowd of people gathered out of curiosity. ...read more

  • Not One Thanked Him  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
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    NOT ONE THANKED HIM Edward Spencer was a ministerial student in Evanston, Illinois, and also a member of a life-saving squad during his school years. In 1860, a ship went aground on the shore of Lake Michigan near Evanston, and Spencer waded again and again into the frigid waters to rescue ...read more

  • A Flattered Pastor Becomes ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 14, 2009
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    A Flattered Pastor Becomes Proud A pastor received a Christmas card with a note in it, from a lady in his congregation. He said she was very complimentary about his preaching and compared him with Chuck Swindoll. She finished by writing, "I think you are one of the really great preachers of all ...read more

  • In The 1988 Film Rain Man, Dustin Hoffman's ...

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Dec 17, 2009
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    In the 1988 film Rain Man, Dustin Hoffman’s character is based on a real-life autistic man named Kim Peek. Peek has total recall of more than 9,000 books. When he attended a performance of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, he stood up near the end and loudly ordered, “You’ve got to stop it, stop it, ...read more

  • Love And Service--Mark Dever And J.c. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 1, 2010
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    Love and Service--Mark Dever and J.C. Ryle JC Ryle: “True greatness does not consist in being an admiral or a celebrity. It consists of devoting yourself, body, soul and spirit to the blessed work of making the people around you more happy and holy.” Mark Dever, at 9Marks Conference. This quote ...read more

  • The Lack Of Evangelism

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2011
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    THE LACK OF EVANGELISM (Evangelism Statistics from Michael Parrot, Acts Evangelism, Spokane, WA, 1993, pp. 9-11.) • Ninety-five percent of all Christians have never won a soul to Christ. • Eighty percent of all Christians do not consistently witness for Christ. • Less than two percent are ...read more

  • K.p. Yohannan, President Of Gospel For Asia, ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 5, 2003
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    K.P. Yohannan, president of Gospel For Asia, says, “In India proper there are nearly one billion people—three times the population of the United States. Only 3.5 percent of these call themselves Christians” (K.P. Yohannan, ...read more

  • A Sunday School Teacher Was Discussing The 10 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jan 18, 2005
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    A Sunday School teacher was discussing the 10 commandments with her 5 & 6 year olds. After explaining the commandment to “honor your father and mother,” she asked, “Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and ...read more