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  • Someone Asked, "What In The World Is Happening ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ray Searan on Feb 21, 2007
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    Someone asked, “What in the world is happening with our kids today?” Let us see…I think it started when Madelyn Murray O’Hare complained that she did not want any prayer in our schools, and we said “Okay.” Then someone said, “You had better not read the Bible in school” – the Bible that says, “Thou ...read more

  • Rabbi Harold Kushner Tells A Wonderful Story ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,272 views

    Rabbi Harold Kushner tells a wonderful story about a bright young man, who was a sophomore Stanford pre-med student To reward him for having done so well in school, his parents gave him a trip to the Far East for the summer vacation before the start of his junior year. While there he met a guru who ...read more

  • Dr Tim Keller Is The Senior Minister In A Church ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Jack on Mar 17, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
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    Dr Tim Keller is the senior minister in a church next to the world trade centre – the Redeemer Church. And he talks about a debate he was in with a Muslim scholar before a university audience. The debate went on as most of those debates do with perfect civility as they expressed their point of ...read more

  • I'm Writing School Reports At The Moment. It's ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Jack on Jun 9, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,965 views

    I’m writing school reports at the moment. It’s something I hate doing. We have a system where you’re expected to write 50-100 words per student so that in the end over all your reports you’ve written tens of thousands of words most of which begin or end with “Johhny needs to be more focused in ...read more

  • Cable Television Mogul Ted Turner Criticized ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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    Cable television mogul Ted Turner criticized fundamentalist Christianity and said Jesus probably would “be sick at his stomach” over the way his ideas have been “twisted,” the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Turner made his remarks Friday evening at a banquet in Orlando, Fla., where he was ...read more

  • Cable Television Mogul Ted Turner Criticized ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,918 views

    Cable television mogul Ted Turner criticized fundamentalist Christianity and said Jesus probably would "be sick at his stomach" over the way his ideas have been "twisted," the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Turner made his remarks Friday evening at a banquet in Orlando, Fla., where he was ...read more

  • Principles For Change

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 3,692 views

    Principles for change: A. People must have reasons for change 1. They must see the value to them of the change 2. The plan must be understood by them 3. They must be involved in the process B. People must be prepared for change, don’t just drop it on them. Introduce the ...read more

  • Nice People  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Sep 7, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
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    Listen to this quote from Ray Stedman – “….notice that a major point of this parable is to give us a clue to the way that the enemy works most successfully. It is by imitation, by counterfeit. How simple it would be if evil people would only look evil. Wouldn’t that help a lot? If hypocrites ...read more

  • President Eisenhower Told This ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    (Illustration) President Eisenhower told this tale, "An old farmer had a cow that we wanted to buy. We went over to visit him and asked about the cow’s pedigree. The old farmer did not know what ’pedigree’ meant, so we asked him about the cow’s butterfat production. He told us that he did not have ...read more

  • An Accountant Answered An Advertisement For A Job ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 23, 2003
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    An accountant answered an advertisement for a job with a large firm. -At the end of the interview, the interviewer has one last question: -What is three times seven?” -The accountant replied, “Twenty-two.” -Outside he realized he had given the wrong answer and concluded he had lost the job. -But ...read more

  • With All The Hustle And Bustle, I Thought We ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Tucker on Dec 16, 2003
    based on 25 ratings
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    With all the hustle and bustle, I thought we needed to be reminded why Christmas is a good idea. Without Christmas… • The candied fruit market would completely collapse! • Our boring, uneventful lives would have no stress at all! • Eggnog would just be a slimy, high cholesterol beverage. • ...read more

  • This Is A Parents Worse Nightmare!  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Jan 6, 2004
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    This is a parents worse nightmare! I remember when I first started using a wheelchair for mobility, my son Anthony and I were at the mall with my wife. She was trying on clothes and we were to wait for her. Anthony decided to run under the clothes on the racks. As you know, the aisles are not real ...read more

  • Child-Training  PRO

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Oct 2, 2004
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    PROVERBS 22:6 “The Hebrew word for train (h\aµnak_) means to dedicate…. H\aµnak_ seems to include the idea of setting aside, narrowing, or hedging in. The word is sometimes used in the sense of “start.” Child-training involves “narrowing” a child’s conduct away from evil and toward godliness and ...read more

  • Opening Illustration… Mother’s Day ...  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Borst on May 10, 2001
    based on 164 ratings
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    OPENING ILLUSTRATION… Mother’s Day Background, Pulpit Helps 1991 It was a woman named Anna M. Jarvis who first suggested the national observance of an annual day honoring all mothers because she had loved her own mother so dearly. At a memorial service for her mother on May 10, 1908, Miss Jarvis ...read more

  • Keep Your Mouth Shut  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Travis on Jul 19, 2001
    based on 58 ratings
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    I read a story once about a little frog that wanted to go south for the winter. It was too far to hop and he did not have wings to fly. Two Little birds felt sorry for the little frog and together they came up with a plan. The little birds would hold each end of a stick in their beaks, and all the ...read more

  • The Royal Palace In Tehran, Iran Has One Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Aug 20, 2001
    based on 97 ratings
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    The royal palace in Tehran, Iran has one of the most beautiful entrances of all palaces in the world today. As one enters the royal palace the doomed ceilings, sidewalls, and columns seemed to be covered with diamonds. When the Royal Palace was planned, the architects sent an order to Paris for ...read more

  • From Humble People  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 16, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,012 views

    FROM HUMBLE PEOPLE In 1884 a young man died, and after the funeral his grieving parents decided to establish a memorial to him. With that in mind they met with Charles Eliot, president of Harvard University. Eliot received the unpretentious couple into his office and asked what he could do. After ...read more

  • A Humble Memorial  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
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    A HUMBLE MEMORIAL In 1884 a young man died, and after the funeral his grieving parents decided to establish a memorial to him. With that in mind they met with Charles Eliot, president of Harvard University. Eliot received the unpretentious couple into his office and asked what he could do. ...read more

  • In A Certain Pond, There Were Two Ducks And A ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Westervelt on Feb 5, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,527 views

    In a certain pond, there were two ducks and a frog who were neighbors and the best of friends. They played together all day long during the summer time. But as the cold drew near and the water dried up, the ducks realized they would have to move. This would be easy for them, but what about their ...read more

  • In 1976 A Relatively Unknown Politician From The ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Oct 22, 2007
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    In 1976 a relatively unknown politician from the small town of Plains, Georgia decided to run for President. His name was Jimmy Carter, and although he had served as the Governor of Georgia, no one else in the country knew very much about him. During that campaign he was asked about his faith and ...read more