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  • Preaching To The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 2,767 views

    PREACHING TO THE HEATHEN Gordon Hall’s selfless motto: "Duty is ours, consequences God’s." When offered an attractive pastorate his reply came, "No... Others will be left whose health or pre-engagement requires them to stay at home, but I can sleep on the ground, can endure hunger and hardship. ...read more

  • Older Addicts

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 2,594 views

    OLDER ADDICTS In 2005, 184,400 Americans who were admitted to drug treatment programs (roughly 10% of the total) were over 50, up from 143,000, (8%) in 2001. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration foresees 4.4 million older substance abusers by 2020 vs. 1.7 million in 2001. ...read more

  • Long-Term Care

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
     | 2,281 views

    LONG-TERM CARE A survey by Genworth Financial, a long-term care insurer, reports the cost of a private room in a nursing home for a year averages more than $76,000 (up 17% since ’04), an assisted-living facility $36,000 annually and $38 an hour for a Medicare-certified home health aide. Genworth ...read more

  • October 17, 1977, People ...

    Contributed by Bret Toman on May 20, 2010
     | 898 views

    October 17, 1977, People Magazine "I sit in my house in Buffalo and sometimes I get so ..... lonely it's unbelievable," "Life has been so good to me. I got a great wife, good kids, money, my own health—and I'm lonely and bored. ... I often ...read more

  • Deadly Vending Machines  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Dec 12, 2012
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     | 2,756 views

    DEADLY VENDING MACHINES The media’s been reporting on the health risks of too much soda and other sugary drinks; New York's Mayor Bloomberg has taken the step of banning super-size sodas...but even more deadly are the vending machines. Each year, dozens of people are killed by vending machines. ...read more

  • Keep Your Words Sweet

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 17, 2017
     | 3,858 views

    KEEP YOUR WORDS SWEET A pastor was teaching on Proverbs 16:24: "Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and health to the bones." The minister then added, "You know, you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar." Upon hearing this, a woman in the congregation put her head ...read more

  • One Of My Favorite Authors Is Dr. Seuss And In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 1, 2001
    based on 61 ratings
     | 1,598 views

    One of my favorite authors is Dr. Seuss and in one of his memorable stories he tells of a character named Zoad that describes so many of us and our ability to choose: Did I ever tell you about the young Zoad? Who came to a sign at the fork of the road He looked one way and the other way too The ...read more

  • A First Grader Stood Up In Front Of His Class To ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Botts on Sep 1, 2002
    based on 55 ratings
     | 2,419 views

    A first grader stood up in front of his class to give his speech, “What I Want To Be When I Grow Up.” He said, “I’m going to be a lion tamer and have lots of fierce lions. I’ll walk into the cage and they will roar.” He paused for a moment, ...read more

  • Dennis The Menace Was Caught Causing Trouble ...

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Mar 29, 2009
     | 2,374 views

    Dennis the Menace was caught causing trouble around the house and his mother had all she could take from him and said to him, "Dennis the way you’re behaving, how do you expect to get into heaven?" To that Dennis said, "Well, I’ll just keep slamming the door ...read more

  • One Lady Wrote In To A Question And Answer Forum. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Royce Hendry on Mar 29, 2001
    based on 189 ratings
     | 3,369 views

    one lady wrote in to a question and answer forum. "Dear Sirs, Our preacher said on Easter, that Jesus just swooned on the cross and that the disciples nursed Him back to health. What do you think? Sincerely, Bewildered. Dear Bewildered, Beat your preacher with a cat-of-nine-tails with 39 heavy ...read more

  • Dr. Karl Menninger, The Famous American ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,781 views

    Dr. Karl Menninger, the famous American psychiatrist, once gave a lecture on mental health & was answering questions from the audience. One man asked, "What would you advise a person to do if that person felt a nervous breakdown coming on?" Everyone there expected him to answer, "Consult a ...read more

  • The Clock Of Life  PRO

    Contributed by Sol Madlambayan on Dec 2, 2002
    based on 48 ratings
     | 2,512 views

    The clock of life is wound but once, And no man has the power To tell just when the hands will stop. At late or early hour. To lose one’s wealth is sad indeed. To lose one’s health is more, To lose one’s soul is such a loss That no man can restore. Thirty-nine people died while you read this ...read more

  • A Young Couple Had Only Been Married One Year ...

    Contributed by Robbie Parsons on Feb 8, 2003
     | 1,288 views

    A young couple had only been married one year when she was diagnosed as a victim of multiple sclerosis. After thinking about it, she told her husband she was “setting him free.” But he did not leave her. Why did he stay? “Because,” he said, “when I vowed before God ‘for better or for worse,’ ...read more

  • One Lady Wrote In To A Question And Answer ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jason Cole on Mar 30, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,105 views

    One lady wrote in to a question and answer forum. "Dear Sirs, Our preacher said on Easter, that Jesus just swooned on the cross and that the disciples nursed Him back to health. What do you think? Sincerely, Bewildered. Dear Bewildered, Beat your preacher with a cat-of-nine-tails with 39 ...read more

  • Religious Freedom: Increasingly, Legal Experts ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
     | 1,682 views

    Religious Freedom: Increasingly, legal experts say, religious organizations have been seeking and winning exemptions from other areas of the law, from land-use regulations to health requirements, like immunization. In the last few years, more than a dozen states have passed or considered ...read more

  • Divorced Adults Are More Susceptible To Severe ...

    Contributed by Tim Stutler on Mar 27, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,454 views

    - "Divorced adults are more susceptible to severe emotional and psychological problems, plus early death from an assortment of causes, than for married individuals. The suicide rate for divorced white men, for example, is four times higher than for their married counterparts. The situation for ...read more

  • On Oct. 3, 1863, The War Between The North And ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
     | 925 views

    On Oct. 3, 1863, the war between the North and South raged, and Abraham Lincoln was weary with his anguished responsibility. Despite that he was able to write, ‘’The year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, ...read more

  • The Clock Of Life Is Wound But Once, And No Man ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 28, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,937 views

    The clock of life is wound but once, And no man has the power To tell just when the hands will stop. At late or early hour. To lose one’s wealth is sad indeed. To lose one’s health is more. To lose one’s soul is such a loss that no man can restore. Thirty-nine people died while you read this ...read more

  • Real U.s. Median Household Income Climbed ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,618 views

    Real U.S. Median Household Income climbed between ’05 and ’06, reaching $48,200, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. This is the second consecutive year that income has risen. Meanwhile, the nation’s official poverty rate declined for the first time this decade, from 12.6% in ’05 to 12.3% in ’06. ...read more

  • Verload Comes When We Have Hearts Crammed Full ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Dec 3, 2008
     | 1,314 views

    verload comes when we have hearts crammed full with so many things and the important things, such as faith and health and sanity, are squeezed to the margins or even left out. What is in our hearts, is expressed in our schedules, our buying choices, and our time commitments. How well do we honor ...read more