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  • Teens Under God: According To An American Bible ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Teens Under God: According to an American Bible Society study, 82.4% of teens think the words “under God” belong in the Pledge of Allegiance. 63% say they think about the words while they are reciting the pledge. 71.8% think students should be allowed to pray in ...read more

  • Focus On The Family Reports That Current Arbitron ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    Focus On The Family reports that current Arbitron ratings indicate that the audience of all its radio and TV broadcasts combined is roughly 25.6 million people in the U.S. each week. This may make it the most listened to and watched organization in the country. When including its ...read more

  • 60% Of All Web-Site Visits Are Sexual In Nature ...

    Contributed by Chris Adams on Mar 2, 2006
     | 1,631 views

    60% of all web-site visits are sexual in nature (MSNBC /Stanford/Duquesne study, Washington Times Jan. 26, 2000). Every day, up to 30 million people log on to pornographic web-sites (CNET.com, April 28, 1999). Americans spend an estimated $8-10 billion annually on ...read more

  • Kim Linehan Holds The World Record In The Women's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,130 views

    Kim Linehan holds the world record in the Women’s 1500-meter freestyle. According to her coach, Paul Bergen, the 18-year-old is the leading amateur woman distance swimmer in the world. Kim does endless exercises and swims 7 to 12 miles a day. The hardest part of her ...read more

  • Opportunities Missed

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    Opportunities Missed There was a very cautious man Who never laughed or played; He never risked, he never tried, He never sang or prayed. And when he one day passed away His insurance was denied; For since he never really lived, They claimed he ...read more

  • On January 6, 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt ...

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Jan 7, 2005
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    On January 6, 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed Congress as to the state of the war in Europe. Most of what he said that day has been forgotten. However at the close of his address, he said that he looked forward "to a world founded upon four essential ...read more

  • Have You Ever Wondered How Far Jesus Traveled? I ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on May 18, 2009
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    Have you ever wondered how far Jesus traveled? I decided to ask that question at a website called, ask.com, and according to the website iluvwalking.com, it is estimated to be around 21,525 miles. But, of that 21,525 miles, only 3,125 of them He walked ...read more

  • The More The Better

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jul 8, 2009
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    THE MORE THE BETTER When it comes to exercise and fitness, the more you work out, the better it feels, and the more you want to work out. Sports teams practice for hours a day to prepare for a game. How much more should Christians do spiritual training for eternal matters? How many ...read more

  • A Former Archbishop Of Canterbury Arrived In New ...

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jul 13, 2009
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    A former archbishop of Canterbury arrived in New York. A journalist asked him, “Will you be visiting any of our nightclubs whilst you are here?” The archbishop mischievously replied, “Are there any night clubs here?” Next day a newspaper headline read: “Archbishop’s first question on arriving in ...read more

  • A Man Purchased A Statue Of Christ And Placed It ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jul 6, 2010
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    A man purchased a statue of Christ and placed it on his desk in his den. A few days later his wife moved the statue to a table in the living room. Their five-year-old daughter, noticing the change of location, asked “Where are you going to put God?” Now ...read more

  • Clemson University Tigers Wear Orange Clothing ...

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 10, 2010
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    Clemson University Tigers wear orange clothing with white tiger paws. The Henderson Advertising agency came up with that symbol back in the 70's. Prior to that time, the Tigers wore a “C” on their helmet. So, Tigers wear orange and tigers wear paws. Therefore, on game day, if you are in Orange ...read more

  • A Man Opened A New Business And His Best Friend ...

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 18, 2010
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    A man opened a new business and his best friend sent him a floral arrangement. When the friend popped in to see him a few days later, he was shocked to see that the shop had sent a card saying; "Rest in peace." When he called the florist to complain, the florist said; “It could be worse. ...read more

  • A Little Doubt

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
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    A LITTLE DOUBT The whelk is a this little ocean creature can ruin an oyster’s day. The whelk has an appendage that works like an corkscrew, With which it can bore a small hole in the top of an oyster’s shell. Then through this very small hole a whelk can devour an entire oyster, It simply sucks ...read more

  • Protect The Flag

    Contributed by Dr. Nicholas M. Muteti on Jun 23, 2011
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    PROTECT THE FLAG In Kenya, as elsewhere, the military buildings are very important. There are permanent teams that guard the buildings and all properties of the army that no enemy will come in and destroy or steal our secrets. But the most precious thing in a military building is the flag of that ...read more

  • Ronald Reagan's Attitude After The 1982 Attempt ...

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Nov 18, 2011
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    Ronald Reagan’s attitude after the 1982 attempt on his life made an impression on his daughter, Patti Davis: "The following day, my father said he knew his physical healing was directly dependent on his ability to forgive John Hinckley. By showing me that forgiveness is the key to ...read more

  • Tame The Tongue  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
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    TAME THE TONGUE Employed by the human-development center of a corporation in the Midwest, a young woman was training the employees in proper dress codes and etiquette. One day as she was stepping onto the elevator, a man casually dressed in jeans and a golf shirt got on with her. Thinking of her ...read more

  • I'd Rather See A Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    I’d rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I’d rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way. And the best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds, For to see good put in action is what ...read more

  • Mr. Stead

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 2, 2008
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    True story from Reader’s Digest: Our surname, Stead, rhymes with bed, but people often say steed, like the horse. One day a business associate of mine came over to the house and was greeted by my mother. "Is Mr. Steed in?" the woman asked. "He’s Stead," ...read more

  • God's Will Is Best  PRO

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 27, 2008
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    God's Will is Best Angels are pure spirits, but it was God's intention to raise human beings, who are lower than the angels, to divine status, to union with the Trinity. An ancient tradition tells us that this was the cause of Lucifer's rebellion, jealousy over one day being ruled by a mere ...read more

  • Deadly ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    DEADLY PROFESSION Every year, between 300 and 400 doctors take their own lives (roughly one per day). No other profession has a higher suicide rate. And, in sharp contrast to the general population where male suicides outnumber female suicides 4 to 1, the rate among male and ...read more