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  • Have You Noticed That People Are More And More ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
     | 1,781 views

    Have you noticed that people are more and more angry then ever before? Consider the following… § One anger management firm stated that “one out of every five Americans has an anger management problem.” § According to FBI statistics, there were 23,305 homicides in 1994 and the most common reason was ...read more

  • The Manifestations Of An Antichrist  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 15, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,459 views

    THE MANIFESTATIONS OF AN ANTICHRIST A father told a Senate committee that his son committed suicide after listening to songs about violence, sex, drugs, and death. "He was a good boy," Raymond Kuntz of Burlington, N.D., said of his only child, 15-year-old Richard. "The music wasn’t symptomatic ...read more

  • Seared Conscience, Citation: J. Douglas Burford, ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Oct 25, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
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    [Seared Conscience, Citation: J. Douglas Burford, Mission, Kansas] During my college years—in my infinite wisdom—it occurred to me that it made no sense to stop at red traffic lights when there was clearly no traffic around. So I began to stop only briefly—just long enough to ...read more

  • One Day While Working In The Oilfield We Were ...  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Schoonover on Mar 13, 2003
    based on 42 ratings
     | 2,535 views

    One day while working in the oilfield we were "breaking out" and removing old, abandoned pipelines. These were old "flow lines" and "gas lines". Natural gas has a tendency to dry out the threads of pipe and this, coupled with their age, make screwing the pipe apart very difficult. It was necessary ...read more

  • At The End Of Wwii The Japanese Government Faced ...  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on May 7, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,300 views

    At the end of WWII the Japanese government faced a similar problem with thousands of soldiers who were hiding in the jungles and mountains in the South Pacific. Although the treaty with the U.S. had been signed and the war was over, thousands of Japanese soldiers living in the mountains and ...read more

  • Seems There Was A Talented Young Man In The ...

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jul 19, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 19,246 views

    Seems there was a talented young man in the Midwest. There were terrible fires in Yellowsont National Park burning thousands of acres. This young man was gifted with the camera and could capture the heart of crisis on film. So a well known national magazine hired the young man to picture this ...read more

  • Every Once In A While My Daughter Starts ...

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Apr 30, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,457 views

    Every once in a while my daughter starts crying. From then on in, the battle begins. My wife and I have an ignorance contest. Who can lay the stillest for the longest without getting up? The trick to winning this battle is to learn how to tune it out. If I can somehow stay in a sort of ...read more

  • A Real Heroine  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
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    A REAL HEROINE As you walk down the red carpet, a frenzied mob swarms around you, demanding your autograph. The reporters are snapping your picture, nearly blinding you. Every ten feet, a television crew stops you for an interview. Have you just become the hottest newest star? No, you’re at ...read more

  • A More Powerful Medication!" Genesis 3: 6-19 Key ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Oct 28, 2004
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     | 3,198 views

    “A More Powerful Medication!” Genesis 3: 6-19 Key verse(s): 8b: “... and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.” I am an asthmatic. Asthmatics often have problems breathing because they are hyper-sensitive to the environment around them. When a foreign substance is ...read more

  • The Jesus Store

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 26, 2007
     | 2,662 views

    The Jesus Store. There was a woman once who wanted peace in the world and peace in her heart, but she was very frustrated. The world seemed to be falling apart and her personal life wasn’t that great either. One day she decided to go shopping, and she went to the mall and walked in to one of the ...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
     | 1,768 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

  • When I Was In The Media, I Spent A Week In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,095 views

    When I was in the media, I spent a week in Culion, Palawan. In fact, it was a holy week. Yes, that’s part of Palawan. But I don’t think you would like to go there. Culion was a leper colony. That’s where we quarantine or exile people afflicted with leprosy or Hansen’s disease in the past. When I ...read more

  • The Jesus Store  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 13 ratings
     | 2,967 views

    Let me close with this story - The Jesus Store. There was a woman once who wanted peace in the world and peace in her heart, but she was very frustrated. The world seemed to be falling apart and her personal life wasn’t that great either. One day she decided to go shopping, and she went to the ...read more

  • For Some, The Presence Of Difficulties And ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jul 23, 2007
     | 1,999 views

    For some, the presence of difficulties and suffering in the world mean that God is punishing them for something. But for others, it is the sign that God is not able to do anything about the problems they face. Others wonder if he simply does not care. William Frey, retired Episcopal bishop from ...read more

  • There Is A Very Old Story About A Man And His Boy ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Aug 31, 2007
     | 1,344 views

    There is a very old story about a man and his boy who were walking through the jungle and came upon a man who had fallen into a pit dug to trap lions. He had been trying in vain for hours to climb out and had accomplished nothing except to exhaust himself. Nighttime was about to fall and both he ...read more

  • Doves And Direction

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Mar 30, 2009
     | 2,127 views

    DOVES AND DIRECTION God’s people in the northern kingdom were acting like a dove, quite senseless and flitting back and forth between Assyria and Egypt as their protector—in spite of the fact that Yahweh, God of Armies ("Lord of Hosts") wanted to be their shield and defender. This is a powerful ...read more

  • Egg Delivery

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on May 19, 2009
     | 3,647 views

    EGG DELIVERY Acts 1:1-11 I delivered eggs one summer for an extra job. I had a huge white delivery van and I would load up with cases of eggs in Oakland and deliver them to small markets, omelet restaurants, bakeries, mini markets and a neighborhood co-op or two. It was a fairly easy job, while I ...read more

  • My Eldest Daughter, Julia Is A Customer Service ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Aug 1, 2009
     | 1,298 views

    My eldest daughter, Julia is a customer service agent for a cell phone company. While Julia receives calls from customers who are complaining and unhappy about a lot of things, Janine, who works at a dairy bar, gets all the happy people! I don’t need to tell you how unreasonable and sometimes ...read more

  • The Story Goes That The Animals At The National ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 21, 2009
     | 1,820 views

    The story goes that the animals at the National Zoo all got together to play a football. Each animal played the position that was geared to the way it was designed. Since the giraffe had a tall neck to see well, it was the quarterback for the one side. But the defense for the other team was tough ...read more

  • The Role Of Prayer In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 31, 2009
     | 4,132 views

    The Role of Prayer in Revival A U.S. Lutheran bishop tells of visiting a parish church in California and finding a stirring red and orange banner on the wall. "Come Holy Spirit. Hallelujah!" it declared in words printed under a picture of a fire burning. The bishop was also interested in the sign ...read more

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