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  • The Average U.s. Pastor Has Received Continuing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,405 views

    The Average U.S. Pastor has received continuing education on 3.6 different topics during the last two years. Ellison Research finds even though most ministers have gone through seminars or classes, 36% say their church doesn’t budget for it, and the average church that does so allocates just $1,504 ...read more

  • Wal-Mart Facts Business Week Reported This ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
     | 974 views

    Wal-Mart Facts Business Week reported this interesting data on Wal-Mart: · 82% of American households made at least one purchase at Wal-Mart last year. · 138 million shoppers visit Wal-Mart every week. · It commands about 30% of total U.S. market share for toothpaste, shampoo, and paper ...read more

  • Imagine For A Moment If I Told All Of You, "Hey, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Mar 8, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,419 views

    Imagine for a moment if I told all of you, “Hey, lets start a new religion. It’s all a sham, but if we all keep the secret, maybe it will sweep the world and we’ll become important.” Therefore, we make up some story and it starts to take off. You might think, “Maybe this will work. I’ll play ...read more

  • She Was A Hindu; But All The Same, An Active ...

    Contributed by Sajeev Painunkal, Sj on Apr 9, 2006
     | 2,420 views

    She was a Hindu; but all the same, an active member of the Students’ Christian Movement. Then the shocking news came that she was diagnosed with cancer. She was admitted in a hospital. When we went to see her, I expected her to be very bitter. At such a young age to get such a sickness! But ...read more

  • Children's Prayers  PRO

    Contributed by C Jordan on Apr 25, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,180 views

    CHILDREN’S PRAYERS: Dear God: Please send a new baby for Mommy. The new baby you sent last week cries too much. Debbie, 7 Dear God: Who did you make smarter? Boys or girls? My sister and I want to know. Jimmy, 6 Dear God: How many angels are there in heaven? I would like to be the first kid in my ...read more

  • Bike Chain.

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 25, 2006
     | 1,774 views

    Story: Bike Chain. I was about 12 years old. Friend and I and his little brother were riding bikes. Little brother – his bike chain fell off repeatedly – he couldn’t get it back on alone. We were getting upset like little kids do. And when the chain came off came of one last time We rode ...read more

  • No Atheist In Foxholes

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 11, 2006
     | 1,916 views

    No Atheist in Foxholes The world has come along ways in a short time. They refuse to believe in anything evil yet our world grows more evil every day. Unfortunately your decision to believe in hell does not lower the temp. of hell one degree, brighten the darkness in the least not calm the ...read more

  • Some Time Ago A Man Was Staying In A Chalet In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 1,885 views

    Some time ago a man was staying in a chalet in the Swiss Alps. Early one morning he heard what sounded like an earthquake. Hurriedly he got out of bed and ran to the front desk and asked if there was something wrong, if the mountains were breaking up? He was scared. The man at the front desk ...read more

  • George Mueller Kept Praying Too. When George ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,267 views

    George Mueller kept praying too. When George Mueller was a young convert he began praying daily for five friends to come to know Christ as Savior. Two friends became Christians within two years of his own conversion. But it seemed as if his prayers for the remaining three friends would never be ...read more

  • During A Hurricane In The Gulf Of Mexico, A News ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,599 views

    During a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, a news report highlighted a rescue device used on the oil rigs. In case of fire or (in this case) hurricane, rig workers scramble into the bullet-shaped "bus" and strap themselves into their seats. When the entry port is shut, the vehicle is released ...read more

  • Swindoll: The Grace Awakening  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 3, 2003
    based on 45 ratings
     | 2,681 views

    Swindoll notes "The Grace Awakening: But when “grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ,” a long-awaited revolution of the heart began to set religious captives free. Fear-full bondage motivated by guilt was replaced with a fresh motivation to follow Him in truth simply out of deep ...read more

  • The Selfless Love To Which God Calls You And Me ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,813 views

    The selfless love to which God calls you and me produces a deep joy in our hearts. This joy or happiness of the Spirit has three dimensions. Joy is the assurance of faith that we are acceptable to God and that God’s good providences are working on our behalf. This joy is an inner calm ...read more

  • Christ Has No Hands But Ours  PRO

    Contributed by David Haun on Jan 9, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,759 views

    Christ has no hands but our hands To do His work today. He has no feet but our feet To lead men in His way. He has no tongue but our tongue To tell men how He died. He has no help but our help To bring them to His side. We are the only Bible The careless world will read; We are the ...read more

  • Nationally, 49% Of All Marriages End In Divorce. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jan 13, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,411 views

    Nationally, 49% of all marriages end in divorce. But you might think the odds of failure are much less for couples heavily involved in church. Not so! Ministries Today reports the divorce rate up 279% in the last 27 years. Taking a survey of all ministers in all denominations, 50% of their ...read more

  • Children's Prayers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 5,142 views

    CHILDREN’S PRAYERS: Dear God: Please send a new baby for Mommy. The new baby you sent last week cries too much. Debbie, 7 Dear God: Who did you make smarter? Boys or girls? My sister and I want to know. Jimmy, 6 Dear God: How many angels are there in heaven? I would like to be the first kid in my ...read more

  • People Neglect Their Opportunities In Life. I ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,481 views

    People neglect their opportunities in life. I received a pastor’s letter in the mail last week. In the 1940s, IBM considered commercializing the new computer operation they had with the US Government. But after due consideration, Thomas J Watson, chairman of IBM, issued this statement, ...read more

  • Feb. 23, 2007, Nashville, Tenn. - A Rare, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,197 views

    Feb. 23, 2007, NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A rare, 184-year-old copy of the Declaration of Independence was found by a bargain hunter at a Nashville thrift shop. Michael Sparks, a music equipment technician, is selling the document in an auction March 22nd at Raynors’ Historical Collectible Auctions in ...read more

  • During A Hurricane In The Gulf Of Mexico, A News ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,433 views

    During a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, a news report highlighted a rescue device used on the oil rigs. In case of fire or (in this case) hurricane, rig workers scramble into the bullet-shaped "bus" and strap themselves into their seats. When the entry port is shut, the vehicle is released down ...read more

  • California's Most Colorful Stagecoach Robber, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,569 views

    California’s most colorful stagecoach robber, “Black Bart.” For 6 years starting in 1877, Black Bart committed 28 robberies wearing a flour sack over his head, brandishing a shotgun demanding, “Will you please thrown down your treasure box, sir?” He was wounded in his last robbery, dropping a ...read more

  • Appropriate Church Behavior

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 16, 2007
     | 2,107 views

    Appropriate Church Behavior In church last Sunday I noted a small child who was turning around smiling at everyone. He wasn’t gurgling, spitting, humming, tearing the hymnbooks, or rummaging through his mother’s handbag. He was just smiling. Suddenly his mother jerked him around, and in a stage ...read more