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  • Conflict Resolution

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 2, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,060 views

    Psychologist Lynne Namka writes: Recent research shows that couples break up because they do not know how to resolve their differences through communication. Hostility only breeds more hostility. Venting the negative emotions may clear the air temporarily, but it does not solve the underlying ...read more

  • In Our Church There Are Several Couples Who ...

    Contributed by Tim Stutler on Mar 27, 2006
     | 1,606 views

    In our church there are several couples who built houses last year. All of them lived in rental homes until their new homes were completed. How many of them do you think spent a lot of time fixing up those rental homes? Yes, they wanted it to be clean and comfortable and functional, but they did ...read more

  • Once When President Franklin D. Roosevelt Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,520 views

    Once when President Franklin D. Roosevelt was preparing a speech, he needed some economic statistics to back up a point he was trying to make. His advisers said it would take six months to get accurate figures. "In that case, I’ll just use these rough estimates," FDR said, and he wrote down some ...read more

  • It Is A Common Temptation Of Satan To Make Us ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,674 views

    It is a common temptation of Satan to make us give up the reading of the Word and prayer when our enjoyment is gone; as if it were of no use to read the Scriptures when we do not enjoy them, and as if it were no use to pray when we have no spirit of prayer. The truth is that in order to enjoy the ...read more

  • When We Come To Talk About The Character Of God, ...

    Contributed by Dwayne Williams on Sep 1, 2006
     | 1,924 views

    When we come to talk about the character of God, we realize that we cannot say everything the bible teaches us about God’s Character at once. We need some way to decide which aspect of God’s character to discuss first, in the same since, do we line up the characteristics by important, by power, or ...read more

  • Edwin Rushworth Had Been A Skeptic All His Life. ...

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 15, 2006
     | 3,243 views

    Edwin Rushworth had been a skeptic all his life. He resolved to read for an hour a day the book that he had so long derided. "Wife," he said, as he looked up from his first perusal, "if this book is right, we are all wrong!" He continued his readings for another week. "Wife," he exclaimed at the ...read more

  • Think About The Way Your Body Responds When You ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Nov 16, 2006
     | 1,094 views

    Think about the way your body responds when you ride a roller coaster. Part of you is terrorized by the sights and sounds as well as the speeding motion with the sudden twists, turns, tugs and twitches. I enjoy riding roller coasters, and yet there are still some that I have not conquered like ...read more

  • When You Are Born Again, The Holy Spirit Does ...

    Contributed by Bruce Willis on Nov 29, 2006
     | 4,713 views

    When you are born again, the Holy Spirit does not do a “renovation project” on you, but gives you a brand new life. It’s like the new home some of you visited last week. In Augusta, we renovated an older home with flooring, paint and fixtures. But here, we didn’t want to go through that costly ...read more

  • The Word Of God Changes The Unlovely, And Makes ...

    Contributed by Gary Landsberg on Dec 16, 2006
     | 2,282 views

    The Word of God changes the unlovely, and makes them lovely. I had a friend in Africa who was a missionary. He was over there eking out a living and preaching the Good News to all he could. He had spent time in the State penitentiary, but was changed by the Word of God. You see, they were ...read more

  • Imagine A Town Which Has Everything To Offer: ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Jan 11, 2007
     | 863 views

    Imagine a town which has everything to offer: State-of-the-art hospitals, prestigious schools, award winning entertainment, and many other things. There is nothing a person could need which couldn’t be found in this town except one thing: the water makes people sick; any time someone dares drink ...read more

  • John 11:38 Jesus, Once More Deeply Moved, Came ...

    Contributed by Steven Cannon on Jan 16, 2007
     | 1,217 views

    John 11:38 Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.John 11:39 "Take away the stone," he said. "But, Lord," said Martha, the sister of the dead man, "by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days." John 11:40 Then ...read more

  • In The Early 60's, Vince Lombardi, Just After ...  PRO

    Contributed by Todd Stiles on Jan 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,305 views

    In the early 60’s, Vince Lombardi, just after losing a Superbowl and on the eve of a new season, rallied his team in the locker room one day and mounted the bench for a speech. He reviewed last year’s loss, then began to talk about the plans for a return trip to he great game and how they would ...read more

  • The Monroe Chamber Of Commerce Has Apologized To ...

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Jan 28, 2007
     | 1,071 views

    The Monroe Chamber of Commerce has apologized to Louisiana governor Kathleen Blanco after auctioning off a dinner with the governor at the governor’s mansion. "This was not a reflection of the chamber’s or the business community’s attitude toward the governor," said Chamber president Sue ...read more

  • William Booth Once Put It Like This, " I Will ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Feb 7, 2007
     | 774 views

    William Booth once put it like this, “ I will tell you the secret: God has had all that there was of me. There have been men with greater brains than I, even with greater opportunities, but from the day I got the poor of London on my heart and caught a vision of what Jesus Christ could do with me ...read more

  • Pentecostal Power From Its Origins In An Ame ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007
     | 2,032 views

    Pentecostal Power From its origins in an AME Church on Azusa Street in Los Angeles, Pentecostalism has emerged as the world’s fastest-growing Christian movement. The World Christian Encyclopedia reports more than 500 million followers, comprising 25% of the world’s Christians, up from 6% in 1906. ...read more

  • Pentecostal Power From Its Origins In An Ame ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 2,367 views

    Pentecostal Power From its origins in an AME Church on Azusa Street in Los Angeles, Pentecostalism has emerged as the world’s fastest-growing Christian movement. The World Christian Encyclopedia reports more than 500 million followers, comprising 25% of the world’s Christians, up from 6% in 1906. ...read more

  • Letting People Drown?  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,463 views

    LETTING PEOPLE DROWN? The Times-Reporter of New Philadelphia, Ohio, reported in September, 1985 a celebration of a New Orleans municipal pool. The party around the pool was held to celebrate the first summer in memory without a drowning at the New Orleans city pool. In honor of the occasion, 200 ...read more

  • A Pastor Tells Of Standing By His Father's ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Nov 10, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,905 views

    "A pastor tells of standing by his father’s tombstone and reading the words, "Born 1884 - Died 1970." It suddenly occurred to him how much the little dash between those two dates symbolized". (Herb Miller. Actions Speak Louder Than Verbs. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1988, p. 124). It is what we ...read more

  • A Small Storeowner Was Being Pressured To Sell ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Nov 19, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 29,244 views

    A small storeowner was being pressured to sell his store to the owners of a large department store who had bought every building on the block, except his. Frustrated by the man’s refusal to sell, they eventually opened their huge store on either side of the small one, with a big banner running ...read more

  • Have You Been Good?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 2, 2002
    based on 60 ratings
     | 2,869 views

    My pastor friend, Danny Moss, recent- ly told about the time he ’played Santa’ in a mall in Meridian, MS. Danny said he had children come through with up to thirty things on their ’want list.’ But one small boy really got his attention. Danny said, "I asked him if he’d been a good boy?" It’s a ...read more

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