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  • The Fine Art Of Doing Nothing  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
    based on 43 ratings
     | 2,606 views

    The Fine Art of Doing Nothing The sign on the stage proclaimed: "The Motionless Man: Make Him Laugh. Win $100." The temptation was irresistible. For three hours boys and girls, men and women, performed every antic and told every joke they knew. But Bill Fuqua, the Motionless Man, stood perfectly ...read more

  • The Date, March 28th. The Year, 1992. The ...

    Contributed by Chip Monck on Mar 9, 2005
     | 2,970 views

    The date, March 28th. The year, 1992. The place, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The moment seizer, and dare I say these words in a Kentucky pulpit, Christian Leattner. First ever player to start in four Final Fours. MVP of the East Regional of the NCAA tournament when he scored 31 points against ...read more

  • Yo Hago Lo Que Yo Quiero — I Do What I Want

    Contributed by Major Gerardo Balmori on Feb 23, 2008
     | 1,511 views

    Yo Hago Lo Que Yo Quiero I DO WHAT I WANT (Translation follows) Irresponsabilidad, inconciencia, falta de valores morales, * El modelo de Dios de un matrimonio entre un hombre y una mujer está siendo cambiado por el mundo. * La homosexualidad, los transexuales, los modos de vivir pervertidos, ...read more

  • We Crave The Light

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 2, 2012
     | 5,154 views

    WE CRAVE THE LIGHT A few years ago I was sitting in the doctor's office and picked up the Oct. 2001 edition of the National Geographic. It had an amazing article on the "Power of Light". The articles introduction caught my attention: "Light reveals the world to us. Body and soul crave it. Light ...read more

  • Morality In Decline In ‘69, Gallup Found That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,944 views

    Morality In Decline In ‘69, Gallup found that premarital sex was frowned upon by two-thirds of Americans. Today, only 38% believe it is wrong for a man and a woman to have sexual relations before marriage. 52% also believes that "living together" is morally acceptable. Expectations relating to ...read more

  • Rug Rat Rage: Miriam Feldman Wrote About Some ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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    Rug Rat Rage: Miriam Feldman wrote about some revealing research by Ron Taffel and Jan Drucker in a recent issue of the Utne Reader. Taffel interviewed a diverse group of 150 5, 6 and 7 year olds and found disturbing levels of anger. Not lethal rage, but rather “casual explo-sive.” Violent media ...read more

  • Morality In Decline: In ‘69, Gallup Found That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
     | 1,930 views

    Morality In Decline: In ‘69, Gallup found that premarital sex was frowned upon by two-thirds of Americans. Today, only 38% believe it is wrong for a man and a woman to have sexual relations before marriage. 52% also believes that "living together" is morally acceptable. Expectations relating to ...read more

  • Listen With Your Face! In Other Words, Look At ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Mar 4, 2006
     | 1,328 views

    Listen with your face! In other words, look at your mate when they talk. One day, when my youngest Zach was about 5 or 6, he walked into the kitchen and said, “Daddy?” I was reading so, without looking up I said, “uh, huh.” He said, “Daddy?” I said, without looking up, “Yes.” He said, “Daddy?” ...read more

  • Legal Drug Addiction While Use Of Illegal Drugs ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
     | 2,536 views

    Legal Drug Addiction While use of illegal drugs like marijuana, heroin, and cocaine appear to be going down or leveling off, prescription drug abuse is increasing at an alarming rate. In an ‘05 Partnership for a Drug Free America survey, nearly 20% of teens admitted to taking some sort of ...read more

  • In A Case Of Mistaken Identity, A Caledonia ...

    Contributed by Jeremy Morford on Jul 27, 2006
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    In a case of mistaken identity, a Caledonia college student believed to have survived a bus crash on April 26th actually died in the accident, and a Gaylord woman presumed to be dead is in a Grand Rapids hospital being treated for head wounds. The Taylor University student, Whitney E. Cerak, 18, ...read more

  • Children Of Divorce Often Blame Themselves For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 2,342 views

    Children Of Divorce often blame themselves for the breakup of their parent’s marriage, and many grow up alienated from church and God. A survey of adults whose parents divorced when they were young, found divorce had a major impact on their spiritual lives. They were much less likely to go to ...read more

  • Introverted Ceos- 4 In 10 Top Executives Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,609 views

    Introverted CEOs- 4 in 10 top executives are introverts, a little lower than the 50-50 ratio among those 40-plus in the U.S. Introverts say they succeed because they have inner strength and think before they act. When faced with difficult decisions they worry little about what others will think of ...read more

  • Defining Deviancy Down

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 15, 2007
     | 806 views

    Defining Deviancy Down U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan recently published a disturbing essay entitled “Defining Deviancy Down.” In the November 22 issue of The New Republic, commentator Charles Krauthammer writes that “Moynihan’s powerful point is that with the moral deregulation of the ...read more

  • Last Tuesday Night On Prime Time They Showed The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,189 views

    Last Tuesday night on Prime Time they showed the new Christ, De Jesus from Puerto Rico. He claims to be the better Christ and declares there is no sin, no Satan, and no one will go to hell. They interviewed several church members as to what they thought about their Christ. And they believe in him ...read more

  • Christian Businessman Fred Smith Reported That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,803 views

    Christian businessman Fred Smith reported that the membership of the Moscow Baptist Church was 5,600, the attendance 6,000, and the participation level almost 100 percent. The Russian Christians are zealous for their faith. The pastor told Mr. Smith, "In Russia, we have no four-wheel Christians." ...read more

  • God's Word And Daniel Webster

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2010
    based on 1 rating
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    GOD'S WORD AND DANIEL WEBSTER Daniel Webster testified: "If there be anything in my style or thoughts to be commended, the credit is due to my kind parents for instilling into my mind an early love for the Scriptures. From the time that, at my mother's feet or on my father's knee, I learned to ...read more

  • C.s. Lewis On God's Love

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2010
    based on 1 rating
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    C.S. LEWIS ON GOD'S LOVE C. S. Lewis described God’s love like this: "God, who needs nothing, loves into existence wholly superfluous creations in order that He may love and perfect them. He creates the universe, already foreseeing—or should we say ‘seeing’?—the buzzing cloud of flies about the ...read more

  • Believing The Ancient Record

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
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    BELIEVING THE ANCIENT RECORD On January 6, 1822, Heinrich Schliemann was born. He would one day achieve world renown and great wealth. When Heinrich Schliemann was seven years old, a picture of ancient Troy in flames captured his imagination. Contrary to what many people believed, Heinrich argued ...read more

  • The Jesus Embassy

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 1, 2011
     | 1,735 views

    THE JESUS EMBASSY Almost every nation in the world has an embassy that is owned by the United States of America. No matter what nation that embassy is in, the ground on which it rests is U.S. soil. That land does not belong to that foreign country. Now, if you - as a U.S. citizen - are in Europe ...read more

  • When Things Go Wrong  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 19, 2012
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,639 views

    WHEN THINGS GO WRONG Several years ago, Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Bob Patterson described one of his pitches, which the Cincinnati Reds’ Barry Larkin hit for a game-winning home run: "It was a cross between a screwball and a change-up. It was a screw-up." (Wall Street Journal, 7/9/96; ...read more