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  • Power In Agreement  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 3,772 views

    How much power can people in agreement have? The answer: the power of life and death. During the brutal reign of Joseph Stalin, who murdered 30 million Russians and bought godless communism to Russia, Stalin, let it be known that he planned to murder the Jews of Russia. When the believers in ...read more

  • Holiness

    Contributed by Steven Wunderink on Jul 16, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,887 views

    Holiness Are you living a HOLY life? If I went to your friends at work and asked, "Is (you) a Christian?" How would they answer? Would they say "Absolutely! The guy prays at every meal, he will pray with people who are hurting, he always is there to help out, and he is the best employee at our ...read more

  • Comeback Churches  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 31, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,898 views

    In his book Comeback Churches, Ed Stetzer said: Comeback churches cast a compelling vision for outreach. They made intentional, strategic efforts to move outward. ** - The main reason a church does not grow is that it doesn’t want to grow. Everyone in the church should be engaged in three ...read more

  • The Tabernacle And Later The Temple Had Many ...

    Contributed by Curtis Rowe on Jan 3, 2008
     | 2,796 views

    The Tabernacle and later the Temple had many furnishings… incense altar, laver, lamp, censers, the ark and various implements and tools, but NO CHAIR! The work of the priests was never finished! It is still so with Roman Catholicism today… “In the Eucharist Christ gives up the very body which he ...read more

  • Old Story Of Frog That Jumped In A Bucket Of ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 24, 2008
     | 1,407 views

    Old story of frog that jumped in a bucket of milk. Instead of just giving up the frog began to swim and swim and swim. The frog swam so much that the milk turned to butter and the frog hopped out of the bucket. Great story about working so had that you eventually get to where you want to ...read more

  • There Is A Space Between The Moment Something ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 8, 2008
     | 1,089 views

    There is a space between the moment something happens and how we respond. Those who are mature emotionally have worked to make that space larger so that we can choose are responses. We can choose how we respond to temptation: to not continue a conversation that is engaged in gossip, to not pull the ...read more

  • About A Third Of America's 8th-Graders And A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,589 views

    About a third of America’s 8th-graders and a quarter of its high school seniors are proficient writers, according to national writing test results. Although basically unchanged from ’00, the latest test found modest increases in the skills of lower-performing students. 88% can now demonstrate at ...read more

  • Me And My Father-In-Law Used To Have A Project We ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on May 29, 2008
     | 946 views

    Me and my father-in-law used to have a project we liked to work on together. It was with chickens. On several occasions we incubated some eggs. He had an incubator and I would care for it while the eggs were “cooking.” One of the key elements in hatching those eggs was temperature control If the ...read more

  • When Being Gracious Is Unethical

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 16, 2008
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     | 2,560 views

    WHEN BEING GRACIOUS IS UNETHICAL Sometimes people resent it when another is gracious, and sometimes graciousness can be unfair. My brother-in-law Joel, worked hard to turn paper in on time. The teacher had said she would not extend the deadline. So he pulled an all-nighter and got it done, only ...read more

  • All For The Loss Of One Nail

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Sep 12, 2008
     | 1,697 views

    All for the Loss of One Nail During a battle many years ago a soldier was sent to deliver a message to the king. The soldier's horse lost a nail in one of the shoes. With that one nail gone, the shoe eventually fell off. The horse eventually went lame, and the soldier was forced to walk. The enemy ...read more

  • Top Ten Reasons Hurricane Season Is Like ...

    Contributed by Jim Heckman on Sep 17, 2008
     | 1,732 views

    Top Ten Reasons Hurricane Season Is Like Christmas 10: Decorating the house (with plywood). 9: Dragging out boxes that haven’t been used since last season. 8: Last minute shopping in crowded stores. 7: Regular TV shows pre-empted for ’Specials’. 6: Family coming to stay with you. 5: Family and ...read more

  • Top Ten Reasons Hurricane Season Is Like ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Heckman on Sep 17, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,953 views

    Top Ten Reasons Hurricane Season Is Like Christmas 10: Decorating the house (with plywood). 9: Dragging out boxes that haven't been used since last season. 8: Last minute shopping in crowded stores. 7: Regular TV shows pre-empted for 'Specials'. 6: Family coming to stay with you. 5: Family and ...read more

  • Sir John Templeton - Tithe

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 19, 2008
     | 5,390 views

    Sir John Templeton is a multi-billionaire, one of the wealthiest men in the world. He’s a dedicated Christian now in his nineties now. He invented the idea of trust funds in investments and started the Templeton Fund. Someone asked him, “How did you make such enormous wealth?” He said, ...read more

  • I'd Play For Nothing.

    Contributed by Dale Krueger on Feb 7, 2009
     | 1,724 views

    "I'D PLAY FOR NOTHING." Ernie Banks, the great baseball player, once said that if the management only knew, he'd play baseball for nothing, he loved the game so much. His enormous salary did not compel him to endure the work to earn it, but the game itself was so enticing that the love of it bound ...read more

  • The Truth Is Everyone Of Your Words Matter, They ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 11, 2009
     | 1,648 views

    The truth is everyone of your words matter, they influence someone either negatively or positively. How many times have you heard someone say, “I wish I would never have said that!” Our text in James today addresses the issue of the uncontrolled words of the tongue. We see this dilemma of words ...read more

  • You Are The Whipping Soldier

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 11, 2009
     | 2,290 views

    YOU ARE THE WHIPPING SOLDIER A man who was deeply troubled by his sins had a vivid dream in which he saw Jesus being savagely whipped by a soldier. As the cruel scourge came down upon Christ’s back, the dreamer shuddered, for the terrible instrument left gaping wounds upon the bleeding, swollen ...read more

  • The Legal System Should Be Reformed So People ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,877 views

    "The legal system should be reformed so people bear the consequences of their own bad choices. The best solution would be to make people who file baseless lawsuits pay the costs of defending against them. Loser pays, that system is called, and thats the way it works in most of the civilized world. ...read more

  • Simple Love

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 1, 2009
     | 3,643 views

    SIMPLE LOVE The great theologian of the last century, Karl Barth, wrote a 10 volume theological work titled "Ethics." When traveling and lecturing throughout the United States at all the important universities and theological schools, it is reported that one young man asked him, "Dr. Barth, you ...read more

  • Who Is The Worst Sinner You Know?

    Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 16, 2009
     | 3,140 views

    WHO IS THE WORST SINNER YOU KNOW? "Who is the worse sinner you know? Are you more aware of your own sin or those sins of others? Because of God’s amazingly gracious heart toward those who thoroughly deserve only His wrath, He both planned for and provided this mediator to resolve the divine ...read more

  • Dave Thomas, Wendy's Hamburgers,

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 31, 2009
     | 2,651 views

    Dave Thomas, Wendy’s Hamburgers, “I got my MBA long before my GED. I even have a photograph of me in my MBA graduation outfit; a knee length work apron. I guarantee you that I’m the only founder among America’s big companies whose picture in the corporate annual report shows him wielding a mop ...read more

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