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  • Why Pastors Leave: Researchers With Catholic ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    Why Pastors Leave: Researchers with Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., “found that tensions with church staff and laity and opportunities for better jobs were factors.” However, more than 1 out of every 4 of those who left a church reported that they were motivated by conflict with ...read more

  • In The Dark Of Night, A Bedouin In The Sands Of ...

    Contributed by Bruce Mccoy on Feb 8, 2006
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    In the dark of night, a Bedouin in the sands of Arabia was eating dates as he lay in his tent. As he took a date & bit into it – he found a worm inside. He bit into another & discovered a worm in it, too. He tried another…& saw a worm in the next one as well. There was a worm in ...read more

  • A Family Of Five Was Rushed To The Hospital To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 2,813 views

    A family of five was rushed to the hospital to have their stomachs washed out after the cat with whom they had shared a meal of mushrooms suddenly began to have stomach contractions. While members of the family showed no signs of illness, the doctor still had them rushed to the hospital. When they ...read more

  • A Note Written By One Of The Miners Who Died In ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
     | 594 views

    A Note written by one of the miners who died in the West Virginia mining accident was made public. ‘Tell all I’ll see them on the other side," family members say one scrawled note, found with the body of 51-year-old mine foreman ...read more

  • Translating "Pride"

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
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    Dwight Lehman once heard a missionary tell how he was trying to do translation work in a particular tribe and found it hard to translate the word "pride," or at least the concept. He finally came to the idea to use their word or words for the ears’ being too far apart. In other words, he conveyed ...read more

  • One Of My Seminary Professors Gave A Great ...

    Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 18, 2007
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    One of my seminary professors gave a great lecture one day when I was in my first year at the seminary. I was in awe of his knowledge. I went up to him after class and told him just how much I enjoyed the lecture and his vast Biblical ...read more

  • The Word Of God Is A Treasure ...

    Contributed by Mark Roper on Jun 1, 2008
     | 3,987 views

    The Word of God is a treasure Map Their was a wonderful movie from 1963 “It’s a Mad Mad world” It was about a madcap cross-country rush to find buried treasure marked by the letter “W”. It was four palm trees leaning that resemble the W. At the W the treasure was found. We have a ...read more

  • Unselfish And Happy  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Feb 4, 2002
    based on 31 ratings
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    UNSELFISH AND HAPPY A fascinating study on the principle of the Golden Rule was conducted by Bernard Rimland, director of the Institute for Child Behavior Research. Rimland found that "The happiest people are those who help others." Each person involved in the study was asked to list ten ...read more

  • When I Was In Bible College, A Tractor Trailer ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Westervelt on Mar 30, 2002
    based on 15 ratings
     | 1,874 views

    When I was in Bible College, a tractor trailer load of Tropicana Orange Juice was dropped off at the cafeteria every week. I wondered how a low-cost Bible College could afford so much expensive O.J. One morning in chapel, I found out how an older Italian man in broken English, gave his ...read more

  • We Have Bought Into The Idea That The Busier You ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 29, 2002
    based on 37 ratings
     | 2,940 views

    We have bought into the idea that the busier you are, the more important your life is. A recent book, Time for Life (Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997), surveyed ten thousand people and found that, after tracking their true working hours, they actually worked fewer hours than they thought. ...read more

  • All Kinds Of Warnings In Life  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Sullivan on May 24, 2004
    based on 38 ratings
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    There are all kinds of warnings in life. Most products we purchase have labels warning about improper use. I found a great list of these kinds of warnings. Believe it or not, these are all real. - a label on a snow sled which says: "Beware: sled may develop high speed under certain snow ...read more

  • The Prince Of Grenada, An Heir To The Spanish ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Jan 15, 2005
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    The prince of Grenada, an heir to the Spanish crown, was sentenced to life in solitary confinement in Madrid’s ancient prison called "The Place of the Skull." The fearful, dirty, and dreary nature of the place earned it the name. Everyone knew that once you were in, you would never come out alive. ...read more

  • Griping Is Not An Unusual Trait Shared By A Good ...  PRO

    Contributed by Denise Raterta on Oct 31, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,907 views

    Griping is not an unusual trait shared by a good number of believers whether they are at work, at home or in church—demanding bosses, nagging wives, stubborn kids, boring preachers, incompetent government, rising prices, the list of our objects of complaint goes on and on. If we fined ourselves ...read more

  • While Waiting In A Cemetery To Conduct A Funeral ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,799 views

    While waiting in a cemetery to conduct a funeral service, Charles Simeon walked among the graves, looking at the epitaphs. He found one that arrested him. When from the dust of death I rise, To claim my mansion in the skies, E’en then shall this be all my plea-- “Jesus hath lived and died for ...read more

  • A Child ...

    Contributed by Dwight L. Moody on Jun 11, 2009
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    A CHILD LEGEND A classic illustration by D. L. Moody There is a beautiful legend told about a little girl who was the first-born of a family in Egypt, when the destroying angel swept through that land, and consequently who would have been a victim on that night if the protecting blood were not ...read more

  • Ray Of Light, Ray Of Hope

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    RAY OF LIGHT, RAY OF HOPE There is a story about how the caverns north of Yellowstone National Park were discovered. As the story goes, one of the original explorers was walking along the top of that mountain and fell through a hole, and he dropped down several hundred feet into this cavern and ...read more

  • The Road To ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Aug 5, 2009
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    “The Road to Safety” A news correspondent, forced to jump from a crippled plane over New Guinea, landed safely. He sought a way out of the jungle. Up mountains, down the rivers, through the thick jungle growth he traveled, only to return discouraged to his starting point. Day by day, week by ...read more

  • Effects Of Divorce

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 22, 2009
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    EFFECTS OF DIVORCE Focus on the Family states: With more than 30 years of research, we now know divorce seldom leads to a better life. Consider that: 1. Life expectancies for divorced men and women are significantly lower than for married people (who have the longest life expectancies).3 2. A ...read more

  • Aussie Common Sense  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2011
    based on 7 ratings
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    AUSSIE COMMON SENSE Common sense is taking into consideration all the realities you see in front of you and coming to a right conclusion. After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, British scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 200 years and came to the conclusion that their ...read more

  • The Impact Of Optimism

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2011
     | 5,081 views

    THE IMPACT OF OPTIMISM Just a few years ago (2004), Fox News reported on a study that came from the Archives of General Psychiatry. Researchers studied 1,000 people aged 65-85 trying to determine the importance of a positive attitude in dealing with life. After almost 10 years of follow-up, these ...read more