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  • The Best Citizen Of All  PRO

    Contributed by Judah Thomas on May 15, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,366 views

    THE BEST CITIZEN OF ALL When all is said, it is the mother, and the mother only, who is a better citizen than the soldier who fights for his country. The successful mother, the mother who does her part in rearing and training aright the boys and girls who are to be the men and women of the next ...read more

  • Too Little Time  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,936 views

    TOO LITTLE TIME In American families, time for household conversations has decreased by 100%, despite other studies showing that such conversations are the number one preventative of "at risk adolescent" behavior. Could this be true? In a national pole conducted in 2000, educational issues tied ...read more

  • How Much Will You Spend?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,193 views

    HOW MUCH WILL YOU SPEND? With questions about the economy and the threat of war still looming, there is uncertainty in just about everything. But it hasn’t seemed to deter Americans from celebrating Halloween. According to the latest National Retail Federation Halloween survey, consumers say ...read more

  • When The Railroads Were First Introduced To The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 13, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,450 views

    When the railroads were first introduced to the U.S., some folks feared that they’d be the downfall of the nation! Here’s an exerpt from a letter to then President Jackson dated January 31, 1829: As you may know, Mr. President, ‘railroad’ carriages are pulled at the enormous speed of 15 miles per ...read more

  • Loyalty: F-O-R-T-U-N-E Personnel Consultants ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2006
     | 1,271 views

    Loyalty: F-O-R-T-U-N-E Personnel Consultants national research uncovered key reasons employees stay. The 3 most important reasons for staying with an employer are: challenging work, the ability to balance work with family life, and compensation. The 3 least important reasons for staying are: ...read more

  • Marijuana: The Average Age Of First-Time ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,054 views

    Marijuana: The average age of first-time marijuana users in the U.S has dropped from 19 to 13. A recent Gallup poll indicates 34% of Americans favor legalization, the greatest support since ‘69. In ‘01, 50,000 people were sentenced to prison for marijuana violations. In some states with ...read more

  • A New Evangelical Movement: Rick Warren Recently ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,591 views

    A New Evangelical Movement: Rick Warren recently sent an open letter to President Bush saying, “I deeply believe that if we as evangelicals remain silent and do not speak up in defense of the poor, we lose our credibility and our right to witness about God’s love for the world. Endorsed by Billy ...read more

  • State Of U.s. Church: In Proportion To The U.s. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
     | 1,308 views

    State of U.S. Church: In proportion to the U.S. population, there are less than half as many churches today as in 1900. About 4,000 churches are started each year¾while 7,000 die and close. In ’91, 21% of all adults were unchurched. In ’02, 34% fit that description. Today the U.S. is the 4th ...read more

  • The Success Paradox  PRO

    Contributed by David Rumley on Nov 8, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,021 views

    The Success Paradox In one national study Barna discovered that people’s views of success had little to do with their faith and spiritual wholeness. People focused on personal accomplishments, family solidarity and emotional fulfillment. Barna notes that only 7% identified spiritual wholeness and ...read more

  • Martin Luther King Jr

    Contributed by Raymond Smith on Dec 30, 2006
     | 3,759 views

    Martin Luther King Jnr "I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together. This is ...read more

  • This Week In Preparation For This Sermon I Came ...

    Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 2, 2004
     | 1,136 views

    This week in preparation for this sermon I came across statistics for how much Proctor and Gamble spends on TV advertising each year. Guess how many of their dollars go to television? You couldn’t guess if you tried. They spend $3 Billion each year. To put that figure in perspective, it’s 50% more ...read more

  • When The Railroads Were First Introduced To The ...

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Nov 18, 2004
     | 1,407 views

    When the railroads were first introduced to the U.S., some folks feared that they’d be the downfall of the nation! Here’s an excerpt from a letter to then President Jackson dated January 31, 1829: As you may know, Mr. President, ’railroad’ carriages are pulled at the enormous speed of 15 miles per ...read more

  • History Tells Us That When Crowfoot, The Chief ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,120 views

    History tells us that when Crowfoot, the chief of the Blackfoot nation in southern Alberta, gave the Canadian Pacific Railway permission to lay track from Medicine Hat to Calgary, he was given in exchange a lifetime railroad pass. Reportedly, Crowfoot put the pass into a leather pouch and wore it ...read more

  • Poor Sudanese ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
     | 2,267 views

    POOR SUDANESE CHILD There is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photo taken in 1994 during the Sudan famine. The picture depicts a famine-stricken child crawling towards a United Nations food camp, located a kilometer away. The vulture is waiting for the child to die, so that it can eat it. This picture ...read more

  • Direction Signs

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Dec 15, 2009
     | 4,063 views

    DIRECTION SIGNS In my time with the children a few weeks ago I spoke with them about road signs. As I prepared this message, I thought about how we have become a nation of signs: Some of them are helpful and some are not. Some signs cause us to pause and ask, “What were they thinking?” Some ...read more

  • The Weight Of Glory In A Human Soul

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 29, 2010
     | 3,225 views

    THE WEIGHT OF GLORY IN A HUMAN SOUL Truth: Christ and the cross unify the church when they are kept the priority of the church. In his great message given at Oxford University Church in 1941, C.S. Lewis spoke about the weight of glory within each human soul. "There are no ordinary people," said ...read more

  • In God We Trust...?

    Contributed by Christopher Glenn on Aug 22, 2011
     | 2,250 views

    IN GOD WE TRUST...? On the face of our money are the words: "In God We Trust." A few years ago, the use of those words on our currency was challenged in court. The case reached the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia where the court ruled that the words could remain on the façade ...read more

  • Jesus The Explorer, Citation: D. James Kennedy, ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 3, 2001
    based on 95 ratings
     | 2,265 views

    [Jesus the Explorer, Citation: D. James Kennedy, "Message from an Empty Tomb," Preaching Today, Tape No. 66.] For many centuries the men and women in Europe looked out upon the western sea, what we call the Atlantic Ocean, and they saw the sun coruscating upon the glittering surface of the waters ...read more

  • Obesity Or Poverty  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,417 views

    OBESITY OR POVERTY A February 2002 issue of National Geographic says the Worldwatch Institute has issued its annual State of the World report. Almost every global environmental indicator has worsened over the last ten years and the gap between rich and poor has gotten wider. Over 1 billion ...read more

  • Power Of The Tongue  PRO

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Jan 12, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,224 views

    [Power of the tongue] At a birthday party for Strom Thurmond, Senator Trent Lott was paying tribute to the man, and he made this statement, "I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We’re proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed ...read more

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