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  • When A Big Time Professional Athlete (Like Shaq ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 20, 2001
    based on 16 ratings
     | 2,666 views

    When a big time professional athlete (like Shaq or Jordan) commits to a team, he signs a contract which binds him to the team. Following this action there is usually a press confrence to announce the newly formed allegiance. They make the announcement, someone from the organization holds up a ...read more

  • For Many Years British Author C.s. Lewis ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 29, 2002
     | 1,178 views

    ILL: For many years British author C.S. Lewis had such a great difficulty in becoming a Christian. Religion in his culture was “faith without power”. A blind religion that required learning without questioning and without a personal experience with the risen Savior. According to his brother ...read more

  • Seeing The Value?  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Oct 8, 2002
    based on 27 ratings
     | 4,592 views

    Seeing the value? An artist took a paint brush and painted a picture in two colors. He called the picture ’BLUE AND GRAY." The artist listened to a critic that couldn’t even paint and threw the picture in a corner and it gathered dust many years. One day someone saw the picture and offered to buy ...read more

  • President Clinton Named Kristine Gebbie, A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Oct 14, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 3,446 views

    President Clinton named Kristine Gebbie, a lesbian, as the new AIDS czar. Four months later she spelled out her perceptions on traditional morality. She said, [The United States] “needs to view human sexuality as an essentially important and pleasurable thing. [Until it does so], we will ...read more

  • Three Dollars Worth Of God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 12, 2003
    based on 17 ratings
     | 2,290 views

    THREE DOLLARS WORTH OF GOD I would like to buy $3.00 worth of God, please. Not enough to explode my soul or disturb my sleep, but just enough to equal a cup of warm milk or a snooze in the sunshine. I don’t want enough of Him to make me love a black man or pick beets with a migrant. I want ...read more

  • Brock (Huard)mentioned That A Few Years Ago ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Apr 14, 2004
    based on 1 rating
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    Brock (Huard)mentioned that a few years ago while playing for the Seattle Seahawks each quarterback on the roster was a Christian: John Kitna, Trent Dilfer, and himself. He shared that just before the team would emerge from the tunnel at Husky Stadium (during the years the new Seahawk Stadium was ...read more

  • If You Think That Babies Can't Hear Inside Their ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 6, 2004
    based on 18 ratings
     | 1,630 views

    If you think that babies can’t hear inside their mother’s womb, you are in for a surprise. Research indicates that loud noises can provoke movement by the fetus and alter its heartbeat. Photographs taken by ultrasound show unborn babies turning toward the tinkling of a bell or the flashing of a ...read more

  • Scientists Studied A Native Tribe In South ...

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 28, 2004
    based on 1 rating
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    Scientists studied a native tribe in South America whose people have been dying prematurely for generations. After thorough investigation, the cause of premature death was determined. The disease was transmitted by an insect that lived in the walls of their adobe homes. This new information ...read more

  • Did You Know That The Amount Of Leisure Time ...

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 22, 2005
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    Did you know that the amount of leisure time enjoyed by the average American has decreased 37% since 1973? All these gadgets take time to learn and maintain. It is estimated that the average person must learn to operate 20,000 pieces of equipment. In 1978, there were 11,767 items in the average ...read more

  • Think About The Three-Dimensional Drawings Of ...

    Contributed by Tommy Hames on Jan 29, 2004
     | 1,762 views

    Think about the three-dimensional drawings of the human body that can be found in encyclopedias and school books. The bottom picture is simply a picture of a skeleton. The next page is drawn on clear plastic and might have a picture of the intestines. As you turn the page it fits into place so that ...read more

  • Since The Late'30s, The Gallup Poll Has Asked ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
     | 2,033 views

    Since the late’30s, the Gallup Poll has asked Americans about church attendance. Historically, 40% said yes, but recent research found only about 20% actually attend in any given week, according to Religion in the News. The Study found that people figure that, even if they didn’t attend worship the ...read more

  • Muslim Majority: Near The End Of This Century ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
     | 1,767 views

    Muslim Majority: Near the end of this century Europe is likely to become part of the Western Arab world, according a leading scholar of Islam and the Near East. Prof. Bernhard Lewis views migration and demographics as major contributors to this development. Lewis points to several factors, such as ...read more

  • Abortion Losing Favor: Americans Appear To Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 2,769 views

    Abortion Losing Favor: Americans appear to be shifting their attitudes on abortion. A new survey by Zogby International, found that 22% of Americans have views that are less favorable toward abortion than they held 10 years ago—nearly twice the number who say they’ve become more pro-choice over the ...read more

  • Three Dollars Worth Of God

    Contributed by John Price on Jan 17, 2007
     | 3,500 views

    THREE DOLLARS WORTH OF GOD Tim Hansel once said in His book “ When I relax I feel guilty” I would like to buy $3.00 worth of God, please. Not enough to explode my soul or disturb my sleep, but just enough to equal a cup of warm milk or a snooze in the sunshine. I don’t want enough of Him to make ...read more

  • Influential Opinions Opinion Is Crucial In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
     | 1,673 views

    Influential Opinions Opinion is crucial in helping people determine which products and services they should use. But new research says the growing phenomenon of consumer-generated media is proving disruptive to Web sites offering professional reviews and ratings. JupiterResearch found 77% of online ...read more

  • A Recent Article In The Aug/Sept Issue Of Second ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 21, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
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    A recent article in the Aug/Sept issue of Second Edition (the magazine of Second Baptist Church, Houston) points out that, "Internet pornography generates $12 billion dollars in annual revenue. This is larger than the combined revenue of ABC, NBC, and CBS. $12 billion dollars in annual revenue is ...read more

  • A Christian Man And His Wife Lost Their Young Son ...  PRO

    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Apr 5, 2007
    based on 10 ratings
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    A Christian man and his wife lost their young SON in a TRAGIC ACCIDENT on Good Friday in 1996. The boy’s funeral was on Easter Sunday. During the MEMORIAL service the father got up and shared with his family and friends that Easter had taken on a new importance. "Until you stare death ...read more

  • A Law On Drunken Driving In Louisiana Is Now One ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 9, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    A law on drunken driving in Louisiana is now one of the toughest in the nation. There is a mandatory prison sentence for anyone convicted of driving while intoxicated. Getting it passed was a major victory for various groups against drunk driving. They could not have gotten it passed it if were ...read more

  • They Did Not Deny That Faith Was An Essential ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,024 views

    They did not deny that faith was an essential part of salvation, but they added to it (works, circumcision, & other rituals). Many do the same thing today they believe salvation is by grace + … Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., was ill with a staff infection of the throat. A new medicine called ...read more

  • Forbes Magazine (Feb. 12, 1996, P. 28) Once ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,658 views

    Forbes Magazine (Feb. 12, 1996, p. 28) once reported these names that showed up on police blotters: Sentenced for assault in St. Joseph, MO - Jesse James; cited for speeding in Parma, Ohio - Maelia A. Earhart; and jailed in Des Moines, Iowa, was Shannon Cooper, who police said went out bar-hopping, ...read more