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  • Changing Researchers At The University Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2006
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    Changing Researchers at the University of Chicago report that only 26% of American households are now comprised of married couples with children, compared to 45% in the early ‘70’s. Likewise, married couples with children under 18 living at home dropped from 50% to 36% over the same time span. ...read more

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  • Some Of You May Remember The Man Who Won A U.s. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    Some of you may remember the man who won a U.S. Supreme Court case over his right to obtain an abortion for his comatose wife. He argued at that time that an abortion could aid a possible recovery for his wife, Nancy, who was comatose as a result of a car accident in 1988. The abortion ...read more

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  • One Day A Certain Old, Rich Man Of A Miserable ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    One day a certain old, rich man of a miserable disposition visited a rabbi, who took the rich man by the hand and led him to a window. "Look out there," he said. The rich man looked into the street. "What do you see?" asked the rabbi. "I see men, women, and children," answered the rich man. Again ...read more

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  • Love Of Money

    Contributed by David Swanger on Jan 19, 2024
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    One day a certain old, rich man of a miserable disposition visited a rabbi, who took the rich man by the hand and lead him to a window. “Look out there,” he said. The rich man looked into the street. “What do you see?” asked the rabbi. “I see men, women and children,” answered the rich man. Again, ...read more

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  • There Is The Story Of A Lady Who Had Just ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There is the story of a lady who had just completed university She had been offered a job with an accounting firm She is a mother of three who were at the time were 12, 15 and 18 but just before she takes up the position she has a regular check up and her doctor discovers she has cancer not long ...read more

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  • What Side Have You ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
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    WHAT SIDE HAVE YOU CHOSEN? C.S. Lewis said, "When the author walks onto the stage, the play is over. God is going to invade, all right; but what is the good of saying you are on His side then, when you see the whole natural universe melting away like a dream and something else comes crashing in? ...read more

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  • Pure Love Brings Joy

    Contributed by Christopher Sweeney on May 19, 2017
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    Many of you may have experienced this but I have from my two nephews and my time in youth ministry that there are times when you are having the worst days and then a child will run up to you and give you a hug or say I love you and everything goes away. Why, why is it that a hug can help erase the ...read more

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  • Family Stages

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 22, 2009
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    FAMILY STAGES Now you know why I say, "The family takes a lot of work!" A healthy family will go through several stages that require perseverance and a good work ethic. Stage One -- The family begins at the, "I do"s and a couple is birthed. Now comes the dying to self. Stage Two -- The couple's ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • It Started Like So Many Evenings. Mom And Dad At ...

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Apr 26, 2007
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    It started like so many evenings. Mom and Dad at home and Jimmy playing after dinner. When Mom glanced at the clock she said “Jimmy, it’s time to go to bed. Go up now and I’ll come and tuck you in later.” An hour or so later his mother came up to check, and to her astonishment found that her son ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Message To Baylor Students

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Jan 10, 2012
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    MESSAGE TO BAYLOR STUDENTS Dr. Samuel Palmer Brooks was president of Baylor University in Texas from 1902 until his death in 1931. On his deathbed he wrote a message to the senior class of 1931 which has become immortal to the students of Baylor. "I stand on the border of mortal life but I face ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • When You Have Nothing Left But God, Then Fgod Is Enough

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Aug 13, 2017
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    Pastor Norm Johnson tells the story of Bill who was gravely ill in the hospital. Norm was visiting him when the doctor came in and point blank said, “Bill, you're dead. There’s no hope. You’d better get your things in order.” Just that bluntly, no hope, no comfort, no, “How are you doing?” After ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • You Never Know What Your Witness To The Gospel ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2007
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    You never know what your witness to the Gospel might be accomplishing. I shared the Gospel with a man over a 5 year period getting to the point of “popping the question” several times. Each time I offered “You can accept Christ right now!” He hesitated “No I’m just not ready.” I felt like I was ...read more

  • Ephesians 4:14-17. Have You Ever Had A Child That ...

    Contributed by Tim Adams on Dec 1, 2009
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    Ephesians 4:14-17. Have you ever had a child that every instruction you gave them they said back to you “what for?” When I was growing up you might have had the luxury of asking one time if you were brave, never twice “what for.” We just didn’t question the wisdom and authority of our parents. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • There Was A Man Who Was Going Skydiving For The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There was a man who was going skydiving for the very first time. He had taken all the lessons and now it was time for his first solo jump. He leaps out of the plane but he panicked and couldn’t remember how to open his parachute. As he was falling rapidly to the earth he suddenly met another guy ...read more

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  • The Creature "Strife"

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 10, 2007
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    The Creature “Strife” There is a legend from Greek mythology that the god Hercules was once walking along a narrow road when a strange-looking creature appeared threateningly in front of him. Hercules struck this creature with his club and passed on, but soon afterwards was surprised to be ...read more

    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • I'm Going To Be Forty This Month, But I ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Nov 27, 2007
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    “I’m going to be forty this month, but I approached thirty with more apprehension, I think, and the sense of time gone by. I’ve had more time to learn about myself, ten more years. “I no longer fool myself, not easily anyway. I know when I’m making excuses and when I’m making choices, and the ...read more

    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Caution

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    CAUTION Evidence now shows hands-free talking isn't less of a distraction when driving. In fact, drivers who talk on a cell phone in any way are four times more likely to become involved in an accident, according to David Strayer, research director at the Univ. of Utah's Applied Cognition Lab. "A ...read more

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  • Modern Fatherhood Formerly Known As Modern ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
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    Modern Fatherhood formerly known as modern mother-hood—3 or 4 decades ago it was the moms who did it all. They entered the work force and strove mightily. But when they came home, they immediately assumed the “second shift” of kids and housework. It was exhausting, insane, impossible -- and ...read more

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  • Spy Badges Technology

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
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    Spy Badges Technology now offers employee ID badges that are read by computer-based mapping programs that track employees within a building or business campus every second. Hospitals use them to quickly locate doctors, but they can also reveal who spends too ...read more

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  • My Accident

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 11, 2006
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    My Accident My life was normal and unexpecting of tragedy when the bumper of a LTD came crashing into my back I had no time to repent like I always figured I would if I would have died it would have been at a moment that I was angry and frustrated and I can't say that I was as comfortable in my ...read more

    Denomination: Pentecostal