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  • You Know Christmas Is Almost Here  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Nov 13, 2001
    based on 244 ratings
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    YOU KNOW CHRISTMAS IS ALMOST HERE WHEN: 10) There are more pine needles on your carpet than on your tree 9) The credit card is smoked along with the turkey and ham. 8) It’s A Wonderful Life has been shown for the 13th time 7) A trip to the mall and back is more challenging then the Indy 500 ...read more

  • Eric D. Davis, 31, Should Have Planned His Bank ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 24, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,102 views

    Eric D. Davis, 31, should have planned his bank robbery in Toledo, Ohio, more carefully. Police say that after the heist Davis, running with the loot toward his getaway car, fell down. When his driver panicked and sped off, Davis jumped into the next available vehicle, which had two men in the ...read more

  • Men Aren't Equipped  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Garrett on Apr 11, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,691 views

    MEN AREN’T EQUIPPED A man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment. The next week, the man realized that he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early morning business flight to Chicago. Not wanting to be the first to break the ...read more

  • Temptation Can Really Play Havoc With Our Lives. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Jul 23, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,977 views

    Temptation can really play havoc with our lives. There was a humorous "Cathy" cartoon strip sometime back. Cathy is struggling with her diet. See if this progression is familiar: Frame 1: I will take a drive, but won’t go near the grocery store. Frame 2: I will drive by the grocery store, but will ...read more

  • Church Giving Declines: Barna Research Found That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
     | 1,719 views

    Church Giving Declines: Barna Research found that 78% of adults donated money to a non-profit organization or church in ‘00. That’s a 6% decline from ‘99, and a 9% drop from ‘98, when 87% of all adults had donated funds. The average giving per person fell by 15% in ‘00 to $886, versus $1377 in ’98. ...read more

  • Christian Influencers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,009 views

    Christian Influencers Rank Greatest Influence On The Church (Barna) Ranked by U.S. Pastors Most Influential Christians In America (The Church Report) 1 Billy Graham (34%) George W. Bush 2 Rick Warren (26% Mel Gibson 3 George Bush (14%) Billy Graham 4 James Dobson (11%) Rick Warren 5 Bill ...read more

  • Do Not Offend Visitors To Your Website. A New ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,790 views

    Do Not Offend visitors to your website. A new Hostway, Inc survey reports 93% of web users do not like pop-up ads, 59% view moving text as bothersome, and 55% are annoyed by certain colors, type fonts and page formats. Other irksome issues are: 89%-the need to install extra software to use site ...read more

  • More Cars: There Are Now More Cars In American ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    More Cars: There are now more cars in American house-holds than drivers, according to a Transportation Dept. report. The average household now has 1.75 drivers but 1.90 “personal vehicles.” By comparison, the average household has 0.86 adult-size bicycles. When people, not just drivers are counted, ...read more

  • March 16th, 1942 General Douglas Macarthur Is ...

    Contributed by Jay Winters on Jun 5, 2006
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    March 16th, 1942 General Douglas MacArthur is ordered out of the Philippines after a siege of America’s last stronghold in the country. All that is left is the island of Bataan. A reluctant MacArthur finally leaves Bataan for Australia, but before he leaves says “I shall return.” Eventually the ...read more

  • As We Approach The 5th Anniversary Of ...

    Contributed by John Donnelly on Aug 30, 2006
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    . As we approach the 5th anniversary of September 11th next month, some of you may have been to seen the movie entitled, “World Trade Center.” · This movie points to many of the heroes of that infamous day. One of them was Port Authority Police Officer William Jimero. He willingly went into ...read more

  • Top 10 Reasons Why There Was No Room For Joseph ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Owens on Dec 26, 2006
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    Top 10 Reasons why there was no room for Joseph and Mary in the Inn. 10. The Roman Government’s “Buy one night, get a second free” promotion was a bit too successful. 9. The only room left was by the ice machine. 8. The Nazareth Shriners tore up the place the night before. 7. The innkeeper didn’t ...read more

  • Unchurched Insights 1-Most Prefer To Attend ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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    Unchurched Insights 1-Most prefer to attend church on Sunday morning if they attend. 2-Most feel guilty about not attending church. 3-96% are somewhat likely to attend church if invited. 4-Very few have had someone share how to become a Christian with them. Christians have not been particularly ...read more

  • People Can Be Very Forgetful About Important ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 1,593 views

    People can be very forgetful about important things. The great British preacher Charles Spurgeon once wrote: A man goes into an inn, and as soon as he sits down he begins to order…his dinner, his bed…He stays at the inn for some time. By and by, the bill comes due, and it takes him by surprise. "I ...read more

  • Global Warming Doubts

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    GLOBAL WARMING DOUBTS More than 31,000 U.S. scientists, including more than 9,000 Ph.D.s (in fields such as atmospheric science, climatology, Earth science, environment and dozens of other specialties) have signed a petition rejecting "global warming," the U.N.’s assumption that human production ...read more

  • 25 Words Or ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
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    25 WORDS OR LESS A teacher in an adult education creative writing class told her students to write "I love you" in 25 words or less, without using the words, "I love you." They had 15 minutes to complete this assignment. A woman in the class spent about 10 minutes looking at the ceiling and ...read more

  • Our Motive For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
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    OUR MOTIVE FOR MISSIONS When Hudson Taylor was director of the China Inland Mission, he often interviewed candidates for the mission field. On one occasion, he met with a group of applicants to determine their motivations for service. "And why do you wish to go as a foreign missionary?" he asked ...read more

  • Always In The Light

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 2, 2009
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    ALWAYS IN THE LIGHT In his book The Best Is Yet To Be, Henry Durbanville told the story of a little girl in London who won a prize at a flower show. Her entry was grown in an old cracked teapot and had been placed in the attic window of a rundown tenement house. When someone asked how she managed ...read more

  • Why A Chainsaw Cuts Better Than A Traditional ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 14, 2009
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    Why a Chainsaw Cuts Better Than a Traditional Saw It was quite astonishing to the lumberjacks when the chainsaw was first introduced. The amount of work that several muscled-men (with their long razor-sharp timber saws) can finish in a day can be accomplished by a chainsaw in several minutes. One ...read more

  • Sadducees' Trial Methods

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 18, 2011
     | 2,459 views

    SADDUCEES' TRIAL METHODS "Critics deny the accuracy of the description John gives. They cite the Mishnah requiring that trials be held in the daytime, that several days are required to try a capital crime, and that the accused not be directly questioned, among other details. However, exceptions ...read more

  • Loyalty And The Promotional Bottleneck

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2011
     | 3,210 views

    LOYALTY AND THE PROMOTIONAL BOTTLENECK Peter Drucker gave this warning to those who would push back this principle, "Contrary to popular legend, subordinates do not, as a rule, rise to position and prominence over the prostrate bodies of incompetent bosses. If their boss is not promoted, they will ...read more