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  • Thanksgiving Gags

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 19, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,758 views

    THANKSGIVING GAGS Some of you might want to add variety to your Thanksgiving dinner conversation for those of you who are mischievous: • During the middle of the meal, turn to mom and say, "See mom, I told you they wouldn't notice that the turkey was four months past its expiration date. You were ...read more

  • What Do We Have To Worry About?

    Contributed by Alan Tison on Jul 9, 2007
     | 1,579 views

    What do we have to Worry about? Consider the following… 40% of our worries never happen. Anxiety is the result of a tired mind. 30% of our worries concerns past decisions which cannot be changed 12% of our worries centers on criticism by others, meant to make us feel inferior 10% is related to ...read more

  • Alzheimer's Has Struck More Than Five Million ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,828 views

    Alzheimer's has struck more than five million Americans, up 10% from 5 years ago ('02).The number is expected to more than triple by 2050, absent a cure, as the 85-and-over population soars and boomers move into their late 60s and 70s. The disease afflicts 1 in 8 people 65 and over, and 42% of ...read more

  • Viral Marketing Isn't That Infectious After All. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,659 views

    Viral Marketing isn’t that infectious after all. At least that’s the conclusion of Bringing the Message to the Masses, a new JupiterResearch report that reveals that only 15% of viral marketing efforts of the past year actually succeeded in getting consumers to spread positive word of mouth. One of ...read more

  • Depressed ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
     | 2,451 views

    DEPRESSED TEENS More than two million U.S. teens have suffered a serious bout of depression in the past year, including nearly 13% of girls, finds a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration report. On average, 8.5% of youth 12-17 admit to having a major depressive episode in the ...read more

  • Please Don't Retire  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,076 views

    PLEASE DON’T RETIRE We’ve got a dangerous practice in America called "retirement." It’s a blessing in some ways, but it’s also dangerous because it implies that your productivity stops when you get to be 62 or 65. It’s dangerous in the church because people look forward to retiring so they can get ...read more

  • I Will Never Forget The Day I Watched About 40 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 20, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,240 views

    I will never forget the day I watched about 40 khaki-clad men get off an old rattletrap brown bus in Houston, Texas. Some had scars on their faces. I especially remember one man whose arm had been amputated. Some of them looked tough. I remember thinking I would not want to meet some of those guys ...read more

  • Fire Your Rockets  PRO

    Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Mar 25, 2001
    based on 116 ratings
     | 2,071 views

    "Fire Your Rockets" I read with interest this past week about the Astronaut who dropped a 10 pound wrench into space, and they had to fire the rockets in the space shuttle to avoid this wrench hitting their cabin and taking all the pressure out, and killing them all in space. Imagine! A 10 pound ...read more

  • Hello Walter!

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 3, 2002
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,443 views

    HELLO WALTER! Walter Cronkite, the famous newscaster tells the following story. He was sailing down the Mystic River in Connecticut, going through shallow water, when a boat filled with young people sped past him, shouting and waving their arms. Cronkite waved back a cheery greeting. His wife ...read more

  • There Is A Story Of A Persian King Who Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Nov 5, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,104 views

    There is a story of a Persian king who was elevated from a poverty-stricken home to the glory of a royal throne. When he became king he sent his servants to the old shack where he was reared, with orders to gather every relic of those days. They brought fragments of his home many broken toys, and ...read more

  • Now, What Areas Is The Holy Spirit Fully Engaged ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Dec 2, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,747 views

    Now, what areas is the Holy Spirit fully engaged in? Each person is concerned about one or several issues in life: (a) Everyone wants to be loved. (b) Everyone wants his or her life to count. (c) Life is empty without Jesus Christ. (d) Many sitting here today are loaded down with guilt. (e) ...read more

  • The Dictionary Defines ‘accident' As "An ...  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Sep 21, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,842 views

    The dictionary defines ‘accident’ as “an unforseen event or one without apparent cause.” Any Christian who understands the sovereignty of God will immediately determine from this definition that there is no such thing as an accident. It’s like the cowboy who goes to buy some life insurance. The ...read more

  • Women Prefer Home: A New Gallup Poll Shows That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,088 views

    Women Prefer Home: A new Gallup Poll shows that if free to choose, a majority of women would opt for the traditional female role of staying at home, while a majority of men would prefer their traditional role of working outside the home. Over the past 4 years, younger women (more so than older ...read more

  • Both The Hummingbird And The Vulture Fly Over Our ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,376 views

    Both the hummingbird and the vulture fly over our nation’s deserts. All vultures see is rotting meat, because that is what they look for. They thrive on that diet. But hummingbirds ignore the smelly flesh of dead animals. Instead, they look for the colorful blossoms of desert plants. The vultures ...read more

  • Story Told Of J Arthur Rank  PRO

    Contributed by Joshua Brett on Aug 18, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,743 views

    Story told of J Arthur Rank J. Arthur Rank, an English executive, decided to do all his worrying on one day each week. He chose Wednesdays. When anything happened that gave him anxiety and annoyed his ulcer, he would write it down and put it in his worry box and forget about it until next ...read more

  • 92% Of U.s. Adults Say They Or A Household Member ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,313 views

    92% of U.S. adults say they or a household member made a financial contribution to a nonprofit organization in the past year. 49% of those who contributed gave less than $500, while 6% donated $5,000 or more. In ‘06, 50% of donors gave to churches and religious organizations, 50% to disaster relief ...read more

  • Vultures And Hummingbirds

    Contributed by Arsenio B. Segismundo on Jul 29, 2010
     | 2,677 views

    VULTURES AND HUMMINGBIRDS Both the hummingbird and the vulture fly over our nation’s deserts. All vultures see is rotting meat, because that is what they look for. They thrive on that diet. But hummingbirds ignore the smelly flesh of dead animals. Instead, they look for the colorful blossoms of ...read more

  • God's Elect

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Aug 26, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,899 views

    GOD'S ELECT There is no indication anywhere in Scripture that when a man or woman first believes in Jesus for salvation, God says something like, "Oh, look! We hooked another one! Get out the book and write his name down!" God is not taken by surprise, God is not waiting for people to ...read more

  • Focus On Christ

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 25, 2011
     | 4,448 views

    FOCUS ON CHRIST The healthiest people do not think about their health; the weak induce disease by morbid introspection. If you begin to count your heartbeats, you will disturb the rhythmic action of the heart. If you continually imagine a pain anywhere, you will produce it. And there are some ...read more

  • The Next One

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Aug 16, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,857 views

    THE NEXT ONE Eugene Peterson wrote about visiting a monastery. While on the way to the refectory for lunch, he and the monks he was visiting walked past a graveyard with an open grave. He asked one of the monks which member of the community had died recently, and he was told, "Nobody. That grave ...read more

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