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  • One Traditional Question Jewish Children Ask ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 29, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,653 views

    One traditional question Jewish children ask their father as part of the Passover dinner is "Ma Nishtana ha lei la haze," "Why is this NIGHT different than any other NIGHT." Dad then recounts the story of the Exodus. Comedian George Burns, who was Jewish, tells this joke: During one of my many ...read more

  • Enormously Gorgeous  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 22, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 681 views

    ENORMOUSLY GORGEOUS My dad says I am ENORMOUSLY GORGEOUS. I wonder if I really am. To be ENORMOUSLY GORGEOUS... Sarah says you need to have beautiful, long, curly hair like she has. I don’t. To be ENORMOUSLY GORGEOUS... Justin says you must have perfectly straight white teeth like he has. I ...read more

  • The Best Years Of My Life

    Contributed by Jim Blevins on May 14, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,444 views

    THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE Man at a seminar heard the following: "The best years of my life were spent in the arms of another man's wife!" The crowd was shocked! Then he continued "My mother!" The crowd laughed and he finished the rest of his speech which held everyone's attention. The young ...read more

  • A Preacher Was At A Seminar And Heard The ...

    Contributed by Jim Blevins on May 16, 2009
     | 2,279 views

    A preacher was at a seminar and heard the following: "The best years of my life were spent in the arms of another man’s wife!" The crowd was shocked! Then he continued "My mother!" The crowd laughed and he finished the rest of his speech which held everyone’s attention . The young preacher liked ...read more

  • Beer Commercials And Community

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jun 28, 2010
     | 2,883 views

    BEER COMMERCIALS AND COMMUNITY Beer commercials do not really sell beer. Have you seen how they really sell "living it up with others" or what Christians call "community"? Do they not sell good looking people partying with other good looking people? Even the losers in those commercials all of a ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of A Little Girl Whose Parents ...  PRO

    Contributed by Howard Parnell on Sep 26, 2002
    based on 136 ratings
     | 2,871 views

    The story is told of a little girl whose parents never went to church. However, they insisted upon her attendance and what is more is that she had to be able to recite the preacher’s text for the day. One morning she rushed home excited: "Oh mama, my name is in the Bible." "That’s not likely," ...read more

  • Too Late To Date  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,142 views

    *Too Late To Date* An elderly woman died last month. Having never married, she requested no male pallbearers. In her handwritten instructions for her memorial service, she wrote, "They wouldn’t take me out while I was alive, I don’t want them to ...read more

  • Little Emily, The Minister's Daughter, Ran Into ...

    Contributed by James Westmoreland on Oct 23, 2006
     | 1,704 views

    Little Emily, the minister’s daughter, ran into the house, crying as though her heart would break. "What’s wrong, dear?" asked the pastor. "My doll! Billy broke it!" she sobbed. "How did he break it, Emily?" "I hit him over the head with ...read more

  • The Last Invitation

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Feb 14, 2009
     | 4,302 views

    THE LAST INVITATION While pastoring at the FBC of Cherryville, North Carolina, a disturbance was observed, and shortly afterward a man was taken from the balcony of the church [and placed] in an ambulance. He was dead before they got him to the hospital. He died before the invitation could be ...read more

  • Dr. Stephen F. Olford Was Blessed With A Long ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,118 views

    Dr. Stephen F. Olford was blessed with a long and fruitful ministry on both sides of the Atlantic. Olford Ministries International in Memphis, Tennessee, is his legacy. His passion was for training pastors, preachers, teachers, and leaders in effective, expository preaching. In his book Preaching ...read more

  • Satan Says In Effect To Jesus In Matthew 4

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 2, 2010
     | 1,652 views

    Satan says in effect to Jesus in Matthew 4 "JUST COMPROMISE AND YOU’LL GET WHAT YOU WANT", But the AUTHORITY OF RULE doesn’t come with a CROWN OF POWER from the enemy. It comes with a CROSS OF SUFFERING and humility. Satan says "I’ll give you POWER WITHOUT THE PAIN, A CROWN WITHOUT THE ...read more

  • Teens Admire...?

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 10, 2010
     | 2,855 views

    TEENS ADMIRE...? Have you thought lately about who teenagers admire? World Almanac and Book of Facts surveyed eight graders a few years ago and discovered that the top thirty names were movie stars and athletes. Not one admired adult was a religious leader, statesman, author, painter, doctor, ...read more

  • The Story Of Rick Warren And His Best-Selling ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 20, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,688 views

    The story of Rick Warren and his best-selling book the "The Purpose Driven Life." What is he doing with all the money? USA Today article: June 4th 2006 edition: A uniter, not a divider Warren is no liberal. He backed President Bush in the 2004 election and opposes abortion and stem cell ...read more

  • A Common Phrase Used In The World Of Healing Is, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Mar 22, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
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    A common phrase used in the world of healing is, “time heals all wounds.” I have found this to be more false than true. As a pastor, I talk regularly with people who are still carrying hurts from 30 or 40 years ago. The real truth is, time often makes things worse. Wounds that are left untended ...read more

  • Church Finances: The Average Church Budget Size ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    Church finances: The average church budget size is $292,790 (median: $203,590). Senior pastors earn a median base salary of $31,006 and a median housing allowance of $15,250. 66% of church treasurers are responsible for the oversight of church expenditures. 57% of churches use debt only as needed ...read more

  • What We Believe: A Recent Newsweek Poll Gauges ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,763 views

    What We Believe: A recent Newsweek poll gauges Americans’ opinions on the Book of Revelation and end times: *36% believe the Book of Revelation contains “true prophecy,” while 47% say it is metaphorical. *55% think the faithful will be taken up to heaven in the rapture. *74% of Americans believe ...read more

  • Recently, The Media Reported On A Well Known ...

    Contributed by Michael De Rosa on Nov 5, 2006
     | 2,128 views

    Recently, the media reported on a well known Christian pastor, Ted Haggard, who allegedy committed the sin of homosexuality. It was hurtful to read this. It was only a few short years before this that I read one of his books, How to keep your City from going to Hell. I was motivated by it, but ...read more

  • Wisdom, Skill, And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 2, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,687 views

    Wisdom, Skill, and Virtue Someone once said: Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it. (Everywoman’s Family Circle as found in Tan, Paul Lee: Encyclopedia of 7700 Illustrations : A Treasury of Illustrations, Anecdotes, Facts and Quotations for ...read more

  • The Joy That I Pursue

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 4, 2012
     | 3,011 views

    "The joy that I pursue is not the hope of getting rich with things from you. I have not come to you for your things, but for yourself. And this desire I now intensify and demonstrate by giving up things, in the hope of enjoying you more, not things. By giving to you what you do not need, and what I ...read more

  • False Prophets And False Christ's Will Make The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,901 views

    False prophets and false Christ’s will make the scene in the last days. There was Prophet Jim Jones of the terrible Guyana tragedy on November 18, 1978 when he lied to his followers and convinced them (or commanded them) to drink Kool-aid laced with poison. 913 people were found dead, including Jim ...read more