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  • Deadly Vending Machines  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Dec 12, 2012
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     | 2,971 views

    DEADLY VENDING MACHINES The media’s been reporting on the health risks of too much soda and other sugary drinks; New York's Mayor Bloomberg has taken the step of banning super-size sodas...but even more deadly are the vending machines. Each year, dozens of people are killed by vending machines. ...read more

  • Words Matter

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 23, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,572 views

    WORDS MATTER The Book of James in the New Testament reminds us that words can direct, delight or destroy (ch. 3). Is this true? Look no further than to what happened in Germany in WWII. For every word in Hitler’s poisonous book, Mein Kampf, it cost the life of 125 people. Here are some words to ...read more

  • In Chicago They Have "High Occupancy Vehicle" ...

    Contributed by David Ward on May 13, 2007
     | 1,072 views

    In Chicago they have "High Occupancy Vehicle" lanes that get you there faster because you’re not slowed down by individual vehicles driven by individual people. On the Highway to His heaven, God wants us to travel in a High Occupancy Vehicle. When traveling in the HOV lane we pass up most of the ...read more

  • For Me The Scariest Verse In The Bible Is: Once ...

    Contributed by Richard Francis on May 19, 2007
     | 838 views

    For me the scariest verse in the Bible is: Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ’Sir, open the door for us.‘ To die and be told by Jesus I don’t know you that is a reality to awful to contemplate, I know it will not happen to me, ...read more

  • Statistics On Lying

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 4,401 views

    Our Daily Bread published an article on lying in the August 28, 1992 edition. In that devotional reading, it stated that lying seems to be a way of life for many people: “We lie at the drop of a hat. The book The Day American Told the Truth says that 91 percent of those surveyed lie routinely ...read more

  • In The Darkest Time Of World War Ii In The City ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,220 views

    In the darkest time of World War II in the city of London a message came across the air to bring a New Year’s message to the discouraged people. In the process the announcer quoted the following poem: “I said to a man who stood at the gate of the year Give me a light that I may tread, safely into ...read more

  • Lately It Seems That Everyone Is Focusing On The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,280 views

    Lately it seems that everyone is focusing on the state of marriage. Well, all one needs to do is study the scriptures and discover what Jesus has to say about marriage. Which reminds me of the story of a small boy who was being given a quiz on the New Testament and one of the questions he was asked ...read more

  • Being A Friend Of God Makes Us Better Friends To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 1, 2007
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     | 1,732 views

    Being a friend of God makes us better friends to each other. We need friends. If we find ourselves longing for someone to talk to, a true friend to whom we can bare our souls, we are not alone. Recently, a Duke University researcher concluded that 25% of Americans have no one with whom they can ...read more

  • A Missionary Came To Church On Sunday. He Was In ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Oct 23, 2007
     | 1,356 views

    A missionary came to church on Sunday. He was in Africa for several years. The question was asked, "What was your most harrowing time?" His answer was, "During the summer". We were all surprised. We3 thought he would say natives, wars, snakes or some other terrible thing but summer? He ...read more

  • Charles Morris From White Plains Served During ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 12, 2007
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    Charles Morris from White Plains served during the Korean War. Morris ran a supply truck to the battlefront. Occasionally he hauled fresh soldiers to the front lines. “That was sad,” he said, “hauling young people fresh in from the United States. Sometimes they started crying when they heard ...read more

  • One Of My Christmas Presents Was A Book: ‘a ...  PRO

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jan 5, 2008
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    One of my Christmas presents was a book: ‘A Bundle of Laughs’ by J. John & Mark Stibbe. Towards the end of the book comes their light-hearted ‘20 Rules of Wisdom’. Don’t worry; I’m only going to read four! 1.God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts! 2.Growing old is inevitable, growing up ...read more

  • What Do You See? I Am Praying For You And Me To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
     | 1,247 views

    What do you see? I am praying for you and me to get “Tunnel Vision”. > Not so much with the eye in our head but with the eyes in our heart.” You see, TV is usually a product of high pressure in the eye (glaucoma). This pressure pushes the optic nerve until it cups. With TV there is no peripheral ...read more

  • Going Home

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 4,064 views

    GOING HOME For the first time since the Depression, more Americans ages 75 and older have been leaving the South than moving there, according to a New York Times analysis of Census Bureau data. The reversal appears to be driven in part by older people who retired to the South in their 60s, but ...read more

  • Engaged Consumers A Brand With Strong Customer ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 2,068 views

    Engaged Consumers A brand with strong customer engagement has customers who promote the brand, come back in the future, go out of their way to do business with the company, and feel strongly for a brand, claims a study by PeopleMetrics. Overall, companies with more engaged customers outperformed ...read more

  • Margaret Mead, The Noted Anthropologist, Has Said ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    Margaret Mead, the noted anthropologist, has said a lot of controversial things, but you will find no authorities debating her statement in her article Grandparents and Educators. In it she said, "Somehow we have to get the older people, grandparents, widows and widowers, spinsters and bachelors, ...read more

  • 1 Pet 5:8 Kjv Be Sober, Be Vigilant; Because Your ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Aug 16, 2008
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    1 Pet 5:8 KJV Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: There was an old preacher telling his people not to be afraid of the lion; not only is he under the feet of Jesus, but the reason he roars is because Jesus pulled ...read more

  • Political Campaigns & Wrong Judgment

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 27, 2008
     | 2,344 views

    POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS & WRONG JUDGMENT Relationally, I think of assumptions as unproven conclusions. We draw conclusions based on our experiences, our perceptions, and limited information. Sometimes misinformation. In my opinion, much of this year’s political campaigning has been about ...read more

  • Our Youngest Daughter, Kimberly, Had Only Been ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Nov 24, 2008
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    Our youngest daughter, Kimberly, had only been married a year when she told us, “I don’t know why people say the first year is so hard. All you have to do is be nice to each other.” We laughed, of course, because … after all … they were still just newlyweds. But really, what she said is true. ...read more

  • Henry Wingblade Used To Say That Christian ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,954 views

    Henry Wingblade used to say that Christian personality is hidden deep inside us. It is unseen, like the soup carried in a tureen high over a waiter's head. No one knows what's inside--unless the waiter is bumped and he trips! Just so, people don't know what's inside us until we've been bumped. But ...read more

  • Phillip Brooks, A Great American Preacher Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 2,402 views

    Phillip Brooks, a great American preacher of another day, said, "Do not pray for easy lives, pray to be stronger people; do not pray for tasks equal to your powers, pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work may be no miracle, but you shall be a miracle. Every day you shall ...read more