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  • You Are My Favorite ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
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    YOU ARE MY FAVORITE PART Dave Stone wrote in "If Jesus Lived in My Neighborhood" about his uncle Greg, who is a quadriplegic. A few years ago, Uncle Greg was able to attend a special-needs camp at Country Lake Christian Retreat in southern Indiana. A man named John was assigned to be with Uncle ...read more

  • Super Bowl Statistics  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 9, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,220 views

    Super Bowl Statistics: Today is the day of the “Big Game” Super Bowl 39 one of the most watched programs in the world. An estimated 89.6 million people in the U.S. last year watched the New England Patriots’ Super Bowl victory over the Carolina Panthers, it was a slight increase from 2003’s game. ...read more

  • When The Spiritual Leaders Fail To Lead People ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 18, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,419 views

    When the spiritual leaders fail to lead people toward God and teach the people His way then people will break the faith they have with God. Breaking the faith is common in a society when the leadership breaks down and fails to do its job. Breaking the faith means the people of God walk away from ...read more

  • 3. Judith S. Wallerstein, Sandra Blakeslee, & ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 18, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,851 views

    3. Judith S. Wallerstein, Sandra Blakeslee, & Julia M. Lewis have written a book: "The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce : A 25 Year Landmark Study." Ms Wallerstein is founder and executive director of the Center for the Family in Transition, and a senior lecturer at the School of Social Welfare at the ...read more

  • Super Stupid Easter Jokes  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 8,874 views

    SUPER STUPID EASTER JOKES Boy 1: "How did you get that bruise on your arm?" Boy 2: "I ate some Easter candy." Boy 1: "Eating Easter candy won’t give you a bruise." 7 Boy 2: "It will if it’s your big brother’s candy!" Q: What would you get if you crossed the Easter Bunny with an overstressed ...read more

  • One Of The Men Who Most Influenced D. L. Moody ...

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 29, 2005
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    One of the men who most influenced D. L. Moody was a young preacher named Henry Moorehouse. He once preached for Moody for an entire week using the same text every night—John 3:16. The preaching of Moorehouse, according to Moody, was much different from his own. Instead of preaching that God was ...read more

  • I Am Always Kind Of Leery About The ...

    Contributed by Larry Jacobs on Jul 7, 2005
     | 1,427 views

    ILLUS: I am always kind of leery about the complements I receive as a preacher of the gospel. I know that many of them are very sincere but I always feel a little unworthy when someone really brags on a message that I have preached. The greatest complement that I ever received was in a ...read more

  • "What Kind Of Clothes Would God Wear?"  PRO

    Contributed by Wayne Major on Oct 8, 2005
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    “What kind of clothes would GOD wear?” I like the answer one person gave, in the story of a man who was commissioned to paint a picture of the Prodigal Son. He went into his work fervently, laboring to produce a picture worthy of telling the story. Finally, the day came when the picture was ...read more

  • In The Fateful Winter Morning Of January 28, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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    In the fateful winter morning of January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger stood poised for launch. Overnight, the temperature had plummeted into the twenties. At liftoff it was a crisp 36 degrees F. Four-foot icicles still clung ominously to the launch tower. Allan McDonald, an engineer ...read more

  • Napoleon's Genius Had Been Attributed To Many ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,920 views

    Napoleon’s genius had been attributed to many things, but, above all, he was a superb natural leader of men. Like any wise leader he was aware that his own success would have been nothing had his men not been willing, even eager, to follow him. Obviously he could not know and personally inspire ...read more

  • I Heard A Story Of A Woman Who Was Out Christmas ...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Weber on Dec 14, 2005
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     | 1,347 views

    I heard a story of a woman who was out Christmas shopping with her two children. After many hours of looking at row after row of toys and everything else imaginable. And after hours of hearing both her children asking for everything they saw on those many shelves, she finally made it to the ...read more

  • If Your Friend Jumped Off A Clift Would You?  PRO

    Contributed by Dale Bird on Jan 7, 2006
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    IF YOUR FRIEND JUMPED OFF A CLIFT WOULD YOU? 450 Sheep Jump to Their Deaths By The Associated Press posted: 08 July 2005 11:22 am ET ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) _ First one sheep jumped to its death. Then stunned Turkish shepherds, who had left the herd to graze while they had breakfast, watched as ...read more

  • Future Declin:e A New Barna Survey Discovered ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,869 views

    Future Declin:e A new Barna survey discovered that adults who attended church as a child are twice as likely to read the Bible during a typical week as are those who avoided churches when young; twice as likely to attend a church worship service in a typical week; and nearly 50% more likely to pray ...read more

  • For The Love Of Work  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jan 18, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,028 views

    The story goes that when the company founded by Andrew Carnegie was taken over by the U.S. Steel Corporation in 1901 it acquired as one of its obligations a contract to pay the top Carnegie executive, Charles M. Schwab, the then unheard of minimum sum of $1,000,000. J.P. Morgan of U.S. Steel was in ...read more

  • Emergents: The Age Of The Baby Boomer Ended In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
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    Emergents: The Age of The Baby Boomer ended in ‘03. Baby Boomers believed in big dreams, and personal freedom,. Today’s generation believes in small actions, reality, and social obligation. A Baby Boomer anchored his or her identity in their career. The emerging generation sees their her job only ...read more

  • A New Movie

    Contributed by William Huegel on Jan 27, 2006
     | 3,025 views

    A new movie There is a new Christian movie out called “The End of the Spear”. It is the story of five young missionaries who were killed trying to reach the Auca Indians in the jungles of South America with the Gospel. All five of these courageous and faith-filled young men were speared to ...read more

  • Napoleon's Genius Had Been Attributed To Many ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,641 views

    Napoleon’s genius had been attributed to many things, but, above all, he was a superb natural leader of men. Like any wise leader he was aware that his own success would have been nothing had his men not been willing, even eager, to follow him. Obviously he could not know and personally inspire ...read more

  • Eliminate The Little Sins

    Contributed by Scott Sharpes on Apr 12, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,496 views

    Eliminate the Little Sins (7) When a person becomes a Christian, he usually undergoes some radical life changes, especially if he has had an immoral background. Through the first steps of spiritual growth and self-denial, he gets rid of the large, obvious sins. But sad to say, many believers stop ...read more

  • I Have Heard Evangelist David Ring Speak ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 9, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,701 views

    I have heard Evangelist David Ring speak numerous times. David is a shining example of an individual suffering from a human weakness, a thorn if you will, but with God’s help used that weakness to preach the Gospel. David was born October 28, 1953 and suffered from cerebral palsy. David said ...read more

  • Calvin Coolidge Was The 30th President Of The ...

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jul 28, 2006
     | 1,424 views

    Calvin Coolidge was the 30th president of the United States. He was born in Plymouth, Vermont, on July 4, 1872. And he served as President from 1923-1929. Both his dry wit and brevity with words became legendary. His wife, Grace, told of the time when a young woman was sitting next to Coolidge at ...read more