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  • Four Preachers Confess  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Aug 4, 2001
    based on 148 ratings
     | 3,445 views

    Illus.: Four Preachers Confess Four preachers met for a friendly gathering. During the conversation one preacher said, “Our people come to us and pour out their hears, confess certain sins and needs. Let’s do the same. Confession is good for the soul.” In due time all agree. One of them said that ...read more

  • The Guardian" Is A Powerful Movie Depicting The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 14, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,251 views

    “The Guardian” is a powerful movie depicting the life and risks of Search and Rescue teams. A trainee is intent on breaking the swim records and rescue stats of the legendary Master-chief Ben Randall (Kevin Costner). Ben laments quietly to himself “records” because young Jake Fischer is missing the ...read more

  • A Few Words

    Contributed by Mark Armstrong on Jun 2, 2009
     | 4,244 views

    A FEW WORDS Imagine going into a bank, innocently filling out a withdrawal slip, and within minutes being arrested by the police. When Ron Schatz filled out a withdrawal slip in an American bank, he had no idea that handcuffs would soon be placed upon him. It took a while to straighten out the ...read more

  • Fruitfulness As God's Work  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 24, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,205 views

    FRUITFULNESS AS GOD’S WORK A few years ago, the Associated Press released a study done by an agricultural school in Iowa. It reported that production of 100 bushels of corn from one acre of land, in addition to the many hours of the farmer’s labor, required 4,000,000 pounds of water, 6,800 pounds ...read more

  • Charles Spurgeon Deals With Man Who Believed In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 14, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,083 views

    Charles Spurgeon Deals With Man Who Believed in Sinless Perfection I love the story of Charles Spurgeon when he was a speaker at a conference along with another man, who publicly proclaimed that Christians could reach a place of sinless perfection where they no longer struggled with sin because ...read more

  • From The Associated ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 18, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,500 views

    From the Associated Press RIVERTON, Wyo. – Officials say a magnifying glass set on a stand in a sunny room started a small blaze in a Wyoming home. UPS worker Buddy Armstrong was delivering a package to 84-year-old Thomas Guthrie's Dubois home on Tuesday when he heard an alarm inside. Armstrong, ...read more

  • To Whom Are You Giving?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,379 views

    To Whom Are You Giving? An experience in the life of English preacher and theologian Andrew Fuller illustrates this truth. James Duff, in Flashes of Truth, told of a time when Fuller went back to his hometown to collect money for foreign missions. One of his contacts was an old friend. When ...read more

  • Four Sets Of Teeth  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 1, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,565 views

    FOUR SETS OF TEETH Simon was an Orthodox Jew. He had a Gentile friend, James, who noticed that Simon owned four sets of false teeth. One day James asked his friend why he had so many sets of false teeth. Surprised by the question, Simon explained, "My friend, as you know, I keep kosher. I have ...read more

  • Hoping More People Do The Right Thing

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 29, 2010
     | 1,225 views

    HOPING MORE PEOPLE DO THE RIGHT THING A recent (March 2010) AFP article hit the presses this week: CHICAGO (AFP) – People fell onto a bag of cash like a pack of hungry piranhas after more than $100,000 tumbled out the back of an armored truck onto an Ohio street, local media reported. The bag ...read more

  • As An Amateur Photographer, I Have Often Been ...

    Contributed by Michael Tkachuk on May 17, 2010
     | 1,900 views

    As an amateur photographer, I have often been asked to take photos of people at various events – maybe it was at a wedding, or for a school yearbook, or for the press. Well, some of the photos turned out very pleasing but some were not so flattering. The request has always been to destroy bad ...read more

  • Gas ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 29, 2010
     | 1,463 views

    Gas Mileage According to a story in the Grand Rapids Press, the owner of a small foreign car had begun to irritate his friends by bragging incessantly about his gas mileage. So they decided on a way to get some humor out of his tireless boasting, as well as bring it to an end. Every day one of ...read more

  • The Cause

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
     | 3,870 views

    THE CAUSE A university physics professor testified that he came to the university believing he had all the answers. “An avowed evolutionist, I knew all about cause and effect. I could begin with the present and work back. Behind every natural effect I found a natural cause. “One day I was ...read more

  • Disposable Guilt Bags

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2011
     | 5,091 views

    DISPOSABLE GUILT BAGS Several years ago a new product called "Disposable Guilt Bags" appeared in the supermarkets. It consisted of a set of ten ordinary brown bags on which were printed the following instructions: "Place the bag securely over your mouth, take a deep breath and blow all your guilt ...read more

  • Bag Of Candy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,276 views

    Bag of Candy A young boy was arrested and brought before the judge for taking a bag of candy from the shelf of a local store. The owner of the store pressed charges because he wanted the boy to learn a lesson. After a lecture from the judge, the judge asked the young boy if he had anything to say ...read more

  • Who Do Your Kids Look Up To?

    Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Feb 2, 2009
     | 1,644 views

    WHO DO YOUR KIDS LOOK UP TO? In 2003, two very interesting quotes were in the newspapers. Parents had been polled and asked who they thought the most influential role-models were in the lives of their preteen sons. The answer: bad boy Bart Simpson was named the top-role model. Parents of children ...read more

  • Leadership Confidence Levels ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 2,096 views

    LEADERSHIP CONFIDENCE LEVELS FALLING The 2008 Harris Poll of American leadership confidence has measured the confidence finds 15 of the 16 items listed show a fall in confidence from 2007. They are leadership in medicine down from 35% to 28%, the White House down 22% to 15% and small business ...read more

  • Subway Superhero

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 22, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,215 views

    SUBWAY SUPERHERO Just a few years ago, an astonishing thing happened in New York City. A construction worker named Wesley Autrey was standing on a subway platform with his two young daughters waiting on a train. Suddenly another man on the platform, apparently suffering from a seizure, stumbled ...read more

  • Henry Blackaby—on Tsumani

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 28, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,475 views

    Henry Blackaby -On Tsumani Blackaby says natural disasters can point to God’s judgment By Ken Walker Baptist Press LEXINGTON, Ky. - The author of the bestselling "Experiencing God" study thinks divine retribution was at work in the tsunami that struck southern Asia in late December. Henry ...read more

  • Joseph Lewis Preston, Of The Free Thinkers Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
     | 2,206 views

    Joseph Lewis Preston, of the Free Thinkers of America, told an Associated Press reporter, “Organized interest in atheism has lagged because the opposition isn’t as strong as it used to be. There has been considerable liberalizing of religion and the lines of conflict aren’t nearly as strong.” ...read more

  • Religious Teens: The Majority Of American Teens ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,895 views

    Religious Teens: The majority of American teens believes in God and worship in conventional congregations, but their religious knowledge is remarkably shallow, finds The National Study of Youth and Religion funded by the Lily Foundation. Devout teens hold more traditional sexual and other values ...read more

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