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  • A Business Executive Became Depressed. Things ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 3, 2006
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     | 1,771 views

    A business executive became depressed. Things were not going well at work, and he was bringing his problems home with him every night. Every evening he would eat his dinner in silence, shutting out his wife and five-year-old daughter. Then he would go into the den and read the paper using the ...read more

  • I Remember As A Boy Going With My Grand Dad To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,400 views

    . I REMEMBER AS A BOY GOING WITH MY GRAND DAD TO AN OLD GRIST MILL ON THEN SALADO CREEK, WITH A BIG WATERWHEEL THAT TURNED WITH THE WATER FROM THE CREEK. I. GRAND DAD WENT THERE TO HAVE HIS CORN GROUND INTO CORN MEAL AND ONE MORNING WE DROVE TO THE MILL AND THE WATERWHEEL WAS NOT TURNING BECAUSE ...read more

  • Reader's Digest Told Of A Factory Worker Who ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,923 views

    Reader’s Digest told of a factory worker who refused to sign up for group insurance. The problem was no policy could be issued until all employees signed up. Yet he held out stubbornly. The foreman begged him to sign; the shop foreman pleaded with him; the plant superintendent and general manager ...read more

  • Isn't Abortion Rare? That's What Some Liberal ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,298 views

    Isn’t abortion rare? That’s what some liberal politicians have suggested should be our goal. I guess we aren’t doing such a good job. AMERICAN WAR CASUALTIES REVOLUTIONARY WAR 25,324 CIVIL WAR 498,332 WORLD WAR II 407,316 KOREAN WAR 54,246 VIETNAM WAR 56,655 GULF WAR 293 WAR ON THE UNBORN ...read more

  • Talking Is Easy, Isn't It? Some People Have No ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,482 views

    Talking is easy, isn’t it? Some people have no problems with talking to you about almost any subject you can think of. They can ramble on and on and say thousands of words, and not really say anything of importance. Three boys were bragging to one another about their fathers. One of them said, “My ...read more

  • Duct Tape Is One Of Those Invaluable Items That ...

    Contributed by Danny Pinksen on Jun 28, 2007
     | 1,375 views

    Duct Tape is one of those invaluable items that is able to solve many of life’s little problems. We have seen some examples in the video we just watched. In recent years, Red Green has certainly increased the sales of duct tape. He used duct tape for many of the contraptions that he developed. Red ...read more

  • The Silent Treatment  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,732 views

    The Silent Treatment A man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment. Suddenly, the man realized that the next day, he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early morning business flight. Not wanting to be the first to break the ...read more

  • A "Lame Duck" President Met With His Successor In ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 24, 2007
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    A “lame duck” President met with his successor in the Oval Office. Near the end of the orientation, he presented the incoming leader three numbered envelopes, with specific instructions to open them, in order, when great difficulties arose. After the new President completed his “honeymoon” period ...read more

  • I Want To Give You The Chance To Receive A ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 12, 2007
     | 1,252 views

    I want to give you the chance to receive a blessing. I have something for you to taste. It is fruit. You can receive it but do not take it. Hopefully you will find it good. I ask you to worship the Lord in this. Praise God for the goodness of fruit that nourishes us. Praise God for this symbol of ...read more

  • In A Recent Article That He Wrote, Incarnate ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 7, 2008
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    In a recent article that he wrote, Incarnate Preaching, Gordon MacDonald listed a set of questions that he believes are asked by adults from age 20 on up to age 70 and beyond and which need to be addressed in preaching and teaching. Here are a few of them with the age segment MacDonald believes is ...read more

  • "Clean House" Show On Style Network

    Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 28, 2008
     | 1,518 views

    “Clean House” show on Style Network Each episode begins with a short montage introducing the subjects of the makeover. Homeowners typically are "victims" of a combination of poor housekeeping ability and lifestyle situations that exacerbate the problem. Most of the homes on the show are so messy ...read more

  • How Far Along

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 29, 2008
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     | 2,392 views

    There were two men traveling in the WAY The first man said to the other man: “How long have we been traveling in the “Way?” The other man answered: “Not long enough to get to where we are going but far too long to only be as far as we are. Have you ever looked back on your Christian walk and ...read more

  • Forgiveness Is Healing

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 7,158 views

    FORGIVENESS IS HEALING A London psychiatrist once told Dr. Billy Graham that 70% of the people in treatment in England could be released if they could find forgiveness. Their problem, he said, was guilt, and they could find no relief from the grief and pressure under which they lived. Often ...read more

  • Hand In Hand, Not Eye To Eye

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 19, 2006
     | 2,958 views

    HAND IN HAND, NOT EYE TO EYE There is a study by James Dobson that reveals that men use about 25,000 words a day, but women use 50,000. Now, ladies when you say, "My husband just won’t listen to me..." You’ve got to realize he doesn’t have the brain with the capacity to hold as much as you can ...read more

  • Clark's Gloom Of Grace

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 29, 2009
     | 1,786 views

    CLARK'S GLOOM OF GRACE Lord Kenneth Clark, internationally known for his television series Civilization, lived and died without faith in Jesus Christ. He admitted in his autobiography that, while visiting a beautiful church, he had what he believed to be an overwhelming religious experience. "My ...read more

  • Heroic Love

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 10, 2009
     | 1,610 views

    HEROIC LOVE St. Gianna Molla stands out as another fool for Christ. She conceived a child and then discovered a grave medical problem. A doctor herself, "A few days before the child was due, although trusting as always in Providence, she was ready to give her life in order to save that of her ...read more

  • Hunger Is Not So Much Dependent On Lack Of ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 25, 2009
     | 2,254 views

    “Hunger is not so much dependent on lack of material things as on shortage of social resources, the most important of which are institutional. What is missing, in other words, is a network of economic institutions capable of guaranteeing regular access to sufficient food and water for nutritional ...read more

  • From Obscurity To Importance Because Of An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2009
     | 3,645 views

    From Obscurity to Importance Because of an Event Prior to June of 1815 hardly anyone in the world had heard of a small village in Belgium. It was in fact so small that it was scarcely found on any map. But after June 18, 1815 that microscopic village became infinitely important because of what ...read more

  • Rearranging Ashes

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2010
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     | 5,387 views

    Rearranging Ashes The story is told of an eastern ascetic holy man who covered himself with ashes as a sign of humility and regularly sat on a prominent street corner of his city. When tourists asked permission to take his picture, the mystic would rearrange his ashes to give the best image of ...read more

  • Ruth Bell Graham Tells Childhood Story Of Son, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2010
     | 2,467 views

    Ruth Bell Graham Tells Childhood Story of son, Franklin with His Toy Gun Ruth Bell Graham tells this story about her son Franklin: Franklin was sleeping on the front porch with his cowboy boots and toy gun. We were having problems with some polecats (skunks), and Franklin told me not to worry ...read more

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