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  • Cell Phone Codependency A Growing Number Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
     | 2,811 views

    Cell Phone Codependency A growing number of experts have identified and begun to study a distinct downside in that: cell phone use may be making us less autonomous and less capable of solving problems on our own, even when the answers are right in front of us. The ease of obtaining instant advice ...read more

  • A Professor In A World-Acclaimed Medical School ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 41 ratings
     | 4,125 views

    A professor in a world-acclaimed medical school once posed this medical situation -- and ethical problem -- to his students: "Here’s the family history: The father has syphilis. The mother has TB. They already have had four children. The first is blind. The second had died. The third is deaf. The ...read more

  • It Happens Every Time The Prof Calls A Group Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,187 views

    It happens every time the prof calls a group of students to the board to solve a physics problem. Someone holds the chalk wrong and sends chills up and down the spines of everyone in the class with that familiar classroom torture technique: "squeaky chalk." Why does a piece of chalk produce that ...read more

  • I Have Been Told That In The Jungles Of South ...

    Contributed by Mark Price on May 12, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,015 views

    I have been told that in the jungles of South America, that monkey trappers use jars with narrow mouths, hung in trees by wire, to trap their prey. They hang the jars on the branches, and place rocks inside. As the monkeys travel through the trees, the branches rattle the stones in the jars. The ...read more

  • Barn Handles

    Contributed by Tim Parsons on Sep 24, 2006
     | 1,667 views

    Shortly after Herman Ostry bought a piece of property in Bruno, Nebraska, a nearby creek flooded his new barn with 29 inches of water. Herman’s son Mike started thinking about the problem. Mike counted the number of boards, timbers, and nails, estimating the barn’s weight at 19,000 pounds. Mike ...read more

  • Millions Of People Upon This Planet This ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Oct 28, 2006
     | 1,135 views

    Millions of people upon this planet this Christmas will celebrate with big celebration’s, but they will completly miss the point of the celebrations. Could you imagine returning home to find your house decortated top to bottom with lights and party decorations and when you get to the door you ...read more

  • Imagine A Father Giving His Son A Special Toy ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 17, 2006
     | 1,264 views

    Imagine a father giving his son a special toy for his birthday. And the boy likes it. A lot. In fact, he likes it so much, he goes overboard. He just wants to play with it all the time. Then, the father tells him it’s time to put it up. But the boy becomes disrespectful of the father. “Why ...read more

  • W.a. Criswell Tells Of An Ambitious Young Man Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Smith on Apr 2, 2007
    based on 19 ratings
     | 4,815 views

    W.A. Criswell tells of an ambitious young man who told his pastor he’d promised God a tithe of his income. They prayed for God to bless his career. At that time he was making $40.00 per week and tithing $4.00. God did just that and in a few years his income increased and he was tithing $500.00 per ...read more

  • Consider What We Know About Divorce In The ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Nov 12, 2003
     | 941 views

    Consider what we know about divorce in the United States: > In 1998 2.2 million couples married and 1.1 million divorced. > In 2000, 58 million couples were married yet separated and another 21 million couples were divorced. > People between the ages of 25 to 39 account for 60% of all ...read more

  • Recently Kgo Talk Radio In San Francisco ...  PRO

    Contributed by Randy Croft on Jul 5, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,396 views

    Recently KGO talk radio in San Francisco conducted a call-in poll. Ronn Owens invited listeners to express their opinion. Thirty-five percent said yes, 33 percent said no and 32 percent were undecided. One listener, aghast at the large number of undecideds, protested, "It’s this sort of apathy ...read more

  • The Late Larry Burkett, A Christian Financial ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 22, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,934 views

    The late Larry Burkett, a Christian financial counselor & founder of Crown Ministries, gives these statistics. 40% borrow more than they can make monthly payments on. The average American family is always only 3 weeks away from bankruptcy. According to Burkett and social security statistics, 85 out ...read more

  • For Hundreds Of Years Before The Birth Of Jesus, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Nov 6, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,529 views

    For hundreds of years before the birth of Jesus, the Jews had been expecting a deliverer, a messiah, to help them to get rid of foreigners who had invaded their land. About 200 years before Jesus came, a wicked king of Syria, called Antiochus oppressed them. He had forbidden the worship of God ...read more

  • There Is Little Doubt To The Fact That Every ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Taylor on Apr 23, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,455 views

    There is little doubt to the fact that every person here has most likely heard the old adage, “Seeing is believing.” In a world filled with insatiable claims it has become commonplace for a person to respond, “I won’t believe it, until I see it.” It is this very principle that brought Robert ...read more

  • Colson's Change  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jul 24, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,537 views

    Colson’s Change In July of 1984 Charles Colson was speaking at a Baptist gathering. He told of his change from being an Episcopalian to becoming a Baptist. He had considered a change dictated by his study of Scripture and his developing personal convictions. But he did not want his change to be ...read more

  • They Need A Father  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 31, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,820 views

    THEY NEED A FATHER ... “almost 75 percent of American children living in fatherless households will experience poverty before the age of eleven, compared to only 20 percent of those raised by two parents. Children living in homes where fathers are absent are far more likely to be expelled from or ...read more

  • I Heard A Story Of Two Neighbours. Between Their ...

    Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Apr 17, 2007
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    I heard a story of two neighbours. Between their houses was a beautiful tree. Both neighbours loved the wonderful songs of the birds in the trees. The one neighbour would sing hymns when he heard the birds and the birds seemed to sing along. The other would sing praise choruses and again, the ...read more

  • Men Aren't Equipped

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,533 views

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

  • God Can Use You  PRO

    Contributed by Fran Van Hoven on Jun 29, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,759 views

    ILLUS: God can use you The next time you feel like GOD can’t use you, just remember... Noah got drunk, Abraham was too old, Isaac was a daydreamer, Jacob was a liar, Joseph was abused, Moses had a stuttering problem, Gideon was afraid, Rahab was a prostitute, Jeremiah and Timothy were too ...read more

  • Shortly After Herman Ostry Bought A Piece Of ...

    Contributed by Patrick Mccosh on Jul 23, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,417 views

    Shortly after Herman Ostry bought a piece of property in Bruno, Nebraska, a nearby creek flooded his new barn with 29 inches of water. Herman’s son Mike started thinking about the problem. Mike counted the number of boards, timbers, and nails, estimating the barn’s weight at 19,000 pounds. Mike ...read more

  • Obedience  PRO

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Aug 19, 2007
    based on 13 ratings
     | 10,110 views

    Obedience I used to have problems getting my son to clean his room. I would insist that he, “Do it now,” and he would always agree to do so, but then he wouldn’t follow through – at least, not right way. After high school, he joined the Marine Corps, which is where he is now. When he and I were ...read more