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  • Purity Is A Very Important Virtue To This ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 30, 2004
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     | 3,656 views

    Purity is a very important virtue to this 23-year-old singer. Rebecca is a virgin and she says she’ll remain one until she gets married. On her right ring finger, she wears a gold band. During a concert in Colorado Springs, she told her audience: “I’d like to tell you about this ring I’m wearing. ...read more

  • Recently We Asked A Lady How It Was That She ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Sep 15, 2004
     | 921 views

    Recently we asked a lady how it was that she became a Christian. She’s actively involved in church and loves the Lord, but we knew that her parents weren’t church-goers. She said that one Sunday when she was 10 years old, she walked to a church down the block from her house and just went in. An ...read more

  • The Little Sisters Of The Poor Were Going From ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,912 views

    The Little Sisters of the Poor were going from door to door in a French city, soliciting alms for old people. One nun called at the house of a rich free-thinker who said he would give 1000 francs if she would have a glass of champagne with him. It was an embarrassing situation for the nun, and she ...read more

  • New Luxury In Marketing Circles Today The Luxury ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,399 views

    New Luxury In marketing circles today the luxury market is all the rage. And no wonder, affluent consumers have incomes 2.5 times the national average and they spend twice as much on all kinds of consumer goods and services. But, as the luxury market has caught the imagination of marketers and ...read more

  • On One Of His European Tours, The Master Magician ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 2,104 views

    On one of his European tours, the master magician and locksmith Harry Houdini found himself locked in by his own thinking. After he had been searched and manacled in a Scottish town jail, the old turnkey shut him in a cell and walked away. Houdini quickly freed himself from his shackles and then ...read more

  • Your Self Esteem Is A Reflection Of How You ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 26, 2006
     | 2,043 views

    Your self esteem is a reflection of how you believe other people see you. It consists of who you think other people think you are. And that can be a real downer. Lindy Chappoten, a pitcher of middling talents who played for the old Shawnee Hawks in the Class D Sooner League, was once traded to the ...read more

  • Your Self Esteem Is A Reflection Of How You ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 26, 2006
     | 1,524 views

    Your self esteem is a reflection of how you believe other people see you. It consists of who you think other people think you are. And that can be a real downer. Lindy Chappoten, a pitcher of middling talents who played for the old Shawnee Hawks in the Class D Sooner League, was once traded to the ...read more

  • Non-Verbal- New Websites Like Myspace Are Popping ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,678 views

    Non-Verbal- New websites like MySpace are popping up regularly. Popular with teens, it has more than 78 million members. Though sometimes intimidating, parents embracing the new technologies are learning kids are willing to communicate — on their own terms. Parenting experts say technology should ...read more

  • Louis Pasteur, The Pioneer Of Immunology, Lived ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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     | 1,743 views

    Louis Pasteur, the pioneer of immunology, lived at a time when thousands of people died each year of rabies. Pasteur had worked for years on a vaccine. Just as he was about to begin experimenting on himself, a 9-year-old, Joseph Meister, was bitten by a rabid dog. The boy’s mother begged Pasteur to ...read more

  • A Woman And Her Husband, The Mayor Of A Large ...

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 20, 2004
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    A woman and her husband, the mayor of a large city, were walking along the street one day when a construction worker on a nearby scaffolding leaned over and shouted, "Hello, Peggy." She turned to look and recognized him as being an old boyfriend from high school. She returned his greeting and they ...read more

  • Object Lesson: The Purpose Of A Teapot

    Contributed by David Rumley on Apr 16, 2009
     | 8,630 views

    OBJECT LESSON: THE PURPOSE OF A TEAPOT Does a teapot serve a purpose until it has something to pour out? So too are we meant to be full – ready to pour out what we have been filled with. This is the Body of Christ - meant to become full of Christ so that we might be poured out on those in need. ...read more

  • A New Young Pastor Was Calling On The Elderly In ...

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Sep 17, 2009
     | 1,856 views

    A new young pastor was calling on the elderly in his congregation who could no longer go to church. He went to visit Aunt Sally, who was quite old and in a nursing home. He was somewhat nervous and kept eating peanuts from a bowl beside her bed. When he got up to leave, he noticed he had eaten ...read more

  • Oldest Living Vine  PRO

    Contributed by Alistair Wearring on Feb 27, 2010
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     | 6,447 views

    OLDEST LIVING VINE In Hampton Court, there is a grapevine that is reported to be the oldest living vine. It is over 230 years old. This grapevine has one root which is 3.6 metres (12 foot) round, and some of the branches are over 36.5 metres (120 foot) long. Despite its age the vine still produces ...read more

  • Imagine I Took $10,000 To Buy A New Car. I Paid ...

    Contributed by Kerry O'neill on Mar 9, 2010
     | 1,952 views

    Imagine I took $10,000 to buy a new car. I paid for it and then went to the car and vacuumed the inside and dumped the contents in a shoe box. Then I emptied the ashtray into the box and I found a couple of old French fries in the back seat and some other garbage in the trunk. I put it all in ...read more

  • Confession Is Good For You

    Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Mar 12, 2010
     | 3,645 views

    CONFESSION IS GOOD FOR YOU We’ve all heard the old saying, "Confession is good for the soul." Even in non-Christian and non-spiritual circles, people believe that to be true. Psychologists or psychiatrists would say that when we confess our wrong actions, words, and thoughts, it’s like a burden is ...read more

  • River Of Laughter

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Aug 20, 2010
     | 2,380 views

    RIVER OF LAUGHTER As he was born my heart was bursting with JOY. I held my son Ben up to the Lord and dedicated him then and there. I was so grateful for the gift of a child. I remember driving home at the beginning of that day laughing and honking the horn so everyone could SHARE THE JOY I had, ...read more

  • Family Fuss

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
     | 5,179 views

    FAMILY FUSS If you think your family has problems, consider the marriage mayhem created when 76-year-old Bill Baker of London recently wed Edna Harvey. She happened to be his granddaughter’s husband’s mother. That’s where the confusion began, according to Baker’s granddaughter, Lynn. "My ...read more

  • Self-Remedies

    Contributed by John Putty on Apr 16, 2011
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     | 3,846 views

    SELF-REMEDIES Not many people enjoy going to the doctor, but according to Reuters, in 1994, one London accountant to that to an extreme. The 63 year old man needed bladder surgery, but he couldn't overcome his fear of doctors and hospitals. So he self-reliantly did what had to be done. He ...read more

  • A Desperate Situation

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2012
     | 8,080 views

    A DESPERATE SITUATION The old preacher Vance Havner used to say, "The tragedy of our time is that the situation is desperate but the saints are not." Three weeks before President John Kennedy was assassinated, he said, "Almost all presidents leave office feeling that their work is unfinished. I ...read more

  • The Next Time You Feel God Can't Use You....

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Mar 4, 2014
     | 3,795 views

    Noah was a drunk. Abraham was too old. Isaac was a daydreamer. Jacob was a liar. Joseph was abused. Moses had a stuttering problem. Gideon was afraid. Sampson was a womanizer. Rahab was a prostitute. Jeremiah and Timothy were too young. David had an affair and was a murderer. Elijah was ...read more