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  • After The Preacher Died And Went To Heaven, He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Dow on Jun 4, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,792 views

    After the preacher died and went to heaven, he noticed that a New York cabdriver had been given a higher place than he had. “I don’t understand,” he complained to St. Peter. “I devoted my entire life to my congregation.” “Our policy is to reward results,” explained St. Peter. “Now what happened , ...read more

  • Robert Wuthnow, Author Of God And Mammon In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
     | 1,575 views

    Robert Wuthnow, author of God and Mammon in America states, "The more orthodox the (church) member’s belief and faith, the higher the giving--except among Catholics." (In general Catholic giving lags behind Protestant giving.) He also has discovered very predictable giving increases as a result of ...read more

  • Colonel Henry Gariepy, Retired Salvation Army ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Oct 6, 2007
     | 1,239 views

    Colonel Henry Gariepy, retired Salvation Army officer and author in the United States offered an awakening word. “Even in what sometimes appears to be our religious duties to Christ we find ulterior motives. Have we not too often observed those who come to church for the bread that perishes? In ...read more

  • What Do Americans Love More Than Money?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 13, 2011
     | 2,826 views

    WHAT DO AMERICANS LOVE MORE THAN MONEY? Most Americans love money, but we love something even more: security. According to a 2009 survey by the Pew Research Center, 59 percent of U.S. adults prefer a job that offers better security over one that offers higher pay but less stability (33 percent). ...read more

  • The Human Fly  PRO

    Contributed by Ted Sutherland on Sep 4, 2001
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,299 views

    Evangelish Robert Sumner told the story: When George Gibson Polley was a boy in Richmond, he hit a baseball onto the roof of a six-story building. Since with most sandlot games, it was the only ball the boys had, George promptly climbed up the outside of the building and retrieved it. This was the ...read more

  • When Jesus First Sent Peter And The Others Out ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Mar 1, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,891 views

    When Jesus first sent Peter and the others out to heal the sick, He gave them the necessary power to do it (see Matt. 10:1). The Greek word for this power is exousia, which carries with it the meaning that the power is not inherent but delegated by a higher authority. It is similar to the power an ...read more

  • There Is A New Law In Finland Regarding Speeding. ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 17, 2008
     | 1,322 views

    There is a new law in Finland regarding speeding. On February 11, 2004, Helsinki police stopped Jussi Salonoja, a 27-year-old Finnish sausage maker, driving 80 kilometers an hour in a 40-kph zone. Salonoja is no stranger to illegal speeds. In 2000, he was caught cruising the highway at 200 ...read more

  • Boy Crises?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,575 views

    BOY CRISES? Generally, boys and girls of similar backgrounds have similar academic success. An American Assoc. of Univ. Women report says while girls have graduated from high school and college for years at a higher rate than boys, the largest disparities in educational achievement are not between ...read more

  • Value Of The Old Testament

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 24, 2019
     | 1,693 views

    . “Marcion preached that the god who sent Jesus into the world was a different, higher deity than the creator god of Judaism. He considered himself a follower of Paul the Apostle, who he believed to have been the only true apostle of Jesus Christ. Church Fathers such as Justin Martyr… and ...read more

  • Standing On The Word  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 21, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,980 views

    Standing on the word I saw my two year old daughter natalie carry my bible by the case’s handle. She dragged it in front of a tall table we have, and as I was about to take it away from her the Lord stopped me and said: "I’m showing you something." She took the bible layed it on the floor and then ...read more

  • 1. The 1990 Kinsey Report States That Around ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rob Morton on Jun 5, 2001
    based on 166 ratings
     | 3,158 views

    1. The 1990 Kinsey Report states that around 50% of all married people will commit adultery during their lifetime. a. The number is usually about 5% higher among men. b. Women are less likely to commit adultery but not by much. 2. Some other studies propose even higher numbers ...read more

  • Lloyd Ogilive Tells A Story About When His Family ...

    Contributed by Kent Lenard on Oct 25, 2004
     | 2,424 views

    Lloyd Ogilive tells a story about when his family took a vacation by sailing from New York harbor to Quebec. They were going through the locks that allow ships travel up the river where they have to move to higher elevations. You come into a lock at the level of the water where you are. Then ...read more

  • The Wall Separating Church And Economics Is Being ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,926 views

    The Wall Separating Church And Economics is being breached. “More and more scholars have been using conventional economic methods to understand the way in which religion relates to the rest of society, and to the economy in particular,” says George Mason University professor Laurence R. Iannaccone. ...read more

  • I've Never Lifted A Barn, But Herman Ostry, A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,612 views

    I’ve never lifted a barn, but Herman Ostry, a farmer in Bruno, Nebraska has. Shortly after buying a piece of land and a barn, a nearby creek rose, and the barn was under twenty nine inches of water. He half-jokingly said to his family, ‘I bet if we had enough people, we could pick up that barn and ...read more

  • Bought To Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,869 views

    BOUGHT TO BE FREED A young girl was being sold at auction one day. She was a beautiful girl, tall and slender. The bidding was keen, and quickly mounted higher and higher until at last only two men were left bidding for her ownership: the one a low, uncouth foul-mouthed fellow who raised his bid ...read more

  • Pastors Older: Several Protestant Denominations ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,770 views

    Pastors Older: Several Protestant denominations report that their corps of pastors is not just decreasing but aging, with less than 10% age 35 or younger, compared with rates as high as 24% a generation ago. More than 30% of pastors in several denominations are above 55, higher than a generation ...read more

  • Lives Molested: A New Study By The U.s. Centers ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,341 views

    Lives Molested: A new study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surprisingly discovered that 16% of adult men were sexually molested as children and that 38% of the perpetrators were female. 25% of adult women reported being molested, 94% of the time by males. Molestation victims ...read more

  • Again, Take A Look At Such Geological Evidences ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 19, 2006
     | 1,468 views

    Again, take a look at such geological evidences as the Grand Canyon. Scientist tell us it took billions and billions of years to form under the erosion effects of the Colorado River. • But did you know that the top of the Grand Canyon is higher in elevation than where the Colorado River begins ...read more

  • Christians, We Have No Right To Look Down Our ...  PRO

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Feb 12, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,919 views

    Christians, we have no right to look down our noses with disdain on unsaved people. We can and should be offended at sin, but not personally offended – offended for God and His holiness. But if we can get it in our heads and in our hearts that when we were dead He gave us life, when we were ...read more

  • Traditional Family Is Alive Of The Nation's 73 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 2,478 views

    TRADITIONAL FAMILY IS ALIVE Of the nation's 73 million children, nearly 45 million (62%) live with their biological parents, according to the Census Bureau. Another 19 million live with their unmarried, biological mothers. Based on '04 surveys, the report also shows cohabiting families are on the ...read more