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  • A Jewish Man, In Tears, Walks Up To Another ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 12 ratings
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    A Jewish man, in tears, walks up to another Jewish man. "What’s the matter?" "I sent my son to Jerusalem to become a better Jew, and he comes back a Christian. What am I to do?" The other man responds "You know, it’s funny that you say that, because I sent my son to Jerusalem to become a better ...read more

  • 11 Internet Direct Mail Tips: Robert Bly, Writing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 1,533 views

    11 Internet Direct Mail Tips: Robert Bly, writing it the 6/12 issue of DM News notes the following techniques that seem to be successful in e-marketing. · Use short statements that tease the reader. · Use incentives, discount, gift, free shipping, etc. · Free money is a powerful offer. · With a ...read more

  • No Trust Or Full Trust — Haddon Robinson  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 15, 2006
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    No Trust or Full Trust - Haddon Robinson Years ago, Monroe Parker was traveling through South Alabama on a hot day. He stopped at a watermelon stand, picked out a watermelon, and asked the proprietor how much it cost. "It’s $1.10," he replied. Parker dug into his pocket, found only a bill and ...read more

  • The Great Blondin

    Contributed by Kelvin Mckisic on Jan 28, 2007
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    The Great Blondin The Great Blondin was a daredevil whose stage was Niagara Falls, where a tightrope was stretched across the great falls which he would walk across and back again. In his show he would ask the crowd if they believed that he could walk across and back again. The crowd would ...read more

  • In Ancient Times, Poor Beggars Often Were Found ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Apr 6, 2007
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    In ancient times, poor beggars often were found by rich people’s houses as well as by busy streets and anywhere else people would pass. They were especially found near the temple gates and this still true today. Beggar gypsies are all around the churches in Romania; the same in France and UK. Paris ...read more

  • At One Time Andrew Carnegie Was The Wealthiest ...

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 4, 2007
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    At one time Andrew Carnegie was the wealthiest man in America. He came to America from his native Scotland when he was a small boy, did a variety of odd jobs, and eventually ended up as the largest steel manufacturer in the United States. At one time he had forty-three millionaires working for him. ...read more

  • Henry Moorhouse Preached One Evening On The Love ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Henry Moorhouse preached one evening on the love of God. In the meeting was a rough, wicked coal miner who had a vile temper, was a heavy drinker, and mistreated his wife and children when he’d been drinking. His name was Ike Miller. Moorhouse was told that Ike Miller was at the meeting and that ...read more

  • At One Time Andrew Carnegie Was The Wealthiest ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,513 views

    At one time Andrew Carnegie was the wealthiest man in America. He came to America from his native Scotland when he was a small boy, did a variety of odd jobs, and eventually ended up as the largest steel manufacturer in the United States. At one time he had forty-three millionaires working for him. ...read more

  • Charlie Brown And Lucy And Linus Are Lying On The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 6, 2007
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    Charlie Brown and Lucy and Linus are lying on the ground, looking up into the sky. Lucy says, "If you use your imagination, you can see lots of things in the cloud formations. What do you think you see, Linus?" Linus responds, "Well, those clouds up there look like the map of the British Honduras ...read more

  • In The Book, "Blink", Malcolm Gladwell Tells ...

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Nov 5, 2007
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    In the book, “Blink”, Malcolm Gladwell tells about a study that began at the University of Washington on marriages. Among other things, the study discovered indicators that were near certain to show if a marriage was disintegrating to the point of danger. The single most important indicator was ...read more

  • I Heard About A Man And His Four-Year-Old Son ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Nov 19, 2007
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    I heard about a man and his four-year-old son traveling in the family car. As Dad turned the corner the door flew open and the son rolled out into the street. The dad looked back and noticed that another vehicle traveling at a fast rate and was nearly upon his son. All of a sudden the father ...read more

  • Goodness: Pretend You Were To Go Out On The ...

    Contributed by Timothy Dolan on Jan 5, 2008
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    GOODNESS: Pretend you were to go out on the streets today and ask people a question. The question is this: “What is good?” On the face, we live in corrupted world; in which things are termed O.K. … So what is ‘good’? In Matthew 19 a man addressed Jesus and said, “Good Teacher, what good thing ...read more

  • Perhaps You Remember The Old Tv ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Jan 22, 2008
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    ILLUSTRATION: Perhaps you remember the old TV sit-com or have seen it on “TV-Land” staring Carroll O’Connor All in the Family. Archie Bunker often found himself at odds with his meathead son-in-law Mike. In one episode Archie and his wife Edith were having a discussion about God when Mike ...read more

  • Residents Of Pompeii Ignored Warning ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 2, 2009
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    Residents of Pompeii Ignored Warning Signs Naomi and I visited the ruins of Pompeii outside of what is today Naples. The Roman City of Pompeii was destroyed in A.D. 79. The explosion of Mount Vesuvius was so sudden, the residents were killed while in their routine: men and women were at the market, ...read more

  • What Is The 3rd Largest Nation On The Face Of The ...

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Jan 19, 2010
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    What is the 3rd largest nation on the face of the earth? 1) China 1,335,200,000 2) India 1,175,410,000 3) The Nation of FACEBOOK. If you put all the Facebookers together in one place, there would be over 350 Million people, all gathered somewhere in cyberspace. The United States of America has a ...read more

  • Switching Off The Message  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2010
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     | 3,493 views

    SWITCHING OFF THE MESSAGE The Word will protect us. No soldier is going to go to battle without his armor and his weapons. Yet many Christians today rarely even pick up their bible. A former park ranger at Yellowstone National Park tells the story of a ranger leading a group of hikers to a fire ...read more

  • Can Love Last A ...

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 8, 2010
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    Can Love Last a Lifetime? “Psychology Today Magazine” had a very timely an article in their June 2010 volume. The title of the article was “Can Love Last a Lifetime?” and their answer was Yes! Here is a thoroughly secular source that has recently changed its position and discovered that love need ...read more

  • What's Really Wrong With Me

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on May 20, 2011
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    WHAT'S REALLY WRONG WITH ME These are the words of a bloke who grew up in the Salvation Army, "The year 1950 found us, my wife and I and three small children, living in our new bungalow in the seaside city of Timaru. Success had come in business and academic life, musical compositions were being ...read more

  • The Wisdom Of William Jennings Bryan

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on May 30, 2011
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    THE WISDOM OF WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN was a U.S. Congressman, 3-time Democratic presidential nominee, and Secretary of State who served this country for three decades. He is probably best remembered for the famous Scopes Trial in 1925 at Dayton TN. This man's far reaching ...read more

  • Stalin: Like Steel Toward God

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 6, 2011
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    STALIN: LIKE STEEL TOWARD GOD According to Svetlana Stalin, as her father, Joseph Stalin lay dying, he was plagued with terrifying hallucinations. He suddenly sat halfway up in bed, clenched his fist toward the heavens once more, fell back upon his pillow, and was dead. The incredible irony of ...read more