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  • Fact Or ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
     | 1,825 views

    FACT OR FICTION? The London Daily Mail reports that one in four Britons don’t believe Prime Minister Winston Churchill actually existed. They suspect he is a mythical character rather than a historical one. Likewise, they think historical figures such as Florence Nightingale, Sir Walter Raleigh, ...read more

  • Credit Card ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
     | 815 views

    CREDIT CARD CRISES Americans are drowning in debt. Consumers have racked up more than $2.2 trillion in purchases and cash advances on major credit cards in just the last year. And it’s become a habit for them to spend more than they have. The overall credit card debt grew by 315% from 1989 to ...read more

  • Active Father Figures

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,855 views

    ACTIVE FATHER FIGURES Active fathers and father figures play a key role in reducing behavior problems in boys and psychological problems in young women, according to the peer-reviewed journal Acta Paediatrica. Swedish researchers found regular positive contact reduces criminal behavior among ...read more

  • Plug-In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
     | 1,031 views

    PLUG-IN POLLUTION The expected introduction of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles could cut U.S. gasoline use but could also increase air pollution in some areas. A plug-in’s lower tailpipe emissions may be offset by smokestack emissions from the utility plants supplying electricity to recharge the ...read more

  • The Breaking Of The Bread

    Contributed by Daniel Haas on Aug 22, 2008
     | 3,007 views

    Matthew 14:13-21 Mark 6:30-44 Luke 9:10-17 John 6:1-15 "By the breaking of the bread, he makes it into a seedbed of food--for if the bread had been left intact and not pulled apart and broken into pieces, they would have been unable to feed the great crowds of men, women, and children...Mysteries ...read more

  • We Are Not To Be Isolated But Insulated," Said ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
     | 3,292 views

    "We are not to be isolated but insulated," said Vance Havner, "moving in the midst of evil but untouched by it." Separation is contact with contamination. Jesus was "holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners" (Heb. 7:26), yet He was "a friend of tax collectors and sinners" (Luke ...read more

  • The Late Great American Writer Of Children's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 7, 2009
     | 1,253 views

    The late great American writer of children’s books and poetry, Phyllis McGinley (1905 - 1978): "Families that own a surface similarity of good cheer are happy families! For one thing, they like each other, which is quite a different thing from loving. For another, they have almost always, one ...read more

  • No Teeth  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,649 views

    NO TEETH Walking towards the United Nations Building in New York City, a street evangelist was observed who was trying to get the attention of passers-by. He urged those near him to flee from the wrath to come. "I warn you," he roared, "that there will be weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of ...read more

  • What Do We Have To Worry About?

    Contributed by Alan Tison on Jul 9, 2007
     | 1,580 views

    What do we have to Worry about? Consider the following… 40% of our worries never happen. Anxiety is the result of a tired mind. 30% of our worries concerns past decisions which cannot be changed 12% of our worries centers on criticism by others, meant to make us feel inferior 10% is related to ...read more

  • Jumping Where You Can't See  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,979 views

    JUMPING WHERE YOU CAN’T SEE The African impala can jump to a height of over 10 feet and cover a distance of greater than 30 feet. Yet these magnificent creatures can be kept in an enclosure in any zoo with a 3-foot wall. The animals will not jump if they cannot see where their feet will fall. ...read more

  • God Shows Up In The Humblest Dwellings

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 15, 2009
     | 2,083 views

    GOD SHOWS UP IN THE HUMBLEST DWELLINGS Tommy Welchel describes the miracles of Azusa Street: "The thought that God visited us in a barn to introduce His Son...confounds the minds of scholars a skeptics. These miracles were happening in and old, run-church that once used to house animals. By the ...read more

  • Don't Just Hang On...hang In

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2010
     | 3,630 views

    DON'T JUST HANG ON...HANG IN Decades ago, Oswald Chambers wrote about spiritual perseverance, defining it as... not to hang on and do nothing, but to work deliberately, knowing with certainty that God will never be defeated. The Bible is full of examples of men and women who didn't "just-hang-on" ...read more

  • The Moon Keeps ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 14, 2010
     | 1,588 views

    The Moon Keeps Shining The story is told of a judge who had been frequently ridiculed by a conceited lawyer. When asked by a friend why he didn’t rebuke his assailant, he replied, “In our town lives a widow who has a dog. And whenever the moon shines, it goes outside and barks all night.” Having ...read more

  • Infinite Wisdom

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 12, 2012
     | 6,314 views

    INFINITE WISDOM An angel appears at a faculty meeting and tells the dean, "In return for your unselfish and exemplary behavior, the Lord will reward you with your choice of infinite wealth, wisdom, or beauty." "Give me infinite wisdom!" declares the dean, without hesitation. Done!" says the ...read more

  • For Posterity

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 24, 2019
     | 2,137 views

    . In 1914, British World War I soldier Pvt. Thomas Hughes wrote a letter to his wife, sealed it in a ginger ale bottle, and tossed it into the English Channel. He died two days later fighting in France. Fast forward to 1999 when a fisherman found the bottle in the River Thames. It was too late to ...read more

  • What Would Jesus Do?

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 15, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,278 views

    One woman writes: Our fourth grader celebrated his birthday on crutches, so he couldn’t carry the cupcakes into school without help. I asked our sixth-grader, Noah, to help his brother carry them in. I could,” he said, but I’d prefer not to. ”Spotting a teaching moment, my husband asked Noah, What ...read more

  • A Man Had A Heart Attack And Was Rushed To The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on May 25, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,851 views

    A man had a heart attack and was rushed to the hospital. He could receive little company and was to avoid excitement. While in the hospital a rich uncle died and left him a million dollars. His family wondered how to break the news to him with the least amount of excitement. It was decided to ask ...read more

  • Conflict Resolution

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 2, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,096 views

    Psychologist Lynne Namka writes: Recent research shows that couples break up because they do not know how to resolve their differences through communication. Hostility only breeds more hostility. Venting the negative emotions may clear the air temporarily, but it does not solve the underlying ...read more

  • There's Story About An Atheist Who Traveled ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 30, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,821 views

    There’s story about an atheist who traveled around giving lectures at colleges and universities. At one of these lectures, he gave the challenge he gave every time. “If there’s a God, I challenge him to strike me down in the next 5 minutes.” Of course, the time went by and the tensions rose, ...read more

  • What Do You Believe?  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Jan 16, 2001
    based on 129 ratings
     | 5,336 views

    WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE? 6 out of 10 Americans believe Satan is only a symbol and not real 47 % of Christians believe the same thing 1 out of 4 Christians believe it doesn’t matter what religion you are because all of them are the same and they all lead to God 31% of Christians believe Heaven can be ...read more

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