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  • The United Methodist Church Is Losing 40,000 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,679 views

    The United Methodist Church is losing 40,000 members a year in the U.S. as it gains roughly 100,000 a year in the 13 African nations where it is thriving. There are now 11.2 million Methodists worldwide including 8.3 million in the U.S. Africans are having a growing ...read more

  • Shoppers Expect To Spend An Average Of Only $671 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,546 views

    Shoppers expect to spend an average of only $671 on Christmas gifts this year, down 1% from last year, reports Gift Tracker survey. American consumers feel wrung out and are not particularly bullish about their holiday gift shopping. But what consumers say and what they ...read more

  • The Donorpulse 2003, An Annual Poll Conducted By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
     | 1,300 views

    The DonorPulse 2003, an annual poll conducted by Campbell Research, reports what types of organizations Americans gave to last year. 33% of the population has given to health, medical or hospital charities and 34% to social service organizations. 30% have given to religious charities in ...read more

  • The Job Of A Coach

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jul 2, 2011
     | 2,702 views

    THE JOB OF A COACH For 29 years Tom Landry was the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. He was also a strong Christian and for many years was on the board of Dallas Theological Seminary. When asked to explain his philosophy of coaching, he said that the job of a coach is ...read more

  • Waiting To Be King

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Dec 3, 2011
     | 5,440 views

    WAITING TO BE KING In April 2011 Prince Charles became the longest serving heir apparent in British history, having waited 59 years, 2 months and 14 days. Charles overtook the record set by his great-great grandfather king Edward VII; and ...read more

  • Lifeless Prayer

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 28, 2012
     | 3,747 views

    The famous Dutch born Catholic priest and Christian philosopher Henri Nouwen – author of the book “The Wounded Healer” who died in 1996 said this about his own spiritual journey: “After sixty-three years of life and thirty eight years of priesthood, my prayer seems as ...read more

  • The Following Were Answers Provided By 6th ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,897 views

    The following were answers provided by 6th graders during a history test. Watch the spelling! Some of the best humor is in the misspelling. Even funnier read aloud to someone else! 1. Ancient Egypt was inhabited by mummies and they all wrote in hydraulics. They lived in the Sarah Dessert. The ...read more

  • Two Stories Of Injustice

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
     | 4,577 views

    TWO STORIES OF INJUSTICE In 1984, James Ealy was convicted in the 1982 brutal murders of 33-year-old Christine Parker, her two children and one grandchild. Two years later, the Illinois Appellate Court overturned the conviction - even as justices acknowledged Ealy almost certainly was guilty. They ...read more

  • Match Made In Heaven

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Oct 16, 2012
     | 2,625 views

    There is a story about a couple that went to heaven and in this life they loved each other, but from a distance. So when they got to heaven, they decided to get married. They said to Peter, "Pete, we want to get married." And Peter says, "You have got eternity, why don't you think of it for 50 ...read more

  • Be Thankful

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 11, 2012
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     | 14,922 views

    BE THANKFUL Back in 1988, a Polish railway worker named Jan Grzebski was hit by a train. He lived ... but only barely. For the next 19 years (until the year 2007), Grzebski was in a coma. He awoke in 2007 to a whole new world. Nineteen years earlier, Poland was a communist state. Grzebski noted ...read more

  • New Church Treasurer

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 4, 2022
     | 1,653 views

    The day the old church treasurer resigned, the church asked the local grain elevator manager to take the position. He agreed under 2 conditions: 1. No treasurer’s report would be given for the first year 2. No questions be asked about finances during that year The people were surprised but finally ...read more

  • Spiritual Gifts Are Like An Orchestra  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 9,250 views

    SPIRITUAL GIFTS ARE LIKE AN ORCHESTRA When I was in the 5th grade, our entire 5th grade class at Anderson Elementary School was required to take band. At a certain hour of each day we would gather in the band room and attempt to play our instruments. We didn’t really have a choice which ...read more

  • Afghan Spiritual Harvest

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 16, 2011
    based on 1 rating
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    AFGHAN SPIRITUAL HARVEST In his book What Good Is God?, Philip Yancey writes: "This is a true story from Afghanistan that took place in the early 1970s, before the Russian occupation or the Taliban regime. At the time, the government allowed a small Christian church to service internationals who ...read more

  • My Body, My Swat

    Contributed by James Snyder on Nov 6, 2021
     | 1,280 views

    Usually, I am not easily offended, nor do I easily lose my temper. I did lose my temper when I was six years old but have not been able to find it since. Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage is trying to find it but so far, she has not found it. Many people are ticked off by some minor little thing ...read more

  • According To The Study Made By Paul Lee Tan: ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sol Madlambayan on Nov 30, 2002
    based on 39 ratings
     | 2,026 views

    According to the study made by Paul Lee Tan: “the murder rate in the U.S is roughly 10,000 per year- more than one per hour everyday in the year. In all the wars in the nations’ history, 530,000 US combatants have been killed; but ...read more

  • The Trouble With Pepople Who Are Not Seeking A ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Apr 20, 2008
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    "THE TROUBLE WITH PEPOPLE WHO ARE NOT SEEKING A SAVIOUR NOR SALVATION IS THAT THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF SIN. IT IS A PECULIAR FUNCTION OF THE LAW TO BRING SUCH AN UNDERSTANDING TO A MAN'S MIND AND CONSCIENCE. THIS IS WHY GREAT EVANGELICAL PREACHERS 300 YEARS AGO IN THE TIME OF THE ...read more

  • The Corpse Of Sin  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2002
    based on 32 ratings
     | 4,624 views

    THE CORPSE OF SIN When he was arrested in February 2002 for dumping off as many as 200 bodies in nearby woods, 28 year old Ray Brent Marsh, the operator of Tri-State Crematory told authorities that the incinerator had not worked for some time. A spokesman for the company that made the ...read more

  • A School Superintendent Told His Assistant ...  PRO

    Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 21, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,336 views

    A school superintendent told his assistant superintendent the following: "Next Thursday at 10:30am, Haley’s Comet will appear over this area. This is an event which occurs only once every 75 years. Call the school principals and have them assemble their teachers and classes on their athletic fields ...read more

  • New York (Ap) — A Man Who Paid $5 For A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Biolsi on Apr 7, 2004
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     | 1,916 views

    NEW YORK (AP) — A man who paid $5 for a 19th-century painting he bought at a garage sale has sold it to a museum for $1 million, an art publication reported. The unidentified 29-year-old actor found Joseph Decker’s (search) "Ripening Pears" wrapped in a blanket at a Los Angeles garage sale three ...read more

  • Bill Hybels Tells About An Interesting ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 1, 2005
    based on 40 ratings
     | 7,185 views

    Bill Hybels tells about an interesting experience after a baptism service in their church. He writes: “I bumped into a woman in the stairwell who was crying. I thought this was a little odd, since the service was so joyful. I asked her if she was all right. She said, ‘No, I’m struggling.’ She ...read more