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  • Thank You, Mom, For Being Strong For Me

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on May 4, 2020
     | 2,997 views

    It almost brings tears to my eyes when I watch the commercials where the child is growing up and is leaving home for college, or to get married and live in another city. I think about how difficult it must have been for my mom to watch me drive off to college in another city. And then later to ...read more

  • A Year Or So Ago, Police In Wheeling, Illinois, ...

    Contributed by Thomas Black on Jan 28, 2005
     | 1,267 views

    A year or so ago, Police in Wheeling, Illinois, accused a Wal-Mart cashier of buying merchandise at the store using credit-card numbers she had copied from customers. Investigators admitted the cashier had made their job easier. She ...read more

  • Misperceptions Between What Employees Say Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 1,738 views

    Misperceptions between what employees say is likely to keep them with their current employer and what HR administrators perceive it will take are costly. Companies must better identify and address employee expectations to really minimize turnover ...read more

  • What Scares Me Is The Anti-Intellectual, ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Dec 11, 2007
     | 1,018 views

    “What scares me is the anti-intellectual, anti-critical-thinking philosophy that has spilled over into the Church. This philosophy tends to romanticize the faith, making the local church into an experience center… Their concept of ‘church’ is that they are spiritual consumers and that the ...read more

  • Ann Landers Columnist Receives An Average Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tony Dicostanzo on Oct 21, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,533 views

    Ann Landers Columnist receives an average of 10,000 letter each month, nearly all of them with problems. She was asked if there was one predominant theme in the letters she received, She said, “the one problem above all others seems to be fear. People are afraid ...read more

  • Screen ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 1,891 views

    SCREEN TIME A Canadian study reveals some teens spend as much time in front of a screen as it would take to work a full-time job. 52% of boys and 26% of girls report average total screen time of more than 42 hours ...read more

  • Recipe For Success: Be Polite, Prepare Yourself ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,996 views

    "Recipe for success: Be polite, prepare yourself for whatever you are asked to do, keep yourself tidy, be cheerful, dont be envious, be honest with yourself so you will be honest with others, be helpful, interest yourself in your job, dont pity yourself, be quick to praise, be loyal to your ...read more

  • Jesus And The Final Exam: Communion Meditation  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 4, 2000
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,497 views

    JESUS AND THE FINAL EXAM: COMMUNION MEDITATION Steve Winger told of his last college exam in Logic class. The professor was known for giving difficult exams but made one concession for the final exam. "To help on your test," the professor told us, "you can bring as much information as can fit ...read more

  • Triumph From Tragedy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,272 views

    TRIUMPH FROM TRAGEDY Sometimes tragedy kind of sneaks up on you. It comes at you like termites at an old wood-frame house. It eats away for years, then one day the rafters of the house give way before you ever realized what was happening. Sometimes tragedy simply hits you full-body and knocks you ...read more

  • In 1212 A French Shepherd Boy By The Name Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
     | 2,524 views

    In 1212 a French shepherd boy by the name of Steven claimed that Jesus had appeared to him disguised as a pilgrim. Supposedly, Jesus instructed him to take a letter to the king of France. This poor, misguided boy told everyone he saw about what he thought he had encountered. Before long he had ...read more

  • Masterpiece To Mess

    Contributed by Rob Willis on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,117 views

    News story dated January 30, 3006: A visitor to a British museum destroyed a set of priceless 300-year-old Chinese vases after tripping up on his shoelace, the Daily Telegraph reports. The three Qing vases, dating from the late 17th or early 18th century, had stood on a windowsill at the ...read more

  • Aol News Reported The Story On July 4, 2002. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,082 views

    AOL News reported the story on July 4, 2002. Perhaps you remember. Steve Fossett, a Chicago millionaire, soared into the record books by becoming the first person to fly around the world in a hot air balloon solo. After beginning his voyage on June 19, 2002, in Western Australia, Fossett’s balloon ...read more

  • Sacrificial Love

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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     | 7,272 views

    SACRIFICIAL LOVE March 2008. A Starbucks barista (server), 51-year-old Sandie Andersen, donated a kidney to a regular, longtime customer, in order to save her life. 55-year-old Annamarie Ausnes stated during a talk with Andersen that she needed a kidney transplant. The only problem was that her ...read more

  • Chilling Hit-And-Run, June 6, 2008, Hartford, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 1,824 views

    Chilling hit-and-run, June 6, 2008, HARTFORD, CONN. And you probably saw this on the news! SHOCKING! -- A 78-year-old man was tossed like a rag doll in a hit-and-run and stayed there motionless on a busy street as car after car drove by. Pedestrians gawked but did nothing. One driver stopped ...read more

  • Stealing His Glory

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,253 views

    STEALING HIS GLORY Recently, we heard about what happened in the capital in Washington State. OLYMPIA, Wash. -- An atheist group unveiled an anti-religion placard/sign in the state Capitol, joining a Christian Nativity scene and "holiday tree" on display during December. The atheists' sign was ...read more

  • Golf Pro Lee Trevino Met A Fan In A Coffee Shop. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,747 views

    Golf pro Lee Trevino met a fan in a coffee shop. The woman asked him to sign a napkin, but Trevino refused, saying he knew she wouldn’t keep it. “So she pulled out a $5 bill,” Trevino recalled. He said, “I wrote a nice little note in the margin and signed it. Thanking me profusely, she ...read more

  • Your Spirit Does Matter

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
     | 2,313 views

    YOUR SPIRIT DOES MATTER A preacher wrote: "Today we have people who claim to be Christians shouting ’God hates fags’ at the funerals of soldiers who have died in Iraq, because these ’Christians’ believe God is punishing America for its tolerance of homosexuals. A recent editorial in the paper ...read more

  • Parental Influence On Children Compared To Sunday ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 8, 2010
     | 3,088 views

    Parental Influence On Children Compared To Sunday School It is well known that crabs and small shellfish of the same class walk in the “sideways” fashion. Once upon a time, the other fishes resolved to teach these mistaken fellow inhabitants of the deep the proper mode of locomotion, namely, to go ...read more

  • A Texas-Sized Sword

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 24, 2011
     | 4,218 views

    A TEXAS-SIZED SWORD In 2000, we drove across the country from Maryland to California and back. On our return, we blew past this Great Big Cross along the highway in Texas. By the time we saw the exit, we had passed it and continued our journey home. The image of that great big cross stuck in my ...read more

  • About 6am On A Wed Morning James Lawson Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeffrey Stewart on Oct 21, 2000
    based on 81 ratings
     | 3,195 views

    About 6am on a Wed morning James Lawson of Running Springs, CA left home to apply for a new job. An hour later his 36 yr old wife, Pasty left for her 5th grade teaching job down the mountain with her 2 children, 5 yr old Susan and 2 yr old Jerry. Unfortunately they never got that far. 81/2 hours ...read more