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  • A Young Girl Had To Pass Through A Bad ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gary Merillat on Jun 4, 2001
    based on 180 ratings
     | 2,437 views

    A young girl had to pass through a bad neighborhood. As she went down a dark street she noticed a shadowy figure stalking her. She was gripped with fear, but to her relief the stalker did not attack. Later, she read of another young lady who was attacked that same night in that same place. The ...read more

  • Spending Time With The Kids?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 2,062 views

    SPENDING TIME WITH THE KIDS? The April 6, 1990, issue of the Wall Street Journal reported that, on the average, American parents spend less than fifteen minutes a week in serious discussion with their children. For fathers the amount of intimate contact with their children is an average of ...read more

  • When Robert Ingersoll The Notorious Skeptic, Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Norman on May 10, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,325 views

    When Robert Ingersoll the notorious skeptic, was in his heyday, two college students went to hear him lecture. As the walked down the street after the lecture, one said to the other, “Well, I guess he knocked the props out from under Christianity, didn’t he?” The other said, “No, I don’t think he ...read more

  • When Robert Ingersoll The Notorious Skeptic, Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Norman on May 10, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,056 views

    When Robert Ingersoll the notorious skeptic, was in his heyday, two college students went to hear him lecture. As the walked down the street after the lecture, one said to the other, “Well, I guess he knocked the props out from under Christianity, didn’t he?” The other said, “No, I don’t think he ...read more

  • When Robert Ingersoll, The Notorious Skeptic, Was ...

    Contributed by Scott Malone on Apr 5, 2005
     | 2,325 views

    When Robert Ingersoll, the notorious skeptic, was in his heyday, two college students went to hear him lecture. As they walked down the street after the lecture, one said to the other, “Well, I guess he knocked the props out from under Christianity, didn’t he?” The other said, “No, I don’t think he ...read more

  • Redefining God Across The Country, Many Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 1,941 views

    Redefining God Across the country, many are redefining God. “Dissatisfaction with conventional images of an authoritarian or paternalistic deity, people are embracing quirky, individualistic conceptions of God to suit their own spiritual needs,” notes Lisa Miller in a 4/21/00 Wall Street Journal ...read more

  • Growing Up Too Fast Youth Are Maturing At An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 2,569 views

    Growing Up Too Fast Youth are maturing at an accelerated pace. Preschoolers are playing with toys that would have been considered suitable for an 11-year-old a decade ago. A Sesame Street Parents survey finds moms with kids under 12 are more afraid of exposing kids to pop media-dictated pop-culture ...read more

  • I Believe That God Wants Us To Be Positive In ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Jan 2, 2007
     | 1,242 views

    I believe that God wants us to be positive in our speech. When you meet a person on the street and say that they look terrible, what happens? They are not pleased and may feel depressed. If you can say something positive to them they feel much better. I believe it is the same way in which we ...read more

  • Pentecostal Power From Its Origins In An Ame ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007
     | 2,232 views

    Pentecostal Power From its origins in an AME Church on Azusa Street in Los Angeles, Pentecostalism has emerged as the world’s fastest-growing Christian movement. The World Christian Encyclopedia reports more than 500 million followers, comprising 25% of the world’s Christians, up from 6% in 1906. ...read more

  • Pentecostal Power From Its Origins In An Ame ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 2,548 views

    Pentecostal Power From its origins in an AME Church on Azusa Street in Los Angeles, Pentecostalism has emerged as the world’s fastest-growing Christian movement. The World Christian Encyclopedia reports more than 500 million followers, comprising 25% of the world’s Christians, up from 6% in 1906. ...read more

  • Never Surrender

    Contributed by Richard Francis on Nov 5, 2007
     | 3,359 views

    Never Surrender“ "We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air. We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we ...read more

  • Well I Want To Talk To People About Christ, But ...

    Contributed by Damon Rambo on Apr 4, 2008
     | 1,154 views

    Well I want to talk to people about Christ, but I’m scared. What kind of excuse is that? Imagine for a moment that you were the parent of a child that just got ran over. And you went to one of the people who were standing on the side of the street, watching, and you ask them “why didn’t you warn ...read more

  • American Children Are Becoming Victims Of Human ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,813 views

    American Children are becoming victims of human sex trafficking, according to Shared Hope International (SHI). At least 100,000 American children are trafficked each year, and another 100,000 to 300,000 are at risk, says SHI’s Karrie Delaney. 12 as the average age of entry into illegal porn and ...read more

  • While Pulling Out Of Her Driveway, Georgene ...

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Oct 30, 2009
     | 2,042 views

    While pulling out of her driveway, Georgene noticed a mangled ball of fur laying in the street. She pulled the car back into the driveway and walked over to discover that her son’s cat had been run over by a car. Not wanting to upset Billie, she decided to dispose of the “remains” and deal with ...read more

  • The Hero And The Saint

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
     | 4,971 views

    THE HERO AND THE SAINT The late great German-born American Jewish rationalist intellectual, popular lecturer and writer, religious leader, and social reformer, Felix Adler (1851 - 1933), starts things off well when he said, "The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up ...read more

  • Is Your Church On Fire?

    Contributed by K. Simms on Nov 5, 2010
     | 4,521 views

    IS YOUR CHURCH ON FIRE? In a little town unknown to many, there was a small church. One night smoke and flames consumed this little church. People from all over town stood in the streets and watched the church as it burned. The local preacher drove up and noticed several people that he hadn't seen ...read more

  • What I Wouldn't Give...

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Mar 29, 2012
     | 2,917 views

    WHAT I WOULDN'T GIVE... When Oliver Wendell Holmes was still on the U.S. Supreme Court, he and Justice Louis Brandeis took walks every afternoon. On one of these occasions Holmes, then ninety-two, paused to gaze in frank admiration at a beautiful young girl who passed them. He even turned to look ...read more

  • There Was A Young Boy Living In Paris At The End ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kyle Meador on Jan 15, 2001
    based on 121 ratings
     | 3,941 views

    There was a young boy living in Paris at the end of the World War II. He had been orphaned by the atrocities committed within his city by the occupying German forces. He scrounged around the ruined city as best as he could to find food, clothes and shelter. But everyone was living in desperate ...read more

  • In Closing I Remember A Time When I Was Walking ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dennis Jones on Oct 8, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,713 views

    In closing I remember a time when I was walking in a town and saw a young lady that was to say the least intoxicated. She was having a serious problem walking, let alone know where she was going, or have a clue of how to get there. I carefully avoided her, as I was embarrassed at the thought of ...read more

  • When We Came Home On New Year's Day, The Weather ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jan 7, 2008
     | 1,330 views

    When we came home on New Year’s Day, the weather got pretty bad east of Cleveland. We planned to stop and did stop at exit 223 for gas, bathroom, etc. And it was pretty bad. We had been going the last 25 miles at about 40 mph. And we were moving faster than a lot of folks. We saw several cars in ...read more