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  • Anyone See "Oprah" This Past Week?...i Believe It ...  PRO

    Contributed by Daniel Owens on Feb 12, 2008
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     | 4,664 views

    Anyone see “Oprah” this past week?...I believe it was on Friday, Feb. 8. The test tube babies of the 80’s have come of age...and Oprah had some of those young people on her show. These children had no identity apart from a mother and were in a constant search for, not only there father, but for ...read more

  • Saved By Sickness From Niu Shooting

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 21, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,929 views

    Saved by Sickness from NIU Shooting The church member, a grandfather, received a phone call one evening this past week from his granddaughter who was sick and asked for prayer. The godly grandfather prayed and prayed in faith for healing. But she got worse in the night. Early the next morning ...read more

  • The "Group-Think" Impulse  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Joseph on Jun 1, 2013
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     | 6,900 views

    THE "GROUP-THINK" IMPULSE Stand up for the truth. Romans 12:2 says, "...Do not be conformed to this world..." [NKJV] People today show a stong tendency to adjust their opinions to match those of the group. This goes a long way towards explaining why only a fraction of the educated population ...read more

  • James Dobson Said, "When I Went To My Old High ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Nov 25, 2001
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    James Dobson said, "When I went to my old high school in Texas I found my tennis trophies thrown away in the trash heap to make room for new ones in the trophy case. It made me realize that all human accomplishments are really nothing but trash that will not stand the test of time. It made me ...read more

  • A New England High School Teacher Taught A ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Buchanan on Sep 12, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 8,573 views

    A New England high school teacher taught a course entitled The Bible as Literature. Only seniors in the top 10 percent of the class could take this course. A pre-test was given to evaluate the students’ biblical knowledge. One student defined the Epistles as "wives of the Apostles." A pastor was so ...read more

  • Sikorsky's Helicopter  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 26, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,209 views

    Sikorsky’s Helicopter When Igor Sikorsky was a boy of twelve, his parents told him that competent authorities had already proved human flight impossible. Yet Sikorsky built the first helicopter. And in his American plant he posted this sign: “According to recognized aerotechnical tests, the ...read more

  • A Man Went To His Doctor To Find Out Why He Had ...

    Contributed by David Hill on Jul 8, 2004
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     | 8,276 views

    A man went to his doctor to find out why he had been having such severe headaches. The doctor ran some tests and after a few hours called the man into his office. "I have terrible news," he told the patient. "Your condition is terminal." "Oh, no!? the man cried. "How long do I have?" "Ten ..." ...read more

  • Enablement For Uncommon Things

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Dec 2, 2004
     | 1,671 views

    Enablement for Uncommon Things Peter F. Drucker: No organization can depend on genius; the supply is always scarce and unreliable. It is the test of an organization to make ordinary human beings perform better than they seem capable of, to bring out whatever strength there is in its members, and ...read more

  • Home Schooling Continues Its Rapid Growth With 2 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
     | 2,090 views

    Home Schooling continues its rapid growth with 2 million U.S. children being home schooled in ’05 vs. half that in ’02. Mike Smith, Home School Legal Defense Assoc., claims home schooling has proven through standardized achieve-ment tests that home schooled children out perform those in both ...read more

  • No Shortcut To Sanctity  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on May 23, 2001
    based on 78 ratings
     | 2,278 views

    NO SHORT CUT TO SANCTITY “The temptation to make our relation to God judicial instead of personal is very strong. Believing for salvation has these days been reduced to a once-done act that requires no further attention. The young believer becomes aware of an act performed rather than of a living ...read more

  • Because Jesus Was God, He Could Not Sin. He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 4, 2001
    based on 108 ratings
     | 2,795 views

    Because Jesus was God, He could not sin. He could sin as a man, but He could not as God. It would be like taking a hollow cane pole and a steel rod that is small enough in diameter to fit through the pole. The cane pole represents Jesus’ humanity; the steel rod represents His deity. If you took ...read more

  • Sulfur Caves  PRO

    Contributed by David Selleck on Nov 17, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,999 views

    Sulfur Caves In Southern Mexico lies the Cueva de Villa Luz, or Cave of the Lighted House. As you make your way to the cave you walk through a veritable paradise of tropical birds and lush rain forest. Underwater the cave is fed by 20 underground springs, beautiful watercourses which teem with tiny ...read more

  • Twas The Night Of Thanksgiving, I Just Couldn't ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 27, 2009
     | 2,743 views

    ‘Twas the night of Thanksgiving, I just couldn’t sleep.. I tried counting backwards, I tried counting sheep. The leftovers beckoned - the dark meat and white But I fought the temptation with all of my might Tossing and turning with anticipation The thought of a snack became infatuation. So, I raced ...read more

  • Sulfur Caves

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Dec 11, 2007
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     | 1,477 views

    Sulfur Caves In Southern Mexico lies the Cueva de Villa Luz, or Cave of the Lighted House. As you make your way to the cave you walk through a veritable paradise of tropical birds and lush rain forest. Underwater the cave is fed by 20 underground springs, beautiful watercourses which teem with tiny ...read more

  • The Father Of A Small Boy Would Occasionally ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    The father of a small boy would occasionally sneak into a neighbor’s orchard and pluck some of the choicest fruit. He always made sure, however, that "the coast was clear." One day with his son tagging along, after carefully looking in every direction and seeing no one, he crept through the fence. ...read more

  • Georgia Tech. Football Game Years Ago. Gt Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Georgia Tech. Football game years ago. GT was ahead 7 to 6. •Coach told QB not to throw no matter what. •They ran to the opponents 10 yd. line in last minute of play, but he was overcome by temptation. •He threw and it was intercepted by the fastest back on the team. •He started rushing toward the ...read more

  • Give Into God

    Contributed by Bruce Lee on Jun 15, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,143 views

    Psalm 66:18 "If I regard iniquity in my heart the Lord will not hear." Have you ever felt an unfamiliar and strange feeling like you should be talking to God? That is simply soul searching. It is actually God reaching out to you. But sin blocks that connection. When you "regard" or "cherish" ...read more

  • The Juggler  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 24, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,556 views

    The Juggler A juggler, driving to his next performance, is stopped by the police. “What are those machetes doing in your car?” asks the cop. “I juggle them in my act.” “Oh, yeah?” says the doubtful cop. “Let’s see you do it.” The juggler gets out and starts tossing and catching the knives. ...read more

  • Financially Illiterate 17% Of The 5,775 High ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007
     | 1,439 views

    Financially Illiterate 17% of the 5,775 high school seniors that took a 30-question financial test had taken a money management or personal finance class, yet they fared worse than their peers who had not taken such a class. Students only correctly answered 52.4% of the questions. Financially ...read more

  • Financially Illiterate 17% Of The 5,775 High ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,827 views

    Financially Illiterate 17% of the 5,775 high school seniors that took a 30-question financial test had taken a money management or personal finance class, yet they fared worse than their peers who had not taken such a class. Students only correctly answered 52.4% of the questions. Financially ...read more