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  • 42 Percent Of Workers Reported That Yelling And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Mar 27, 2001
    based on 181 ratings
     | 2,082 views

    * 42 percent of workers reported that yelling and verbal abuse took place where they worked. * One in ten said that physical violence had occurred where they worked. * 34 percent had lost sleep because of workplace stress, and 23 percent had been driven to tears. * Almost two-thirds, 65 percent, ...read more

  • The Two Frogs In The Cream. I Love The Story Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 11, 2002
    based on 68 ratings
     | 1,823 views

    THE TWO FROGS IN THE CREAM. I love the story of the two frogs that fell in the ten gallon milk bucket. They swam for hours. The one frog said, "What is the use?" and he gave up and drowned. The other frog said, I cannot afford to give up. So the frog kicked and kicked until the cream turned into ...read more

  • J. Paul Getty Was One Of The Richest Men Who Ever ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 24, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,380 views

    J. Paul Getty was one of the richest men who ever lived. You wouldn’t expect him to be envious of anyone. But Getty once said he was envious of those who knew how to make marriage work and be happy in marriage. Getty knew whereof he spoke, because his record was five marriages and five divorces. ...read more

  • In Their Book, The Day America Told The Truth, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lisa Delay on Aug 10, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,462 views

    In their book, The Day America Told the Truth, James Patterson and Peter Kim reveal some shocking statistics about how far people in this country are willing to go for ten million dollars. Would abandon their entire family (25%) Would abandon their church (25%) Would become prostitutes for a week ...read more

  • Clarence Jordan, Author Of The "Cotton Patch" New ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2005
     | 2,535 views

    Clarence Jordan, author of the “Cotton Patch” New Testament translation and founder of the interracial Koinonia farm in Americus, Georgia, was getting a red-carpet tour of another minister’s church. With pride the minister pointed to the rich, imported pews and luxurious decoration. As they stepped ...read more

  • Ready For More Good  PRO

    Contributed by S Henriques on Jan 27, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,661 views

    READY FOR MORE GOOD God will not turn away from doing you good. He will keep on doing good. He doesn’t do good to his children sometimes and bad to them other times. He keeps on doing good and he never will stop doing good for ten thousand ages of ages. When things are going "bad" that does not ...read more

  • Philip Yancey's Book The Jesus I Never Knew ...  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Mar 5, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,215 views

    Philip Yancey’s book The Jesus I Never Knew (1995,p.188) picked up on this, and he noted, of the many biographies he had read, “few devote more than ten percent of their pages to the subject’s death – including biographies of men like Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi, who died violent and ...read more

  • I Found Myself Wondering, "What Would It Take For ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Jan 22, 2008
     | 2,159 views

    I found myself wondering, “What would it take for me to visit with the president of the United States?” I’ve seen President Bush surrounded by all sorts of different people. How could I get to spend some time with him—even for just ten minutes? I may never have the chance to meet the president, but ...read more

  • Today It A Wonderful Day For Many Of Us Here In ...

    Contributed by Vonnie E James on Mar 21, 2010
     | 1,735 views

    Today is a wonderful day for many of us here in Grenada and elsewhere in the world, while many over are suffering and are going through trials and time of testing. We look at the Haiti situation where just a some time ago, that 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated the Capital, city Port-Aux-Prince, ...read more

  • That Cross Alone

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 29, 2011
     | 3,457 views

    THAT CROSS ALONE Clarence Jordan, author of the "Cotton Patch" New Testament translation, and founder of the interracial Koinonia farm in Americus, Georgia, was getting a red-carpet tour of another minister's church. With pride the minister pointed to the rich, imported furnishings and luxurious ...read more

  • George Mueller On Prayer

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 5, 2012
     | 4,805 views

    GEORGE MUELLER ON PRAYER George Mueller: "I live in the spirit of prayer. I pray as I walk about, when I lie down and when I rise up. And the answers are always coming. Thousands and tens of thousands of times have my prayers been answered. When once I am persuaded that a thing is right and for ...read more

  • The Public

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Nov 26, 2012
    based on 1 rating
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    THE PUBLIC Cicero's (106 - 43 BC) was one of the most powerfully, persuasive people of his day. He had this to say about the public in 1st Century BC, Rome. The poor: work and work, The rich: exploit the poor, The soldier: protects both, The taxpayer: pays for all three, The wanderer: rests ...read more

  • Obscurity

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Aug 20, 2019
     | 2,690 views

    In his book Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places, Eugene Peterson recounts the story of the fourth century church father Gregory of Nyssa whose brother Basil had arranged for him to be made bishop of Cappadocia. "Gregory objected," Peterson writes. "He didn't want to be stuck ...read more

  • In Evangelical Individualism People Think Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,844 views

    In evangelical individualism people think of their personal relationship with God in isolation (“Just me and Jesus”) and forge their destiny apart from any church authority. While holding relatively low opinions of history, traditions, and the church, they turn to the experiences of self and ...read more

  • So Did You Hear The Story About The Sunday ...

    Contributed by Darren Mccormick on Feb 26, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,933 views

    So did you hear the story about the Sunday School teacher who was teaching on the 8th Commandment and trying to illustrate that it’s wrong to steal? “all right children, here’s another example,” she said. “If I were to pull a man’s wallet out of his pocket and take all the money in it, what would ...read more

  • Someone Else Is Punished

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 31, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,147 views

    SOMEONE ELSE IS PUNISHED There was once a movie called The Last Emperor. A young child was anointed as the last emperor of China and lived a life of luxury with 1,000 servants at his command. He was once asked by his brother, "What happens when you do wrong?" "When I do wrong, someone else is ...read more

  • Law, Fulfilled In Christ

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 13, 2007
     | 2,470 views

    Law, fulfilled in Christ The Little Flower A story is told about Fiorello LaGuardia, who, when he was mayor of New York City during the worst days of the Great Depression and all of WWII, was called by adoring New Yorkers ‘the Little Flower’ because he was only five foot four and always wore a ...read more

  • After All These Years  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 16, 2002
    based on 46 ratings
     | 6,123 views

    AFTER ALL THESE YEARS An old couple was sitting by the fireside. He looked over at her, had a romantic thought, and said, “After fifty years, I’ve found you tried and true.” The wife’s hearing wasn’t very good, so she said, “What?” He repeated, “After fifty years, I’ve found you tried and ...read more

  • I. Barna Notes "Our Most Recent Surveys Indicate ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 10, 2006
     | 1,455 views

    i. Barna notes “Our most recent surveys indicate that about half of all adults listen to preaching or Bible teaching in a typical week; one out of three read the Bible; one out of ten study the Bible during the week; fewer than one out of every twenty-five devote themselves to memorizing at least ...read more

  • In October Of 1991, The "Andrea Gail" Left ...

    Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 29, 2008
     | 1,396 views

    In October of 1991, the "Andrea Gail" left Gloucester, Mass. and headed for the fishing grounds of the North Atlantic. Two weeks later, an event took place that had never occurred in recorded history. A storm stronger than any in recorded history hit the coast off of Gloucester, Massachusetts. ...read more