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  • A Vacation Of Compassion  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,526 views

    A VACATION OF COMPASSION In 1958, 35 year old Englishwoman Anita Goulden went on holiday to Peru to visit her brother. Anita was a widowed, single mother who owned two haberdasheries in Manchester, England. She was about to go home by way of the United States when she saw an unbelievable ...read more

  • One Of The Great Things About Kids Is That Their ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 4, 2006
     | 1,013 views

    One of the great things about kids is that their perspective can often give us adults a new perspective on things that we take fore granted or they can give us an entirely new view of something unique and different. I am reminded of this in a heart-touching story about four year old Shane and the ...read more

  • George Sweeting, In His Book The No-Guilt Guide ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,010 views

    George Sweeting, in his book The No-Guilt Guide for Witnessing, tells of a man by the name of John Currier who in 1949 was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Later he was transferred and paroled to work on a farm near Nashville, Tennessee. In 1968, Currier’s sentence was ...read more

  • H: The Aspirate Word

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Jan 22, 2013
     | 2,123 views

    H: THE ASPIRATE WORD When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him.....No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be AbraHam, for I have made you a father of many Nations.- Genesis 17:5 God also said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her ...read more

  • What A Difference A Century Makes! In 1904: ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,882 views

    What A Difference a century makes! In 1904: ►The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years. ►Only 14% of the homes had a bathtub, 8% had a telephone. ►A 3-minute call from Denver to New York City cost $11. ►There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S. and 144 miles of paved ...read more

  • Online Donations To The Biggest U.s. Charities ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,711 views

    Online Donations to the biggest U.S. charities surged 63% last year from ‘03, finds a new Chronicle of Philanthropy study. The 164 groups surveyed raised a combined $166.2 million online. That is less than 1% of the total raised by most of the charities, but the growth will spur more online ...read more

  • This Is Real – Jesus Is Alive

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 27, 2006
     | 2,384 views

    This is real – Jesus is alive. I few years ago I along with others prayed for a man who was miraculously healed. Turns out the very moment that we were praying the man was fully healed. I mean jumping out of the hospital bed – pull out the tubes healed. His family urgently called that afternoon ...read more

  • Rationalizing (Justifying)

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 1, 2022
     | 1,512 views

    Morris Siegel, the owner of a small Kosher New York deli, was being questioned by an IRS agent about his tax return. He had reported a net profit of $60,000 for the year. Why dont you people leave me alone? the deli owner said. I work like a dog, everyone in my family helps out, the place is ...read more

  • Children See More Of Their Parents Now Than 20 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 902 views

    Children see more of their parents now than 20 years ago, finds new research by the University of Michigan. The study shows that children spent 4 to 6 more hours per week with their parents in ‘97 than they did in ‘81. Children ages 3 to 12 spent about 31 hours a week with their mothers, a gain of ...read more

  • Children See More Of Their Parents Now Than 20 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
     | 867 views

    Children see more of their parents now than 20 years ago, finds new research by the University of Michigan. The study shows that children spent 4 to 6 more hours per week with their parents in ‘97 than they did in ‘81. Child-ren ages 3 to 12 spent about 31 hours a week with their mothers, a gain of ...read more

  • There Was A Little Boy Who Was Kneeling By His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bradford Robinson on Sep 23, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,172 views

    There was a little boy who was kneeling by his bed with his mom to say his nighttime prayers. He began to shout to the top of his lungs, “Dear God, I’ve been real good this year so please let me get a new bicycle for my birthday.” His mom said, “Son, God’s not deaf; you ...read more

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

    Contributed by David Hill on Jul 8, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,263 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

  • India)--Elsewhere, Christian Aid Mission ...

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 7, 2002
     | 1,870 views

    (India)--Elsewhere, Christian Aid Mission reports that a ministry based in Tamil Nadu is seeing a rich harvest of souls. Missionaries of the outreach say over the last year, there were more than 12-thousand professions of faith that eventually grouped into nearly 300 small churches. The ministry ...read more

  • All Of Us Are Probably Familiar With America's ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,488 views

    All of us are probably familiar with America’s favorite five year old, “Dennis the Menace.” You can learn a lot about yourself from watching kids, and Dennis is no exception. On one particular day Dennis is found looking at the new department store catalog that had just arrived at the Mitchell ...read more

  • Money Raised Online For Many Nonprofit ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,361 views

    Money Raised Online for many nonprofit organizations grew from virtually nothing only a few years ago to a median 27% increase an annual amount $362,485 from 7/1/05 to 6/30/06, according to a Convio study. Organizations with the most monthly unique Web site visitors built the largest e-mail ...read more

  • David Seamands, A Counselor, Says This:

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 29, 2011
     | 2,055 views

    David Seamands, a counselor, says this: "Many years ago I was driven to the conclusion that the two major causes of most emotional problems among Christians are these: the failure to understand, receive, and live out God’s grace and forgiveness; and the failure to give out that love, ...read more

  • Deadly Vending Machines  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Dec 12, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,905 views

    DEADLY VENDING MACHINES The media’s been reporting on the health risks of too much soda and other sugary drinks; New York's Mayor Bloomberg has taken the step of banning super-size sodas...but even more deadly are the vending machines. Each year, dozens of people are killed by vending machines. ...read more

  • Air Conditioner

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 28, 2006
     | 941 views

    Air Conditioner. First house we owned was quite old and a lot of things didn’t work quite right. Our air conditioner broke every year. It would cool down the house then, become a heater heat it up, then cool it down. Not how an air conditioner should work. First year called the company who had ...read more

  • On Being A Daddy James Tippins  PRO

    Contributed by J T on Mar 24, 2003
    based on 37 ratings
     | 1,843 views

    "On Being A Daddy" James Tippins My 3.5 year old daughter was used to me being home all the time. Being a business consultant in a home office was a luxury for my family. After a few years of part time ministry, I was called to serve as an excutive pastor at a church. This was a great time to ...read more

  • Priorities In Life And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,494 views

    Priorities in Life and Church Several years ago, because of all the tornados in the area, a developer in Tulsa, Oklahoma, offered an optional tornado-safe room in the new homes he was selling. Nine of the first ten buyers opted to pay the extra $2,500 for the room, which can also be used as a ...read more