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  • 1 Pet 2:23 When They Hurled Their Insults At ...

    Contributed by Steven Cannon on Jan 15, 2007
     | 1,223 views

    1 Pet 2:23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we ...read more

  • Leonard Sweet, Church Historian, Author And ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Apr 13, 2007
     | 1,163 views

    Leonard Sweet, Church historian, author and futurist, says in his book “Aqua Church” that we are in a very “unstable, unsteady and turbulent postmodern world.” Sweet goes on to offer that “what we face can be seen as a threat, but also as an opportunity of perhaps unprecedented proportions.” (p. 8) ...read more

  • Over 20 Years Ago A Retired Couple, Concerned ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 29, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,713 views

    Over 20 years ago a retired couple, concerned about the threat of nuclear war, decided to carefully research the safest place on earth to which they could move and live. They studied and traveled, traveled and studied. Finally they found THE PLACE. And on Christmas they sent their pastor a card ...read more

  • How Would You Feel If An Animal Spoke To You? ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeffery Russell on Dec 6, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,299 views

    How would you feel if an animal spoke to you? The story is told of a man who bought a beautiful, exotic, tropical parrot from a local pet store. The pet store owner said that the parrot could talk and after demonstrating a few sentences the customer was impressed so he bought him and took him ...read more

  • Blame And Self-Esteem

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Jul 24, 2011
     | 3,012 views

    BLAME AND SELF-ESTEEM When I was an Airline Pilot I was responsible for all flight operations, whether good or bad. If you are taxing into the gate and your wing clips a baggage cart, it is the Captain's fault. It doesn’t matter if the lineman steers you the wrong way or not. What the lineman ...read more

  • I Am Baptised!  PRO

    Contributed by Philip Gill on Jan 11, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,235 views

    I am Baptised! Apparently Martin Luther, the great 16th figure of the reformation used to take great comfort from these words. When it seemed to him that the whole church had left the precepts of the Gospel, when he was under scrutiny from Church officials as to the truth of his beliefs, ...read more

  • The Power Of Mom

    Contributed by Davon Huss on May 14, 2014
     | 3,139 views

    A commander of an infantry unit in Vietnam was frustrated in his effort to make a soldier out of one particular PFC. The young man lagged behind on patrols, pretended to be ill, and managed to spend most of his time at headquarters. One day he changed his ways. When someone questioned the ...read more

  • A Single Snow Flake That Looks Beautiful And ...

    Contributed by Francis Balla on Aug 24, 2012
     | 2,051 views

    "A single snow flake that looks beautiful and innocent. If it remains on its own it can easily fly away or quickly melt away. On it’s own it does no harm and poses no threat to any one does it? But when it unites with other snow flakes, they gain more strength and power. Those of us who live in ...read more

  • In The 1980's A Retired Couple Was Alarmed By ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 28, 2001
    based on 119 ratings
     | 1,718 views

    In the 1980’s a retired couple was alarmed by the threat of nuclear war so they undertook a serious study of all the inhabited places on the globe. Their goal was to determine where in the world would be the least likely place affected by a nuclear war -- a place of ultimate peace and security. ...read more

  • David Garland Notes That The Violence Of ...

    Contributed by Darryl Bell on Apr 17, 2006
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     | 2,344 views

    David Garland notes that the violence of renegades like Barabbas continued in the decades that followed until it finally erupted into a full-scale war with Rome. Rome invaded Palestine and destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple and most of the people who lived there. The leaders had been afraid of ...read more

  • Tv Health Risk

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
     | 1,649 views

    TV HEALTH RISK TV Health Risk Cynthia Minkovitz, Johns Hopkins Univ., reports children ages 2-6 who watch two hours or more of TV a day "show signs of bad behavior, lower social skills and disrupted sleep patterns." "It is the greatest unacknowledged health threat of our time," adds psychologist ...read more

  • Again Dr. Marc T. Newman Writes, "There Would ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Jul 11, 2006
     | 1,644 views

    Again Dr. Marc T. Newman writes, "There would not be much drama, however, if no one were in peril in a pirate film. There is plenty of swordplay, and a ship-crunching Kraken lurks in the deep, but such threats can only harm one’s body. The real danger lies in risking one’s soul. Dead Man’s Chest ...read more

  • Again Dr. Marc T. Newman Writes, "There Would ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Jones on Jul 14, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,491 views

    Again Dr. Marc T. Newman writes, "There would not be much drama, however, if no one were in peril in a pirate film. There is plenty of swordplay, and a ship-crunching Kraken lurks in the deep, but such threats can only harm one’s body. The real danger lies in risking one’s soul. Dead Man’s Chest ...read more

  • Startling Statistics

    Contributed by Darrin Fish on Dec 7, 2007
     | 1,133 views

    Startling Statistics Only eight percent of the time since the beginning of recorded history has the world been entirely at peace. In over 3,100 years, only 286 have been warless and 8,000 treaties have been broken in this time. Jesus Himself tells us in Mt 24:6 6 And you will hear of wars and ...read more

  • Ucla Sociologist, James Wilson, Has Observed An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,492 views

    UCLA sociologist, James Wilson, has observed an interesting fact about city life: The crime rate escalates on those streets where broken windows are not repaired. His study showed that the failure to replace windows makes an announcement to the public by saying the standards have been lowered and ...read more

  • How Much Will You Spend?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,213 views

    HOW MUCH WILL YOU SPEND? With questions about the economy and the threat of war still looming, there is uncertainty in just about everything. But it hasn’t seemed to deter Americans from celebrating Halloween. According to the latest National Retail Federation Halloween survey, consumers say ...read more

  • A True Story: A Retired Couple Was Alarmed By The ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jan 1, 2006
     | 2,027 views

    A true story: A retired couple was alarmed by the threat of nuclear war so they undertook a serious study of all the inhabited places on the globe. Their goal was to determine where in the world would be the place to be least likely affected by a war, a place of ultimate security. They studied ...read more

  • I Want To Summarize A Statement That An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Richards on May 18, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,979 views

    I want to summarize a statement that an Episcopalian minister by the name of Robert Capon made about the greatest threat to Christianity today. I don’t think I could agree with him more. Listen to what he said, "The most critical issue facing Christians is not abortion, pornography, the ...read more

  • William Barclay Wrote: "For Most Of Us The ...

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jul 15, 2007
     | 2,128 views

    William Barclay wrote: “For most of us the threat of life is not so much that we should plunge into disaster, but that we should drift into sin. There are few people who deliberately and in a moment turn their backs on God; there are many who day by day drift farther and farther away from him. ...read more

  • Escaped ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
     | 3,193 views

    ESCAPED CONFLICTS In the 1980’s a retired couple was alarmed by the threat of nuclear war so they undertook a serious study of all the inhabited places on the globe. Their goal was to determine where in the world would be the least likely place affected by a nuclear war -- a place of ultimate ...read more

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