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  • Two Different Perspectives  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 17, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,294 views

    It’s remarkable how two people can look at the same problem and come up with two different perspectives. A man was driving in the country one day and he saw an old man sitting on a fence rail watching the cars go by. Stopping to pass the time of day, the traveler said, “I never could stand living ...read more

  • Theologians Tell A Story To Illustrate How ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,164 views

    Theologians tell a story to illustrate how Christ’s triumph presently benefits our lives: Imagine a city under siege. The enemy that surrounds they city will not let anyone or anything leave. Supplies are running low, and the citizens are fearful. But in the dark of the night, a spy sneaks through ...read more

  • Joseph Lewis Preston, Of The Free Thinkers Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
     | 2,207 views

    Joseph Lewis Preston, of the Free Thinkers of America, told an Associated Press reporter, “Organized interest in atheism has lagged because the opposition isn’t as strong as it used to be. There has been considerable liberalizing of religion and the lines of conflict aren’t nearly as strong.” ...read more

  • When Corrie Ten Boom Of The Hiding Place Fame Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,210 views

    When Corrie Ten Boom of The Hiding Place fame was a little girl in Holland, her first realization of death came after a visit to the home of a neighbor who had died. It impressed her that some day her parents would also die. Corrie’s father comforted her with words of wisdom. “Corrie, when you and ...read more

  • New American Values: Since The Attacks On The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,178 views

    New American Values: Since the attacks on the nation Americans say they are more inclined to spend more time at home with loved ones (46%); watch TV with family and friends, as opposed to alone (30%); cook meals at home (25%); and read books (22%). Activities that were found to be less appealing to ...read more

  • Mompreneurs: Today, Upwards Of 430,000 People In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 2,107 views

    Mompreneurs: Today, upwards of 430,000 people in the U.S. alone (more than are employed worldwide by GE and Procter & Gamble combined) earn a full or part-time living on eBay selling everything from fashion to farm equipment, with the highest-sellers grossing up to $1 million a month. Of the ...read more

  • Religious Teens: The Majority Of American Teens ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,896 views

    Religious Teens: The majority of American teens believes in God and worship in conventional congregations, but their religious knowledge is remarkably shallow, finds The National Study of Youth and Religion funded by the Lily Foundation. Devout teens hold more traditional sexual and other values ...read more

  • American Families

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 4,013 views

    American Families · 80% of Americans agree it is better for children if their parents are married, but 55% also agree that “love is what makes a family.” · 49% of Americans agree that married people are happier than unmarried people. · 97% of Americans in traditional families and 88% in ...read more

  • We Had A Car Key Made For Our Son... The First ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Waite on Feb 4, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,912 views

    We had a car key made for our son... The first time he wanted to go out on his own he put the key in the ignition, and it started, then promptly stalled. So he came and asked for help. I put my car key in the ignition, and it started, and kept running. So I started to leave, thinking nothing ...read more

  • One By One

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Feb 21, 2006
     | 2,462 views

    Taking today’s problems one by one, instead of diving into the things in this life that concern us tomorrow, is the best way of avoiding have all the troubles in life collapsing on us at the same time. In 480 B.C. the outmanned army of Sparta’s King Leonidas held off the Persian troops of Xerxes by ...read more

  • Count The Cost - "Think For A Moment Of The Most ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Feb 27, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,731 views

    Count the Cost - “Think for a moment of the most worthless, unnecessary purchase you have made in recent years. Perhaps it was an electric shaver that now sits in the garage or an article of clothing that will never be worn. It is important to realize that this item was not purchased with your ...read more

  • Charles Swindoll Gives Us Some Interesting Advice ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 21, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,518 views

    Charles Swindoll gives us some interesting advice when he states: When you live in darkness, you not only have no ray of light, you don’t even know where home is. That is the way it is for the majority in the world. Some folks are born, raised, and die in cultures that have never seen their first ...read more

  • Theologians Tell A Story To Illustrate How ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,643 views

    Theologians tell a story to illustrate how Christ’s triumph presently benefits our lives: Imagine a city under siege. The enemy that surrounds they city will not let anyone or anything leave. Supplies are running low, and the citizens are fearful. But in the dark of the night, a spy sneaks through ...read more

  • Theologians Tell A Story To Illustrate How ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,141 views

    Theologians tell a story to illustrate how Christ’s triumph presently benefits our lives: Imagine a city under siege. The enemy that surrounds they city will not let anyone or anything leave. Supplies are running low, and the citizens are fearful. But in the dark of the night, a spy sneaks through ...read more

  • Mark Morford (Columnist At San Francisco ...

    Contributed by John King on Nov 9, 2006
     | 1,234 views

    Mark Morford (columnist at San Francisco Chronicle):” There remains this enormous and wicked socio-cultural myth. It is this: Hard work is all there is. a) Work hard and the world respects you. b)Work hard and you can have anything you want. c)Work really extra super hard and do nothing else ...read more

  • No Atheist In Foxholes

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 11, 2006
     | 1,652 views

    No Atheist in Foxholes The world has come along ways in a short time. They refuse to believe in anything evil yet our world grows more evil every day. Unfortunately your decision to believe in hell does not lower the temp. of hell one degree, brighten the darkness in the least not calm the ...read more

  • Growing Up In Illinois, We Didn't Have ...

    Contributed by William Noel on Jan 11, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,728 views

    * Ill.: Growing up in Illinois, we didn’t have $500 XBox’s or PlayStations. We had to come up with our own games, using the stuff around us. A Lot of times we used to play kickball or basketball or the like, to pass time Of course, ’Someone. usually the best athletic among us, would come up with ...read more

  • A Women Who's Husband Had Died Years Earlier ...

    Contributed by Gerald Albers on Feb 24, 2007
     | 1,259 views

    ; A women who’s husband had died years earlier had stopped by her Pastors office one day. She had been crying inside for 2 long painful years. As she talked, she related everything that had happened up to the time of her husband’s death --- everything! She knew every detail. Finally she opened ...read more

  • Years Ago On A Tv Show, A Guest Appeared That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,673 views

    Years ago on a TV show, a guest appeared that was a body builder. As he entered the stage with his huge muscular body the crowd went crazy as the body builder began to flex his muscles and show his power. The first question asked of him was this: “What do you use all those muscles for?” Without ...read more

  • A Highly-Publicized Landmark Court Ruling In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,097 views

    A highly-publicized landmark court ruling in Japan at the new millennium mandated the Japanese government to pay $15 million to 127 plaintiffs for the government’s discriminatory Leprosy Prevention Law that was enacted in 1907. New York Times commented on the case: “Despite popular belief, it is ...read more

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