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  • Maria Fedorovna, The Empress Of Russia And Wife ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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    Maria Fedorovna, the empress of Russia and wife of Czar Alexander III, was known for her philanthropy. She once saved a prisoner from exile in Siberia by transposing a single comma in a warrant signed by Alexander. The czar had written: “Pardon impossible, to be sent to Siberia.” After Maria’s ...read more

  • Parachurch Donor Revenue Growth Has Outstripped ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
     | 1,148 views

    Parachurch Donor Revenue growth has outstripped churches for the past 20 or more years. In 1900, parachurches received about 12.5% of religious donations. By 1970, that had increased to 28.5% and it’s estimated that in 1996 parachurches received 51.5% ($100 billion) , ...read more

  • Religion Gap Voters Who Go To Church Every Week ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,591 views

    Religion Gap Voters who go to church every week usually vote for Republicans while those who go to church less often or not at all tend to vote Democratic. In 2000, 25% of voters said they attended church weekly. The religion gap didn’t exist ...read more

  • Employers Must Destroy Personal Information About ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,677 views

    Employers Must Destroy Personal Information about their employees they got from a credit report before they throw it out. That means “shredding or burning” paper documents or “smashing or wiping” computer disks. All employees are included, even if you have only one. Non-compliance risks state ...read more

  • Among Americans 45 Or Older Who Describe ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,655 views

    Among Americans 45 or older who describe themselves as somewhat religious, 20% say prayer is the best way to find spiritual or religious satisfaction, according to USA Today. Other pleasing spiritual experiences include living a moral life and helping others, both at 19%. And 13% view being with ...read more

  • Maria Fedorovna, The Empress Of Russia And Wife ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,879 views

    Maria Fedorovna, the empress of Russia and wife of Czar Alexander III, was known for her philanthropy. She once saved a prisoner from exile in Siberia by transposing a single comma in a warrant signed by Alexander. The czar had written: "Pardon impossible, to be sent to Siberia." After Maria’s ...read more

  • A Little Boy About Five Years Old Once Tried To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Manuel Amparo on May 10, 2006
    based on 17 ratings
     | 1,867 views

    A little boy about five years old once tried to pick a small snail from a rock, but the creature’s hold was stronger than his tiny fingers, and he could not get if off. When he prayed that evening he thought of the snail and said:-- “O God, grant that I ...read more

  • The Dead Sea Is So Salty That It Contains No Fish ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Sep 5, 2006
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    The Dead Sea is so salty that it contains no fish or plant life. What accounts for this unusual condition? The are absolutely no outlets! Great volumes of water pours into this area, but nothing flows out. Many inlets plus no outlets equal a Dead Sea. This law of nature may also be applied ...read more

  • The Female Brain, By Louann Brizendine, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
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    The Female Brain, by Louann Brizendine, University of California-San Francisco Women’s and Teen Girls’ Mood and Hormone Clinic, sets out to show the ways in which the female brain is different from the male brain. Though certainly not politically correct, she admits the female brain is a machine ...read more

  • Upper Lip

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,747 views

    Upper Lip One evening several college students spread limburger cheese on the upper lip of a sleeping fraternity brother. Upon awakening the young man sniffed, looked around, and said, “This room stinks” He then walked into the hall and said, “This hall stinks” Leaving ...read more

  • Worrywarts

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,699 views

    Illustration – Worrywarts A man was trying to encourage his friend not to worry. “Worry is a waste of time,” he said. After all, 80% of the things people worry about never happen anyway.” Aha” the worrier cried. “That proves that worry works” No, it doesn’t prove any such thing “Yesterday ...read more

  • Snoopy Took One Look At The Dog Food And Said, ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Dec 6, 2007
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    Snoopy took one look at the dog food and said, "This isn’t fair. The rest of the world today is eating turkey with all the trimmings and all I get is dog food. Because I’m a dog," he said, "all I get is dog food." He stood there and stared at ...read more

  • Tame The Tongue  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
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     | 7,334 views

    TAME THE TONGUE Employed by the human-development center of a corporation in the Midwest, a young woman was training the employees in proper dress codes and etiquette. One day as she was stepping onto the elevator, a man casually dressed in jeans and a golf shirt got on with her. Thinking of her ...read more

  • Robert Murray Mccheyne, A Preacher Of Years Past ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 1,253 views

    Robert Murray McCheyne, a preacher of years past once said, “My people’s greatest need is my personal holiness.” My friends, what the world needs today is to see Christians living out what they claim to believe. Don’t wound or disable yourself ...read more

  • It Is A Well Known Fact, That Hollywood Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,931 views

    IT IS A WELL KNOWN FACT, THAT HOLLYWOOD IS FIXATED ON A WORLD ENDING SCENARIO, EVIDENCED IN THE 1998 MOVIE: ARMAGEDDON, WHICH CHARACTERIZES GOOD AND EVIL AS AN ASTEROID TWICE THE SIZE OF TEXAS, AND BRUCE WILLIS, THE GOOD GUY, WHO SAVES THE WORLD FROM DESTRUCTION. H. ARMAGEDDON GROSSED $201,573,391 ...read more

  • As Wilbur Smith Puts It, "We Know More About The ...

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on May 9, 2008
     | 1,736 views

    As Wilbur Smith puts it, "We know more about the details of the hours immediately before and the actual death of Jesus than we know about the death of any other man in the entire ancient world." Therefore, we begin our study today with the premise that these events are just as historically ...read more

  • Last Sunday As We Were Driving To Church Our ...

    Contributed by Ferdinand Funk on Sep 26, 2008
     | 2,838 views

    Last Sunday as we were driving to church Our teenage son leaned over from the back seat gave his mother a kiss on the cheek and said, “Happy Mother’s Day, Mom!” My wife objected, “But it’s not Mother’s Day today – that’s ...read more

  • A. Swindoll Reminds Us All,

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 2, 2009
     | 1,386 views

    a. Swindoll reminds us all, “We’re free today because, in June 1944, during the three month battle of Normandy, nearly fifty-three thousand “nobodies” paid the ultimate price to defeat Nazi tyranny…Visitors to the patch of land near Colleville-sur Mer, France, ...read more

  • Modern-Day Pharisees

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Sep 6, 2011
     | 3,041 views

    MODERN-DAY PHARISEES These Pharisees were not true shepherds, but actually thieves and robbers. Killing the sheep, leading them to their destruction. How many so-called shepherds today are leading their flocks to destruction by giving them religion instead of relationship? By leading them in ...read more

  • Passing The Torch: Lessons From Castro  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 1, 2001
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,216 views

    PASSING THE TORCH: LESSONS FROM CASTRO In August, President Fidel Castro celebrated his 75th birthday. The Cuban dictator came to power in 1959, after overthrowing former dictator, Fulgencio Batista. On the eve of his birthday, Castro made a powerful gesture. He publicly handed a Cuban flag to ...read more