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  • The Following Is A True Easter Story By Roger ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The following is a true Easter story by Roger Hawthorne One of the first Easters of my ministerial career began with a blizzard. I was still a student pastor, and we had arranged to have an ordained pastor come to serve communion. There was a question if he would be able to make it through the ...read more

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  • It Was The 1925 World Series. The Washington ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    It was the 1925 World Series. The Washington Senators were playing the Pittsburgh Pirates. The game was close. Finally, Goose Gosling of the Washington Senators came to the plate. The ball was pitched. Strike 1! The catcher threw the ball back to the pitcher. Goose readied himself again. The ...read more

  • Our Flag Is A Banner  PRO

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Apr 22, 2008
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    OUR FLAG IS A BANNER In February of 1945 Joe Rosenthal pulled out his camera and clicked a photo that would later become the most reproduced photograph in the history of photography: Five young Marines planting the American flag on the island of Iwo Jima. The photo of these young men raising the ...read more

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  • World Vs. U.s. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    WORLD VS. U.S. POVERTY A few centuries ago, four-fifths of the French spent 90 percent of their income for food. With only what you and I consider a marginal tip to a waitress, they had to provide for all of their other needs. Europe had been in that condition for thousands of years. Until recent ...read more

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  • John Stott, A Humble Man

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 7, 2011
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    JOHN STOTT, A HUMBLE MAN I like the way Thomas Carlyle put it some time ago. He said, "One example is worth a thousand arguments." (Thomas Carlyle, quoted in Men of Integrity, July/August 2000; www.Preaching Today.com) In difficult times, we don't need dictators and arguments. We need leaders ...read more

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  • In Her Book, First Lady From Plains, Rosalynn ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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    In her book, First Lady from Plains, Rosalynn Carter told of the “wonderfully odd” things she learned about White House history while a resident there. It seems that the children of President James A. Garfield rode large three-wheelers around as they carried on pillow fights in the East Room. Teddy ...read more

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  • A Recent Survey By America's Most Popular Teen ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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    A recent survey by America’s most popular teen magazine revealed that only 4.1% of the teenage girls in America feel they could to go their father to talk about a serious problem. Even more recently, USA Today published the eye-opening results of a study of teens under stress. When asked where they ...read more

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  • In The Washroom Of His London Club, British ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
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    In the washroom of his London club, British newspaper publisher and politician William Beverbrook happened to meet Edward Heath, then a young member of Parliament, about whom Beverbrook had printed an insulting editorial a few days earlier. “My dear chap,” said the publisher, embarrassed by the ...read more

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  • Francois Fenelon, A 17th Century French Mystic ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
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    Francois Fenelon, a 17th century French mystic who wrote the classic Christian Perfection, spoke eloquently of the denial of death: “We consider ourselves immortal, or at least as though [we are] going to live for centuries. Folly of the human spirit! Every day those who die soon follow those who ...read more

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  • In Whom Do We Trust? Americans Say They Have A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
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    In Whom Do We Trust? Americans say they have a great deal of confidence in these institutions: · The military (66%) · The church or organized religion (60%) · The police (57%) · The U.S. Supreme Court (50%) · The presidency (48%) · Banks (44%) · The medical system (40%) · The public schools ...read more

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  • Creator God: A New Harris Poll Reveals 64% Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Creator God: A new Harris Poll reveals 64% of American adults believe “human beings were created directly by God,” while only 22% believe they “evolved from earlier species.” 54% of U.S. adults do not think human beings developed from earlier species, up from 46% in 94. 61% of Americans children ...read more

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  • On November 30, 1991 Fierce Winds From A Freakish ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    On November 30, 1991 fierce winds from a freakish dust storm triggered a massive freeway pileup along Interstate 5 near Coalinga, California. At least 14 people died and dozens more were injured as topsoil whipped by 50 mile-per-hour winds reduced visibility to zero. The afternoon holocaust left a ...read more

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  • British Conductor Sir Thomas Beecham Wasn't A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    British conductor Sir Thomas Beecham wasn’t a great admirer of the music of his fellow Briton, composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. During the rehearsal of a Williams symphony, Beecham seemed to be doing little more than listlessly beating time. In fact, he was still beating time after the orchestra ...read more

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  • In Her Book, First Lady From Plains, Rosalynn ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    In her book, First Lady from Plains, Rosalynn Carter told of the "wonderfully odd" things she learned about White House history while a resident there. It seems that the children of President James A. Garfield rode large three-wheelers around as they carried on pillow fights in the East Room. Teddy ...read more

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  • Individuals Read Web Pages In An "F" Pattern. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
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    Individuals Read Web Pages in an “F” pattern. They’re more inclined to read longer sentences at the top of a page and less and less as they scroll down says a recent Nielsen Norman Group study. That makes the first 2-3 words of a sentence very important. Surfers connect well with images of people ...read more

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  • Individuals Read Web Pages In An "F" Pattern. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2007
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    Individuals Read Web Pages in an “F” pattern. They’re more inclined to read longer sentences at the top of a page and less and less as they scroll down says a recent Nielsen Norman Group study. That makes the first 2-3 words of a sentence very important. Surfers connect well with images of people ...read more

  • Individuals Read Web Pages In An "F" Pattern. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2007
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    Individuals Read Web Pages in an “F” pattern. They’re more inclined to read longer sentences at the top of a page and less and less as they scroll down says a recent Nielsen Norman Group study. That makes the first 2-3 words of a sentence very important. Surfers connect well with images of people ...read more

  • Tech Moms Among The Hottest Items For Mother's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
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    Tech Moms Among the hottest items for Mother’s Day ’06 were digital cameras, which increased 27% in unit sales in ‘06; portable music players, up 40%; and satellite navigation systems, shot up over 400%. Consumers spent more than $865 million in the week before Mother’s Day, up 9% from ‘05’s $791 ...read more

  • The Number Of Baptisms Is Declining Throughout ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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    The Number Of Baptisms is declining throughout the Christian community according to USA Today. Southern Baptists baptisms fell about 35% from ‘72 to ‘85 and has remained flat since. SBC membership increased from 13.6 million in ‘80 to 16.2 million in ‘04, while baptisms dropped from 430,000 in ‘80 ...read more

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  • Death Was Walking Toward A City, And A Man ...

    Contributed by Brian Menear on Mar 31, 2007
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    ILLUS-Death was walking toward a city, and a man stopped Death and asked “what are yo going to do?” “I’m going to kill 10,000 people today” Death said. The man ran ahead to the the city. He warned everybody he passed that Death was coming and what he was going to do. At then end of the day, he ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational