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  • Unwed Mothers Birthed 1.5 Million Of The 4 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Unwed Mothers birthed 1.5 million of the 4 million total births in the U.S. last year. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, 55% percent of births for those ages 20-24 were to unwed mothers; almost 28% for ages 25-29. Unwed couples seem to have a positive ...read more

  • Info Overload: New Research Conducted By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    Info Overload: New research conducted by professors at the University of California at Berkeley found that the volume of new information stored on paper, film, optical and magnetic media doubled between ’99 and ’02. Last year alone, enough new information was generated to fill half a million ...read more

  • A Retired Preacher Was Cleaning Out The Dresser ...  PRO

    Contributed by Darrin Hunt on Feb 19, 2007
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    A retired preacher was cleaning out the dresser when he found 5 eggs and $1K. •He asked his wife and she said she saved 1 egg for every bad sermon. He thought, "5 eggs in all those years. That’s not too bad. But what’s the ...read more

  • In Every Business, No Matter How Small Or How ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "In every business, no matter how small or how large, someone is just around the corner forever trying to steal your ideas and build his success out of your imagination, struggling after that which you have toiled endless years to secure, striving to outdo you in each and every way. If such a ...read more

  • The First Thing That I Want To Say Is That I ...

    Contributed by Charles Worth on Aug 7, 2009
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    The first thing that I want to say is that I have met some women that would be wonderful deacons and pastors. It is not a matter of ability, but eligibility. I liken this to my daughter; she took AP Government in High School, she probably understood the electoral process better that anyone I knew, ...read more

  • Two Psychiatrists Meet At Their 20th College ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Nov 2, 2009
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    Two psychiatrists meet at their 20th college reunion. One is vibrant, while the other looks withered and worried. "So what’s your secret?" the older looking psychiatrist asks. "Listening to other people’s problems every day, all day long, for years on end, has made an old man of ...read more

  • Teens Admire...?

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 10, 2010
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    TEENS ADMIRE...? Have you thought lately about who teenagers admire? World Almanac and Book of Facts surveyed eight graders a few years ago and discovered that the top thirty names were movie stars and athletes. Not one admired adult was a religious leader, statesman, author, painter, doctor, ...read more

  • Listening And Obedience

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Apr 8, 2011
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    LISTENING AND OBEDIENCE I heard Henri Nouwen at Austin College several years ago. I remember what he said about listening and obedience. The word 'obedience,' he said, comes from the Latin obaudire, which means 'to hear.' By contrast the Latin word for 'deaf' is absurdus, from which we get our ...read more

  • We'll Teach Him

    Contributed by Joe Bertone on Jul 23, 2012
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    WE'LL TEACH HIM A twenty-five-year-old girl cancelled her engagement. She tearfully told her mother what had happened. She said, "I can't marry him. He's not really Christian. I've discovered that he really doesn't believe in hell." The ...read more

  • My Favorite Christmas Card Greeting

    Contributed by David Simpson on Dec 16, 2012
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    My favorite Christmas card greeting is one I received many years ago. It describes the birth of Jesus in a nutshell. The printed greeting read: "He became what we are so we could become what he is." God has come through Jesus to dwell among us. He gave up the wonders of ...read more

  • Optimism Is Healthy

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 19, 2013
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    OPTIMISM IS HEALTHY "Middle-aged adults who are more optimistic about their future tend to have higher antioxidant levels than their less optimistic peers, according to new research out of Harvard. Investigators studying nearly one thousand people over ten years found that increases in optimism ...read more

  • Ten Commandments, Children

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Ten Commandments, Children It’s like one little Sunday School boy who knew nothing of forgiveness… A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six-year-olds After explaining the commandment to "honor" your Father and Mother, she asked, "Is there a commandment ...read more

  • It Was Told That In One Of His Speeches To The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    It was told that in one of his speeches to the soldiers of the first World War, General John J. Pershing said: “I have known Jesus Christ now for forty-seven years, and I could not face life without Him. It is no small thing to know that all the past is forgiven, that help is available from God ...read more

  • Fishing Or Drinking

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 14, 2007
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    Fishing or Drinking My cousin Phil was asked by guys he went to school with or worked with how they had got drunk on the weekend and had a hangover. Then how much fun it was, and then asked him what he did on the weekend. He gladly said, "I went fishing." They thought that was a little lame. But ...read more

  • One Out Of Three Children In The United States ...

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Aug 30, 2007
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    One out of three children in the United States are growing up without a father present in the home. Last year in a number of major U.S. cities more children were born out of wedlock than within. The American home is in crisis. Very serious diseases are affecting and infecting our home life. Things ...read more

  • We Are Living In A Generation Where Stolen ...

    Contributed by Virgil Gibson on Oct 17, 2007
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    We are living in a generation where stolen identity is very common. This is where someone else uses your name, social security number and etc to make purchases and charges these to your account. This can happen from loosing your wallet or purse, or someone coming in contact with documents with ...read more

  • Wrong Way

    Contributed by Ronald Thorington on Jan 1, 2008
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    Illustration: On New Years Day, 1929, Georgia Tech was playing California. Late in the second quarter, Roy Regals recovered a fumble for California, and in his excitement became confused and began running in the wrong direction. After racing 65 yards he was finally tackled by his own player at ...read more

  • A Young Pastor Put Much Effort Into His Sermons ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 15, 2008
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    A young pastor put much effort into his sermons and ministry. He found some success and his ministry grew and people applauded his efforts. But all the while, his family struggled spiritually and his neighbors’ lives were falling apart. After several years, he finally realized that he had missed ...read more

  • Last Saturday, I Was Walking In Our ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    *Last Saturday, I was walking in our neighborhood, and I passed a house where a little girl about 3-years-old accidentally got Mom or older sister wet with the hose. The adult screamed her name and then screamed, “What’s the matter with you?” -I promise you that the scream did a ...read more

  • Computers And Spouses Today 8 In 10 Americans ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    Computers and Spouses Today 8 in 10 Americans are more dependent on their computers than 3 years ago, claims a Kelton Research study. 65% of consumers are spending more time with a computer than with their spouse. “As computers become increasingly pervasive in our lives, our relationships with them ...read more