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  • In January, 1995, According To An Article ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Dec 8, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,567 views

    “In January, 1995, according to an article written by Gary Thomas, J. Robert Ashcroft had fewer than forty-eight hours to live, but he was holding on to life, hoping to see his son, John Ashcroft, sworn into the U.S. Senate the following day. [John Ashcroft, as we all know by now…is our Attorney ...read more

  • Top Ten List Of What Moms Really Want For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 26, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 1,625 views

    TOP TEN LIST OF WHAT MOMS REALLY WANT FOR MOTHER'S DAY 10. To be able to eat a whole candy bar (alone) and drink a Coke without any "floaters." 9. To have a 14-year-old answer a question without rolling her eyes in that "Why is this person my mother?" way. 8. Five pounds of ...read more

  • Sudanese Boys

    Contributed by John Harvey on Nov 2, 2004
    based on 1 rating
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    **Sudanese Boys- {page 17} The four young Sudanese boys cried and screamed out for their mothers but they refused to repeat the words that would mean saving their lives yet renouncing their Christianity. Their red blood began to flow across their black skin, but they would not give up their ...read more

  • In Looking At Being Prepared, I Came Across ...  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Oct 13, 2005
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    In looking at being prepared, I came across b-prepared.com on the internet. They offer several items to help you be more prepared. Some of the items seem like they would help and other items I really have a question about. For your automobile, they have (among other products) a charger that ...read more

  • A 16-Year-Old Named William Left Home To Seek His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,816 views

    A 16-year-old named William left home to seek his fortune. His earthly possessions were tied in a bundle carried in his hand. One day he met an elderly canal-boat captain who listened to his story that his family was too poor to keep him, and the only skill he had was making candles and soap. The ...read more

  • More Than 2 Million Grandparents Are Rearing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,529 views

    · More than 2 million grandparents are rearing their grand children. · In ’00, 82% of people 25 and older had graduated from high school and 25% had at least a bachelor’s degree. In ’90, the figures were 75% and 20%. · More than 90% of households owned a car, van or truck in ’00, the highest share ...read more

  • Friendship Factor" A New Gallup Study ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,004 views

    Friendship Factor" A new Gallup study commissioned by Group Publishing shows that people with close friendships in their church are very satisfied with their congregation, less likely to leave their place of worship, and have a strong friendship with God. Church members who have a best friend at ...read more

  • A Nation Of Singles: The U.s. Census Bureau's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
     | 1,595 views

    A Nation Of Singles: The U.S. Census Bureau’s newest numbers show that married-couple households have slipped from nearly 80% in the ‘50s to just 50.7% today. That means that the U.S.’s 86 million single adults could soon define the new majority. Already, unmarrieds make up 42% of the workforce, ...read more

  • Perhaps You're Thinking To Yourself, "These Sound ...

    Contributed by Bill Huffhine on Mar 25, 2006
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    Perhaps you’re thinking to yourself, “These sound like the descriptions of a true Christian. Can a person really look like this outwardly and still only be an “almost” Christian? John Wesley was born into a Christian family, the son of an Anglican minister. He was brought up not only respecting ...read more

  • How Deeply Do You Desire To Connect With God? ...

    Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 10, 2007
     | 2,479 views

    How deeply do you desire to connect with God? Are you desperate to see a mighty movement of God on your campus and throughout your generation? In the first decade of recent centuries, God has moved in astonishing ways to bring spiritual awakenings through students. We are living in that time ...read more

  • The Bridal Cup  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Feb 16, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,955 views

    Listen to this insight from Dr. Ray Vander Laan: In the first century, when a young Jewish man reached marrying age and his family selected an appropriate wife for him, the young man and his father would meet the young woman and her father to negotiate the “bride price,” the figurative cost of ...read more

  • Victor Hugo's Novel "Les Miserables" Tells A ...

    Contributed by Rev Paul Kerans on Mar 1, 2007
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    Victor Hugo’s Novel “Les Miserables” tells a story of a man named Jean Valjean, who served nineteen years of hard labour for the crime of stealing bread. When he was finally released, Valjean was a hardened, tough ex-convict. But one day his life was transformed by forgiveness. A kind bishop ...read more

  • I Grew Up In North Central California Only A ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Apr 7, 2007
     | 1,147 views

    I grew up in North Central California only a couple hours drive away from Yosemite National Park. Yosemite is in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It is a natural treasure, filled with rivers and streams, immense mountains, flowing meadows filled with trout, wildlife of every kind, and huge towering ...read more

  • Russ Blowers Is Active In His Local Indianapolis ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 22, 2007
     | 1,398 views

    Russ Blowers is active in his local Indianapolis Rotary club. At club meetings each week a member gives a brief statement about his job. When it was his turn, Russ said: "I’m with a global enterprise. We have branches in every country in the world. We have our representatives in nearly every ...read more

  • On September 3, 1939, Dr. Donald Grey Barnhouse ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    On September 3, 1939, Dr. Donald Grey Barnhouse was traveling by train through Europe on the way to preach in Belfast, Ireland. Hitler was unleashing his fury. There were wars and rumors of more wars. Britain’s prime minister was ready to declare war. Everything was tense. What was next? Troops ...read more

  • The End Of The War

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Billy Graham wrote in "The Key To Personal Peace" “One of the powerful, enduring images that my wife, Ruth, and I have of our early years together is of the ticker-tape parades in New York City celebrating the end of WWII. The war was finally over And those who were spared from death by the enemy ...read more

  • Let Me Tell You A Story Of A Man You Know. He Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Let me tell you a story of a man you know. He is called by some a man of sorrows. He was born into a poor family in 1809. His mother died when he was 9 years old. He ran for state legislature when he was 22 – lost. His fiancées died when he was 26. He marries at the age of 33 – she suffers from ...read more

  • Russ Blowers Is Active In His Local Indianapolis ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,757 views

    Russ Blowers is active in his local Indianapolis Rotary club. At club meetings each week a member gives a brief statement about his job. When it was his turn, Russ said: "I’m with a global enterprise. We have branches in every country in the world. We have our representatives in nearly every ...read more

  • Needs Are Different

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 8, 2007
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     | 1,961 views

    Illustration: Needs Are Different Perhaps our understanding for marriage is to give our spouse what we feel is best. Dr. Willard Harley, a Massachusetts psychologist, surveyed the perceived basic needs of men and women in marriage and found that the perceived needs are completely different. ...read more

  • To Him Who Is Thirsty I Will Give Them Without ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Sep 9, 2007
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    To him who is thirsty I will give them without cost...... when our family go out to restaurants or a cafe or pub lunch, Danielle will often ask me to go and get some water, but she doesn’t mean bottled water she means get some tap water because its free. I always feel embarrassed asking for ...read more