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  • The Prophetic ...

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Sep 17, 2008
     | 2,447 views

    ‘THE PROPHETIC PERSPECTIVE’ When the prophets were speaking of what would happen as a result of what was taking place in Judah the message was very specific. But when they looked out into the future the great events foretold were compressed in a brief space of time. This is called ‘the prophetic ...read more

  • Pint-Size Digital Projectors Are In The Works. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 1,130 views

    Pint-Size Digital Projectors are in the works. These devices, when plugged into cell phones and portable media players, will let consumers beam video content from their hand-held devices to the closest smooth surface. The micro-projectors, still in prototype, use light-emitting diodes and lasers to ...read more

  • A Degree And A Half Routing Error

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Jun 22, 2007
     | 1,574 views

    *ILLUSTRATION* On October 31, 1983, a Korean airliner departed on a flight from Anchorage, Alaska to Seoul, South Korea. Unknown to the flight crew, the flight navigation system computer contained a degree-and-a-half routing error. At the point of takeoff it was unnoticeable, but as the 747 flew ...read more

  • Warning Mr. Smith?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 28, 2021
     | 1,157 views

    PERILOUS, FULL OF DANGER, HIGH RISK, EXPOSED TO RUIN AND DISASTER, SERIOUS-IMMEDIATE DANGER, SETBACK, THREATENING OUR FINANCIAL, PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL BEING… DANGER Remember the series LOST IN SPACE… there was a ROBOT, SERIES 1A-1998 MODEL B-9 CLASS RODNEY YM-3. HE WAS JUST CALLED ...read more

  • In The Late 70's Public School Teachers Polled.  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Moore on Mar 21, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 1,780 views

    In the late 70’s Public school teachers polled. 1. Talking 2. Chewing Gum 3. Making Noise 4. Running In The Halls 5. Getting Out Of Place In Line 6. Wearing Improper Clothing 7. Not Putting Paper In The Waste Basket Early nineties 1. Drug Abuse 2. Alcohol Abuse 3. Pregnancy 4. Suicide ...read more

  • A Pastor Was Talking To A Group Of Young People ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Mar 27, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,271 views

    A pastor was talking to a group of young people about the high cost of dying. "People today waste thousands of dollars on coffins and monuments," he said. "Jesus was so unconcerned by His death that He had to use a borrowed tomb." Leave it to our youth to get to the bottom line and put things in ...read more

  • Leigh Richmond, In His "Dying Cottager," Tells ...  PRO

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Feb 11, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,706 views

    Leigh Richmond, in his "Dying Cottager," tells of his last visit to the death-bed of a young convert that he had led to Jesus. He asked the girl in the valley of the shadow what was her hope for eternity. Putting her thin, wasted fingers on the Bible that lay beside her she said, "Christ here!" ...read more

  • He Is Rich Who Owns The Day, And No One Owns ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,258 views

    "He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with worry, fret and anxiety. Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well ...read more

  • In His Book Mere Christianity, C.s. Lewis Wrote, ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Mar 24, 2009
     | 4,815 views

    In his book Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis wrote, "Do not waste your time bothering whether you ’love’ your neighbor act as if you did. As soon as we do this, we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him. If you injure someone ...read more

  • Economic Science Tells Us That Structural ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 21, 2009
     | 1,146 views

    Economic science tells us that structural insecurity generates anti-productive attitudes wasteful of human resources, inasmuch as workers tend to adapt passively to automatic mechanisms, rather than to release creativity. On this point too, there is a convergence between economic science and moral ...read more

  • Hurricane-Type Fear

    Contributed by Vonnie Elisha James on Aug 27, 2008
     | 2,279 views

    Hurricane-Type Fear After Hurricane Ivan 2004, one of the main factors people looted was because of fear--not just fear, but irrational fear. Why irrational? Because the country was full of food, and there was not a need to loot. Secondly we saw a lot of waste happened months and sometime up to ...read more

  • Medieval Theologians Argued That Since A Ladder ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,126 views

    Medieval theologians argued that since a ladder leaning against a wall forms a triangle and a triangle is a symbolic reminder of the Holy Trinity, anyone who carelessly blunders through this mystical space is risking divine wrath! Even when that argument lost itself in history’s muddle, condemned ...read more

  • Irritated By The 1971 Canadian Census Form ...

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Nov 19, 2008
     | 1,108 views

    Irritated by the 1971 Canadian census form defining the husband as the Head of the household, I wrote in the space marked Householder comments: “In this family my husband and I definitely share the household equally, and I wish to register my complaint at your archaic wording.” Several days later, ...read more

  • The Best Change  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Dec 3, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 3,429 views

    THE BEST CHANGE Our world has changed dramatically in the past 100 years, and futurists predict that even greater changes are coming. Consider these facts: We now watch as routine space shuttles that propel people into space and land routinely. Yet, it was under 100 years ago that the first ...read more

  • Refuse Good Advice And Watch Your Plans ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Emmert on May 22, 2001
    based on 85 ratings
     | 4,022 views

    “Refuse good advice and watch your plans fail; take good counsel and watch them succeed” (Proverbs 3:21). We can say it another way: Heed wise counsel, or watch your hopes be cancelled. The hard won truth of this proverb is evident in an experience that riveted my generation. In January of 1985 ...read more

  • Dealing With Stress

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Oct 19, 2020
     | 2,966 views

    When I was a kid, we raised chicken for our food. At first, we only had a few in a large pen. It was a fairly natural environment for them with lots of grass to scratch around in for insects and seeds. Those chickens were very healthy in that environment. Then we dramatically increased their ...read more

  • An American Woman Whose Dream Of Riding A Train ...

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Nov 4, 2003
     | 1,494 views

    An American woman whose dream of riding a train through the English countryside came true. After boarding the train she kept fretting about the windows and the temperature, complaining about her seat assignment, rearranging her luggage, and so on. To her shock, she suddenly reached her journey’s ...read more

  • Menelik Was The King Of Ethiopia From 1899 To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,762 views

    Menelik was the king of Ethiopia from 1899 to 1913. He heard about a new device that could be used for dealing with hardened criminals, so he ordered one. When his new electric chair arrived he was severely disappointed that it wouldn’t work. It seems that Ethiopia would not have electricity for ...read more

  • In His Autobiography, Breaking Barriers, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,987 views

    In his autobiography, Breaking Barriers, syndicated columnist Carl Rowan tells about a teacher who greatly influenced his life. Rowan relates: Miss Thompson reached into her desk drawer and pulled out a piece of paper containing a quote attributed to Chicago architect Daniel Burnham. I listened ...read more

  • Doing Nothing  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,812 views

    DOING NOTHING Make a commitment to be under-committed. (If you don’t hear anything else this morning, hear this... Make a commitment to be under-committed.) Look at your calendar and make sure there are lots of blank spaces. Stop saying "It will slow down when..." Because it won’t. Quindlen ...read more

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