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  • Life-Stages Drive Consumer Patterns: Life-Stages; ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 2,321 views

    Life-stages Drive Consumer Patterns: Life-stages; turning points in life, a period of sudden, perhaps dramatic, change that requires new skills and a new frame of mind¾influence buying and giving patterns particular-ly among boomers. Key life-stages are fairly predictable; birth, childhood, ...read more

  • Never Have More Children Than You Have Car ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,909 views

    1. Never have more children than you have car windows. 2. Never loan your car to someone to whom you have given birth. 3. Pick your friends carefully. A "friend" never goes on a diet when you are fat or tells you how lucky you are to have a husband who remembers Mother’s Day--when his gift is a ...read more

  • Erma Bombeck – Wrote Something Called Rules…  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jul 10, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,912 views

    Erma Bombeck – wrote something called rules… 1) Never have more children than you have car windows. 2) Never loan your car to someone to whom you have given birth. 3) Pick your friends carefully. A "friend" never goes on a diet when you are fat or tells you how lucky you are to have a husband who ...read more

  • Wind Is The Movement Of Air Relative To The ...

    Contributed by Douglas Vincent on May 28, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,569 views

    Wind is the Movement of air relative to the surface of the Earth. Wind is an important factor in determining and controlling climate and weather. It is also the generating force of most ocean and freshwater waves. Wind occurs because of horizontal and vertical differences in atmospheric pressure. ...read more

  • Eddy Stone Lighthouse Rebuilt On Rock And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 10, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,811 views

    Eddy Stone Lighthouse Rebuilt on Rock and Survives The first beacon of the Eddy Stone Lighthouse for the English Channel off the coast of Plymouth was placed there over 250 years ago to warn ships of the dangerous reefs. Winstanley, the architect who built it, was so confident of it’s strength ...read more

  • Standing In Worship

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 9, 2011
     | 3,225 views

    STANDING IN WORSHIP Jesus stands in God’s presence--he stands, because he has trodden death and the power of the Evil One underfoot. At the end of this struggle, he is the one who stands upright, the one who remains standing. This standing is also an expression of readiness: Christ is standing ...read more

  • Going To The Movies With Penguins!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 27, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 935 views

    A truck driver was hauling a load of 500 penguins to the zoo. Unfortunately, his truck broke down, so he waved down another truck and offered the driver $500 to take the penguins to the zoo. The next day, the first truck driver picked up his repaired truck. When he drove into town, he couldn’t ...read more

  • Many Years Ago, Bishop Mcconnell Told A Story Of ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Dec 7, 2006
     | 795 views

    Many years ago, Bishop McConnell told a story of something that happened in a little fishing village on the New England coast. One winter’s day a storm came up suddenly while the boats were out at sea. The men rowed desperately to reach the safety of the harbour. Everybody made it except of ...read more

  • Let Me Relate Pastor Knute Larson's Parable About ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 16, 2007
     | 956 views

    Let me relate Pastor Knute Larson’s parable about life and mortality. There was a man who jumped from the top of the Empire State Building. That’s 97 floors up. (Or down, which is the way he was looking.) That reminds me of people who are always saying that Christians are funny and sin is ...read more

  • More God More Power  PRO

    Contributed by Ralf Bergmann on May 30, 2002
    based on 39 ratings
     | 3,259 views

    Lord, send revival in mighty flood-tide; Send streams of blessing to sweep far and wide. Send them engulfing like waves of the sea; Sweep through our lowlands and work mightily. Send the outpourings of God’s Holy rain Send mighty cloud-bursts again and again Strike holy lightning at home and ...read more

  • A Christian Railroad Engineer Was Speaking To A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,962 views

    A Christian railroad engineer was speaking to a group of fellow workers about heaven. He said, “I can’t begin to tell you what the Lord Jesus means to me. In Him I have a hope that is very precious. Let me explain. Many years ago as each night I neared the end of my run, I would always let out a ...read more

  • O Brother Where Art Thou?  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Borst on May 11, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,397 views

    INTRODUCTION... O Brother Where Art Thou? I was flipping through the TV the other night and one of the stations had on a movie that I have enjoyed watching before that stars George Clooney and was released in 2000. "O Brother Where Art Thou?" is a story about three prisoners (George Clooney, John ...read more

  • Our Father's Home

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Dec 24, 2006
     | 3,123 views

    Story: “Our Father’s Home” Two strangers, a small boy and an older man, were fishing from the banks of the Mississippi River. As time passed they discovered that, although the fishing was rather poor, conversation was good. And by the time the sun began to sink in the west they had talked of ...read more

  • Because Of Her Late Arrival At A Railroad ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Nov 20, 2002
    based on 22 ratings
     | 1,768 views

    Because of her late arrival at a railroad station, a lady had but five minutes to make connection with an outgoing train. As she ran toward the train, a Pullman car porter waved her to slow down and said, “Lady, you better take it easy or you are going to come down with Americanitis.” “What’s ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago, Television News Captured The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,897 views

    A few years ago, television news captured the drama of a brave man who gave his life for others. A flight from Florida crashed into the icy waters of the Potomac River, a few feet short of the runway at National Airport. Within minutes, a rescue helicopter was at¬tempting to ladder-lift the ...read more

  • The Steam Ship, Central America, On Its Maiden ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,901 views

    The steam ship, Central America, on its maiden voyage from New York City to San Francisco harbor, sprang a leak in mid-ocean and began to go down. A distress signal was sent out over the air waves. A rescue vessel rushed to the scene. Upon reaching the scene, the captain of the rescuer vessel sent ...read more

  • I Was Reading The Other Day. ‘soviet President ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,669 views

    I was reading the other day. ‘Soviet President Khrushchev used to tell a story of a time when a wave of thefts in the Soviet Union forced he authorities put guards at all their factories. One Friday evening in Leningrad, out comes Peter Petrovich pushing a wheelbarrow. And on top of the wheelbarrow ...read more

  • This Anchor

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 11, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,687 views

    This anchor holds in day of adversity, When all else threatens to give way. This anchor keeps my vessel from drifting, Never letting my ship run astray. This anchor holds midst angry seas battering, When waves and winds battle for my soul. This anchor holds in the lonely night hours, When darkness ...read more

  • On June 18, 1956, A Freak Accident Happened On A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,135 views

    On June 18, 1956, a freak accident happened on a lake in New York. A speeding motorboat bounced on a wave and shot into the water two of its passengers, a 50-year old man and a little girl. To keep the girl from drowning, the man held her head above water while the boat circled back to pick them ...read more

  • China Has Too Many Men. Today, Roughly 120 Boys ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,284 views

    China has too many men. Today, roughly 120 boys are born in China for every 100 girls, perhaps the worst gender imbalance in modern human history. Within 15 years, the country may have 30 million men who cannot find wives. Households have preferred male children because men are viewed as better ...read more

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