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  • Women Avoid Negotiating: These Figures Are Taken ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,332 views

    Women Avoid Negotiating: These figures are taken from Women Don’t Ask, Negotiation and Gender Divide. 2.5 times more women than men feel “a great deal of apprehension” about negotiation. Men initiate negotiations about 4 times as much as women. When asked to pick metaphors for negotiations, men ...read more

  • Some People Will Do Anything To Avoid ...

    Contributed by Alan Tison on May 26, 2008
     | 2,027 views

    Some people will do anything to avoid confrontation, I heard of a man who was going through a mid life crisis. He went out and bought a new car, but not just any car, but a new Corvette. As he pulled up on I-95 he noticed he was going 80 MPH, he thought boy that was easy. At that point, he wanted ...read more

  • Racecar Drivers Avoid Thinking About ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 14, 2009
     | 2,042 views

    Racecar Drivers Avoid Thinking About Death Scott Goodyear, speaking of race-car drivers who have been killed in crashes at the Indianapolis 500, said; “You don’t go look at where it happened, You don’t watch the films of it on television. You don’t deal with it. You pretend it never happened." The ...read more

  • Adams Sin Is The Cause Of The Sinful Lifestyles ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on May 25, 2008
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    ADAMS SIN IS THE CAUSE OF THE SINFUL LIFESTYLES AND ACTIONS WE SEE TODAY IN OTHERS AND OUR SELVES; HIS SIN IS THE CAUSE OF THE 100% DEATH RATE IN OUR WORLD STILL TODAY. WHEN HE SINNED WE ALL SINNED V12, 15, 17, 18. PAUL IS NOT CONVEYING THIS IS WHY WE SIN TODAY- THAT IS TRUE BUT WHAT HE IS ...read more

  • Sins Are Habits  PRO

    Contributed by John Sattler on Feb 18, 2013
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,007 views

    SINS ARE HABITS I’m reading a book right now called "The Power of Habit" (http://charlesduhigg.com/the-power-of-habit/) about how so much of our daily life is lived by habit. We have to. Our brain needs habits in order for us to be able to function. Just about everything we do is habitual. How ...read more

  • Ever Use Raid On House Pests? If We Are In ...

    Contributed by Sterling Franklin on Jun 22, 2010
     | 1,755 views

    Ever use Raid on house pests? If we are in Christ, then the Holy Spirit is like Raid to our annoying and pesky sin nature. Our pursuit should be that of ...read more

  • The Flu

    Contributed by Roberta Karchner on Feb 21, 2020
     | 3,589 views

    After one of our members came down with the flu, was in intensive care for 10 days, we became very aware of how easily it is passed, especially to our elderly members. Which brought about these thoughts. 1) You are 70% Less likely to get the flu (or pass it) if you wash your hands properly. ...read more

  • The Corpse Of Sin  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2002
    based on 32 ratings
     | 3,794 views

    THE CORPSE OF SIN When he was arrested in February 2002 for dumping off as many as 200 bodies in nearby woods, 28 year old Ray Brent Marsh, the operator of Tri-State Crematory told authorities that the incinerator had not worked for some time. A spokesman for the company that made the ...read more

  • The Great Sin  PRO

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Dec 7, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,666 views

    THE GREAT SIN “According to Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride. Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere fleabites in comparison; it was through Pride that the devil became the devil; Pride leads to every other vice; it is the complete ...read more

  • Tolerating Sin  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on May 31, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
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    Kay Arthur, a Christian author, put it this way. If you tolerate sin in your life, that sin will not only take you farther than you wanted to go, it will keep you longer than you wanted ...read more

  • Regarding Sin  PRO

    Contributed by Chris Hodges on Jul 29, 2003
    based on 12 ratings
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    Regarding sin, one observed: Man calls it an accident, God calls it an abomination Man calls it a blunder, God calls it a blindness Man calls it a defect, God calls it a disease Man calls it chance, God calls it a choice Man calls it an error, God calls it enmity Man calls it fascination, God calls ...read more

  • What Is Sin?  PRO

    Contributed by David Schaal on Sep 4, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,952 views

    What is Sin? · Man calls it an accident; God calls it an abomination. · Man calls it a blunder; God calls it blindness. · Man calls it a defect; God calls it a disease. · Man calls it a chance; God calls it a choice. · Man calls it an error; God calls it an enmity. · Man calls it a ...read more

  • Effects Of Sin

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 28, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,420 views

    Effects of Sin How does a worm get inside an apple? Perhaps you think the worm burrows in from the outside. No, scientists have discovered that the worm comes from inside. But how does he get in there? Simple! An insect lays an egg in the apple blossom. Sometime later, the worm hatches in the ...read more

  • The Shock Of Sin  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 6, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,153 views

    THE SHOCK OF SIN In a book called All Thumbs Guide to VCR’s which is a repair guide for amateurs, author Gene Williams begins with a warning. He writes: “Getting a jolt form the incoming 120 volts ac (120 Vac) is more that just unpleasant; it can be fatal. Studies have shown that it takes very ...read more

  • If It Moves, Sin!

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Dec 4, 2005
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    Chuck Swindoll writes: “One of my favorite stories comes from a man who used to be in our church. He and his wife were close friends of our family, but they have now moved to another part of the country. We really miss their joyful presence. When he was a youth worker many years ago in an ethnic ...read more

  • Insensitivity To Sin

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Feb 19, 2007
     | 3,195 views

    Insensitivity to Sin A little girl in London held up her broken wrist and said, "Look, Mommy, my hand is bent the wrong way!" There were no tears in her eyes. She felt no pain whatever. That was when she was four years old. When she was six, her parents noticed that she was walking with a limp. A ...read more

  • Insensitivity To Sin

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 2,552 views

    Insensitivity to Sin A little girl in London held up her broken wrist and said, "Look, Mommy, my hand is bent the wrong way!" There were no tears in her eyes. She felt no pain whatever. That was when she was four years old. When she was six, her parents noticed that she was walking with a limp. A ...read more

  • Confession Of Sin  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
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    Jersey Village Baptist Church in Houston, Texas was reminded of this on February 26, 1995. The congregation began their evening service at 6:30 p.m. expecting a routine worship service. However, During the invitation, a young girl walked the aisle, confessed her sins to the Lord, and sought ...read more

  • Cross Or Sin?

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 18, 2007
     | 3,437 views

    Cross or Sin? A man once told his pastor, “I have a fierce temper, but I suppose that is my cross.” “My friend,” the pastor replied lovingly, “That is not your cross, but it is your sin!” (Alan Redpath ...read more

  • Playing With Sin

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jul 9, 2009
     | 5,424 views

    Two girlfriends went to Mexico for a holiday and smuggled in a giant mouse to the US assuming it to be a puppy. It wheezes throughout the night and they just pet and snuggle him to bring relief to his pain. In the morning they took him to the Vet who disclosed to them that it was a rat with rabies ...read more