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  • The Tree Of Hippocrates

    Contributed by Kelly Mitchell on Oct 3, 2012
     | 4,023 views

    The Tree of Hippocrates On the island of Kos, the home of Hippocrates, the great physician from whom we get the “Hippocratic Oath”, there grows a tree that history says Hippocrates himself once gathered his students for class. Although the current tree is only about 500 years old, it is purported ...read more

  • Christocrat

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Oct 1, 2012
     | 1,057 views

    CHRISTOCRAT "I have alternately been called an aristocrat and a democrat. I am neither. I am a ...read more

  • Well Said  PRO

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Oct 1, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,958 views

    WELL SAID A woman, who was a terrible cook, gave a preacher a pie to take home to his family. After tasting the pie, they simply threw the rest in the trash, unable to eat it. The next Sunday, the woman asked the preacher, "How did you like my ...read more

  • Hymn Story : "Holy God, Sinful Man"

    Contributed by Lawrence Bradford on Sep 26, 2012
     | 1,732 views

    Hymn Story : "Holy God, Sinful Man" A story of God’s Ring of Love (eternal and everlasting)for humanity. "Holy God, Sinful Man" Chorus: Had it not been for Jesus to die on that cross. All mankind would surely be lost. Verse 1: There would be no forgiveness no ...read more

  • So Many Valuable Possessions  PRO

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Sep 26, 2012
    based on 12 ratings
     | 4,347 views

    SO MANY VALUABLE POSSESSIONS Waylon Prendergast, 37, of Tampa, Florida, committed a spur-of-the-moment robbery while on his way home from a late-night drinking session. A very inebriated Mr. Prendergast forced his way into the house through an open upstairs window, filling a suitcase with cash and ...read more

  • Talk About Rising To The Top Of Your Field, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kelly Mitchell on Sep 25, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,157 views

    Talk about rising to the top of your field, Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 – April 1, 1991) was an American modern dancer and choreographer. Her influence on modern dance has been compared to Picasso’s on modern visual arts, Stravinsky’s on music, or Frank Lloyd Wright’s on architecture. We should ...read more

  • Worship In The Thrill And The Agony

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Sep 25, 2012
     | 3,923 views

    WORSHIP IN THE THRILL AND THE AGONY The 2012 Olympics gave a great illustration of how Christians can trust God in the thrill of victory AND the agony of defeat. If you watched the Olympics, you probably saw Gabby Douglas's big smile. When she won the Individual Gold in gymnastics. She said, "I ...read more

  • Get Acquainted With Heaven

    Contributed by Francis Balla on Sep 24, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,032 views

    GET ACQUAINTED WITH HEAVEN "The man who is about to sail for Australia or New Zealand as a settler, is naturally anxious to know something about his future home, its climate, its employments, its inhabitants, its ways, its customs. All these are subjects of deep interest to him. You are leaving ...read more

  • Anger And Contempt

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 24, 2012
     | 2,668 views

    ANGER AND CONTEMPT Dallas Willard in the Divine Conspiracy says that we can trace wrongdoing back to its roots in the human heart. We find that in the overwhelming number of criminal cases it involves some form of anger. Close beside anger we will find its twin brother, contempt. Proverbs 18:3: ...read more

  • Statistics On Alcohol Use

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 24, 2012
     | 1,540 views

    STATISTICS ON ALCOHOL USE The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism reports that per capita consumption of alcohol by Americans age 14 and older has dropped from 2.75 gallons in 1980 to 2.31 in 2007. Good news but consider the number who are addicted to drugs. Drug abuse continues ...read more

  • Porn Stats

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 24, 2012
     | 1,509 views

    PORN STATS The Internet is a good tool but it can also be used to fuel heat of sexual lust. Statistics are truly staggering. This is from 2006 and worldwide statistics: According to compiled numbers from respected news and research organizations, every second $3,075.64 is being spent on ...read more

  • The Bachs Were One

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Sep 24, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,255 views

    THE BACHS WERE ONE Anna married John when he was thirty-seven. She was only twenty. He had already married and had seven children. His first wife died. Anna bore him thirteen more children. She assisted him in his music work. She learned to copy out his manuscripts so that his students could take ...read more

  • What Kind Of Heart Do You Have?  PRO

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Sep 23, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,349 views

    WHAT KIND OF HEART DO YOU HAVE? I was reading this week an article by Bryan Doyle. It talks about hummingbirds. Hummingbirds have race car hearts that eat oxygen at an eye-popping rate. Their hearts are built of thinner, leaner fibers than ours. Their arteries are stiffer and more taut. Their ...read more

  • I Did It With My Club

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Sep 23, 2012
     | 2,608 views

    I DID IT WITH MY CLUB A hunter walking through the jungle found a huge dead elephant with a pigmy standing beside it. Amazed, he asked: "Did you kill that?" The pigmy said, "Yes." The hunter asked, "How could a little guy like you kill a huge beast like that?" "I killed it with my club." ...read more

  • Was Jesus Married?

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Sep 22, 2012
     | 1,820 views

    WAS JESUS MARRIED? “Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives’ tales; rather, train yourself to be godly.” 1 Timothy 4:7 “Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.” 1 Peter 3:15 Popular characters tend to be used, ...read more

  • The Parable Of Water  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Sep 21, 2012
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,803 views

    The Parable of Water There are a lot of things I could compare when it comes to living in the world, sexual sin, the lust we have for objects that are shiny; but, I’ve decided that I’m not going to. I’ve decided to discuss two different liquids. One of them is water and the other is Coca Cola. ...read more

  • Henri Dunant, Founder Of The Red Cross  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 20, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,533 views

    HENRI DUNANT, FOUNDER OF THE RED CROSS Henri Dunant was a wealthy 19th century Swiss banker when the Swiss government sent him to Paris to work on a business deal with Napoleon. When he got to Paris, they told him that Napoleon was off fighting a war against the Austrians in Solferino, Italy. So ...read more

  • God, Please Save My Son

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 20, 2012
     | 3,117 views

    "GOD, PLEASE SAVE MY SON." Imagine what went through Moses’ mother’s heart when she turned her just weaned child over to Pharaoh’s daughter. Pharaoh’s daughter was a stranger, a foreigner, living in an anti-Semitic home, whose father was pursuing genocide, trying to wipe out the Hebrew race. ...read more

  • When Things Go Wrong  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 19, 2012
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,379 views

    WHEN THINGS GO WRONG Several years ago, Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Bob Patterson described one of his pitches, which the Cincinnati Reds’ Barry Larkin hit for a game-winning home run: "It was a cross between a screwball and a change-up. It was a screw-up." (Wall Street Journal, 7/9/96; ...read more

  • A Change Of Policy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 19, 2012
     | 2,913 views

    A CHANGE OF POLICY Last June, the city of Alameda, California immediately changed its policies after its first responders stood by and watched a man drown in the San Francisco Bay. The first responders didn’t venture out into the muddy waters of the bay, even as the man started treading water and ...read more

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