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  • Stabilizing The Leaning Tower Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2012
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    STABILIZING THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA In the early nineties, the leaning Tower of Pisa began to lean too far. Seeing that the 180-foot-high tower would soon become dangerous, engineers designed a system to salvage the twelfth-century landmark by holding the lean constant. First the engineers ...read more

  • The Wedding Cake On The First ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2012
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    THE WEDDING CAKE ON THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY One of the many pieces of advice we received before our wedding was to save the top tier of your wedding cake and eat and eat it on your first anniversary. We had a tiny little freezer. For one full year, this box of wedding cake sat in our freezer, denying ...read more

  • A Woman, Her Attacker, And The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2012
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    A WOMAN, HER ATTACKER, AND THE BIBLE Earlier this year, a North Carolina woman read the Bible to her attacker for an hour and a half after he slashed her throat before the man apologized and left. Lindsay Wood, 32, of Shelby, N.C., had just arrived home from Bible study on Wednesday. Wood asked her ...read more

  • Wheat ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2012
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    WHEAT HARVEST I grew up in Wellington, Kansas which is a small farm town of about 8,000 people located 30 miles south of Wichita, Kansas. Wellington’s big claim to fame is being the Wheat Capitol of the World. The farmers of my home town produce more wheat per capita than anywhere else in the ...read more

  • I Believe I Have Told You About The Couple Who ...

    Contributed by Eugene Morell on Aug 5, 2012
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    I believe I have told you about the couple who were married for 35 years and that on the day of their 35th anniversary the wife said she was going to leave her husband. The reason was that he never told her that he loved her. His thing ...read more

  • Listening To God Compared To Listening To The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2012
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    LISTENING TO GOD COMPARED TO LISTENING TO THE DOCTOR We should treat prayer for what it is, a two way conversation with God, and learn to be quiet long enough for him to get a word in edge ways. Nicky Gumbel, in his book Questions of Life compares it to a visit to the doctor, he writes “Suppose I ...read more

  • Josh Mcdowell On Why People Refuse To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2012
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    JOSH MCDOWELL ON WHY PEOPLE REFUSE TO BELIEVE Josh McDowell writes, “People refuse to believe that which they don’t want to believe, in spite of evidence. When explorers first went to Australia they found a mammal which laid eggs; spent some time in water, some on land; had a broad, flat tail, ...read more

  • Prayer Is Nothing But Union With God. (John ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 4, 2012
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    Prayer is nothing but union with God. ...read more

  • The New ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2012
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    THE NEW STUDENT Wendy has the typical dreams owned by the typical High School students. She wants to make friends, she wants to join some clubs, she wants to become a cheerleader, and ultimately wants to graduate and make a living for herself and her future family. There’s only one problem however. ...read more

  • Albert Einstein On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2012
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    ALBERT EINSTEIN ON CREATION In his book on Albert Einstein, author Walter Isaacson told of a dinner party in Berlin where everybody assumed Einstein was an atheist and he said, “No, I have a deep feeling of faith, a deep religiosity that comes from my appreciation of the way the Lord made the ...read more

  • The Basis Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2012
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    THE BASIS OF ACCEPTANCE Oprah Winfrey said, “I discovered I didn’t feel worthy of love unless I was accomplishing something. I suddenly realized I have never felt I could be loved for just being.” Madonna said, “My drive in life is from this horrible fear of being mediocre. That’s always been ...read more

  • Need ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2012
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    NEED PROTECTION? Police sharpshooters were called to a scene in Rochester, NY. They surrounded a car because they noticed there was a man in the back seat with a rifle. The police attempted to negotiate with him but he wouldn’t respond. So they watched and waited. There was no movement. Finally, ...read more

  • The Security Of A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2012
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    THE SECURITY OF A FORTRESS Deep in the Arabian desert is a small fortress. It stands on the edge of the desert. It was at this place that Thomas Lawrence, also known as “Lawrence of Arabia”, used to seek shelter. Though it wasn’t a beautiful place, it was a great place because of its security. It ...read more

  • From The Olympics I Found Some Really Sad Stuff, ...

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Aug 3, 2012
     | 2,172 views

    From the Olympics I found some really sad stuff, there was a report about a swimmer and a gold medal swimmer to boot whose own mother said that he had no time for meaningful relationships and could only have one night stands, or the cyclist who crashed deliberately to get a restart and went on to ...read more

  • At Ten Minutes To Seven, On A Dark, Cool, Evening ...

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Aug 3, 2012
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    At ten minutes to seven, on a dark, cool, evening in Mexico City in 1968,John Stephen Arkwari of Tanzania, painfully hobbled into the Olympic stadium-the last to finish the marathon. The winner had already been crowned, and the victory ceremony was long finished. So, the stadium was almost as ...read more

  • My Son Peter Was Born In Poland And Has A Polish ...

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Aug 3, 2012
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    My son Peter was born in Poland and has a Polish passport and yet since he’s my son, he also has an American passport. Depending on the situation, he can use whichever passport he wants and claims he is a citizen of both countries. Some people think that they can do the same with their life here ...read more

  • It Is Not So Much What Happens To Us That Makes ...

    Contributed by James Kelly on Aug 3, 2012
     | 1,667 views

    "It is not so much what happens to us that makes the difference as much as it is how we respond to ...read more

  • If Crumbs Of Joy Now, What Next?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2012
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    IF CRUMBS OF JOY NOW, WHAT NEXT? A widely respected man known as "Uncle Johnson" died in Michigan at the incredible age of 120. Perhaps his advanced years could be credited in part to the cheerful outlook that characterized his life. One day while at work in his garden, he was singing songs of ...read more

  • When Prayer Isn't All You Need

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2012
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    WHEN PRAYER ISN’T ALL YOU NEED Tim Hansel, Holy Sweat, 1987, Word Books Publisher, p. 63. In my late twenties, a bunch of my friends and I decided to sail around the world. I have to admit, though, at the time I was a bit worried. I hadn’t even sailed before. I was uneasy and anxious. So I spent a ...read more

  • Humorous Definitions  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2012
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    HUMOROUS DEFINITIONS Definitions matter. Do you know what these words mean? ABDICATE: To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach. ADULT: A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle. ANTIQUE: An item your grandparents bought, your parents got rid of, and ...read more

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