Contributed by Lisa Delay on Oct 3, 2005
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I came across a finding while doing a bit of research about the universe. Scientists have theories that currently offer three possible shapes to the universe. The universe is defined in this case as “everything that exists.” The possible shapes are 1) a sphere 2) a flat “plane” 3) a saddle shape. I
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
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They call it the marshmallow test. A researcher gives this choice to a 4-year-old: “I am leaving for a few minutes to run an errand and you can have this marshmallow while I am gone, but if you wait until I return, you can have two marshmallows.”
Researchers at Stanford University ran that test in
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Contributed by D B on Jan 9, 2006
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A certain man wanted to sell his house in Haiti for $2,000. Another man wanted to buy it, but because he was poor, he couldn’t afford the full price. After much bargaining, the owner agreed to sell the house for half the original price with just one stipulation: he would retain ownership of one
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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A Better Life? In 1956 the typical American had to work 16 weeks for each 100 square feet of home purchased; now it takes 14 weeks, and the houses are much nicer. Most families of that period had 1 car and strived to own 2; today 1/3 of U.S. families own 3 or more cars. The workforce has never been
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Contributed by Steven Angus on May 31, 2006
In one of his books, Charles Allen tells about a highway that was being built in England. In the way stood a very, very old building. The workmen tore it down and cleared off the ground on which it stood. After the ground had been exposed to the sunshine and rain for some months, a wonderful thing
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United Methodist
Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Oct 29, 2006
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The International Congress on World Evangelization was held in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1974. The gathering was called by a committee headed by Rev. Billy Graham and drew more than 2,300 evangelical leaders, from 150 countries.
In the Covenant they produced the delegates wrote this about the
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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In the early part of this century, a group of lawyers met in England to discuss the biblical accounts of Jesus’ resurrection. They wanted to see if sufficient information was available to make a case that would hold up in an English court of law. When their study was completed, they published the
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Contributed by Jim Heidebrecht on Jun 21, 2007
MOVIE USHER:
Use their flashlight to show you the way in a dark place.
If something goes wrong, everyone looks to the guy who has been identified as knowing the way – by his jacket, his name tag, his silly hat, and his light
There was a young man working as an usher, and his manager asked
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Baptist
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jul 1, 2007
The web-slinging superhero has gone and done it again! Spiderman 3 opened on May 6, 2007 and on opening night grossed in excess of a staggering M$151 US – and climbing! This movie was different from Spider 1 and 2 in that Peter Parker, a.k.a. Spiderman, was forced to deal with what the overview
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Ned Bartlebaugh on Oct 21, 2007
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Third and Fourth graders in a Christian school were asked to complete this sentence: “By faith I know that God is…”
1. By faith I know that God is forgiving because he forgave in the Bible and he forgave me when I went in the road on my bike without one of my parents.
2. By faith I know that God is
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Baptist
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