Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
THEY SAID IT COULDN'T BE DONE
They experts said it was physically impossible for a human being to run a mile in four minutes. Our bone structure was all wrong, the wind resistance was too great, our lung power was inadequate. There appeared to be a 101 reasons why it could not be done!
Then one
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Brethren
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Oct 25, 2006
Evangelist Merv Rosell relates a story from his childhood when he and his brother contracted diphtheria. They were wrapped in white sheets and taken to the contagious ward of the hospital. He could still see his mother’s face, pressed against the glass of the ward, peering lovingly at her two
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Apr 26, 2007
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3. A FEW BELIEVED…
One of the great films of 1999 was The Matrix, starring Keanu Reeves. It’s a futuristic sci-fi movie, where the world has been taken over by computers. The computers need the energy that comes from human bodies, so they keep a supply of genetically engineered humans in a
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 8, 2002
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The being we call God is unique. His name is I AM, it is not God. The astrologer worships his footstool -- The sun worshiper loves just, one small star. The animist, the works of His hands The Satanist prays to a created and lesser being. The materialist is consumed by a temporary condition
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Contributed by Tony Searles on May 4, 2002
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A turtle family went on a picnic. They had prepared seven years for their outing. The family left home, searching for a suitable place. During the second year of their journey, they found it. For about six months they cleared the area, unpacked the picnic basket, and completed the arrangement.
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Contributed by Mark Hensley on Aug 8, 2002
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Quecreek Miners Kept Each Other Alive
In what the news called "The Miracle at Quecreek," nine miners trapped for three days 240 feet underground in a water-filled mine shaft "decided early on they were either going to live or
die as a group."
The 55 degree (Fahrenheit) water threatened to kill
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2004
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PRESCRIBING PRAYER FOR HEALTH CARE
To treat her arthritis and her thyroid condition, 63-year-old Elizabeth Allendorf sees her doctor every few months, but she prays everyday.
"Without faith, without meditation, without God, I am telling you, it wouldn’t be," says Allendorf. "It would be just
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Contributed by Lynn Malone on Feb 6, 2006
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You see, we’ve all heard stories of people who lucked up and found something hidden away in an attic that turned out to be really valuable, and we figure, if it could happen to them, it could happen to us. We hear stories like Ted and Virginia from Arizona. There story was found on Antiques
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Methodist
Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 28, 2006
Air Conditioner.
First house we owned was quite old and a lot of things didn’t work quite right.
Our air conditioner broke every year.
It would cool down the house then, become a heater heat it up, then cool it down.
Not how an air conditioner should work.
First year called the company who had
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Scott Maze on Feb 15, 2007
On June 17, 2002 Federal authorities arrested a United States Forest Service employee for starting the largest fire in Colorado’s history.
Terry Barton was a 38-year-old woman and had worked every summer for the Forest Service for 18 or 19 years.
She had ventured into the forest to burn a letter
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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The great violinist, Niccolo Paganini willed his marvelous violin to city of Genoa on condition that it must never be played. The wood of such an instrument, while used and handled, wears only slightly, but set aside, it begins to decay. Paganini’s lovely violin has today become worm-eaten and
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(ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS)
Cierto hombre vino un día a la iglesia con su familia. Cuando iban de regreso a casa comenzó a quejarse de esta manera: "la música estaba demasiado alta, el sermón fue demasiado largo. El que dio los anuncios parecía que ni el mismo sabía lo que decía. Como es posible
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 5, 2008
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The guillemot is a small arctic sea bird that lives on the rocky cliffs of northern coastal regions. These birds flock together by the thousands in comparatively small areas. Because of the crowded conditions, hundreds of females lay their pear-shaped eggs side by side on a narrow ledge, in a long
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