Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 18, 2010
WHISTLER AND THE DOCTOR
James Whistler, the Victorian artist, showed scant respect for the hierarchy of any profession. When his poodle fell ill with a throat infection, the artist sent immediately for the country’s leading ear, nose, and throat specialist. Sir Morell Mackenzie was not amused when
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Contributed by Perry Greene on Nov 10, 2011
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SUPERMAN AND THE SEATBELT
Boxing great, Muhammad Ali boldly declared, "I am the greatest!" On one occasion Ali was flying to a fight and refused to buckle his seatbelt; the flight attendant insisted but Ali said, "Superman don't need no
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 9, 2008
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
Among the more than 3,000 Americans who have received the Congressional Medal of Honor, there is one father/son combination. The father won it for a single act of bravery in a crucial battle of the Civil War. By the time he retired in 1909, he was the ranking officer in the
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Baptist
Alexander Graham Bell once said, "When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
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James the Great
The next martyr we meet with, according to St. Luke, in the History of the Apostles’ Acts, was James the son of Zebedee, the elder brother of John, and a relative of our Lord; for his mother Salome was cousin-german to the Virgin Mary. It was not until ten years after the death of
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Dec 7, 2002
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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
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Orthodox
Contributed by Kelvin Mckisic on Jan 28, 2007
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The Great Blondin
The Great Blondin was a daredevil whose stage was Niagara Falls, where a tightrope was stretched across the great falls which he would walk across and back again.
In his show he would ask the crowd if they believed that he could walk across and back again. The crowd would
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on May 7, 2009
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A GREAT TRUTH
A psychiatrist once unknowingly referred to one of God’s paradoxes, remarking, "The greatest secret of mental health comes down to us in the words, ’Whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his
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Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 27, 2010
NO ROOM FOR THE GREAT
In "A Hunger for God", John Piper says, "If you don’t feel strong desires for the manifestation of the glory of God, it is not because you have drunk deeply and are satisfied. It is because you have nibbled so long at the table of
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Nazarene
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 16, 2007
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Quote: Glamour is not Greatness
James R. Sizoo said: Let it never be forgotten that glamour is not greatness; applause is not fame; prominence is not eminence. The man of the hour is not apt to be the man of the ages. A stone may sparkle, but that does not make it a diamond; people may have money,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
THE GREAT INVITATION
Isaiah 55:6 “Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, and call ye upon Him while He is near.”
It was a cold, winter day. A carcass, on an ice floe, floated slowly down the Niagra River. An Eagle, flying overhead, spied the easy prey below, and descended upon it. He began to eat.
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THE GREAT OMISSION
Dallas Willard is a professor at the University of Southern California's School of Philosophy. He is also a Christian lay person. And he writes books. Lots of books. One of his books is entitled The Great Omission. And what he does in that book is this: he shows how the church
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