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  • And He Was Changed  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 11, 2004
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    AND HE WAS CHANGED In 1918, a notorious criminal named Tokichi Ichii was sentenced to hang. While in prison in Tokyo, he was sent a New Testament by two missionaries, Miss West and Miss McDonald. After a visit from Miss West, he began to read the story of Jesus’ and crucifixion. When he reached ...read more

  • We Know We Have A Healthy Body When Each And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Warren Curry on Sep 21, 2004
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     | 2,844 views

    We know we have a healthy body when each and every member is working together and looking out for one another. Paul uses a lot of analogies comparing the human body and the church. There is not one part of our body that is not dependent on another part. Behold, a team went forth to play a game ...read more

  • It Reminds Me Of The Story Of The Great African ...

    Contributed by Tim Richards on Dec 1, 2004
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    It reminds me of the story of the great African American singer Marian Anderson. You may not remember her because she retired from singing in 1965, but she was one of the great singers of her day. Once in an interview a reporter asked her to "name the greatest moment in her life." She could have ...read more

  • Officials From India Were Concerned About The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 9, 2005
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     | 2,189 views

    Officials from India were concerned about the aboriginal tribes which inhabited the islands off the coast of Myanmar after the Tsunami disaster. They feared that as many as 6,000 of these primitive people may have been killed — perhaps even wiping out some of the smaller tribes. So they sent ...read more

  • Amazed That Two People Could Be Raised In Same ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 5, 2005
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    Amazed that two people could be raised in same household, by same parents, in same town, go to same school, experience much of same life and yet one be so different from the other. The Jews all be religious and seeking God yet some obtained and some became enemies of the gospel. Latter half of ...read more

  • A U.s. Air Force Transport Plane With Its Captain ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jul 19, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,599 views

    A U.S. Air Force transport plane with its captain and 5 crew members was flying over Alaska in the mid-50s when they entered an unusually fierce snowstorm. The navigator contacted an air base only to be told that he had veered several hundred miles off course. Correct coordinates were given to the ...read more

  • To Kill A Mockingbird" Is One Of My Favorite ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 3, 2005
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    “To Kill A Mockingbird” is one of my favorite stories. The main character is Atticus Finch, a lawyer and father who defends a young black man of rape in 1932. As you can imagine, in that day that was not a popular decision. He’s called all kinds of names and even his children bear the brunt of his ...read more

  • This Past Sunday Afternoon, After Katrina Had ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Sep 24, 2005
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    This past Sunday afternoon, after Katrina had already made a mess of South Florida, Gladys and I watched the news as the killer storm made it’s way across the Gulf, with its eye focused on the gulf coast. We, along with many of you and countless millions of others across the country, watched with ...read more

  • What Is A Christian? In The Letter To Diognetus, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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     | 2,657 views

    What is a Christian? In the LETTER TO DIOGNETUS, which dates back to the second century A.D., an anonymous writer describes a strange people who are in the world but not of the world. “Christians are not differentiated from other people by country, language, or customs; you see, they do not live ...read more

  • Worship First: Of The 6 Foundational Faith ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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    Worship First: Of the 6 foundational faith practices- worship, evangelism, discipleship, fellowship, stewardship and compassionate service—most churchgoers embrace wor-ship. A new Barna survey reveals that 75% of all adults, and 92% of churched adults; say it’s very important to them to worship ...read more

  • Boys In Crises: It May Still Be A Man's World. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Boys In Crises: It may still be a man’s world. But it is no longer a boy’s. From his first days in school, an average boy is already developmentally 2 years behind girls in reading and writing. Yet he’s often expected to learn the same things in the same way in the same amount of time. While every ...read more

  • When I Was In Kalkaska Mi, Working As A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bob Soulliere on Mar 10, 2006
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    When I was in Kalkaska Mi, working as a volunteer fireman, we once went to help someone who had fallen through the ice. When we got there he had already been rescued by some bystanders. What happened was he wandered to far out on unsafe ice, not knowing that there was an underground spring feeding ...read more

  • Several Years Ago, I Heard The Story Of Larry ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,832 views

    Several years ago, I heard the story of Larry Walters, a 33-year-old man who decided he wanted to see his neighborhood from a new perspective. He went down to the local army surplus store one morning and bought forty-five used weather balloons. That afternoon he strapped himself into a lawn chair, ...read more

  • Why Do We Have Such A Hard Time Quitting Sin?  PRO

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Jul 17, 2006
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    Why do we have such a hard time quitting sin? a. We enjoy sin God, make me good, but not yet. -St. Augustine. b. There is much to do When a person becomes a Christian, he usually undergoes some radical life changes, especially if he has had an immoral background. Through the first steps of ...read more

  • Crocodile Hunter Illus. ( One Thing To Fight With ...

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 4, 2006
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    Crocodile Hunter ILLUS. ( one thing to fight with something another to kill it) In the news the other day it was reported that the world famous Australian Crocodile Hunter had been killed by a sting ray, really by accident. I loved to watch the Croc Hunter on the animal planet and other ...read more

  • Judzia Dax Was Unique Among The Characters Of ...

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on Nov 24, 2006
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    Judzia Dax was unique among the characters of Star Fleet. She was a humanoid life form from the planet Trill. Thus, our title today, Trill Theology. Trill is a scarcely populated planet with only a few million humanoid inhabitants. The Trill Humanoids share their planet with a wormlike oceanic life ...read more

  • Recently, While The Residents Of Charlotte, N.c., ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 5, 2006
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    Recently, while the residents of Charlotte, N.C., were trying to decide whether to name a new park after their most famous son, Billy Graham, the city’s newspaper ran some of the mail they have received on the subject. Most writers felt this is a fitting tribute to the world-famous evangelist; some ...read more

  • 1956 National Championship In Melbourne…in The ...

    Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 10, 2007
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    1956 National Championship in Melbourne…in the third lap, Ron Clarke (Australian and World Junior Mile record holder) and John Landy moved forward at a strong pace. They were shooting for a new world record! Then Alec Henderson tried to squeeze between the two runners and the inside edge of the ...read more

  • Pilgrims Progress...

    Contributed by Mark Ferrante on Jan 20, 2007
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    Pilgrims Progress... Well, on Saturday, about midnight they began to pray, and continued in prayer till almost break of day. Now, a little before it was day, good Christian, as one half amazed, brake out into this passionate speech: What a fool, quoth he, am I, thus to lie in a stinking dungeon, ...read more

  • Captain Jack's Compass  PRO

    Contributed by Susan Blader on Jan 21, 2007
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     | 3,219 views

    Captain Jack’s Compass In the movie, “The Pirates of the Caribbean,” Captain Jack Sparrow has a compass. It is no ordinary compass. Rather than pointing north, it points toward whatever the person holding it wants most. It might be treasure, or a person, or a location. But it only works if the ...read more