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  • Why Stick With Milk?

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on Feb 10, 2009
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    WHY STICK WITH MILK? Why would someone continue with a staple diet of milk only? Simple. Milk is easily and quickly swallowed. Meat, on the other hand, is much more substantial. It needs to be chewed, savored and broken down before it can be swallowed. Usually, we have to wait for it to cook. ...read more

  • Answered Prayer

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Jul 28, 2011
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    ANSWERED PRAYER When I say YOUR prayers to our Lord Jesus who has the power to do anything, let me tell you this. The MRI clearly showed 4 tears to different tendons and ligaments. But when the doctor got in he could not see them! What he did see were some large spurs that we rubbing against my ...read more

  • Strange Yet Sufficient Answered Prayer

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010
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    "STRANGE YET SUFFICIENT" ANSWERED PRAYER James Gilmour, a missionary to Mongolia, was once asked to treat some wounded soldiers. Although he was not a doctor, he did have some knowledge of first aid, so he felt he could not refuse the request. He dressed the wounds of two of the men, but a ...read more

  • Can There Be A Crime More Diabolical Than The ...

    Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Feb 16, 2005
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    Can there be a crime more diabolical than the murder of a child. We can not stomach abuse to children. Have you heard the story of Eric Sellers. Eric shook his 4 pound baby so hard that he snapped the infants thigh bone. The judge told him "Your actions tell me you’re not the father of this ...read more

  • For Example, In Late Fall Of 1777, General ...

    Contributed by J. Martin on Apr 12, 2005
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    For example, in late fall of 1777, General George Washington and his rag tag army of militiamen suffered 2 defeats at the hands of the British at Brandywine and Germantown. He and his 11,000 men retreated to Valley Forge, PA to establish winter headquarters. It was a dark time for the revolution. ...read more

  • What Makes A Good Church?  PRO

    Contributed by Al Edmonds on Dec 27, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,747 views

    "WHAT MAKES A GOOD CHURCH?" If all the lazy folks will get up, And all the sleeping folks will wake up, And all the discouraged folks will cheer up, And all gossiping folks will shut up, And all the dishonest folks will confess up, And all the estranged folks will make up, And all the ...read more

  • A.d. 110. Ignatius, Overseer Of The Church In ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Oct 24, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,442 views

    A.D. 110. Ignatius, overseer of the church in Antioch, was arrested and sent to Rome for preaching Christ. Facing martyrdom, he wrote this to the church at Rome. “Now I begin to be a disciple. I care for nothing of visible or invisible things so that I may but win Christ. Let fire and the cross, ...read more

  • A.d. 110. Ignatius, Overseer Of The Church In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
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    A.D. 110. Ignatius, overseer of the church in Antioch, was arrested and sent to Rome for preaching Christ. Facing martyrdom, he wrote this to the church at Rome. “Now I begin to be a disciple. I care for nothing of visible or invisible things so that I may but win Christ. Let fire and the cross, ...read more

  • Philip Yancey In His Great Book, "Where Is God ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 2 ratings
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    Philip Yancey in his great book, "Where Is God When It Hurts" tells the story of NBA basketball player Bob Gross. He insisted on playing in a key game despite a badly injured ankle. Knowing that Gross was an important part of the game, the team doctor injected Marcaine, a strong painkiller into ...read more

  • There Is A Splendid Moment In The Movie Jurassic ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 13, 2002
    based on 64 ratings
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    There is a splendid moment in the movie Jurassic Park, when world-class paleontologist Allen Grant, who has devoted his life to the study of dinosaurs, suddenly comes face-to-face with real, live prehistoric creatures. He falls to the ground, dumbstruck. The reason is obvious. It is one thing to ...read more

  • When I Was In Seminary, I Lived In A Small One ...

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jan 29, 2004
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    When I was in seminary, I lived in a small one bedroom apartment. I was single at the time and didn’t have much. I was turning off the lights to go to bed one night. As I tried to make my way to the bed with the lights off, I misjudged the width of the door frame and slammed my toes up against ...read more

  • A Great Philosopher (Kierkegaard) Told A Parable ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A great philosopher (Kierkegaard) told a parable about geese that is a good illustration of these jaw-bones. Every seventh day these geese would parade to a corner of the yard where their most eloquent orator sat upon the fence and spoke about the wonders of being a goose. He told them the great ...read more

  • Romans 6:11 "So You Should Consider Yourselves ...

    Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Jan 14, 2008
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    Romans 6:11 "So you should consider yourselves dead to sin and able to live for the glory of God through Christ Jesus." Something that’s dead is unresponsive. I’ve brought one of my daughter’s stuffed animals today, a large dog. When she was little she called him James T. Bone. It’s not really ...read more

  • Strange Medicinal Claims

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 2, 2010
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    STRANGE MEDICINAL CLAIMS In the world of medicine and nutritional supplements, do we really know what we are doing? People seem so sure about their claims, but we need to remind ourselves: we don't know what we don't know. This AFP article broke this last week: (7-10) "Ordinary calcium ...read more

  • Elements Of A Seder

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Apr 15, 2011
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    ELEMENTS OF A SEDER Jesus was Jewish. He celebrated the Passover every year that He was on this earth. He is also clearly pictured in all the symbols of Passover and in the message of Passover itself. Wine: used various times during the meal (Cup of blessing, Cup of Plagues, Cup of Redemption, ...read more

  • Martin Sheen's Faith

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 2, 2012
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    MARTIN SHEEN'S FAITH Former Hollywood bad boy Martin Sheen says watching his son, Charlie Sheen, lead a similarly decadent life fills him with remorse. He worries that he learned to be a father too late. He particularly regrets his failure to share his faith. "I never lost my faith," Sheen says. ...read more

  • Square Fillers

    Contributed by Doug Fannon on Oct 19, 2018
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    In the military we had a term that we called “square fillers.” We would have a check-list of requirements and before each requirement or inspection item, there would be printed a little square . When each requirement was completed, you would check off the appropriate square. The term came to ...read more

  • The Man Of God Who Preached At Bethel (1 Kings 13)

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Jun 24, 2020
     | 1,566 views

    Text: [1Ki 13:1, KJV:] 1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. 2 And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born ...read more

  • The Horrid Description  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 20, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,253 views

    THE HORRID DESCRIPTION Jesus was tied to a post and beaten at least thirty-nine times – and probably more – with a whip that had jagged bones and balls of lead woven into it. Again and again the whip was brought down with full force on his bare shoulders, back, and legs … At first the heavy ...read more

  • On The Fourth Of July In 1951, Florence Chadwick, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jan 30, 2006
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     | 3,158 views

    On the Fourth of July in 1951, Florence Chadwick, the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions, attempted to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast. The challenge was not so much the distance, but the bone-chilling waters of the Pacific. To complicate matters, a dense ...read more