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  • A. In Teaching To Change Lives, Howard Hendricks ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 10, 2001
    based on 83 ratings
     | 2,989 views

    A. In Teaching to Change Lives, Howard Hendricks tells about an 83-year old Michigan woman he met at a Sunday school convention in Chicago. "In a church with a Sunday school of only 65 people, she taught a class of 13 junior high boys. She had traveled by bus all the way to Chicago the night ...read more

  • Any One More Than Forty-Five Years Old Can ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 25, 2002
    based on 52 ratings
     | 1,611 views

    Any one more than forty-five years old can probably remember where they were when they first heard of President Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. British novelist David Lodge, in the introduction to one of his books, tells where he was--in a theater watching the performance of a satirical revue he ...read more

  • There Is Generally A Staff Of Three In Our ...  PRO

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Nov 17, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,283 views

    There is generally a staff of three in our building, our secretary Patsy, youth and children’s minister Sandy, and the warden, me. One day this week, at a particularly still and quiet moment, there was an incredible BOOM that shook the building. Sandy and I hit the hallway at the same time – we ...read more

  • Both Glad And Sad  PRO

    Contributed by Dixon Olu. David on Feb 3, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,774 views

    Illustration: Both Glad and Sad. We were told of an old legend about three men crossing a desert on horseback at night. Approaching a dried-up pond bed, they heard a voice commanding them to stop and dismount, pick up some pebbles, put them in their pockets, and not look at them until the morning. ...read more

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

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Oct 24, 2004
    based on 1 rating
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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

  • Eternal Life In The Future Tense Is Eternity In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bart Leger on Feb 2, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,505 views

    "Eternal life in the future tense is eternity in heaven with God. Eternal life in the present tense is knowing God personally now. Eternal life in the present breaks through limitations and experiences the best that life can offer. Many Christians miss that. We do our duty as believers, but no ...read more

  • Men Aren't Equipped  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Garrett on Apr 11, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,596 views

    MEN AREN’T EQUIPPED A man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment. The next week, the man realized that he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early morning business flight to Chicago. Not wanting to be the first to break the ...read more

  • Svetlana Stalin, The Daughter Of Josef Stalin, ...

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on May 27, 2005
     | 2,587 views

    Svetlana Stalin, the daughter of Josef Stalin, told the incredible story is told of how her father Josef Stalin had been a seminary student, preparing for the ministry. Then he came to a point in life where he made a decisive break from his belief in God. This dramatic and complete reversal of ...read more

  • Joseph Bayley Writing In, The Last Thing We Talk ...

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jun 13, 2005
     | 1,900 views

    Joseph Bayley writing in, The Last Thing We Talk About, used these words to describe what we’ve all felt. “This frustrates us, especially in a time of scientific breakthrough and exploding knowledge, that we should be able to break out of earth’s environment and yet be stopped cold by death’s ...read more

  • The 10 Essentials Of A Successful Consumer Direct ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
     | 1,716 views

    The 10 Essentials of a successful Consumer Direct business: · Success depends on operating in and integrating all channels. · Targeted communications and partnerships will be more successful than mass marketing. · Older consumers can be won through younger family members. · Brands are power, but ...read more

  • The Baseball Season Is About To Begin. On ...  PRO

    Contributed by Wendy Pratt on Mar 30, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,777 views

    The baseball season is about to begin. On opening day, every team will go out with the hope of this being their year, the year when they win the World Series. As the season progresses, that hope will fade for most teams, and by the All Star break the majority of the teams will have given up that ...read more

  • A Dish Of Tongue

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 17, 2006
     | 3,403 views

    J. Whitcomb Brougher tells this story: A Greek philosopher asked his servant to provide the best dish possible. The servant prepared a dish of tongue, saying: “It is the best of all dishes, because with it we may bless and communicate happiness, dispel sorrow, remove despair, cheer the ...read more

  • The Impact Of Attitude

    Contributed by John Price on Feb 13, 2007
     | 3,384 views

    THE IMPACT OF ATTITUDE The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of Attitude on life. Attitude to me is more important: than facts, than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do, than appearances, than ...read more

  • Bbc America Hosts Nutritionist Gillian Mckeith ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Apr 10, 2009
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    BBC America hosts nutritionist Gillian McKeith who works with unhealthy eaters to break lifetimes of bad habits. BBC introduces their webpage with this introduction: Is your fridge stocked full of fresh fruits, vegetables and lean meats OR is it full of fat-filled, overly salted processed ...read more

  • Vengeance Overseas  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,745 views

    VENGEANCE OVERSEAS The story is told of a soldier who was fighting over in Iraq who received a letter from his girlfriend that said she was breaking up with him. In the letter she also asked for him to return the picture of herself that she had given him, because she needed it for her bridal ...read more

  • Twister Was The Subject Of A Huge Publicity ...

    Contributed by Timothy Gardner on Nov 7, 2009
     | 2,238 views

    “Twister was the subject of a huge publicity campaign when it was introduced in 1966. After Johnny Carson and Eva Gabor hooked themselves together in front of millions of viewers on the "Tonight" show in May of that year, the rush was on to buy the game. Considering the simplicity of its design ...read more

  • Medical School Professor Teaches Students The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 1, 2009
     | 2,343 views

    Medical School Professor Teaches Students the Consequences of Abortion A professor in a world-acclaimed medical school once posed this medical situation to his students: “Here’s the family history: The father has syphilis. The mother has TB. They already have had four children. The first is blind. ...read more

  • Ivp Bible Background Commentary States This About ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 13, 2010
     | 1,696 views

    IVP Bible Background Commentary states this about our passage in John 10:1-10: "The original text of the Bible had no chapter breaks; this passage continues Jesus’ words to the *Pharisees in 9:41. It is based on *Old Testament images of God as the shepherd of Israel (Gen 48:15; 49:24; Ps 23:1; ...read more

  • Richard Calson On Forgiveness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,545 views

    RICHARD CALSON ON FORGIVENESS Let me conclude with in the words of Dr. Richard P. Carlson, Professor of Biblical Studies at Gettysburg Seminary: "God’s forgiveness in Jesus Christ is a scandal. It goes out to sinners regardless of their religious or social standing. It breaks into human existence ...read more

  • Accountability

    Contributed by Thomas Donelan on Aug 4, 2010
     | 5,134 views

    He wanted to get out from out of the sphere of his father’s influence. Think about it, every year we get flooded in Florida for about a week or so every year with a bunch of college students for a thing called “spring break” and these kids go out and get drunk, do drugs, get their groove on, and ...read more