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  • Determination In Disaster  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 10, 2001
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    DETERMINATION IN DISASTER As a young man, film director Robert Flaherty spent many months in the far north looking for iron ore and cod. He found neither, but he did shoot 70,000 feet of film in his travels. Someone encouraged him to edit the film and make a documentary, which Flaherty spent ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Three Ladies Had A Bible Study And Were Talking ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dennis Jones on Feb 16, 2003
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    Three ladies had a bible study and were talking about being refined by the fire. They did not understand about being refined in the fire like silver. One volunteered to go to the silversmith and see what that meant. When she went she did not tell the silversmith why she was really there. He ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Near Cripple Creek, Colorado, Gold And Tellurium ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Dec 27, 2003
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    Near Cripple Creek, Colorado, gold and tellurium occur mixed as tellurite ore. The refining methods of the early mining camps could not separate the two elements, so the ore was thrown into a scrap heap. One day a miner mistook a lump of ore for coal and tossed it into his stove. Later, while ...read more

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  • Two Fellows Meet In Florida. One Says: 'i Went ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 29, 2004
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    Two fellows meet in Florida. One says: ’I went fishing last week and caught a herring that weighed 450 pounds. The other guy looks at him and says: ’I too was fishing last week, and I didn’t catch anything, but I pulled up the hook, and standing on the hook was a lantern from an old ship. God only ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • In 1665 The Residents Of London Were Dying By ...  PRO

    Contributed by C Jordan on Jan 27, 2006
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    In 1665 the residents of London were dying by the thousands each day. The bubonic plague was spreading from house to house because of the unsanitary conditions. Rats and fleas spread the germs throughout the city. Almost 30,000 people died, almost a third of London’s population at the time. This ...read more

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  • Abraham Lincoln's Secretary Of War, Edwin ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    Abraham Lincoln’s secretary of war, Edwin Stanton, was angered by an army officer who accused him of favoritism. Stanton complained to Lincoln, who suggested that Stanton write the officer a sharp letter. Stanton did, and showed the strongly worded missive to the president. "What are you going to ...read more

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  • It Seems That People Haven't Got A Clue About ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 19, 2006
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    It seems that people haven’t got a clue about spiritual truth. Many believe that the dead are roaming the earth as spirits or ghosts to help or haunt the living. Dale Earnhart Jr. in his account of his narrow escape from a burning sports car, as his Dad (Dale Earnhart SR -deceased) pulled him ...read more

    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Sleeping The Night Before Your ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
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    SLEEPING THE NIGHT BEFORE YOUR EXECUTION In 1555, Nicholas Ridley was burned at the stake because of his witness for Christ. On the night before Ridley’s execution, his brother offered to remain with him in the prison chamber to be of assistance and comfort. Nicholas declined the offer and replied ...read more

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  • A Lighthouse ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Aug 15, 2009
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    “A Lighthouse Lesson” A friend told us that he was visiting a lighthouse lately, and he said to the keeper, “Are you not afraid to live here? It is a dreadful place to be in constantly.” “No,” replied the man, “I am not afraid; we never think of ourselves here.” “Never think of yourselves! How ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • The House Of Shammai Say, A Man May Not Put Away ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 16, 2009
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    "The house of Shammai say, a man may not put away his wife, unless he finds some uncleanness in her, according to Deu. 24:1. The house of Hillel say, if she should spoil his food, (that is, as Jarchi and Bartenora explain it, burns it either at the fire, or with salt, i.e. over-roasts or over-salts ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Peace On ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Dec 2, 2009
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    “Peace on Earth” Peace on earth, with a world at war? O what were the angels singing for That far-away night when the Star shown down With a glorious light on Bethlehem’s town? Peace on earth! They were singing of Him Who was born that night to redeem from sin; Who still has the power to cleanse ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Heartwarming  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2011
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    HEARTWARMING Vance Havner put it best when he wrote, "We need a heart warming...The early Christians did not need a shot in the arm every Sunday to keep them going. They knew Jesus and they upset the world and worried the devil and gave wicked rulers insomnia and started something the jails ...read more

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  • The More Loving One

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 29, 2011
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    THE MORE LOVING ONE Looking up at the stars, I know quite well That, for all they care, I can go to hell, But on earth indifference is the least We have to dread from man or beast. How should we like it if stars were to burn With a passion for us we could not return? If equal affection cannot ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Cruel Christians

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2011
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    CRUEL CHRISTIANS During the Spanish conquest of Mexico under Hernando Cortez in the early 1500s, a resistance leader named Hatney was captured after a fierce battle and sentenced to be burned alive. After tying him to the stake, his captors urged him to become a Christian so that at his death his ...read more

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  • Eastern Religious Beliefs About Hell

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2012
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    EASTERN RELIGIOUS BELIEFS ABOUT HELL Buddhists believe in 7 "hot hells" which await the evildoers - each flanked by 4 torture chambers that include a fiery pit and a quagmire. Tibetan Buddhists also speak of eight cold hells and certain "Frontier" hells for those guilty of lesser sins. Hindus ...read more

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  • When To Let Your Light ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2012
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    WHEN TO LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE A young man who had heard the Gospel accepted Christ. A little while after this, a Christian teacher asked him: "What have you done for Christ since you believed?" He replied: "Oh, I’m a learner." "Well," said the questioner, "when you light a candle do you light it ...read more

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  • Very Few Things Take Away The Power Of Someone As ...

    Contributed by Kevin Barron on Dec 30, 2012
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    Very few things take away the power of someone as much as being ridiculed. In Von Ryan’s Express by David Westheimer, they do it by burning their clothes. The book is an account of Allied prisoners during World War Two. One of the trials of prison camp is that their Italian guards will not give ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • A Young Man Who Had Heard The Gospel Accepted ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 9, 2008
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    A young man who had heard the Gospel accepted Christ. A little while after this, a Christian teacher asked him: "What have you done for Christ since you believed?" He replied: "Oh, I'm a learner." "Well," said the questioner, "when you light a candle do you light it to make the candle more ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Defining Moments

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
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    DEFINING MOMENTS The American director, Ken Burns (Born: 1953), once said; and, I quote: "Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being." The American public servant, Donald Evans (Born: 1946), once said; and, I ...read more

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  • Dr. Howard Hendricks Tells Of A Small Town In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Dr. Howard Hendricks tells of a small town in Texas where one year the school burned to the ground with the loss of more than 200 lives, because they didn’t have a sprinkler system. They began to rebuild after the initial shock had passed and called in the foremost company in fire prevention ...read more

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