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  • Oil Lamps Once Played A Major Role In The Early ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Sep 7, 2006
     | 1,635 views

    Oil lamps once played a major role in the early days of colonial America. The vast majority of homes in those days had a lamp that usually had a glass reservoir with a wick and chimney. The company that manufactured the lamp would give specific instructions concerning its care. -From the ...read more

  • In 1996, The Chicago Tribune Ran A Story On Buddy ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
     | 665 views

    In 1996, the Chicago Tribune ran a story on Buddy Post, a lottery winner who is “living proof that money can’t buy happiness.” In 1988, he won $16.2 million in the Pennsylvania Lottery. Since then, he has been convicted “of assault, his sixth wife left him, his brother was convicted of trying to ...read more

  • My Accident

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 11, 2006
     | 1,691 views

    My Accident My life was normal and unexpecting of tragedy when the bumper of a LTD came crashing into my back I had no time to repent like I always figured I would if I would have died it would have been at a moment that I was angry and frustrated and I can't say that I was as comfortable in my ...read more

  • The Movie "Thirteen" Retells The Life Story Of A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bumble Ho on Sep 26, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,828 views

    The movie “Thirteen” retells the life story of a typical thirteen-years-old girl in LA. In one scene, the girl was depressed, so she got into a bathroom and start getting a razor and cut her arms with it and inflicted pain on herself so that she could feel better. “What!” I was shocked and could ...read more

  • What A 95-Year-Old Woman Worries About  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 20, 2011
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,175 views

    WHAT A 95-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WORRIES ABOUT A ninety-five year old woman at the nursing home received a visit from one of her fellow church members. "How are you feeling?" the visitor asked. "Oh," said the lady, "I'm just worried sick!" "What are you worried about, dear?" her friend asked. "You look ...read more

  • Richard Daly Was Mayor Of Chicago For 21 Years. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 4, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,434 views

    Richard Daly was mayor of Chicago for 21 years. Mayor Daly was known as a rather difficult man to work for. One of Mayor Daly’s speech writers came in and demanded a raise. Mayor Daly responded, “I’m not going to give you a raise. You are getting paid more than enough already. It should be ...read more

  • At Liberty University This Summer, I Shared An ...

    Contributed by Jeffery Russell on Dec 24, 2007
     | 1,163 views

    At Liberty University this summer, I shared an apartment with a Navy chaplain who was taking the same course I was. He is assigned to a Marine battalion, and had recently come back from Iraq. One of the many things he did was have prayer with his men before they went out on patrol. I asked, “Did ...read more

  • Wellness Needs The Whole Picture

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 6, 2008
     | 1,925 views

    WELLNESS NEEDS THE WHOLE PICTURE Christian Counseling Today Magazine Vol. 12 states this about the current crisis in health care: "Modern medicine is stretching beyond its limited vision as a disease treatment--even disease prevention-- profession in the 21st Century. Increasingly it is concerned ...read more

  • The Ninety-Five Year Old Woman At The Nursing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
     | 1,279 views

    The ninety-five year old woman at the nursing home received a visit from one of her fellow church members. "How are you feeling?" the visitor asked. "Oh," said the lady, "I’m just worried sick!" "What are you worried about, dear?" her friend asked. "You look like you’re in good health. They ...read more

  • The Jewish Teachings Echo Peter's Words…the ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 24, 2006
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    The Jewish teachings echo Peter’s words…The Talmud says {Sepher Musar apud Drus. de Quaesitis, Ep. 54. & in loc.}, "the wife ought to take care of the family, to educate her children, to serve and minister to her husband in all things, "calling him her own lord"; which is ...read more

  • Neal Alexander, Publisher And President Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
     | 1,580 views

    Neal Alexander, Publisher and President of United Methodist Publishing House/Abingdon says, "What is clear is that the yearning and need for spiritual resources is growing. Contemporary life doesn’t make religious experience irrelevant, it makes it indispensable. The further segmentation of our ...read more

  • Ignorance And Apathy

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jun 28, 2011
     | 4,738 views

    IGNORANCE AND APATHY One fellow was talking to his next-door neighbor about a speaker he heard the night before. He told the neighbor, "That guy said something that has really stuck in my mind. He said that all of the worlds problems could be summed up in two words: ignorance and ...read more

  • Author Dwight Small Made An Eloquent Application ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,784 views

    Author Dwight Small made an eloquent application of godly love to marriage: "Godly love is not born of a lover’s need, nor does it have its source in the one loved. God’s love empties itself to give what the other needs. "Its motives rise wholly from within its own nature. Godly love lives in ...read more

  • A Roman Historian Named Tertullian, Who Lived In ...

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Sep 18, 2007
     | 2,540 views

    A Roman historian named Tertullian, who lived in the late second to early third centuries (AD 155-220), wrote that even those who opposed Christianity knew that the mutual love of those who followed Christ was unique. “Our care for the derelict and our active love have become our distinctive sign ...read more

  • A Tombstone Epitaph Reads: "Pause Stranger, When ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Jun 8, 2008
     | 16,677 views

    A tombstone epitaph reads: “Pause stranger, when you pass me by. As you are now, so once was I. As I am now, so you will be. So prepare for death and follow me!” A passerby read those words and underneath scratched this response: “To follow you I’ll not consent, until I know ...read more

  • Meltdown Stories

    Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Feb 2, 2009
     | 1,050 views

    MELTDOWN STORIES An eight-year-old British girl has been taken into care by Portuguese authorities after her mother reportedly left her alone to go out drinking while on vacation in Portugal. In Spain, a father booted his two 11-year-old twin sons out of the car in which they were travelling in ...read more

  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Hit The Nail On The Head ...  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Mar 20, 2002
    based on 68 ratings
     | 2,057 views

    Ralph Waldo Emerson hit the nail on the head when he said: THE GODS we worship write their names on our faces, be sure of that. And a man will worship something —have no doubt about that, either. He may think that his tribute is paid in secret in the dark recesses of his heart—but it will out. ...read more

  • Definition Of Leadership  PRO

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Feb 11, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,949 views

    Definition of Leadership There are lots of ideas of what leadership is. 1 : the office or position of a leader 2 : capacity to lead 3 : the act or an instance of leading - Merriam Webster "The art of leadership...consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary ...read more

  • The Demographic Trends Indicate The Two Most ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 1,180 views

    The demographic trends indicate the two most likely market opportunities are in products and/or services that help the elderly or cater to teens. Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. households provides care for an elderly relative. Families spend an average of 18 hours a week helping them and invite practical ...read more

  • Desktop Dining: In '03 66% Of American Workers ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
     | 1,746 views

    Desktop Dining: In ’03 66% of American workers ate meals in odd bites around work or personal multi-tasks. We eat at our desks to save time, save money, take care of personal business and occasionally to take a break and relax finds an ADA Survey. Doing anything else while we’re eating may be ...read more

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