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  • We Need Light

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on May 29, 2008
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    WE NEED LIGHT Do you realize there is a physical disorder caused by lack of light? It is called Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.) and it effects 1 in 5 of us. It is caused by lack of exposure to sunlight, which in turn alters a person’s brain chemistry. During the fall and winter months when ...read more

  • The Baby And The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 2,621 views

    The Baby and the Window It was a really hot day in September in San Antonio, when a woman accidentally locked her 10-month-old baby niece inside a parked car. Frantically, the mother and aunt ran around the car in near hysteria while a neighbor attempted to unlock the car with a clothes hanger. ...read more

  • Lagos (Reuters) – A Father Took His 20-Year Old ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 20, 2008
     | 1,055 views

    LAGOS (Reuters) – A father took his 20-year old son to an Islamic court in northern Nigeria for idleness, asking that he be sent to prison for refusing to engage in productive activities, state news agency NAN said Friday. "He is not listening to words and he is bringing shame to my family. I am ...read more

  • Men As Role-Models For Children

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
     | 2,613 views

    MEN AS ROLE-MODELS FOR CHILDREN I am still struck by a report I heard months ago by an educator studying the needs of the District’s school system. He had found, in studying the children, that up to about the third grade they were bright, ambitious, eager to learn; but that somewhere after that, ...read more

  • A Middle Aged Woman Had A Heart Attack And Was ...

    Contributed by David Rumley on Apr 16, 2009
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    A middle aged woman had a heart attack and was taken to the hospital. While on the operating table she had a near death experience. Seeing God, she asked "Is my time up?" God said, "No, you have another 43 years, 2 months and 8 days to live." Upon recovery, the woman decided to stay in the hospital ...read more

  • On January 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln's ...

    Contributed by Tim White on Apr 25, 2009
     | 2,466 views

    On January 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln’s Proclamation of Emancipation was made official and came into law. It proclaimed all slaves in the United States free men. However, not all slaves were living free on January 2nd. In the North and Midwest, Irish slaves were set free soon after this date. ...read more

  • Childlike Forgiveness

    Contributed by Ramon Canals on Jun 5, 2009
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     | 6,221 views

    CHILDLIKE FORGIVENESS A few months ago, I was in El Paso holding an evangelistic meeting, and the young people were serving dinner to the mothers being that it was Mother’s Day. I was seating in a chair watching what was going on, and right in front a four-year-old girl pushed a two-year-old boy, ...read more

  • Two-Year-Old Boy Addicted To Smoking In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 8, 2010
     | 2,854 views

    Two-Year-Old Boy Addicted to Smoking in Indonesia An Indonesian father claims his two-year-old son is addicted to cigarettes, a newspaper reported. Mohammad Rizal, from the Southeast Asian country’s Musi Banyuasin province, said his son Rizal is hooked on tobacco after having his first cigarette at ...read more

  • Arranging Your Departure

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Dec 2, 2010
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    ARRANGING YOUR DEPARTURE A young man works as a photographer for a magazine. In 1981 he was flown into an Alaskan wilderness to photograph the natural beauty and some rare flowers. He had everything prepared - photo equipment, 500 rolls of film, and several days of provisions. He kept a diary ...read more

  • Abolishing Slavery: Wilberforce And Moses

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Mar 21, 2011
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    ABOLISHING SLAVERY: WILBERFORCE AND MOSES I found myself reading William Wilberforce’s speeches to the British Parliament the other day, particularly his speeches to abolish the slave trade. I was struck by the tenacity, patience, and confidence that he showed. He was convinced that this evil ...read more

  • Are You Planting The Right Seed?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2011
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    ARE YOU PLANTING THE RIGHT SEED? Some time ago "Reader’s Digest" told the story about a company who mailed out some special advertising business post cards with a mustard seed glued to it with the following caption that went something like this: "If you have faith as small as this mustard seed in ...read more

  • Unaware Of The King's Presence  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2012
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     | 7,475 views

    UNAWARE OF THE KING’S PRESENCE Steve Brown tells the frustrating story of some British social scientists. Following the end of British rule in India in the 1940s, a group of researchers wanted to study the impact of the end of British rule on the life of the nation. After six months, the British ...read more

  • Where Will Our Jobs Go?

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 13, 2012
     | 1,466 views

    WHERE WILL OUR JOBS GO? Futurist Thomas Frey blogs, "People are seriously worried. I've been in a number of conversations recently where people are very worried about our coming era of automation where fewer and fewer jobs will be left for people to do. A few months ago I predicted that over 2 ...read more

  • Billy Graham: Strong Statements

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 20, 2012
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    BILLY GRAHAM: STRONG STATEMENTS The preacher to the Presidents, Billy Graham, now 93 years old, has come out with some surprising statements in the past few months. Recently, Mr. Graham quotes his late wife Ruth as saying, "If God doesn't punish America, He'll have to apologize to Sodom and ...read more

  • Jaymalis Davis Was Highlighted In The ...

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 21, 2012
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    Jaymalis Davis was highlighted in the Times-Picayne series entitled, “Louisiana Incarcerated.” He lives in central city surround by drugs, crime and unemployment. His mother is crack addicted and largely absent from his home and his father, who was in and out of jail for drugs and car theft and ...read more

  • Framed

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 11, 2019
     | 2,945 views

    A cow and a chicken were framed and thrown into prison. They knew they had to get out to bring the criminals to justice so they spent weeks designing escape plans. Finally, a month after they had been thrown in, they escaped in the middle of the night. However, they weren't silent enough and ...read more

  • Coach Bear Bryant Had A Purpose In Life.

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 13, 2022
     | 1,072 views

    The famous and very successful football coach Bear Bryant often told reporters, "I’d croak in a month if I quit coaching." After twenty-five years as the head coach at his alma mater, Bryant announced he would be stepping down at the end of the season. On December 29, 1982, he coached his ...read more

  • You Can Change

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Mar 27, 2023
     | 1,212 views

    Colin Smith tells the story of a friend who had a severe heart attack. The man said it felt like an elephant on his chest. He survived, but the doctor told him he would have to change his diet. Colin asked the man what he ate before the heart attack. The man said he loved cheeseburgers, fries, ...read more

  • Christmas Suicide Myth

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 3, 2024
     | 488 views

    It is a myth that suicide rates increase during the holidays. It is true that deaths rise around Christmas and New Year’s Day. Authorities are not sure why, but some suspect it is because people delay addressing health concerns until after the holidays and/or because hospitals, nursing homes, and ...read more

  • Today's Pitcairn Island Population Is Descended ...

    Contributed by W F on Mar 31, 2007
     | 1,532 views

    Today’s Pitcairn Island population is descended from British sailors and Tahitians. The mutineers of the HMS Bounty settled the island [first discovered by world explorers on 2 July 1767 by midshipman Pitcairn aboard the HMS Swallow] in 1790, along with their Tahitian women and a few Tahitian men. ...read more