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  • Every Now And Then Go Away, Have A Little ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 11, 2001
    based on 3 ratings
     | 797 views

    Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer, since to remain constantly at work will cause you to lose power of judgment...Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller, and more of it can be taken in at a ...read more

  • Plug-In Pollution

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,458 views

    PLUG-IN POLLUTION The expected introduction of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles could cut U.S. gasoline use but could also increase air pollution in some areas. A plug-in's lower tailpipe emissions may be offset by smokestack emissions from the utility plants supplying electricity to recharge the ...read more

  • Taking Pit-Stops In ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Mar 30, 2010
     | 3,290 views

    TAKING PIT-STOPS IN LIFE The Formula One motor racing is the fastest sport in the world. Central to the strategy of winning a Formula One race is the pit-stop. No driver, no matter how fast they drive, can win a race without taking a pit-stop. In pit-stop the drivers take refreshment, ...read more

  • Church Matters

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Jun 1, 2024
     | 314 views

    Why do people in churches seem like cheerful, brainless tourists on a packaged tour of the Absolute? The tourists are having coffee and doughnuts on Deck C. Presumably someone is minding the ship, correcting the course, avoiding icebergs and shoals, fueling the engines, watching the radar screen, ...read more

  • The Corporate Structure  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,161 views

    THE CORPORATE STRUCTURE A print-and-save guide to how this outfit really works CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARDleaps tall buildings in a single bound Is more powerful than a locomotive Is faster than a speeding bullet Walks on water Talks with God PRESIDENT Leaps short buildings in a single bound Is more ...read more

  • Here Are Some Actual Maintenance Complaints ...  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Oct 26, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,279 views

    Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by US Air Force pilots and the replies from the maintenance crews. Problem: "Left inside main tire almost needs replacement." Solution: "Almost replaced left inside main tire." Problem: "Test flight OK, except autoland very rough." Solution: ...read more

  • Making The Connection  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 27 ratings
     | 2,925 views

    MAKING THE CONNECTION In a seminary missions class, Herbert Jackson told how, as a new missionary, he was assigned a car that would not start without a push. After pondering his problem, he devised a plan. He went to the school near his home, got permission to take some children out of class, and ...read more

  • Reggie Mcneal Tells The Story Of How An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 23, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,425 views

    Reggie McNeal tells the story of how an electrical generating plant in Texas works: “First, huge shovels dig house-sized scoops of lignite coal. Pulverized and loaded onto railroad boxcars, the coal travels to a generating plant in east Texas, where it is further crushed into powder. ...read more

  • Impending Danger  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Apr 26, 2001
    based on 109 ratings
     | 3,100 views

    IMPENDING DANGER On March 26, 2000, Seattle’s famed Kingdome—home of the Seattle Seahawks, Mariners, and at times, the Super Sonics—was destroyed. Maryland-based Controlled Demolition Incorporated was hired to do the job of imploding the 25,000-ton structure that had marked Seattle’s skyline for ...read more

  • The Unfamiliar Parson, Robert G. Lee, Once Told ...

    Contributed by Paul Dietz on Mar 25, 2008
     | 1,372 views

    The unfamiliar parson, Robert G. Lee, once told of a horrifying train accident that took place near Kinston, North Carolina. An excursion train plunged into the Elizabeth River through an open draw bridge. Eighteen passengers were killed or drowned. An inquiry to determine the source of the ...read more

  • The Gifts In The Fries

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jul 8, 2010
     | 3,391 views

    THE GIFTS IN THE FRIES If you have one or more of the gifts of service, you are critical to the work and glory of God. Do not think lightly of your place in God’s plan. A man goes to buy a hamburger for lunch. The young lady behind the counter asks, “Do you want fries with that?” The man ...read more

  • The Accelerator Of Sin

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Aug 16, 2011
     | 2,552 views

    THE ACCELERATOR OF SIN The late Ray Stedman recalled a time he was a guest at a conference and was driven around in a Lincoln Continental. He remembered thinking how quietly it rode--he couldn’t hear the engine. Yet, as they drove through mountain passages, he realized that with each push of the ...read more

  • A. W. Tozer In His Priceless Book The Root Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jun 13, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 7,665 views

    A. W. Tozer in his priceless book The Root of the Righteous shares the story of Rutherford who could shout in the midst of serious and painful trials, “Praise God for the hammer, the file, and the furnace.” The hammer is a useful tool, but the nail, if it had feeling and intelligence, could ...read more

  • Thomas Edison Invented The Microphone, The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2005
     | 2,036 views

    Thomas Edison invented the microphone, the phonograph, the incandescent light, the storage battery, talking movies, and more than 1000 other things. December 1914 he had worked for 10 years on a storage battery. This had greatly strained his finances. This particular evening spontaneous combustion ...read more

  • Tozer: God's Tools

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 21, 2011
     | 5,593 views

    TOZER: GOD'S TOOLS A.W. Tozer once talked about God's tools: "The HAMMER is a useful tool. But the nail, if it had feeling and intelligence, could present another side of the story. For the nail knows the hammer only as an opponent a brutal, merciless enemy who lives to pound it into submission, ...read more

  • There Is No Exchange! (11.15.05--Heart And ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 14, 2005
     | 2,550 views

    There Is No Exchange! (11.15.05--Heart and Soul!--2 Chronicles15:14-15) Life is full of the tentative. It would seem that the ability to be decisive is fast becoming a relic; replaced instead with a sleek, stream-lined, today’s-age, model that places indecisiveness as the norm and decisiveness as ...read more

  • Plug-In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
     | 1,029 views

    PLUG-IN POLLUTION The expected introduction of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles could cut U.S. gasoline use but could also increase air pollution in some areas. A plug-in’s lower tailpipe emissions may be offset by smokestack emissions from the utility plants supplying electricity to recharge the ...read more

  • A Little Girl Asked Her Father Why Firemen ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,603 views

    A little girl asked her father why firemen stayed in the firehouse all day and polished their engines and other equipment. He explained that they did this to pass the time while waiting for fire calls. Many Christians likewise stay close to the familiar surroundings of the church community, ...read more

  • In 1936 A Radio Broadcast Was Transmitted To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,156 views

    In 1936 a radio broadcast was transmitted to America from England. Just before the voice of King Edward VIII was to be heard, someone stumbled over a wire in the control room of WJZ (now WABC, New York) and snapped the only line of communication between the two great countries. The engineers were ...read more

  • Making Lemonade

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 13, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,448 views

    MAKING LEMONADE Charles Goodyear went to jail for a contempt of court citation. Imprisoned, he went to work in the kitchen and worked on an idea in which he developed the method for vulcanizing rubber. Martin Luther was forced to stay in Wartburg Castle and his lemonade was his translation of the ...read more

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