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  • Is It Still Alive?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 9, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,023 views

    IS IT STILL ALIVE? The Lundy-Smiths are a remarkable family from inner-city New Orleans. Susie Mae Lundy and husband, Willie J. Smith, a Baptist pastor, raised nine successful children. According to FORTUNE magazine, the parents set an entrepreneurial example built around commitment, faith and ...read more

  • How Many Of You Know About Billy Sianis' Goat? ...

    Contributed by Christopher Roberts on Oct 18, 2003
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     | 2,529 views

    How many of you know about Billy Sianis’ goat? Sianis, a local tavern owner, tried to bring his goat into Game 4 of the 1945 World Series at Wrigley Field, only to be turned away. And so it was that Sianis, whose tavern remains a must-stop for Chicago Cubs’ fans, put a curse on the Cubs, vowing ...read more

  • Tim Bowden, In His Book One Crowded Hour About ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 22, 2004
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    Tim Bowden, in his book One Crowded Hour about cameraman Neil Davis, tells about an incident that happened in Borneo during the confrontation between Malaysia and Indonesia in 1964. A group of Gurkhas from Nepal were asked if they would be willing to jump from transport planes into combat against ...read more

  • Annie Johnson Flint's Life On Earth Could Never ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 6, 2004
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    Annie Johnson Flint’s life on earth could never be measured in any degree by comfort and ease; quite the contrary, from childhood her body endured the onslaught of Rheumatoid Arthritis until she could no longer rise from bed. Over the years the affliction took a great toll, leaving her with no ...read more

  • My Wife, Darcy; And I Were On A Date, Sitting In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 20, 2004
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     | 1,372 views

    My wife, Darcy; and I were on a date, sitting in the corner of the restaurant waiting for our food. I took out my pen and started to mark lines on a paper napkin. When I was done, I had made an acceptable likeness of a casket. I slid it across the table. Darcy peeked at it, then rolled her eyes. ...read more

  • Lloyd Ogilive Tells A Story About When His Family ...

    Contributed by Kent Lenard on Oct 25, 2004
     | 2,250 views

    Lloyd Ogilive tells a story about when his family took a vacation by sailing from New York harbor to Quebec. They were going through the locks that allow ships travel up the river where they have to move to higher elevations. You come into a lock at the level of the water where you are. Then ...read more

  • There Is Rarely A Week That Goes By When I Don't ...

    Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 3, 2005
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    There is rarely a week that goes by when I don’t make a hospital visit. Because I visit the hospital so frequently, I will admit that after a few weeks have passed most hospital visits sort of fade from my memory. However, I want to finish up this morning by telling you about a hospital visit I ...read more

  • Many Years Ago A Senior Executive […] Cost The ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Sep 22, 2006
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    Many years ago a senior executive […] cost the company more than $2 million. John D. Rockefeller was then running the firm. Edward T. Bedford, a partner in the company […] was scheduled to see Rockefeller that day and […] when he entered the office [Rockefeller] was bent over his desk busily ...read more

  • When French Soccer Star Zinedine Zidane ...  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Oct 5, 2006
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    When French soccer star Zinedine Zidane head-butted Italian defender Marco Materazzi in the chest during the final 10 minutes of the 2006 World Cup he sealed his own fate and the fate of his team. When Zidane was sent off with a red card France lost its best scorer. And this, just as the match ...read more

  • Illustration) In The Former Soviet Union ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    1. (Illustration) In the former Soviet Union several years ago, there was a house church that had to meet in secret to avoid reprisals from the communist government. One Sunday these believers arrived inconspicuously in small groups throughout the day so as not to arouse the suspicion of KGB ...read more

  • How Many Believe That Timothy Mcveigh Was Guilty ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    How many believe that Timothy McVeigh was guilty of the OKC bombing? Did you know no witnesses watched Timothy McVeigh load explosives into a Ryder rental truck, drive the vehicle to the front of the federal building in Oklahoma City, detonate the bomb. Yet he was convicted of that crime. While ...read more

  • Someone Might Say, "Well, God Does Not Raise ...

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 10, 2008
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    -Someone might say, “Well, God does not raise dead people anymore.” I would agree that it is not very common, but the Lord still does it. I have told some of you about my own experience with death. When I was between 1 & 2 years old, I got a hold of a piece of wood from an old orchard sprayer tank. ...read more

  • Choosing Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
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    CHOOSING LIFE Two paraplegics were in the news recently. One was Kenneth Wright, a high school football star and later an avid wrestler, boxer, hunter and skin diver. A broken neck sustained in a wrestling match in 1979 left him paralyzed from the chest down. He underwent therapy, and his doctors ...read more

  • The Greatest Generation

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
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    THE GREATEST GENERATION Franklin Delano Roosevelt: "This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny." The year was 1940, and it would be called the fulcrum of America in the 20th century. The nation was balanced precariously between the darkness of the Great Depression on one side and ...read more

  • Not "Why?" But "What?"

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 22, 2009
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    NOT "WHY?" BUT "WHAT?" I remember a particular counseling session years ago where three of us were trying to encourage a change of personality and a change of behavior in a spouse. Dr. Jay Adams, in his book on direct, biblical counseling, said the purpose is not to find out why a person sinned, ...read more

  • Mistaken For Jesus  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Sep 3, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,689 views

    MISTAKEN FOR JESUS Some years ago I heard an interesting story about a young boy living in Paris at the end of the World War II. He had been orphaned by the atrocities committed by the German forces. Now all alone, he was having to scrounge around the ruined city as best as he could to find ...read more

  • J. Wilbur Chapman Meets General Booth Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
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    J. Wilbur Chapman Meets General Booth of Salvation Army A willingness to obey is the first step toward spiritual understanding John 7:17 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. When J. Wilbur Chapman was in London, he had an opportunity to meet General ...read more

  • Stowell: How People Go Astray  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
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    STOWELL: HOW PEOPLE GO ASTRAY Dr. Joseph M. Stowell, in his book, Following Christ, asks the question: HOW DO PEOPLE GO SO FAR ASTRAY SPIRITUALLY? The question was prompted when Dr. Stowell read an article given to him from the local paper the about Tom Wilson who died, gunned down as a member ...read more

  • Saint Patrick  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 15, 2010
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    SAINT PATRICK Historical Background of Patrick: Patrick lived in the fifth century, a time of rapid change and transition. In many ways we might say that those times of turbulence and uncertainty were not unlike our own. The Roman Empire was beginning to break up, and Europe was about to enter ...read more

  • Older Brother Takes The Blame And Dies For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2010
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    Older Brother Takes the Blame and Dies for Younger Brother The story is told of two Chinese brothers who lived in Chinatown just after the turn of the century. One brother, the eldest of the two, was a very honest and hardworking individual, while the younger brother was rebellious, and often ...read more

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