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  • In Water-Safety Courses A Cardinal Rule Is Never ...  PRO

    Contributed by Erik Estep on Apr 30, 2004
    based on 21 ratings
     | 3,110 views

    In water-safety courses a cardinal rule is never to swim out to a drowning man and try to help him as long as he’s thrashing around. To do so is basically to commit suicide. As long as a drowning man thinks he can help himself, he’s dangerous to anyone who tries to help him. The reason why is ...read more

  • You See, The Witch Knew Of The Deep Magic From ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 27, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,395 views

    You see, the Witch knew of the Deep Magic from the Dawn of Time. But she was not aware of the Deeper Magic from Before the Dawn of Time, as Aslan explained it to Susan and Lucy. He said that according to a decree from before the Witch’s time, “when a willing victim who had committed no treachery ...read more

  • Who Is Leading People To Christ? Recent Barna ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,819 views

    Who Is Leading People To Christ? Recent Barna research finds that among Christians who embraced Christ before their teen years, half were led to Christ by their parents, with another 20% by some other friend or relative. 7% accepted Jesus in response to a minister’s personal prompting and 12% cited ...read more

  • Real Life In The Bible

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jan 16, 2007
     | 2,316 views

    Listen to these facts about a few Bible heroes: · Adam blamed his wife for his problems. · Cain killed his brother, Able · After surviving the flood, Noah despaired and got drunk. (Now, think about it. After spending a year closed up in a floating barn, then finally getting out to see nothing ...read more

  • Graham: I Would Read The Bible More

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,507 views

    GRAHAM: I WOULD READ THE BIBLE MORE In an interview with Newsweek on 14 Aug 2006, Billy Graham, then aged 88, was asked what would he do if he could live his life over again. The article writes: If he had his life to live over again, Graham says he would spend more time immersed in Scripture and ...read more

  • Thelma And Louise: Rethinking The Trip

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 9, 2011
     | 1,819 views

    THELMA AND LOUISE: RETHINKING THE TRIP Thelma, married to Darryl (which the film portrays as a controlling husband) and Louise (a single waitress with a troubled past) decide to take a weekend road trip in Louise’s teal 1966 Thunderbird convertible. They stop at a bar where Thelma flirts with a ...read more

  • Before It's Too Late

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2011
     | 7,932 views

    BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE USA Today had an article on the front page about those who escaped the World Trade Center on September 11. After interviewing over 300 survivors and family members of victims, USA Today concluded that in the South tower those who didn’t delay but ran for safety immediately ...read more

  • You Are Not In Charge  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 7, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,883 views

    YOU ARE NOT IN CHARGE Tom Boyd tells about a woman who was a member of a church he pastored in Tennessee. She was flamboyant and eccentric but Boyd was impressed with her "intense commitment to the faith. She did not have a pietistic bone in her body, but her devotion was nonetheless clear and ...read more

  • At Any Price

    Contributed by David T. Smith on Oct 24, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,115 views

    AT ANY PRICE Several years ago a woman by the name of Mrs. Jane Kolodziej was attempting to have her husband released from the psychiatric ward where he had been committed because she had testified that he had tried to kill her and their two sons. She had told the judge that she believed her ...read more

  • Bryon's Story

    Contributed by Arron Chambers on Dec 21, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,796 views

    BRYON'S STORY Do you know that Jesus is still in the life-changing business? Bryon Widner does. Bryon used to be one of the leaders of the white power movement as the found of the Vinlanders gang of skinheads. He’d covered his body and face with tattoos that were designed to communicate hate and ...read more

  • The Damage Of Disunity

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2012
     | 5,877 views

    THE DAMAGE OF DISUNITY Dwight L. Moody once stated, "I have never yet known the Spirit of God to work where the Lord's people were divided." Notice what Phinehas said: "This day we perceive that the Lord is among us" (Jo 22:31). The Lord's presence was among His people, because they walked in His ...read more

  • All He Ever Really Wanted In Life Was More. He ...

    Contributed by Darren Mccormick on Feb 26, 2008
     | 1,611 views

    All he ever really wanted in life was more. He wanted more money, so he parlayed inherited wealth into a billion-dollar pile of assets. He wanted more fame, so he broke into the Hollywood scene and soon became a filmmaker and star. He wanted more sensual pleasures, so he paid handsome sums to ...read more

  • Peace Isn't Just A Truce. General Mcarthur Said ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,354 views

    Peace isn't just a truce. General McArthur said "A truce just says you don’t shoot for awhile. Peace comes when the truth is known, the issue is settled, & the parties embrace each other." Peacemakers don’t just try to stop conflict. They’re doing something far more meaningful, something healing ...read more

  • Blessed Are The Peacemakers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 5,434 views

    BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS General McArthur said "A truce just says you don't shoot for awhile. Peace comes when the truth is known, the issue is settled, and the parties embrace each other." Peacemakers don't just try to stop conflict. They're doing something far more meaningful, something ...read more

  • Cleveland Stroud Had Coached The Blue Collar ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lance Ladd on Aug 14, 2001
    based on 62 ratings
     | 3,048 views

    Cleveland Stroud had coached the Blue Collar Bulldogs for 18 years before his basketball team made it to the state championship. Stroud recalls that "it was the perfect night" when they won. "A night you dream of." He was carried around the gym on the shoulders of his triumphant players and their ...read more

  • Kay Arthur Has Become A Well-Known ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Aug 14, 2001
    based on 201 ratings
     | 3,394 views

    ILL. Kay Arthur has become a well-known Christian author & speaker who has influenced tens of thousands for Jesus. Her testimony is written in her book, "Lord, I Need Your Grace Because I Can’t Make It On My Own." In it she talks about her life & her struggles in coming to Christ. As a young ...read more

  • Of Thirty Roman Emperors, Governors Of Provinces ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Fox on Nov 13, 2001
    based on 40 ratings
     | 2,185 views

    “Of thirty Roman emperors, governors of provinces and others in high office, who distinguished themselves by their zeal and bitterness in persecuting the early Christians, one became speedily deranged after some atrocious cruelty, one was slain by his own son, one became blind, the eyes of one ...read more

  • The Valentine's Day Ten Commandments  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 6,211 views

    THE VALENTINE’S DAY TEN COMMANDMENTS I. I am thy Main Squeeze; thou shalt have no other squeeze before me. II. Thou shalt not take the name of thy Squeeze in vain, nor badmouth him/her behind him/her back. III. Remember our Anniversary, and keep it holy--or else. IV. Honor MY mother and ...read more

  • Changed By Agnosticism  PRO

    Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 9, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,986 views

    CHANGED BY AGNOSTICISM Dr. Harry Ironside was a great Christian leader in the first half of this century. On one occasion, he was involved with a Salvation Army meeting in San Francisco. Dr. Ironside shared his testimony with the gathering then returned to his seat on the platform. Soon after ...read more

  • In A Recent Report By Linda Duxbury Of Carleton ...  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on May 16, 2002
    based on 39 ratings
     | 1,563 views

    In a recent report by Linda Duxbury of Carleton University’s School Of Business. Ottawa, and Chris Higgins of the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, London, entitled “Work-Life Balance in the New Millennium: Where are We? Where Do we need to Go?,” the authors ...read more

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