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  • Dr. Evan O'neil Kane Was The Chief Surgeon At ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Oct 16, 2001
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    Dr. Evan O’Neil Kane was the chief surgeon at Kane Summit Hospital in New York City. He was 60 years old and had been practicing surgery for 37 years. He was especially interested in anesthetic. You see, he practiced back in the early part of the 20th century, when the only kind of anesthetic ...read more

  • The Miraculous Human Body  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
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    THE MIRACULOUS HUMAN BODY The average human heart pumps over 1,000 gallons a day, over 55 million gallons in a lifetime. This is enough to fill 13 super tankers. It never sleeps, beating 2.5 billion times in a lifetime. The lungs contain 1,000 miles of capillaries. The process of exchanging ...read more

  • The Estimated Total Number Of People Living In ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Oct 17, 2007
     | 1,644 views

    The estimated total number of people living in the US with a viral Sexually Transmitted Disease/Sexually Transmitted Infection (STD/STI) is over 65 million. Every year, there are at least 19 million new cases of STDs/STIs, some of which are curable. More than $8 billion is spent each year to ...read more

  • Iceberg Anger

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 23, 2008
     | 3,248 views

    Iceberg Anger Do you know what you are feeling? Can you identify why you are feeling the way you are? This is so huge and complicated that it often takes years of intentional effort to figure these things out. And the more messed up we are, the longer and harder and more painful it can be. An ...read more

  • I Serve, God Does  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 15, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
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    I SERVE, GOD DOES Humility in leadership can be achieved if one learns to view his role as a simple service to others. Indeed, this is the very essence of leadership: giving energy, not receiving it. And perhaps the surest way to ensure such an outward flow of energy is to think of oneself ...read more

  • Martin Luther, Commenting On Isaiah 65, Had This ...

    Contributed by Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson on Apr 6, 2007
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    Martin Luther, commenting on Isaiah 65, had this to say: Through his Gospel God can make the supreme tyrants of the world subject to a simple man and preacher, even though these tyrants were lions and wolves. God can turn enemies into friends. They shall feed together ... The kingdom of peace ...read more

  • Corrie Ten Boom On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2010
    based on 1 rating
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    Corrie ten Boom on Humility Corrie ten Boom was once asked if it were difficult for her to remain humble. Her reply was simple. “When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday on the back of a donkey, and everyone was waving palm branches and throwing garments onto the road, and singing praises, do ...read more

  • The Second Grade Teacher In Elementary School Was ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Apr 20, 2007
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    The second grade teacher in elementary school was teaching some very simple principles of physics. One the several things she taught about was a magnet. She explained the basic principle of magnetic attraction and demonstrated it using a magnet to pick some small metal objects. On Friday, she ...read more

  • H. L. Mencken, The Agnostic Editor, Died An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    .- H. L. Mencken, the agnostic editor, died an unbeliever. At his funeral, following his request, there was no song and no sermon. During his life Mencken admitted he might be wrong in his views about God and the immortality of the soul. “But,” he explained, “if I am wrong I will square myself ...read more

  • Looks Can Be Deceiving  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Aug 20, 2007
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    Looks can be deceiving - David was small but became a great King - Most of the Apostles were simple men with little education Years ago a tall truck approached a low railroad overpass. The driver paid no attention to the warning signs and found himself wedged under the bridge. No one on the ...read more

  • Carl S. Dudley Wrote: "In A Big World, The Small ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 12, 2008
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    Carl S. Dudley wrote: “In a big world, the small church has remained intimate. In a fast world, the small church has been steady. In an expensive world, the small church has remained plain. In a complex world, the small church has remained simple. In a rational world, the small church has kept ...read more

  • Dr. Lewis Sperry Chafer Told A Story On The ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 25, 2009
     | 1,260 views

    Dr. Lewis Sperry Chafer told a story on the subject of prayer. A certain minister was in the habit of profound prayers, oftentimes resorting to words beyond the understanding of his simple flock. This went on week after week, to the dismay and frustration of the congregation. At last, a wee ...read more

  • Our World Abounds In Schools, Colleges And ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Westervelt on Jan 15, 2002
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    "Our world abounds in schools, colleges and universities. Yet not everyone who wants to enter them for study may do so. The potential student may not have the proper educational background, he may not have enough money, or he may not be able to pass the entrance exam or even the physical. But ...read more

  • John Muir Was A Great Naturalist In The Early ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 24, 2002
    based on 1 rating
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    John Muir was a great naturalist in the early part of this century. He was largely responsible for the creation of Yellowstone National Park and the formation of conservation policy in this country. Muir lived a very simple life, and yet he once said that he was wealthier than railroad ...read more

  • At A Dinner Party One Night, Lady Churchill Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sheila Crowe on Oct 11, 2002
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    At a dinner party one night, Lady Churchill was seated across the table from Sir Winston Churchill, who kept making his hand walk back and forth across the table ---two fingers bent at the knuckles. The fingers appeared to be walking toward Lady Churchill. Finally, her dinner partner asked, "Why ...read more

  • Charles Colson Writes In His Book, How Shall We ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 23, 2003
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    Charles Colson writes in his book, How Shall We Live, the solution to the modern day identity crisis of the American Christian. "How do we redeem a culture? How do we rise to the opportunity before us at the start of a new millennium? The answer is simple: from the inside out. From the individual ...read more

  • The Cocooning Lifestyle Peaked In ‘98 When The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
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    The Cocooning Lifestyle Peaked in ‘98 when the typical household spent $1,601 on home furnishings and it’s been falling since. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says the American household spent only $1,497 on home furnishings in ‘03. Consumers are downscaling, downsizing and eliminating clutter. ...read more

  • Multi-Tasking Genes

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 28, 2009
     | 1,245 views

    MULTI-TASKING GENES According to Creation Magazine, "When geneticists found that there were only 20,000 to 30,000 genes in the human genome, [gee’ nome] on par with a 'simple worm,' they were surprised...But...new research shows that our genes can multi-task. By a process dubbed 'alternative ...read more

  • No Money- No Learning – But ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2009
     | 2,419 views

    “No Money- No Learning – But Joy” A prayer meeting was being held at a mission chapel. A poor worker came and kneeled at the altar. He could not understand even the simple Gospel message. While others were rejoicing, he kept on saying, “Jesus! Jesus! Jesus” which was all the prayer he knew. Soon ...read more

  • Some People Are Only Interested In Jesus' ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 22, 2010
     | 2,245 views

    Some people are only interested in Jesus' function as a sin-sacrifice, but do not want a relationship with Him. They will be disappointed when Jesus says, "Depart from me, I never knew you." In 2005, I had the opportunity to open the Indiana State Senate in prayer. As I prepared my prayer, I ...read more