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  • A Professor At Cornell University Wrote This ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 22, 2010
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    A professor at Cornell University wrote this poem. I can’t decide if he were a disciple of Christ or an opponent. What was our trust, we trust not; What was our faith, we doubt. Whether we must or must not, We may debate about. The soul perhaps is a gust of gas, And wrong is a ...read more

  • Danny Wuerffel

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 20, 2010
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     | 1,273 views

    DANNY WUERFFEL Danny Wuerffel attended high school in Ft. Walton Beach, FL and played at the University of Florida, winning the Heisman Trophy in 1996. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints and then played for several NFL teams. He was offered to rejoin to the Washington Redskins and his former ...read more

  • The Ship

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Oct 21, 2010
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    Anybody like doing pub quizes? Well here’s a piece of pub trivia for you. The posh name for bit of the church you are sitting in is “the nave” - and that means the “ship”. Why on earth does anybody call the bit of the church you are sitting in “the ship”? It doesn’t look like a ship does it? ...read more

  • Not The White House, But Your House

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jul 28, 2011
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    NOT THE WHITE HOUSE, BUT YOUR HOUSE As part of a commencement address, former First Lady Barbara Bush said the following to a group of graduating college students: "As important as your obligations as a doctor, lawyer, or business leader will be, you are a human being first, and those human ...read more

  • Consequences For Karla Faye Tucker

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 7, 2011
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    CONSEQUENCES FOR KARLA FAYE TUCKER Karla Faye Tucker was convicted in 1983 for the murders of two people. While on death row in 1985, she picked up a Bible from the prison ministry program and prayed to receive Christ after reading it. On June 22, 1992, Tucker requested that her life be spared on ...read more

  • Point Of View Is Everything

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 5, 2011
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    POINT OF VIEW IS EVERYTHING ABC's "The View" - the winner of the 2003 Daytime Emmy® Award for "Outstanding Talk Show" as quoted by its own website! ABC News correspondent Barbara Walters, the renowned Whoopi Goldberg, comedian Joy Behar, actress/comedian Sherri Shepherd, and The Australian Outback ...read more

  • When Things Go Wrong  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 19, 2012
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     | 3,629 views

    WHEN THINGS GO WRONG Several years ago, Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Bob Patterson described one of his pitches, which the Cincinnati Reds’ Barry Larkin hit for a game-winning home run: "It was a cross between a screwball and a change-up. It was a screw-up." (Wall Street Journal, 7/9/96; ...read more

  • Being Self

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Feb 29, 2016
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    A little boy named Adam wanted to be like his friend Bobby. Adam loved the way Bobby walked and talked. Bobby, however, wanted to be like Charlie. Something about Charlie’s stride and accent intrigued him. Charlie, on the other hand, was impressed with Danny. Charlie wanted to look and sound like ...read more

  • Jesus Is The Answer To Our Dilemma

    Contributed by Bokang Abednego Nkhahle on Oct 7, 2019
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    The Angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon while he was busy threshing wheat to hide it from the midianites. And said to Gideon, the Lord is with you mighty man of Valour. The one who reside in you is bigger that your dilemma. Gideon did not realise his potential until the angel appeared to him and ...read more

  • Don't Be A Casanova.

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 2, 2022
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    CASANOVA was renown for his self-indulgence, lust and hundreds of affairs. He ended his life in deception. On his death bed at the age of 73, he never repented, but simply said "I have lived as a philosopher and die as a Christian!" He has become so famous for his affairs with women ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of A Man Who Was Shipwrecked ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Harrington on Jul 3, 2007
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    The story is told of a man who was shipwrecked and lived most of his adult life alone on an obscure island on which no other human being had ever set foot. After many years of isolation, a ship came his way and a rescue party was sent ashore. He welcomed them, of course, then proceeded to show them ...read more

  • God Is Behind Our Lives: These Days Most People ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jul 25, 2007
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    God is behind our lives: These days most people have the wonderful blessing of a Satellite Navigation in their car to direct them in their travels. The Sat nav directs them to their given destination.It knows the start from the finish. Pastor Aubrey Vaughan in sermon journey of faith.@ ...read more

  • If You've Kept Up With The Local News You May ...

    Contributed by Heath Carlton on Aug 1, 2007
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    If you’ve kept up with the local news you may have read about a local concrete company who was using some inadequate materials in their mix. Because of this, the people buying concrete from this company were building foundations for houses and lots of other things with defective concrete. After a ...read more

  • Graham Green's Novel, The Heart Of The Matter, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Aug 31, 2007
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    Graham Green’s novel, The Heart of the Matter, is about a police officer in a British colony in Africa who becomes involved in a web of intrigue, a sordid affair with a woman, and finally the murder of a trusted assistant. Henry Scobie, the police official, reaches the point that he cannot live ...read more

  • As Part Of A Commencement Address Former First ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
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    As part of a commencement address former First Lady Barbara Bush said the following to a group of graduating college students: "As important as your obligations as a doctor, lawyer, or business leader will be, you are a human being first, and those human connections - with spouses, with children, ...read more

  • Leonidas, King Of Sparta, Was Preparing To Make A ...

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Nov 14, 2007
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    Leonidas, King of Sparta, was preparing to make a stand with his Greek troops against the Persian army in 480 B.C. when a Persian envoy arrived. The man urged on Leonidas the futility of trying to resist the advance of the huge Persian army. "Our archers are so numerous," said the envoy, "that the ...read more

  • The Greatest English Poet Of The Eighteenth ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Dec 2, 2007
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    . The greatest English poet of the eighteenth century Alexander Pope penned these immortal words in his An Essay on Man: Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never IS, but always TO be blest: The soul, uneasy and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come. [SOURCE: ...read more

  • George Matheson Was Born In Glasgow, Scotland, In ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 10, 2007
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    George Matheson was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1842. As a child he had only partial vision, and his sight became progressively worse, until it resulted in blindness by the time he was eighteen. Despite his handicap, he was a brilliant student and graduated from the University of Glasgow and ...read more

  • Dean Farrar Was A Privileged Personal Friend Of ...

    Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Dec 15, 2007
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    Dean Farrar was a privileged personal friend of Queen Victoria, though he seldom referred to the distinction. But on the first anniversary of the accession of Edward VII to the throne of England, during the service in Canterbury Cathedral, he told how the Queen, after hearing one of her chaplains ...read more

  • Big John Coming To Town: New Man Made Bartender ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
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    BIG JOHN COMING TO TOWN: New man made bartender and warned by owner, ‘If you hear Big John is coming drop everything and run for your life’. Months later a white faced cowhand ran in yelling, ‘Big John is coming to town’. Before the bartender could run into the saloon can a huge man riding a ...read more