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  • Watch Your Step

    Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 29, 2008
     | 2,394 views

    Watch Your Step As a child, my second home was a baby-sitters house. My father worked on rotating shifts as a policeman, so often times we even slept there. My sitter was one BIG lady - over 300lbs. After many times of wetting her bed, she took away my bed sleeping privileges and forced me to ...read more

  • A Pew Research Center Survey Reports 56% Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
     | 1,931 views

    A Pew Research Center survey reports 56% of Americans say mothers are doing a worse job today than they did 20 or 30 years ago. Full-time work outside the home has lost some of its appeal to mothers, for both those who have such jobs and those who don't. Among working mothers with children 17 and ...read more

  • More Than Half Of U.s. Couples Who Married In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
     | 2,070 views

    More than half of U.S. couples who married in the late '70s never saw their 25th anniversary, say the Census Bureau. It's the first time since World War II that married people had a less than even chance of still being married 25 years later, claims The New York Times. 70% of men who married ...read more

  • I Read A Fascinating Article Last Week That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 877 views

    I read a fascinating article last week that invited me to watch a breath-taking phenomenon that only occurs once every 44 years. It is the aligning of Jupiter and Venus with the Moon. Added to this amazing spectacle, viewed best with binoculars because the evening light would make it hard to see ...read more

  • I Can't See Him, So I'll Look At You  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,104 views

    I CAN’T SEE HIM, SO I’LL LOOK AT YOU A three-year-old was on the heels of her mother everywhere she walked around the house. Time and time again she’d trip over her small son. She suggested her son play with his toys, but he said he was okay and said, "I’d rather be here with you." Then he ...read more

  • When I Was A Teenager, I Remember My Unle ...

    Contributed by Shawn Miller on Jul 6, 2009
     | 2,779 views

    When I was a teenager, I remember my uncle telling me of times when He would go spelunker caves. He loved the thrill of finding new caves and the thought of being somewhere where no one had been. He told me that there were times deep inside some of the caves where you had to crawl on your stomach ...read more

  • Adoption: The Potrea Protestus

    Contributed by Jesse Roncales on Mar 27, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,544 views

    ADOPTION: THE POTREA PROTESTUS Our concept of adoption is far different from the concept of adoption in the New Testament. In most cases, an adopted child, at that time, was most honored than natural children. And in all cases, to be adopted by someone was considered a special privilege. In the ...read more

  • It Is Finished

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Jul 27, 2011
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    IT IS FINISHED I was raised on a tobacco farm and when Dad would ask me to do some chores while he was gone.... it was for my best interest and the seat of my pants that I did it. But when I finished it and did the very best I could to please my Dad there was a great satisfaction in seeing his ...read more

  • The Amazing Heart

    Contributed by David Tack on Oct 17, 2011
     | 3,143 views

    THE AMAZING HEART "The human heart: The human heart is a hard-working marvel. It can keep on beating automatically even if all other nerves were severed. In a 70-year lifetime, it will beat an average of 75 times a minute, forty million times a year-or two and a half billion times. At each beat ...read more

  • Trung's Story

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Jan 3, 2013
     | 2,708 views

    TRUNG'S STORY To Dinh Trung was arrested more than 25 times for preaching the gospel in rural Vietnam. During his 24th imprisonment, in 1991, he was deprived of food for 12 days. He said: "In prison, I worshipped the Lord a lot, praying and singing in a room by myself. My room was the prison ...read more

  • Last Year, Ken Griffey, Jr. Chose Not To Attend ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 22, 2000
    based on 113 ratings
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    Last year, Ken Griffey, Jr. chose not to attend "The Players Choice Awards" to receive the "Player of the Decade" award. Junior beat out three time MVP winner Barry Bonds and four time Cy Young Award winner, Greg Maddux for the honor. The award is a big deal. He joins the ranks of baseball ...read more

  • The Iron Maiden  PRO

    Contributed by Jonathan Lucas on May 11, 2001
    based on 110 ratings
     | 2,665 views

    The Iron Maiden In Strausbourg, France there is an Iron Maiden that was used for torture during medievel times. Molded into the likness of a beautiful maiden it bore death for those that came within it’s grasp. Outwardly it was appealing, but it was what is inside that is deadly. As a victim ...read more

  • A Handy Tool For Coming Up With An Acceptable ...  PRO

    Contributed by Todd Schäve on Jun 27, 2001
    based on 78 ratings
     | 2,696 views

    A handy tool for coming up with an acceptable solution is S.O.D.A.S.:   S-ituation (Define or agree on what the problem is that you will work on in a gentle and respectful manner). O-ptions (Brainstorm together or come up with as many solutions as possible, for you never know what may work). ...read more

  • A Sailor Once Took A Group Of Young People ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim George on Sep 17, 2001
    based on 55 ratings
     | 3,614 views

    A sailor once took a group of young people boating for the day. One young man bragged the whole way about all he knew about the sea. Every time the sailor began to give instructions this young man would interrupt with his supposed knowledge. After some time a squall blew up. The sailor began to ...read more

  • Bob Hope (Comedian): Activity For A Day  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Shockley on Nov 16, 2001
    based on 34 ratings
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    Bob Hope (Comedian): His activities for a day: My heart beat 103,369 times My blood traveled 168 miles I breathed 23,040 times I inhaled 438 cubic feet of air I at 3 and one half pounds of food I drank 2 pounds of liquid I perspired 1 and a half pints I generated 450 tons of energy I spoke 4800 ...read more

  • Edmund Hillary Attempted To Climb Mount Everest ...  PRO

    Contributed by James O. Davis on Dec 5, 2001
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,101 views

    Edmund Hillary attempted to climb Mount Everest in 1952. A few weeks later after his failed attempt, he was asked to address a group in England. Hillary walked to the edge of the stage, made a fist and pointed at a picture of the mountain. He said in a loud voice, "Mount Everest, you beat me the ...read more

  • Lew Wallace, The Famous General And Literary ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 24, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 1,652 views

    Lew Wallace, the famous general and literary genius, was at one time a known atheist. For two years, he studied in the leading libraries of Europe and America, seeking information that would forever destroy Christianity. While writing the second chapter of a book he planned to write, he suddenly ...read more

  • Two Ministers Were Talking About The Kind Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Wood on May 29, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,487 views

    Two ministers were talking about the kind of Sunday morning we all have sooner or later. The alarm did not go off. Various domestic crises occurred. The traffic was unusually heavy. Finally, when he arrived at the church, he was late and someone had his parking space. With his frustration level ...read more

  • Have You Ever Noticed What Often Happens When A ...  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Jul 28, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
     | 1,443 views

    Have you ever noticed what often happens when a light burns out? Many times when a light is turned on for the last time it produces a sudden burst of light (even burning brighter than it normally does) until the element burns into darkness. A sudden explosion of light is followed by the search ...read more

  • Letting People Drown?  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,604 views

    LETTING PEOPLE DROWN? The Times-Reporter of New Philadelphia, Ohio, reported in September, 1985 a celebration of a New Orleans municipal pool. The party around the pool was held to celebrate the first summer in memory without a drowning at the New Orleans city pool. In honor of the occasion, 200 ...read more