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  • Winston Churchill's Ever Patient Wife Told Him ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,034 views

    Winston Churchill’s ever patient wife told him that him that loosing the election immediately after the war might be a blessing in disguise. His response was ’at the moment its certainly very well disguised’ But a few months later saw it differently ’I feel a great sense of relief...others having ...read more

  • The Great Philanthropist Stanley S. Kresge Was ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 26, 2007
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    The great philanthropist Stanley S. Kresge was often in the company of college presidents or other fund-raisers asking for endowment or financial aid. During the course of discussion, Mr. Kresge would always ask one question, "Do you think the world is better today than it was 2,000 years ago?" I’d ...read more

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

    Contributed by Darren Mccormick on Feb 26, 2008
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    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

  • 3-D Theology

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 20, 2009
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    3-D THEOLOGY When people like Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins claim that they can prove that God doesn’t exist, they are making an arrogant mistake. Pardon me while I draw an example from modern animation. When I was a child, the most glorious cartoons were 2-dimensional animations where ...read more

  • Disciplines: The Decathlon

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
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    DISCIPLINES: THE DECATHLON The Olympic decathlon is internationally recognized as the most demanding test of individual athletic ability there is. It is the event that determines the world's greatest all-around athlete. Originating in a contest held at the 708 B.C. Olympiad to single out Greece's ...read more

  • Which House Would You Rather Live In?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2011
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    WHICH HOUSE WOULD YOU RATHER LIVE IN? On October 19, 2010, a test was conducted at the Institute for Business and Home Safety in Richburg, South Carolina. Researchers constructed two 1,300-square-foot houses inside a $40 million laboratory and then observed how a simulated hurricane would impact ...read more

  • Dwarfish Christianity

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 24, 2011
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    DWARFISH CHRISTIANITY Charles Spurgeon, the famed pastor of the Metropolitan Baptist Tabernacle in London made this observation in the late 1800’s when he came in contact with a community of small framed men. "There was once in London a club of small men, whose qualification for membership lay in ...read more

  • Facing The Music

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 19, 2012
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    FACING THE MUSIC Many years ago a man wanted to play in the Imperial Orchestra, but could not play a note. Since he was, however, a person of great wealth and influence, he demanded to be allowed to join the orchestra so that he could perform in front of the king. The conductor agreed to let him ...read more

  • Evel Knievel Fell Short Of The Goal

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Mar 19, 2023
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    One of the fads of 1970s America was the motorcycle jump. This trend reached its high (and low) point on September 8, 1974. Thousands of spectators gathered around the Snake River Canyon in Idaho to see if Evel Knievel could jump across the chasm in a specially designed “sky cycle.” In the end, ...read more

  • Honesty And Bending The Truth

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 11, 2025
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    An Engineer, a physicist, an economist and a Planner were being interviewed for a position as chief executive officer of a large Local Authority. The Engineer was interviewed first, and was asked a long list of questions, ending with: "How much is two plus two?" The Engineer excused ...read more

  • Some Congregations, I Understand, Have Even ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 22, 2002
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    Some congregations, I understand, have even dropped the communion service from the regular morning worship hour, just inviting those who wish to partake to go to another room for the Lord’s Supper after the service or serving it during the week. The reasoning, I’m told, is that the strange practice ...read more

  • Doing What Feels Right  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 23, 2002
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    DOING WHAT FEELS RIGHT Although most Americans claim to be religious, that is they claim to believe in an absolute God of some kind, most live and believe as practical atheists. A recent survey by George Barna discloses some shocking results. Barna wanted to see how American’s opinions had ...read more

  • I Heard Once Of A Man Who Was An American Indian ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 5, 2002
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    I heard once of a man who was an American Indian and had been converted. He described the old and the new nature this way, “There’s two dogs that live in me, one’s the old dog, he’s mean and vicious and hard and sinful. Then there’s the new dog who walks after Christ. He said they’re constantly ...read more

  • How To Smell Like God" By Steven ...  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Aug 10, 2004
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    ILLUSTRATION... “How to Smell Like God” by Steven James. Cincinnati: Standard, 2002. Pgs 4-5. In his book for teens, “How to smell like God,” Steven James says, “When I first met Tanya, I knew she was different. Part of it was the way she acted. The way she smiled. The way she looked at you. ...read more

  • When C.s. Lewis Came To Oxford University He Was ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Dec 3, 2005
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    When C.S. Lewis came to Oxford University he was an atheist. He had lost his mother at nine and the rest of his life was spent in boarding schools. But had no use or belief in God. But while at Oxford he met a man who became his best friend: J.R.R. Tolkein. You know him as the author of The Lord of ...read more

  • Jesus Was Crucified, Not In A Cathedral Between ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
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    Jesus was crucified, not in a cathedral between two candles, but on a cross between two thieves. - George F. MacLeod The cross cannot be defeated, for it is defeat. - Gilbert K. Chesterton There are no crown-wearers in heaven who were not cross-bearers here below. - Charles Haddon Spurgeon We ...read more

  • A Squirrel In The Road

    Contributed by Jim Heidebrecht on Jul 2, 2007
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    A Squirrel in the road: This week as I was thinking about roads and signposts and choices, I was on our road right out here and as I turned the corner, I saw a squirrel He was halfway across when he noticed me I didn’t have room to stop He froze in the middle, he started across, started back, ...read more

  • But, In 1787, A Group Of Well-Known And Powerful ...

    Contributed by Todd Pugh on Jan 14, 2008
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    But, in 1787, a group of well-known and powerful Philadelphians (called the Philadelphia Society) convened in the home of Benjamin Franklin. Dr. Benjamin Rush spoke on the Society’s goal, to see the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania set the international standard in prison design. He proposed a radical ...read more

  • Many People Are Physiologically Sensitive To ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 19, 2008
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    Many people are physiologically sensitive to chocolate. Certain of the larger benzene compounds present in chocolate are resisted by their bodies through an allergic reaction. Depending on the individual, this reaction may range from very mild, producing a minor skin rash, to very severe, producing ...read more

  • A Walk Worthy Of The Title

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 13, 2010
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    A WALK WORTHY OF THE TITLE Cal Ripken Jr. is the Iron Man of baseball. On September 6, 1995, he broke the record held by Lou Gehrig of 2,130 consecutive games played. Of course, there were days when that consecutive streak was in danger. In a June 1993 game Ripken was involved in a ...read more