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  • We're Interested In Rest. At Least, As A Nation, ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 30, 2006
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    We’re interested in rest. At least, as a nation, we are because  9 yrs ago, CNN reported Sleep problems were estimated to be the #1 health-related problem in America  We sleep on average 6.9 hrs/day, almost an hour less than a few decades ago. One estimate reports that almost ...read more

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • 5 Ways To Get Rid Of Your Pastor  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 9, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,545 views

    5 WAYS TO GET RID OF YOUR PASTOR John R. Rice told of five ways to get rid of your pastor that you might should think about. 1. Sit on the front pew, smile and say AMEN real loud. Your pastor will preach himself to death. 2. Compliment your Pastor often, pat him on the back, brag on how well he ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • In The Book Disappointment With God, Philip ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    In the book Disappointment with God, Philip Yancey tells the story of a man he refers to as Douglas. Douglas was a sincere devout Christian whose wife was diagnosed with breast cancer. The breast was removed, but a couple years later the cancer was found in her lungs. So she had to go through the ...read more

  • Gianni Poli Of Italy Won The 1986 New York ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010
     | 1,979 views

    Gianni Poli of Italy won the 1986 New York Marathon in 2:11:06. On March 2, 2003, Mark Yatich of Kenya won the Los Angels Marathon in 2:09:52. To me, however, the real hero of both marathons was the man who finished dead last in both. He is fifty-seven year old Bob Wieland. In 1986 he finished the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • The Lady Who Grew Backward

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 10, 2010
     | 3,888 views

    THE LADY WHO GREW BACKWARD The lady who grew backward was a woman who lived in Virginia some years ago. In the Virginia Medical Monthly her doctor told the story: She had grown normally, married, and had three children. Life was normal until the husband and father died when the children were ...read more

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  • Is God Good?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
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    IS GOD GOOD? Randy Alcorn talks about what happened to his friend, Ethel Herr in his new book, What Good is God. She had had a double mastectomy. Then two months later, doctors discovered that the cancer had spread. One of Herr's friends in shock asked her, "And how do you feel about God now?" ...read more

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  • The Inner Need For Excellence

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Apr 3, 2012
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    THE INNER NEED FOR EXCELLENCE Years ago during a speaking engagement, I stayed in a hotel in Dallas. It was late at night, and after flipping channels for a while, I landed on ESPN, which is how I learned that tennis legend Martina Navratilova had just won a grueling match in Florida earlier that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Give It To Get It

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 18, 2008
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    Give It to Get It I have the opportunity to hang out with alcoholics and addicts that are working on recovery. And it is truly amazing to see how they often serve one another. You see for those in recovery serving those who are still suffering in terms of sharing the greatest thing that they have, ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • How Many Of You Have Seen The Modern-Day ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tony Miano on Apr 30, 2001
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     | 2,985 views

    How many of you have seen the modern-day Christmas classic, “A Christmas Story?” It’s a great movie about one family’s Christmas season and a little boy’s mission to receive the Cadillac of BB guns as a present. The Miano family watches this movie every year. Whenever I see the scene of Ralphie ...read more

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  • I Want To Close With A Real Life Story. It Is ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Oct 17, 2004
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     | 2,259 views

    I want to close with a real life story. It is about missionary John Hyde who went to India a little over a hundred years ago. John felt a strong calling to the nation of India and began to spend hours in an attempt to learn the local language. Then the day came. It was in 1892 that he boarded a ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Don't Let The Good Christian Life Of The Past ...

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Jul 14, 2008
     | 2,465 views

    Don't let the good Christian life of the past interfere with the new work God wants to do in your life. Missionary John Hyde went to India a little over a hundred years ago. John felt a strong calling to the nation of India and began to spend hours in an attempt to learn the local language. Then ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • You Shall Receive Power After...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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    YOU SHALL RECEIVE POWER AFTER... Missionary John Hyde went to India a little over a hundred years ago. John felt a strong calling to the nation of India and began to spend hours in an attempt to learn the local language. Then the day came. It was in 1892 that he boarded a steamer in New York bound ...read more

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  • The Encarta Encyclopedia Defines Aging As The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Errol Joseph on Jul 16, 2001
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     | 1,937 views

    The Encarta Encyclopedia defines aging as the “irreversible biological changes that occur in all living things with the passage of time, eventually resulting in death.” In developed nations, life expectancy has increased more in the 20th century than it has in all of recorded history. A person ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Celebrities Tend To Misbehave In Tiresome And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,300 views

    Celebrities tend to misbehave in tiresome and predictable ways--tantrums, affairs, addictions--and we tend to think they’re spoiled. But one psychiatrist, Cornell’s Robert B. Millman, says they’re not spoiled, they’re sick. The affliction is Acquired Situational Narcissism. ASN develops when ...read more

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  • What Does That Mean?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 30, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,569 views

    WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? Victor, a man in Jeanette Hoessel’s English-as-a-second language course, came from El Salvador. He asked her one day, "What does C-section mean?" Since Jeanette’s three children had been delivered by Caesarian section, she felt confident with her explanation, but Victor’s face ...read more

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  • The Lord's Game Plan

    Contributed by Eugene Morell on Jan 7, 2012
     | 2,605 views

    THE LORD'S GAME PLAN After I had been a Christian for a while, I felt that I was being called ton the ministry. I figured that the Lord had made just about his biggest mistake by calling me. When I told Barbara about what I felt, I rejoiced when she told me that I couldn’t be a pastor because all ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Don't Worry Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2012
     | 6,413 views

    DON’T WORRY BE HAPPY The song Don’t Worry Be Happy was a late 80’s chart buster as it gained phenomenal success for such a simple song. The lyrics written by Bobby McFerrin were copied from original Indian sage from the late 1800’s whose mantra was one of peace. I remember the first time I heard ...read more

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  • One Of The Most Compelling Story Lost In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,537 views

    One of the most compelling story lost in the invention of the phone was the urgency of the great inventor Alexander Graham Bell to make a breakthrough in communications for the sake of a loved one. No one had more vested interest than Bell, whose mother was deaf. It’s been said that “the telephone, ...read more

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  • I Spoke With Wes, The New Manager Of Our Clothing ...

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Aug 26, 2007
     | 1,801 views

    I spoke with Wes, the new manager of our clothing store, Double Take the other day. He’s been a volunteer at Yonge Street Mission for years, and so he knew that we work with all kinds of people, including people who live on the street. He gave me permission to tell his story. Wes realized a few ...read more

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Spiritual Values In Collegians A Ucla Study ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
     | 1,399 views

    Spiritual Values in Collegians A UCLA study found college juniors are more likely to be engaged in a spiritual quest compared to when they first entered college as freshmen. The study showed 41.2% of freshmen in ’04 reported they considered developing a meaningful philosophy of life “very ...read more