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  • Robert Fulghum In His Wildly-Popular Book, "All I ...  PRO

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 8, 2003
    based on 44 ratings
     | 1,903 views

    Robert Fulghum in his wildly-popular book, “All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten,?spelled out how things learned as a child will shape the philosophy of an adult. These life-changing kindergarten rules, principles, and advice include: “Share everything. Play fair. Don’t hit people. ...read more

  • When I Tutored Back During My High School Years, ...

    Contributed by Brien Sims on Sep 6, 2006
     | 1,176 views

    When I tutored back during my high school years, I spent most of my hours at a moderate sized middle school called Elementary. During the two years I did after school programs some of the children became attached to me and honestly enough I became attached to them. Even though the little buggers ...read more

  • The Big Question

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
     | 3,642 views

    THE BIG QUESTION “What things are important and what things are trivial?” Christmas night 2002, Jack Whittaker had five out of five numbers in the West Virginia Power ball drawing. Jack Whittaker had just won $314 million, the largest undivided lottery jackpot in history. He took the one lump ...read more

  • The Big Question "What Things Are Important And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
     | 968 views

    The BIG question “What things are important and what things are trivial?” Illus. Christmas night 2002, Jack Whittaker had five out of five numbers in the West Virginia Power ball drawing. Jack Whittaker had just won $314 million, the largest undivided lottery jackpot in history. He took the one ...read more

  • Come Sweet Death

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2011
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    COME SWEET DEATH The picture is indelibly etched on my memory, I'm sure because at the time the incident seemed so bizarre, so peculiar. The scene was an elementary school talent show; all of us had been groomed and polished and persuaded that we had some talent or another to display before our ...read more

  • Recently, A 20-Year-Old University Of Washington ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. Darrel Davis on Aug 5, 2001
    based on 9 ratings
     | 1,965 views

    Recently, a 20-year-old University of Washington student named Adam Burtle posted an unusual item on the Internet auction site eBay. The bidding began at 5 cents on this particular article and eventually reached $400 by the end of the auction. It was listed under the heading of “20 yr-old Seattle ...read more

  • You May Have Heard About The Two Guys From Texas, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 6, 2001
    based on 58 ratings
     | 3,003 views

    You may have heard about the two guys from Texas, from down around College Station, who went up north to do some ice fishing. They made the long trip but before they did their ice fishing they stopped by a store near the lake for some supplies. They asked the merchant if he had any ice picks and ...read more

  • Long Days Ago A Very Poor Woman Living In England ...  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Feb 25, 2002
    based on 39 ratings
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    Long days ago a very poor woman living in England near Windsor Castle. She lived so close that she could look over the palace gardens and see grapes growing there. Her little child became very sick and she thought how good it would be to have a few of those grapes for nourishment. She took a ...read more

  • The Real War Room  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
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    THE REAL WAR ROOM One of the most successful ministries in the world is Campus Crusade for Christ. This ministry was begun by a layman, Bill Bright. They have laborers sharing on thousands of campuses around the world. They believe prayer accessed the source for these laborers. In the late ...read more

  • Good Boundaries  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
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    GOOD BOUNDARIES [Children have] a great need to know where behavioral boundaries are and who has the courage to enforce them. Years ago, during the early days of the progressive-education movement, an enthusiastic theorist decided to take down the chain-link fence that surrounded the ...read more

  • We Don't Have Time For That!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 9, 2002
    based on 109 ratings
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    WE DON’T HAVE TIME FOR THAT! Typical of last minute Christmas shoppers, a mother was running furiously from store to store. Suddenly she became aware that the pudgy little hand of her three year old son was no longer clutched in hers. In a panic she retraced her steps and found him standing with ...read more

  • Jesus Said The Times Before His Second Coming ...  PRO

    Contributed by James O. Davis on Oct 28, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
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    Jesus said the times before His second coming would include a multiplication sign, a mental sign, a moral sign, and a miracle sign. Concerning the latter, He was talking about the nation of Israel. He reminds us to keep our eyes on the fig tree. When it begins to blossom you know the end is ...read more

  • B. The Story Of The Origin Of The Christmas ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Dec 27, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
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    b. The story of the origin of the Christmas crèche rests with St. Francis of Assisi. St. Bonaventure tells the story like this. In the year 1223, St. Francis, a deacon, was visiting the town of Grecio to celebrate Christmas. Grecio was a small town built on a mountainside overlooking a beautiful ...read more

  • If We Could Shrink The Earth's Population To A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 22, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,345 views

    If we could shrink the earth’s population to a village of one hundred people; here’s the way the world would look: There would be 57 Asians, 21 Europeans, 14 from the Western Hemisphere, and 8 Africans. 50 would suffer from malnutrition and one would be near death. Only one would have a college ...read more

  • Just As Afraid Of You...?

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Mar 22, 2009
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    JUST AS AFRAID OF YOU...? The late great trumpet player Louis Armstrong tells a story about while growing up in Louisiana, having to go down to the pond and getting water for Allie May. He gets down there and is about to scoop the water out of the pond, and all of the sudden coming out of the ...read more

  • H. G. Wells On The Value Of Humans

    Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Jun 29, 2009
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    H. G. WELLS ON THE VALUE OF HUMANS Can we doubt that presently our race will more than realise our boldest imaginations, that it will achieve unity and peace, and that our children will live in a world made more splendid and lovely than any palace or garden that we know, going on from strength to ...read more

  • From A Cave To A Castle  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,602 views

    FROM A CAVE TO A CASTLE Flat broke and homeless, brothers Geza and Zslot Peladi literally lived in a cave near Budapest for years. They left their dank home only to scrape together whatever money they could through selling scrap metal and candy. Theirs was a hopeless situation. But then ...read more

  • Questions Help You Learn...?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2010
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    QUESTIONS HELP YOU LEARN...? A father and his small son were out walking one day when the lad asked how electricity could go through the wires stretched between the telephone poles. "I don't know," said his father. "I never knew much about electricity." A few blocks farther on, the boy asked ...read more

  • Shaping To Fit "Up There"

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
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    SHAPING TO FIT "UP THERE" A Christian man who in a time of business recession lost his job. He then also lost a sizable fortune, and his beautiful home. To add to his sorrow, his wife died, and having no children and very few relatives, he found himself very much alone. The man was a Christian and ...read more

  • They Sent Me Here To Finish

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 5, 2011
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     | 2,866 views

    THEY SENT ME HERE TO FINISH During the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, the last runner to finish the marathon was an athlete from Tanzania. He'd had a difficult race, to say the least: he's stumbled at one point and ended up bruised, bloodied--and with a broken leg! But he didn't quit. Even ...read more