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  • 101-Year-Old Grandmother Sets Paragliding Record ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 26, 2012
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    101-year-old Grandmother Sets Paragliding Record (WATCH) By Good News Network Thursday, March 22, 2012 Not wanting to be outdone by her 75-year-old paragliding son, Mary Allen Hardison of Ogden, Utah, took flight on her birthday, becoming the "Oldest Female to Paraglide Tandem" -- an achievement ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Your Sin Will Find You Out

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 4, 2013
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    YOUR SIN WILL FIND YOU OUT ORANGE CITY, Fla., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida said they arrested a man who accidentally called 911 while allegedly talking about selling drugs. The Volusia County Sheriff's Office said dispatchers contacted deputies around 9:42 p.m. Tuesday and told them an ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • His Is The Season Of The Song. What Holiday, ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 7, 2008
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    his is the season of the song. What holiday, other than perhaps Easter, do we celebrate and remember with so much singing? Christmas carols and songs are a part of this holiday season. What would Christmas be like without the classic carols, “Silent Night” or” Away In A Manger?” Or the traditional ...read more

    Denomination: Church Of God

  • True Christianity

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 27, 2012
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    This past Wednesday, many across our country and others, went to their local churches to have ashes placed on their foreheads, as a sign of repentance. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period that many “give-up” something in preparation for the coming of Easter. In the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Trick-Or-Treaters Rake In A Lot Of Candy Every ...

    Contributed by Cris Willis on Dec 27, 2007
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    Trick-or-treaters rake in a lot of candy every October 31. In fact, according to the National Confectioners Association, Halloween is the number-one holiday for candy sales, beating out Christmas, Easter and Valentine’s Day. The NCA predicts Halloween candy sales to reach $2 billion in 2003 in the ...read more

    Denomination: Church Of God

  • The Simple Fool Tends To Go With The Flow. He ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jun 14, 2004
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    The Simple Fool tends to go with the flow. He believes whatever he hears. It reminds me of the way Garrison Keilor described members of the Unitarian Church: They believe whatever book they just finished reading. Too many people live that way. · They’ll go to church on Sunday, · try to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Alcohol Use

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 12, 2012
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    ALCOHOL USE According to MSNBC, “Alcohol abuse kills some 75,000 Americans each year and shortens the lives of these people by an average of 30 years, a U.S. government study suggested Thursday. Excessive alcohol consumption is the third leading cause of preventable death in the United States ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Anger: Strength In Your Claws

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 12, 2012
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    ANGER: STRENGTH IN YOUR CLAWS The biggest lobster ever caught in Maine, a 27-pounder (12.25 kg) with claws tough enough to snap a man's arm, was released back into the ocean on Thursday after being trapped in a shrimp net last week, marine officials said. The 40-inch (one-meter) male crustacean, ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Christian Humorist And Minister Dennis Swanberg ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 17, 2004
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    Christian humorist and Minister Dennis Swanberg says one of his favorite stories happened to him on Easter Sunday in Saginaw, Texas, several years ago. The church was packed for Easter services. The high school basketball coach was in the middle of giving his testimony when water started dripping ...read more

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  • Maybe I Can Illustrate This With Something A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Maybe I can illustrate this with something a little whimsical. God knows we need whimsical in these bleak times I am remembering my grandmother and what a wonderful cook she was. We looked forward to holidays when we would be invited to her house for a delightful meal. But every Thanksgiving, every ...read more

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  • Wait Three Days  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 22, 2008
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    WAIT THREE DAYS On that beautiful Easter Monday morning I noticed the old flower lady sitting in her usual place inside a small archway. At her feet, corsages and boutonnieres were parading on top of a spread-open newspaper. The flower lady was smiling, her wrinkled old face alive with some inner ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Time Check  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 21, 2005
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    Sometimes finding the right path depends greatly on friends that you have in high places. An airline pilot flying over the southeastern U.S. called the local tower and said, “We are passing over at 35,000--give us a time check.” The tower said, “What airline are you?” “What difference does it ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • My Dad Was A Preacher At A Small Church In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 19, 2003
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    My dad was a preacher at a small church in Northwest Indiana. Sometimes he would take me and my little brother Steve to the Thursday morning Bible study. George, an elderly gentleman, would split his donut with my little brother. One Sunday my brother came to church with a sandwich bag full of ...read more

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  • The Bells Toll For Someone Else

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 22, 2011
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    THE BELLS TOLL FOR SOMEONE ELSE We began the week with the story of the Chicago nightclub fire in which 21 people were killed as they rushed to the exit. The club had already been cited for overcrowding and other safety violations--like not enough doors and windows. What happened was that a ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Jeff Bezos, 36-Year-Old Founder Of Amazon.com, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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    Jeff Bezos, 36-year-old founder of Amazon.com, shared the following 5 time management tips in the Wall Street Journal. Set aside Tuesdays and Thursdays as your own, without any regularly scheduled meetings. Break your routines. Visit Stores. Scrutinize your own Web site. Learn from unexpected ...read more

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  • There Was A "One-Hour Dry Cleaners," On The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There was a "One-Hour Dry Cleaners," on the other side of town, so a man drove out of his way to drop off a suit. After filling out the tag, he told the clerk, "I need this in an hour." She said, "I can’t get this back to you until Thursday." "I thought you did dry cleaning in an hour?" "No," she ...read more

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  • On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
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    ON PERSPECTIVE An airline pilot flying over the southeastern U.S. called the local tower and said, "We are passing over at 35,000--give us a time check." The tower said, "What airline are you?" "What difference does it make? I just want the time." replied the pilot. The tower responded, "Oh, ...read more

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  • Eamon De Valera Was An Irish Statesman Who Served ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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    Eamon De Valera was an Irish statesman who served three times as prime minister of Ireland and subsequently as her president. After the Easter rebellion of 1916, De Valera was sentenced to penal servitude. While traveling to prison, he took out his pipe and was about to light it when he stopped ...read more

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  • Faith Without Church: Barna Research Reports That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Faith Without Church: Barna Research reports that in the U.S. about 10 million self-proclaimed, born-again Christians have not been to church in the last 6 months, apart from Christmas or Easter. Yet, nearly all born-agains say their spiritual life is very important. About a third of Americans are ...read more

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  • A Majority Of Americans--8 Out Of 10--Say That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    A majority of Americans--8 out of 10--say that they are Christians, but only half that number know who delivered the Sermon on the Mount. Most Americans think the Ten Commandments are valid rules for living, but many have a rough time recalling exactly what those rules are. Among teenagers, 3 in 10 ...read more

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