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  • It Was A Mild October Afternoon In 1982 And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 25, 2002
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    It was a mild October afternoon in 1982 and Badger Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin was packed. Over 60,000 die-hard University of Wisconsin fans were watching their beloved football team take a beating by Michigan State. What seemed odd was that as the score became more and more lopsided bursts of ...read more

  • The Progress Of Knowledge -- The Mental Sign Is ...

    Contributed by James O. Davis on Oct 28, 2003
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    The Progress of Knowledge -- The mental sign is seen first in the progress of knowledge. Man’s knowledge doubles in less than 6 years. By the time many medical students graduate, much of their earlier training is already obsolete. Printed material doubles in less than 15 years. Technology, for ...read more

  • In 1914 On Christmas Eve During World War I, ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Jun 25, 2006
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    “[In 1914 on Christmas eve during World War I, there was a unique] truce when, for a few hours, enemies behaved like brothers…The war was only five months old and already over 800,000 men had been wounded or lost their lives. Every soldier wondered whether Christmas Day would bring another round of ...read more

  • It Had Been A Long Hard Winter In The Rockies. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    It had been a long hard winter in the Rockies. The snow piled deeper and deeper. The temperature dropped below zero and stayed there. The rivers froze over. People were suffering. The Red Cross used helicopters to fly in supplies. After a long hard day, as they were returning to their base, the ...read more

  • Many Large Cities Have Computerized Warning Signs ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Sep 18, 2004
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    Many large cities have computerized warning signs to alert drivers to hazards ahead. In 1976, these signs were installed in Pittsburgh when we lived there. I recall one occasion when we were on the parkway and a sign told us, ""Accident ahead - major delay - time 1:17. There was no other reason to ...read more

  • I Attended A Small Country School In Southern ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 17, 2005
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    I attended a small country school in southern New Mexico. When I was in the third grade the circus came to the large town a few miles from to us. One afternoon the school principal came to our class and asked us to raise our hand if our parents were going to take us to the circus. Not wanting to ...read more

  • Martin Moore-Ede, In His Book Twenty-Four Hour ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 7, 2007
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    Martin Moore-Ede, in his book Twenty-Four Hour Society: Understanding Human Limits in a World That Never Stops, says, “Our most notorious industrial accidents in recent years — Exxon Valdez, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, the fatal navigational error of Korean Air Lines 007 — all occurred in the ...read more

  • Love Stories Of Over-Comers, Like…  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jul 21, 2007
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    love stories of over-comers, like… o Johnny Fulton, who was run over by a car at the age of three. He suffered crushed hips, broken ribs, a fractured skull, and compound fractures in his legs. It didn’t look as if he would live. But he would not give up. In fact, he later ran the half-mile in ...read more

  • The Boston Marathon Is The World's Oldest Annual ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 24, 2007
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    The Boston Marathon is the world’s oldest annual marathon and ranks as one of the world’s most prestigious road racing events. The race is run over a grueling course covering 26 miles, 385 yards. In order to run in that prestigious race, you must have either won a sanctioned marathon elsewhere, ...read more

  • Eternity Magazine Contained A New Item On ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 9, 2008
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    Eternity magazine contained a new item on immortality and people's fascination with it. The article read: “The quest for pseudoimmortality took a giant leap forward with the announcement that you can send your remains "to the heavens" when you die. The Celestis Group of Melbourne, Florida, has ...read more

  • The Story Of The Basset Hound Appeared In Tacoma, ...

    Contributed by Dean O'bryan on Sep 8, 2008
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    The story of the basset hound appeared in Tacoma, Washington newspaper. The dog's name was Tattoo. The reporter wrote, "Tattoo didn't plan on going for a run that evening, but when his owner accidentally shut the poor dog's leash in the car door and drove away from home, Tattoo had little choice." ...read more

  • Excuses, Excuses...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 6, 2009
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    EXCUSES, EXCUSES... This is the time of year when we attempt to fulfill our New Year's excuses...oops, I mean resolutions. And speaking of resolutions...oops, I mean excuses, I found several good ones this week as I prepared for this morning. I make no excuse for any of them. This is one from a ...read more

  • Courage V. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
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    COURAGE V. JUDGMENT I heard a story this week about a bull that loved to chew his cud while sitting beneath a shade tree. That particular tree was located just a stone’s throw from a set of railroad tracks. And every time that train came blowing by, it would disturb his afternoon nap and frustrate ...read more

  • Keeping Them Up In The Air

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 10, 2009
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    KEEPING THEM UP IN THE AIR A pet store delivery truck driver was traveling down the road. Every time he came to a stoplight, he would get out of the truck and grab a 2 X 4. Then he’d run to the back and start beating on the truck’s back doors. This went on for several miles, and nobody could ...read more

  • The Accident Already Occurred

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2012
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    THE ACCIDENT ALREADY OCCURRED There’s a phrase in military aviation which goes like this: "The accident already occurred, we're just waiting for the plane to arrive at the crash site." What does that mean? It means the accident occurred miles before the actual accident occurred, when the pilot or ...read more

  • It's Like Dropping A Penny Into Water

    Contributed by Tim Secrist on Feb 22, 2013
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    IT'S LIKE DROPPING A PENNY INTO WATER On October 28, 1993, the U.S. Space Command watched as a two-ton chunk of a Chinese satellite began to reenter the earth’s atmosphere. According to their calculations, this satellite would plunge into the Pacific Ocean 500 west of Baja, California. When it ...read more

  • M ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
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    MINDLESSNESS In 2009, we celebrated the 500th birthday of John Calvin, who was born on July 10, 1509, in Noyon, France. Calvin went into self-exile in Geneva because France was opposed to the Reformation. The reason I mention this is because of the remarkable work that Calvin did in Geneva. ...read more

  • David, Jerusalem And D-Day  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Oct 6, 2009
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    DAVID, JERUSALEM AND D-DAY The 65th Anniversary of D-Day was observed June 6th. It was the largest single day amphibious invasion of all time. With nearly 200,000 troops involved; 160,000 would land on the 50 mile stretch of beaches known as Normandy. There were many obstacles that day: the ...read more

  • Giving Up Is Better Than Ecstasy

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Dec 4, 2009
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    GIVING UP IS BETTER THAN ECSTASY Scott Peck writes in his book "The Road Less Traveled: "I spent much of my ninth summer on a bicycle. About a mile from our house the road went down a steep hill and turned sharply at the bottom. Coasting down the hill one morning, I felt my gathering speed to be ...read more

  • Racecar Drivers Avoid Thinking About ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 14, 2009
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    Racecar Drivers Avoid Thinking About Death Scott Goodyear, speaking of race-car drivers who have been killed in crashes at the Indianapolis 500, said; “You don’t go look at where it happened, You don’t watch the films of it on television. You don’t deal with it. You pretend it never happened." The ...read more