On New Year’s Day, 1929, Georgia Tech played UCLA in the Rose Bowl. In that game a young man named Roy Riegels recovered a fumble for UCLA. Picking up the loose ball, he lost his direction and ran sixty-five yards toward the wrong goal line. One of his teammates, Beeny Lom, ran him down and tackled
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Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 10, 2009
AMERICANS WASTE MORE THAN 2 HOURS A DAY AT WORK, COSTING COMPANIES $759 BILLION A YEAR, ACCORDING TO SALARY.COM AND AMERICA ONLINE SURVEY
Top Time-Wasting Activities
1. Surfing Internet (personal use) 44.7%
2. Socializing with co-workers 23.4%
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* Two days after the 9/11 attacks on our nation, Anne Graham Lotz was being interviewed by Jane Clayson on the CBS early show and was asked, "I’ve heard people say, those who are religious, those who are not, if God is good, how could God let this happen? To that, you say?"
Lotz replied, "I say God
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Contributed by Timothy Darling on Apr 28, 2010
Every day over 25,000 people die of hunger. That's over 1,000 people an hour. In other words, as many people die of hunger every hour as are killed in the world's deadliest wars in a year. One person every 3 seconds ... most often, children.
If the effects of death by famine in the world today were
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Introduction: several men were named Obadiah in the Old Testament. This man, in this story, lived during the days of Ahab and Elijah. He was known for a few things, even though he is only mentioned in one passage of Scripture.
Text, 1 Kings 18:1-5, KJV: 1 And it came to pass after many days, that
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Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on May 9, 2023
On Mother’s Day we give to moms
A tribute they are due.
This is your special day, Mom--
A day we give to you.
Because today’s your day, Mom,
You truly deserve our praise -
And some recognition
On this, your Mother’s Day.
A million trillion thanks we give,
For those you never heard.
Gazillion
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Apr 1, 2025
[071]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – EXCERPTS FROM CERTAIN PSALMS PART 2 – PSALMS 81, 37
{{Psalm 7:17 “I will give thanks to the LORD according to His righteousness, AND WILL SING PRAISE to the name of the LORD Most High.”}}
We have here PART 2 of the postings in illustrations that feature a series
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 28, 2000
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On 11 May 2000 a lady found a new e-mail message on her computer, which simply said, "I love you". It looked innocent enough, perhaps even romantic. Like most of us would, she clicked to open the message, and the so-called "Love Bug" was born. With lightning speed it raced around the world,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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On 11 May 2000 a lady found a new e-mail message on her computer, which simply said, "I love you". It looked innocent enough, perhaps even romantic. Like most of us would, she clicked to open the message, and the so-called "Love Bug" was born. With lightning speed it raced around the world,
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jun 21, 2024
[018] A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - AMERICA, AMERICA, HOW YOU BLASPHEME!
I find it so offensive to hear cursing and the Lord’s name taken in vain by someone trying to be assertive or big note himself. In fact so much of the relatively modern cinema is full of blasphemy. I hear speeches and listen to
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 13, 2025
[059]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – DISTRESSFUL TIMES WILL COME UPON US
Are you battling in life because of some problem that won’t go away? Are you weighed down by a stressful matter and can’t shake it? Does your life feel like it is starting to come apart? Do you feel the storms are thundering
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 14, 2025
[060]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – DO NOT TRUST OURSELVES – TRUST GOD
When you think you know it all:
Then you don't.
When you think you’ll do it all;
Then you won’t.
I find this a delightful poem (for myself) and I am sharing my own experience here in writing it. Often we think we know best
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jul 5, 2025
[121]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – FROM WHERE DID GOD ORIGINATE?
The real title of this poem is HE IS BEFORE ALL THINGS, AND IN HIM ALL THINGS HOLD TOGETHER but the title is too long for SermonCentral to accept, so I changed the title.
This is a dialogue poem. There are 4 speakers. Speaker 1 is a
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