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  • On February 15, 2003, The Exploits River ...

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Sep 4, 2003
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    On February 15, 2003, the Exploits River overflowed its banks and flooded the town of Badger, Newfoundland. The temperature quickly dropped to –30C, -22F, and encased much of the town, twisting and buckling walls and foundations. All of the town’s 906 residents were evacuated. And many people, ...read more

  • A Spiritual Mirage?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,165 views

    A SPIRITUAL MIRAGE? In 1849 a wagon train was traveling through Death Valley to follow the gold rush into California. As this particular wagon train trudged through Death Valley, the hottest place in California, they looked ahead and saw a sheet of water they all believed was Owen’s Lake. But ...read more

  • On February 15 Of This Year, The Exploits River ...

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 28, 2004
     | 1,690 views

    On February 15 of this year, the Exploits River overflowed its banks and flooded the town of Badger, Newfoundland. The temperature quickly dropped to –30C, -22F, and encased much of the town, twisting and buckling walls and foundations. All of the town’s 906 residents were evacuated. And many ...read more

  • A Mother's Place Is At Home: 66% Of American ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    A Mother’s Place Is At Home: 66% of American women with preschool children—and 56% of those with infants less than a year old—are in the labor force, but attitudes toward working mothers have changed little. Various research reports from the Lucile Packard foundation find that 75%-80% of Americans ...read more

  • Sleepless In America The National Sleep ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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    Sleepless In America The National Sleep Foundation says the culprits are: Email: It just won’t let us unplug. Caffeine: Our sleep shortage has deepened in lockstep with the rising popularity of gourmet coffee. Alcohol: Alcohol compromises deep sleep and robs us of much-needed rest. Lack of ...read more

  • Total Sacrifice  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 19 ratings
     | 12,277 views

    Total Sacrifice Bryan Chapell tells this story that happened in his hometown: Two brothers were playing on the sandbanks by the river. One ran after another up a large mound of sand. Unfortunately, the mound was not solid, and their weight caused them to sink in quickly. When the boys did not ...read more

  • Quotations On Humility

    Contributed by Billy Nale on Apr 20, 2011
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    QUOTATIONS ON HUMILITY "I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before ...read more

  • Moving Day

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Mar 7, 2009
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    MOVING DAY Shortly before his death, Dr. M. R. De Haan, founder of Radio Bible Class, took great comfort from an article written by J. E. Campbell. The article spoke of death in a unique way: "Moving day is coming. Just when the van will stop at our home we do not know—-but for everyone it is ...read more

  • If You Are A Marathon Runner You Are Encouraged ...

    Contributed by John Foster on Jun 10, 2007
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    If you are a marathon runner you are encouraged to eat pasta the night before the race because pasta has lots of energy in and the speed of release of energy from Pasta is slow so that you get it during the race just when you need it. It’s actually a bit more complicated than that though. ...read more

  • Dr. Adolph Lorenz, A Famous Surgeon, Refused A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Curtis Rowe on Aug 4, 2008
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    Dr. Adolph Lorenz, a famous surgeon, refused a drink at a banquet. He was asked "Are you a tee-totaler?" He responded, "Yes, my success depends upon my brains being clear, my muscles firm, and my nerves steady. No one can take alcoholic liquor without blunting these physical powers, which must be ...read more

  • 99% Isn't ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    99% ISN’T ENOUGH Back in the 90’s a California research firm considered the advertising slogan for a popular soap that was 99.4% pure. And they asked themselves the question: “What if everything in the world operated at 99% efficiency?” They discovered: Drinking water would be unsafe one hour out ...read more

  • Come In Or Stay ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
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    COME IN OR STAY OUT Little Billy was caught in the act of some mischief and his mother asked him, "How do you expect to get into heaven?" He thought for a moment and then said, "Well, I’ll just run in and out and keep slamming the door until they say, ’For heaven’s sake, either come in or stay ...read more

  • For Real Spiritual Victory, Your Will Must Be ...

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Dec 2, 2008
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    For real spiritual victory, your will must be broken. We are like that horse my son got when he first got out of the army. Ben got a wild mustang that wasn’t must good for anything. You couldn’t ride him. You couldn’t use him to pull a buggy. It was even risky to be around him. He might bite ...read more

  • Trudge

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jan 8, 2009
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    "TRUDGE" The word "trudge" gives us a definite picture. We trudge through snow. It is laborious walk. It is tiring. It takes work. It seems to me to be rather unmotivated. Sometimes doing what is right seems like trudging. Sometimes doing what we need to do is not glamorous and exciting. Sometimes ...read more

  • A Former Sceptic By The Name Of Josh Mcdowell ...  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Apr 9, 2002
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    A former sceptic by the name of Josh McDowell puts it, “After more than 700 hours of studying this subject, and thoroughly investigating its foundation, I have come to the conclusion that the resurrection of Jesus Christ is one of the ‘most wicked, vicious, heartless hoaxes ever foisted upon the ...read more

  • Henry Ford Was An Automotive Genius. He Came Up ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jason Pettibone on Apr 29, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
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    Henry Ford was an automotive genius. He came up with great ideas and handed them to researchers for development. One of his ideas was the concept of an engine in which the pistons were set at an angle to each other rather than in a straight line. He sketched out his idea for the V-8 motor and ...read more

  • By The Time Rockefeller Was Fifty-Three His Life ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 2, 2005
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    By the time Rockefeller was fifty-three his life was a wreck. Throughout his business career he said, “I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.” He was the richest man in the world and yet he was miserable in every sense of ...read more

  • We Have A Wooden Nativity Of Mary, Joseph And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Dec 4, 2005
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    We have a wooden nativity of Mary, Joseph and Jesus that sits outside our house and at night a yellow spotlight shines directly on it. It kept blowing over from its position. As I continued trying different things to keep it in place, my mind began to think of a lesson in this annoying problem. A ...read more

  • We May Think It Strange To Emphasize That Christ ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Apr 18, 2006
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    We may think it strange to emphasize that Christ came back from the dead. A most recent poll done at the end of February asked people if they believed in a physical resurrection. Sadly, among all of the 1,007 people that they asked, 36% said, "Yes." So about a third of the people believed that ...read more

  • The Porn Facts Utah Family Counselor Jill Manning ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007
     | 1,345 views

    The Porn Facts Utah family counselor Jill Manning says, “I can unequivocally tell you pornography, especially Internet pornography with its violent, demeaning, or highly explicit messages, is damaging, not only for youths, but for many adults as well. Its affects on a person’s social and sexual ...read more