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  • A Newspaper Columnist Named George Crane Told ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Peck on Feb 1, 2001
    based on 114 ratings
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    A newspaper columnist named George Crane told once of a woman who was full of hatred toward her husband. Someone counseled the woman to act as if she really loved her husband, to tell him how much he meant to her, to praise him for every decent trait, to be kind, considerate, and generous whenever ...read more

  • A True Story - A Woman Entered A Haagen-Dazs ...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Weber on Mar 23, 2001
    based on 355 ratings
     | 2,969 views

    A true story - a woman entered a Haagen-Dazs store on the Kansas City Plaza for an ice-cream cone. After making her selection, she turned and found herself face to face with Paul Newman. He was in town filming the movie Mr. and Mrs. Bridge. Newman’s blue eyes caused her knees to ...read more

  • Bruce Larson, In There’s A Lot More To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Chapman on Mar 26, 2001
    based on 112 ratings
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    Bruce Larson, in There’s A Lot More To Health Than Not Being Sick, writes, Behavioral sciences in recent years have expounded the simple truth that "behavior that is observed changes." People who are accountable by their own choice to a group of friends, to a therapy group, to a psychiatrist or a ...read more

  • Mercy, Not Justice  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2001
    based on 404 ratings
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    Eph.2:4,5. A young lady who occasionally walked through the park after work, stopped to have her picture taken by a photographer on this particular day. She was very excited about her picture being taken. As she walked out of the park, she looked at the polaroid picture in total amazement. She ...read more

  • In Becoming A Contagious Christian, Bill Hybels ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 11, 2001
    based on 36 ratings
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    In Becoming a Contagious Christian, Bill Hybels and Mark Mittelberg tell this story: A newly promoted colonel had moved into a makeshift office during the Gulf War. He was just getting unpacked when out of the corner of his eye, he noticed a private with a toolbox coming his way. Wanting ...read more

  • It Is Said That Cyrus, The Founder Of The Persian ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 11, 2007
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    It is said that Cyrus, the founder of the Persian Empire, once had captured a prince and his family. When they came before him, the monarch asked the prisoner, “What will you give me if I release you?” “The half of my wealth,” was his reply. “And if I release your children?” ...read more

  • It's Father's Day, And The Very First National ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    It’s Father’s Day, and the very first national celebration of this day was on June 19, 1924, by proclamation of President Calvin Coolidge (But not finalized until 1972.) But it all came about because of the efforts of Sonora Smart Dodd. Sonora was sitting in church in 1909 listening to a Mother’s ...read more

  • Dishonesty Is A Trait That Never ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Illustration: Dishonesty is a trait that never works well for the long haul. There was a man who came home drunk and not wanting to fuss with his wife he snuck up the stairs quietly. He looked in the bathroom mirror and bandaged the bumps and bruises he’d received in a fight earlier that night. He ...read more

  • A Newspaper Columnist Named George Crane Told ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,193 views

    A newspaper columnist named George Crane told once of a woman who was full of hatred toward her husband. Someone counseled the woman to act as if she really loved her husband, to tell him how much he meant to her, to praise him for every decent trait, to be kind, considerate, and generous whenever ...read more

  • Valuable Necklace

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    Valuable Necklace An American tourist in Paris, who purchased an inexpensive amber necklace in a trinket shop, was shocked when he had to pay quite a high duty on it to clear customs in New York. This aroused his curiosity, so he had it appraised. After looking at the object under a magnifying ...read more

  • Total Sacrifice For Wife

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Total Sacrifice for wife It is said that Cyrus, the founder of the Persian Empire, once had captured a prince and his family. When they came before him, the monarch asked the prisoner, “What will you give me if I release you?” “The half of my wealth,” was his reply. “And if I release your ...read more

  • 8 ½ Years Ago, A Friend & Deacon From Our Church ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 18, 2007
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    8 ½ years ago, a friend & deacon from our church in Mississippi, came down to Florida with Gladys & I. I remember when he got here; that he walked around what is now the pavilion. Then it was the barn on my folks’ place. He walked around, looking at the barn, the yard & such, then he said, “You ...read more

  • We Owe A Lot To Our Grandparents. They Have The ...

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Sep 10, 2007
     | 1,692 views

    We owe a lot to our grandparents. They have the warmth of a parent; the wisdom of the sages; and the heart of a child. And over five million American children live with their grandparents. Here are some wonderful grandparent quotes to remind us of these unsung heroes. Sam Levenson The simplest ...read more

  • How Is A Hard Heart Turned Soft? Only By God ...

    Contributed by Colin Bain on Nov 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    How is a hard heart turned soft? Only by God performing cardiac surgery. A heart transplant. Most hearts that are medically transplanted in our hospitals today, are because the owners forgot that they were to keep healthy. They took their eyes off the good food and were distracted by the fatty and ...read more

  • God Is Always True To His Promises. Our Trust Is ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Mar 14, 2008
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    God is always true to His promises. Our trust is never misplaced when our trust is in Him. Frances Havergal, the noted hymn writer, loved the Word of God and the God of the Word. As she was dying at the early age of forty-three, Havergal asked a friend who was standing by her bed to read to her ...read more

  • Jed Harris, Producer Of Our Town And Other Plays, ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 10, 2008
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    Jed Harris, producer of Our Town and other plays, became convinced he was losing his hearing. He went to a specialist, who gave him a thorough checkup. The doctor pulled out a gold watch and asked, "Can you hear this ticking?" Harris said, "Of course." The specialist walked to the door and ...read more

  • Two Feet To Follow ...

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Jun 16, 2008
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    Two feet to follow us, Where ever our feet may trod; Will they lead to folly’s door, Or will they lead to God? Two eyes to observe what we do, To copy our ways and our tastes; Will they help build a growing world, Or will they add to the waste? Two ear to hear what we say, In pleasure, in ...read more

  • M ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
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    Marriage? Through a scheduling mix-up, a man and a woman who had never met before found themselves in the same sleeping-carriage of a train. It’s late, the train is full, and everyone else is already asleep. After the initial embarrassment, they both manage to get to sleep; the woman on the top ...read more

  • Bearing Fruit  PRO

    Contributed by C Jordan on Oct 24, 2008
    based on 10 ratings
     | 15,469 views

    BEARING FRUIT I once read of a little boy who used to escape his bedroom after being punished. He would crawl out of his bedroom window down an old fruit tree to the ground. One day, his father told him that he was going to chop down the fruit tree, because it hadn’t borne any fruit for a number ...read more

  • 1 Corinthians 15:51, 52 "Behold, I Shew You A ...

    Contributed by Shawn Rose on Dec 26, 2008
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    1 Corinthians 15:51, 52 “Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” A farmer takes his family to ...read more