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  • When The Tsunami Struck The Kenyan Coast On Dec. ...

    Contributed by Eldon Reich on Aug 24, 2007
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    When the tsunami struck the Kenyan coast on Dec. 26. a baby hippopotamus was washed away from its mother down the Sabaki River into the Indian Ocean and then forced back to shore A Hippopotamus is a social creatures. Baby hippo’s stay with their mother for four years,So being separated from its ...read more

  • The Whole Concept Of Aiming Has Also Become A ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 18, 2008
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    The whole concept of aiming has also become a metaphor for at least a multi-million dollar business about life and business goals and plans. People and companies pay big bucks for help in answering questions such as, ‘What are you aiming at?’ ‘What will give us the most bang for the buck?’ Slogans ...read more

  • Does This Mean That Bad Kids = Bad Parents? Of ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 7, 2008
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    Does this mean that bad kids = bad parents? Of course not. 1. Today’s society has this “Blame someone else” mentality. a. “I spilt this McDonald’s coffee on myself, it was to hot” b. Lets sue the tobacco companies for giving people cancer. c. Lets sue the gun manufacturers for gun violence. 2. ...read more

  • Small Things Add Up. They Fill Spaces In Our ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Apr 7, 2008
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    Small things add up. They fill spaces in our lives that tend to squeeze out the more important things. Sand can bury a car, a house, or a person. Grains of sand are very small but when they are combined with a large number of other grains of sand, it is a force to be reckoned with. Sand also ...read more

  • I Remember When Our Children Were Small, And ...

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Apr 20, 2008
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    I remember when our children were small, and Marlys and I would set them in a high chair and feed them. OK, Marlys more than me. If they did not want to eat, you could put all the food in their mouth you wanted, but they would spit it out. Also, if we tried to feed them something they did not want, ...read more

  • Ed Vasicek On The Parable Of The Prodigal ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 16, 2008
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    Ed Vasicek on the Parable of the Prodigal Son If some Dr. Spock-like psychologist wrote this parable, he might say that the Prodigal left home because his father oppressed him, or that he was sheltered from life by his overly-protective mother and the poor financial prospects in a profit-driven ...read more

  • Soldiers In Your Cup

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    Soldiers in Your Cup A sweet little boy surprised his grandmother one morning and brought her a cup of coffee. He made it himself and was so proud. He anxiously waited to hear the verdict on the quality of the coffee. The grandmother had never in her life had such a bad cup of coffee, and as she ...read more

  • In The Not So Distant Past, Was A Movement That ...

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Sep 20, 2008
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    In the not so distant past, was a movement that swept across the country that was started by former Colorado University football coach Bill McCartney, called Promise Keepers. It started small, but before long, hundreds of thousands of men would gather for huge conferences that focused on men ...read more

  • Our Own Folly

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 3, 2008
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    Our Own Folly The murder of millions by the hands of the Nazi's during WWII is seen as one of the most evil acts of history. Considering how this was allowed to occur, a group of ministers met to discuss why the church in Germany had failed to take a stand against the evils of the Third Reich. ...read more

  • Hope Brings Survival

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
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    HOPE BRINGS SURVIVAL Viktor Frankl, Austrian psychologist, survived death camps of Nazi Germany. Frankl was determined to know why some survived and some did not. He looked at several factors: health, vitality, family, survival skills, intelligence. He concluded that none of these factors was ...read more

  • Comfortable In Hell  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 6, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
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    COMFORTABLE IN HELL Jeff Strite tells this story about his Dad. My Dad was what was known as "a rounder." A man’s man. Hard worker, hard fighter, and a hard player of baseball and basketball. He was attractive to women and he loved to go out and dance. Now, it’s not that dad was a stranger ...read more

  • Difficult People Are Like Tools  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 25, 2010
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    Difficult People Are Like Tools Some difficult people are like the tools in your tool shed: A. Measuring tape: These people always let us know that we don’t quite measure up. These perfectionists feel compelled to set the standards for everyone else. In short, they judge by their own ...read more

  • Give God The Big Stuff, Too

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Aug 5, 2011
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    GIVE GOD THE BIG STUFF, TOO I am mechanically inept and every once in a while I try to do some mechanical thing. Sometimes it's as simple as trying to put up a light fixture. Inevitably it fights back and doesn't go easily. I start getting frustrated and forcing the issue, usually making it worse. ...read more

  • Designed Dilemmas

    Contributed by Steven Ferber on Jun 21, 2012
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    DESIGNED DILEMMAS In Dr. Tim Kimmel’s book Raising Kids Who Turn Out Right, he has a section called Designed Dilemmas. Kimmel is convinced that most modern parents pamper their kids to the point where they don’t ever have to face situations that force them to grow up, mature, learn responsibility. ...read more

  • Flag Folding & The Meaning Of Each Fold!  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Oct 9, 2002
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    Flag Folding & The Meaning of Each Fold! Unknown I guess this settles the "One Nation Under God" debate once and for all. Do you know that at military funerals, the 21 gun salute stands for the sum of the numbers in the year 1776? Have you ever noticed the honor guard pays meticulous attention ...read more

  • Madalyn Murray O'hair's Book, What On Earth Is An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Jul 21, 2002
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    Madalyn Murray O’Hair’s book, What on Earth Is an Atheist, asserts, "We atheists ... try to find some basis for rational thinking on which we can base our actions and our beliefs, and we have it ... We accept the technical philosophy of materialism ... Essentially, materialism’s philosophy holds ...read more

  • Never Act In Panic Our Daily Bread, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Borst on May 1, 2003
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    ILLUSTRATION… Never Act in Panic Our Daily Bread, H.G.B, Tuesday, January 12 The great preacher F. B. Meyer gave some sound advice on what to do in a crisis. He wrote, “Never act in panic, nor allow man to dictate to you; calm yourself and be still; force yourself into the quiet of your closet ...read more

  • Arabian Horses Go Through Rigorous Training In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Visneskie on Feb 5, 2004
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     | 2,369 views

    Arabian horses go through rigorous training in the deserts of the Middle East. The trainers require absolute obedience from the horses, and test them to see if they are completely trained. The final test is almost beyond the endurance of any living thing. The trainers force the horses to do without ...read more

  • From 1986 To 1990, Frank Reed Was Held Hostage ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 22, 2004
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    From 1986 to 1990, Frank Reed was held hostage in a Lebanon cell. For months at a time, Reed was blindfolded, living in complete darkness or chained to a wall and kept in absolute silence. On one occasion, he was moved to another room, and, although blindfolded, he could sense others in the room. ...read more

  • Shakespeare On Mercy (From The Merchant Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Aug 18, 2004
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    Shakespeare on mercy (From the Merchant of Venice) The quality of mercy is not strain’d, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes: ’Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better ...read more

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