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  • Look At The Verse-By-Verse Progression In Psalm ...

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Feb 16, 2010
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    Look at the verse-by-verse progression in Psalm 103! Praise him because: A. He is a pardoner,verse 3. He forgives all my iniquities B. He is a physician, verse 3. He heals all my diseases C. He is a redeemer, verse 4. He redeems my life from destruction D. He is a benefactor, verse 5. He satisfies ...read more

  • The Tree Of Hippocrates

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 23, 2010
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    THE TREE OF HIPPOCRATES In the Greek Islands, one can seek out the home of Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine. In the area, one can also find an olive tree, supposedly dating from his time. If this is so, this tree would then be some 2400 years old. The trunk of this tree is very large ...read more

  • The Lady Who Grew Backward

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 10, 2010
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    THE LADY WHO GREW BACKWARD The lady who grew backward was a woman who lived in Virginia some years ago. In the Virginia Medical Monthly her doctor told the story: She had grown normally, married, and had three children. Life was normal until the husband and father died when the children were ...read more

  • Infallible And Inerrant

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
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    INFALLIBLE AND INERRANT For practical purposes the words infallible and inerrant are interchangeable. When we apply them to the Bible, what we are saying is that only those who accept as from God all that Scripture proves to tell us, promise us, or require of us, can ever fully please him. Both ...read more

  • Le Crocodile

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
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    LE CROCODILE Rene Lacoste, the world's top tennis player in the late 1920s, won seven major singles titles during his career, including multiple victories at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the French Open. His friends called him "Le Crocodile," an apt term for his tenacious play on the court. ...read more

  • The Kindness Of Abraham Lincoln

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 13, 2011
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    THE KINDNESS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN Despite his busy schedule during the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln often visited the hospitals to cheer the wounded. On one occasion he saw a young fellow who was near death. "Is there anything I can do for you?" asked the compassionate President. "Please write a ...read more

  • Lincoln Writes A Letter

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 24, 2011
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    LINCOLN WRITES A LETTER Despite his busy schedule during the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln often visited the hospitals to cheer the wounded. On one occasion he saw a young fellow who was near death. "Is there anything I can do for you?" asked the compassionate President. "Please write a letter to ...read more

  • They're Not Ready For Heaven

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
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    THEY'RE NOT READY FOR HEAVEN The movie The End of the Spear tells the true story of five missionaries who gave their lives to reach the violent Waodoni tribe in the jungles of Ecuador in the 1950s. Led by Nate Saint, the missionaries were eager to reach the Waodoni people before they all died off ...read more

  • Haven: The Real You

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Sep 25, 2011
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    HAVEN: THE REAL YOU What is in you is what comes out and always reveals the REAL you. In fact, that which you say yes to is the tell-tale sign of what is inside you. It is the litmus test of whether you are walking in the Spirit or in the "flesh. What's inside comes out. My wife and I watch a ...read more

  • When We Have Nowhere Else To Go  PRO

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Sep 28, 2011
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    WHEN WE HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO Over the years we have had many gut wrenching stores of families killed in an accident only to leave a mother or father behind. To wake up in a hospital bed hurting physically then realize that your entire family is gone would be unfathomable. Now none of us are ...read more

  • Making A Dent In The Universe  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Oct 6, 2011
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    MAKING A DENT IN THE UNIVERSE When Apple founder Steve Jobs died, there were many posts on various websites about his spirituality (Jobs was Buddhist). One cartoon depicted him at the Pearly Gates while Saint Peter fumbles through the Book of Life. Steve, holding an I-Something, says, "I have an ...read more

  • First Things First  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Nov 3, 2011
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    FIRST THINGS FIRST When Coach Bobby Bowden played baseball in college, he never hit a home run. His senior year at Howard College, he was the only player not to hit a home run. One day, he hit a line drive against Auburn. As he approached third, the coach was waving him on. As he made his turn, ...read more

  • Waking Up In Another Room

    Contributed by Jason W. Lawson on Nov 17, 2011
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    WAKING UP IN ANOTHER ROOM A young child was diagnosed with a terminal disease. The parents knew that he would die soon. The child as well knew that his death would be soon. One night he was sitting in his mother's lap watching television with her. He looked up into her eyes and said, "Mommy does ...read more

  • We Often Don't Realize How Good We Have It Here ...

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Dec 1, 2011
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    We often don't realize how good we have it here in America. The film, End of Spear, tells the true story of five missionaries--including Jim Elliot and Nathan Saint--who were speared to death by the murderous Waodani tribesman living in the jungles of Ecuador. Amazingly, the wives and children of ...read more

  • Not Home Yet

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Feb 15, 2012
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    NOT HOME YET Author Anne Graham Lotz told a story in her book, "Heaven, My Father's House". It is the story of an old missionary named Samuel Morrison who had spent twenty five years doing ministry in Africa. He returned to America on the same ocean liner that brought President Teddy Roosevelt ...read more

  • One Body To The Death

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Oct 31, 2012
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    ONE BODY TO THE DEATH On February 19, 1945, near the end of WWII, 800 American ships amassed to assault the island of Iwo Jima with its two strategic air strips 600 miles south of Tokyo. The Marines had fought a total of 43 months in the Pacific in World War II and in this one-month assault on Iwo ...read more

  • Is It Death Or Really Life?

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 11, 2015
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    Robin Norwood in her book, “Why Me? Why This? Why Now?” writes, “A very wise old fried of mine who has just celebrated his 100th birthday said to me about a recent news broadcast he recently heard about 73 people losing their lives in a plan crash: “Don’t they know we can’t lose our lives? We can ...read more

  • Rain Man Doesn't Understand Inheritance

    Contributed by David Ward on Feb 25, 2016
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    "Rain Man" was the top moneymaking film of 1988, and also won the Oscar for Best Picture. It tells the story of an abrasive and selfish wheeler-dealer named Charlie (Tom Cruise), who discovers that his estranged father has died and bequeathed all of his multimillion-dollar estate to his other son, ...read more

  • Jesus The Perfect Man  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Jul 3, 2016
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    Harry Ironside, the Bible teacher, told of a visit to Palestine years ago by a man named Joseph Flax. He had an opportunity to address a gathering of Jews and Arabs and took for the subject of his address the first Psalm. He read it and then he asked the question: "Who is this blessed man of whom ...read more

  • Being Crucified With Christ

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Aug 11, 2016
     | 8,242 views

    As I was typing up the many pages of notes I would use for my weekly podcast sermon, I needed to replace some letters in a name in part of my document with "M-E," so it would read correctly as I recorded. I was trying to use the ’Find & Replace’ command, but it looked a little ...read more