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  • In 1871, An American Named Heinrich Schliemann ...

    Contributed by Jason Cole on Feb 26, 2004
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    In 1871, an American named Heinrich Schliemann began excavating an ancient city in Turkey. To the amazement of many, this retired businessman had discovered the lost city of Troy. To-day, you can still see the ruins of its towers and its walls, which were 16 feet thick. According to the Homer’s ...read more

  • Yet Another Film I Have Seen Recently Is Called ...  PRO

    Contributed by Amanda Wilson on May 3, 2004
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    Yet another film I have seen recently is called Pay It Forward, and in that story some year 7 students are set a social studies project in which they are to think of a way that one of them could do something which would change the world. No easy assignments for this class! Yet one of the students ...read more

  • In A Business Magazine I Read, There Was An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Dec 6, 2000
    based on 132 ratings
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    In a business magazine I read, there was an article about a company, imaginary I hope, that was planning its Christmas sales campaign. The board of directors was puzzled how they could beat their competitors, then suddenly the chairman had an idea. "We’ll have a crib," he said, getting very ...read more

  • A Preacher’s Family Had Started Putting Up ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Oct 10, 2001
    based on 177 ratings
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    A preacher’s family had started putting up a nativity scene in their front yard. All of them were carrying out the little statues to put in the nativity scene. Finally everything was in place - Mary & Joseph & the manger & the baby, & angels & shepherds & all the barnyard animals. Then ...read more

  • Fairy Tale Princes Story Turns Sour After ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Biolsi on Nov 24, 2001
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    “Fairy tale Princes Story Turns Sour After Newlyweds Lose Money.” So read the headlines of the Daily Herald in Chicago on February 20, 1996. A newlywed couple had left a black zippered case on the roof of their car as they sped away from the reception to begin their honeymoon. The case had all ...read more

  • The Spirit Shines On The Savior  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 28, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
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    THE SPIRIT SHINES ON THE SAVIOR The Holy Spirit’s distinctive role is to fulfill what we may call a floodlight ministry in relation to the Lord Jesus Christ. When floodlighting is well done, the floodlights are placed so that you do not see them; in fact, you are not supposed to see where the ...read more

  • Three Sons Left Home, Went Out On Their Own And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Aug 23, 2002
    based on 27 ratings
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    Three sons left home, went out on their own and prospered. Getting back together, they discussed the gifts they were able to give their elderly mother. The first said, "I built a big house for our mother." The second said, "I sent her a Mercedes with a driver." The third smiled and said, "I’ve got ...read more

  • As Time Passed, However, The Inevitable ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    As time passed, however, the inevitable occurred. They began to lose and lose and lose. The blame fell, at least in part, not on Coach George Allen, but on a quarterback named Sonny Jurgenson, in my opinion one of the most gifted and effective quarterbacks to ever play the game. Jurgenson possesses ...read more

  • Early In The Nineteenth Century, The King Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 42 ratings
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    Early in the nineteenth century, the King of Prussia, Frederick William III, found his nation in great trouble. He had been attempting to bring prosperity to his land, but constant wars had drained the treasury. After prayerful consideration, he wrote an open letter to the women of Prussia asking ...read more

  • Objects On Stage And In The Power ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 19, 2007
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    Illustration: Objects on Stage and in the Power Point slide: Clock = Time, Money = Finances, Family and a Car = Resources – I believe in a principle I will call 10 - 3rd power. The Clock represents our time and parallels to the one who actually gave us all the gift of time – His name God the ...read more

  • Jeremiah Says: "The Lord Is Our Righteousness." ...

    Contributed by Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson on Nov 23, 2007
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    Jeremiah says: “The LORD IS OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.” God sees us as righteous by looking at Jesus. Unlike all other kings, King Jesus is without sin. What he has and is—namely, his righteousness—becomes what we shall receive as a gift of grace. He is OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS because he is the only one who ...read more

  • John Mackie Was The President Of The Church Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 24, 2007
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    John Mackie was the president of the Church of Scotland after WWII. He traveled to a remote parts of the Balkan Peninsula to check on missionaries that they supported. On one trip he was accompanied by two ministers from a severe and pietistic denomination that supported the same ...read more

  • Almost Every Culture Has A New Year's ...

    Contributed by Jay Winters on Jan 10, 2008
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    Almost every culture has a New Year’s celebration. The ancient Romans celebrated the new year with the birth of Janus, the two faced god who could look back into the past and forward into the future. They exchanged gifts, not because they were overjoyed with each other, but as a method of bribery ...read more

  • More To Follow

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 31, 2008
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    MORE TO FOLLOW Sam Ducanannan was a simple man with very few talents, but he had a great desire to do something for the Lord. So he made it his practice to cut out pictures from cards and magazines and to paste onto these pictures appropriate verses and poems. He would then give them as simple ...read more

  • A Man Named Victor Frankl, A Jewish Psychiatrist ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    A man named Victor Frankl, a Jewish psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, discovered this great truth in the midst of a Jewish concentration camp during WW II. While seeking to survive the horror of this imprisonment Frankl began observing his fellow prisoners in the hope of discovering what coping ...read more

  • They're So Beautiful, Mommy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    "THEY’RE SO BEAUTIFUL, MOMMY" Diane Komp is a pediatric oncologist. She treats children who have cancer. A highly trained physician, she used to be an agnostic. That was before Anna died. Anna was a little girl who had leukemia, in the days when recovery was rare. As death came close, her parents, ...read more

  • Not Pure Enough

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 6, 2011
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    NOT PURE ENOUGH Back in the 1600's a man named Roger Williams who left England and came over to join the Puritans. He was a very gifted preacher and many churches asked him to come fill their pulpits. But Williams had one major flaw - an overwhelming desire to have purist doctrine he could manage. ...read more

  • Loved, To Be Love

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Apr 22, 2011
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    LOVED, TO BE LOVE One of the neatest gifts I've ever received was this little, hand towel. I was given this during my seminary commencement, and have cherished it ever since. The towel has a little saying on it: "Blessed to be a blessing" Isaiah 61:1. Isaiah 61:1-2 says: "The Spirit of the ...read more

  • Stain Removal: Homeboy Industries

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Sep 9, 2011
     | 2,383 views

    STAIN REMOVAL: HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES Father Greg Boyle is in the business of erasing the past. A Jesuit priest, he is the founder and director of Homeboy Industries in East Los Angeles. Father Boyle put together a team of physicians trained in the laser technology of tattoo removal. The team is ...read more

  • The Selfish King  PRO

    Contributed by James Lloyd on Dec 4, 2011
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     | 7,196 views

    THE SELFISH KING Once upon a time there was a king who lived in a beautiful kingdom. He was happy and so were his people. They worked together to improve the kingdom and brought the king many gifts. The king, in turn, was generous to his people. People all over the world heard of this kingdom and ...read more