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  • A Bitter Spirit Of Rivalry

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Many years ago Michelangelo, the sculptor, and Raphael, the painter, were commissioned to execute works of art for the beautification of the Vatican. Although each had a different job to do and both were highly respected, there arose such a bitter spirit of rivalry between them that at last they ...read more

  • Feelings  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Mar 12, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,257 views

    FEELINGS When George B. McClellan was commissioned Major General of the Army, he wrote his wife, "I don’t feel any different than I did yesterday. Indeed, I have not yet put on my new uniform. I am sure that I am in command of the Union Army, however, because President Lincoln’s order to that ...read more

  • Count Pietro Rotari Was An 18th Century Artist ...  PRO

    Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on May 12, 2003
    based on 41 ratings
     | 2,505 views

    Count Pietro Rotari was an 18th century artist who received the invitation of the Empress Elizabeth of Russia, daughter of Peter the Great, to come to St. Petersburg as First Painter of the Court. There he was commissioned by Empress Catherine the Second to paint 850 portraits of young Russian ...read more

  • You Can Trust ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
     | 4,011 views

    YOU CAN TRUST GOD A Canadian pastor, in a period of great turmoil, received the faithful help of God he needed from reading about the following true incident. In his town the local parks commission had been ordered to remove the trees from a street they were going to widen. As they were about to ...read more

  • Standing On A Small Platform, A Reader Calls Out ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 24, 2007
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    Standing on a small platform, a reader calls out names, “Michael Hyde. Donald Jackson. Jose Munoz.” The names being read were those engraved on “The Wall.” No one calls it anything else. It was once highly controversial. This was not a statue, no soldier on horseback, but a black granite gash ...read more

  • The Story Of Uncle George

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
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    THE STORY OF UNCLE GEORGE Being honest is not always easy. The children in a prominent family decided to give their father a book of the family's history for a birthday present. They commissioned a professional biographer to do the work, carefully warning him of the family's "black sheep" ...read more

  • Words Really Do Matter!

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 6, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 779 views

    The children in a prominent family decided to create for their father’s birthday a book of the family’s history. They commissioned a professional biographer to do the work, carefully warning him of the family’s "black sheep" problem: Uncle George had actually been executed in the electric ...read more

  • Some Time Ago I Was Reading About The 18th ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Gibson on Nov 23, 2000
    based on 120 ratings
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    Some time ago I was reading about the 18th century German sculptor Johann Heinrich von Dannecker. His skills were impressive. He could bring stone to life with his tools. At the height of his powers, he wanted to do something special with his gifts -- he wanted to shape a statue of Christ that ...read more

  • Change

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 7, 2010
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    Bound by Tradition Warren Wiersbe tells us, “Over the years I have seen churches . . . flounder and almost destroy themselves in futile attempts to embalm the past and escape the future. Their theme song was, ‘As it was in the beginning, so shall it ever be, world without end, Amen.’ Often I’ve ...read more

  • Islam Is One Of The World's Fastest Growing ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 24, 2002
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     | 1,785 views

    Islam is one of the world’s fastest growing religions. It is estimated that there are 2 billion followers of Islam, (Muslims) worldwide and that there are close to 6 million converts in the U.S. I’ve listed for you some of the main differences between Islam and Christianity. (1) Christians believe ...read more

  • A Large Majority Of Men--Married And Single--Say ...

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on May 27, 2005
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    A large majority of men--married and single--say they wouldn’t have an affair, even if they were certain their loved one would never find out, says a Gallup poll commissioned by Self magazine, in the June (1992) issue. Of 500 men surveyed, 67% of married men and 60% of unmarried men say an affair ...read more

  • A Large Majority Of Men--Married And Single--Say ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
     | 1,375 views

    A large majority of men--married and single--say they wouldn’t have an affair, even if they were certain their loved one would never find out, says a Gallup poll commissioned by Self magazine, in the June (1992) issue. Of 500 men surveyed, 67% of married men and 60% of unmarried men say an affair ...read more

  • A Large Majority Of Men--Married And Single--Say ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,125 views

    A large majority of men--married and single--say they wouldn’t have an affair, even if they were certain their loved one would never find out, says a Gallup poll commissioned by Self magazine, in the June (1992) issue. Of 500 men surveyed, 67% of married men and 60% of unmarried men say an affair ...read more

  • The Children Of A Well-To-Do Family Decided To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Visneskie on Feb 13, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,419 views

    The children of a well-to-do family decided to give their father as a birthday present a book containing their family’s history. They commissioned a professional biographer to write the book, carefully cautioning him about the family’s “black sheep”—their Uncle George had been executed in the ...read more

  • Although He Wasn't The First To Use Ether As An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
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    Although he wasn’t the first to use ether as an anesthetic, Boston dentist William Morton was credited with this discovery after using ether for a tooth extraction in the mid-1840s. But Morton had done so at the recommendation of Boston chemist Charles Jackson, who also claimed part of the credit. ...read more

  • Hudson Taylor's Example

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2013
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    HUDSON TAYLOR'S EXAMPLE Years ago the communist government in China commissioned an author to write a biography of Hudson Taylor with the purpose of distorting the facts and presenting him in a bad light. They wanted to discredit the name of this consecrated missionary of the gospel. As the author ...read more

  • How Much Do You Know?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,707 views

    HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW? In a recent Constitution Poll commissioned by the National Constitution Center, fewer than 50 percent of the respondents knew how many U.S. Senators there are; only 6 percent could name the four rights guaranteed by the First Amendment; and 84 percent thought the ...read more

  • The Late Roland Q. Leavell In His Book, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Oct 13, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,055 views

    The late Roland Q. Leavell in his book, Evangelism: Christ’s Imperative Commission, stated that of all the reported Church members: 15 per cent cannot be found, 20 per cent never pray, 25 per cent never read the Bible, 30 per cent never attend Church services, 40 per cent never ...read more

  • Minnesota Crime ...

    Contributed by Kerry O'neill on Mar 12, 2010
     | 2,660 views

    Minnesota Crime Commission… "Every baby starts life as a little savage. He is completely selfish and self-centered. He wants what he wants when he wants it: his bottle, his mother's attention, his playmate's toys, his uncle's watch, or whatever. Deny him these and he seethes with rage and ...read more

  • We Need To Slow Down  PRO

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 9, 2012
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     | 4,035 views

    WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN A study by the US National Commission on Sleep Disorders blamed half of all traffic accidents on tiredness. Put that together with our penchant for speeding, and the result is carnage on the roads. Annual traffic fatalities now stand at 1.3 million worldwide, more than double ...read more