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  • To Build A Bridge

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Apr 4, 2005
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    Illus.: “To Build a Bridge” The Brooklyn Bridge is truly a miracle bridge. In 1863, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired by an idea for this spectacular span. Bridge-building experts throughout the world told him it was a crazy idea and that he should forget it. It couldn’t be ...read more

  • A U.s. Air Force Transport Plane With Its Captain ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jul 19, 2005
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     | 2,678 views

    A U.S. Air Force transport plane with its captain and 5 crew members was flying over Alaska in the mid-50s when they entered an unusually fierce snowstorm. The navigator contacted an air base only to be told that he had veered several hundred miles off course. Correct coordinates were given to the ...read more

  • It Was Robert Fulghum Who Wrote "All I Really ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 16, 2006
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    It was Robert Fulghum who wrote "All I Really Need to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten." It appeared in a number of different places. You’ve probably seen some of it around schools and other places. Fulghum touches on an important fact of life – that we develop our basic values for life by the ...read more

  • As The Movie Brian's Song Depicted, The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 1,998 views

    As the movie Brian’s Song depicted, the friendship between Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo deepened into one of the best relationships in the history of sports. During the 1969 season, Piccolo was cut down with cancer. He fought to play the season out, but he was in hospitals more than he was in the ...read more

  • Comedian Shares How That When The Airline Lost ...

    Contributed by James Crain on Mar 27, 2009
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    comedian shares how that when the airline lost his luggage, he goes to the counter where lost luggage is reported. Now how would you like that job? People come up to the counter and you say. How are you today, Let me guess, you are not happy? Or maybe you angry. Really really angry, Livid. Anyway, ...read more

  • Your God Is Too ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
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    YOUR GOD IS TOO SAFE The words that Mark Buchanan wrote of his own experience in his book entitled "Your God Is Too Safe." He wrote that when he was saved, "I hit the ground running. Immediately, I volunteered for everything, anything, that I felt vaguely interested in and marginally qualified ...read more

  • You'll Never Know

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 8, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,945 views

    YOU'LL NEVER KNOW You may be going through some troubles right now. But trust in the Lord, because He will surely take care of you. He has already blessed and cared for us in countless ways. This week I thought back to one example from my life. It was over at Emmanuel Baptist Church in the ...read more

  • Micaela Played T-Ball. Many Of You Know About The ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 24, 2009
     | 2,557 views

    Micaela played t-ball. Many of you know about the t-ball experience. One of the kids asked me if Micaela’s team was good. I chuckled because from what I see no t-ball team is “good.” They are there to learn some basics and have fun. The biggest struggle that the coaches face is not kids who can’t ...read more

  • Who Are You?

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 19, 2009
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    WHO ARE YOU? Sheila Walsh is a Christian singer, writer, and former host of The 700 Club. She describes how her disconnected spirituality literally hit a wall. "One morning I was sitting on national television with my nice suit and inflatable hairdo and that night I was in the locked ward of a ...read more

  • Knowing Oneself Is Important For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
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    Knowing Oneself is Important for Leadership Mort Meyerson became the CEO of Perot Systems, a computer services company. Within six months, he realized that compared to other companies he had known as CEO, everything was different at this one. It wasn’t just the technology, market, and customers, ...read more

  • In The Trenches Of Life When Decisions Need To Be ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 9, 2009
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    In the trenches of life when decisions need to be made quickly, we often depend upon short principles that offer us immediate direction and give us spiritual instincts. C. Everett Koop is a great medical ethicist; when addressing end of life decision-making in a booklet he wrote for ...read more

  • Freedom In Marriage Lies In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 3, 2010
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    Freedom in Marriage Lies in Submission In the movie The Poseidon Adventure, the ocean liner S.S. Poseidon is on the open sea when it hits a tidal wave and tips over. Because of the air trapped inside the ocean liner, it floats upside down. In the confusion, the survivors can’t figure out what’s ...read more

  • Hidden Prayer Results In Revival

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2011
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    HIDDEN PRAYER RESULTS IN REVIVAL I heard Brother John Harrell of Bridge City, Texas tell of a church up in the piney woods of east Texas that began to have a tremendous breakthrough revival. An evangelist came in and they started their series of meetings and from the beginning of the meeting, all ...read more

  • The Spirit Of The Law

    Contributed by Sean Harder on May 11, 2011
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    THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW I knew a woman who stopped for a few drinks every night after work to let traffic die down, then drove home, about a 45 minute drive in lower mainland traffic. She would say, "I'm fine, I've never had an accident and there are never any roadblocks on my route home. It's not ...read more

  • I Was Born On Christmas Day In 1948 And When I ...

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Jul 25, 2011
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    I was born on Christmas day in 1948 and when I was around 10 years old my hero was Superman. I can remember watching it on our black and white TV. It was a very popular show back then and kids like me looked up to this man of steel that was as the advertisement says, "Faster than a speeding bullet, ...read more

  • The Spirit Of The Law

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2011
     | 3,327 views

    THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW I knew a woman who stopped for a few drinks every night after work to let traffic die down, then drove home, about a 45 minute drive in lower mainland traffic. She would say, "I'm fine, I've never had an accident and there are never any roadblocks on my route home. It's not ...read more

  • Unusual Laws In Kansas

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2011
     | 5,503 views

    Unusual Laws in Kansas Laws are important in any society in order to keep peace and order. But there are laws and then there are laws. Here are some laws that are still on the books in our state of Kansas. • In Derby, it is illegal to hit a vending machine that stole your money. • In Dodge City, it ...read more

  • Don't Worry Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2012
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    DON’T WORRY BE HAPPY The song Don’t Worry Be Happy was a late 80’s chart buster as it gained phenomenal success for such a simple song. The lyrics written by Bobby McFerrin were copied from original Indian sage from the late 1800’s whose mantra was one of peace. I remember the first time I heard ...read more

  • Death And Resurrection

    Contributed by David Simpson on Jan 15, 2013
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    Our son, John learned a valuable lesson about death when he was a child. One day he took aim with his new BB gun at a little bird sitting on a limb near our back deck. He aimed and fired and hit his target and the bird collapsed to the ground. Dead. At first there was the excitement of being a ...read more

  • I Read A Story The Other Day. Once, A Boy And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,906 views

    I read a story the other day. Once, a boy and his sister were spending a week with their grandparents on their farm. And grandpa gave the boy a slingshot to play with out in the woods. One day the boy saw Grandpa’s pet duck. And just out of impulse, he let the slingshot fly, and hit the duck square ...read more