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  • Once He Started Clamping Down, I Remember ...

    Contributed by David Ward on Dec 10, 2004
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    "Once he started clamping down, I remember thinking, This is it. I’m going to die." These were Anne Hjelle’s words in an interview with Inside Edition. Riding her mountain bike in a Southern California wilderness park, Anne was ferociously attacked by a mountain lion. Thrown off her bike, Anne ...read more

  • In His Book The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on May 1, 2005
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     | 3,586 views

    In his book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Steven Covey tells the following story as he rode the NY subway one Sunday morning: “People were sitting quietly- some reading newspapers, some lost in thought, some resting with their eyes close. It was a calm, peaceful scene,” wrote ...read more

  • Robert E. Coleman Writes That He Once "Heard A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Raymond Petzholt on Oct 17, 2005
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    Robert E. Coleman writes that he once “heard a missionary tell about a boy who appeared at a mission hospital in Kenya with a gaping wound in his foot. He had been accidentally injured while cutting grass far out in the jungle. Part of his heel was cut off. Without waiting to inform anyone of the ...read more

  • Will Rogers Was Known For His Laughter, But He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 2,268 views

    Will Rogers was known for his laughter, but he also knew how to weep. One day he was entertaining at the Milton H. Berry Institute in Los Angeles, a hospital that specialized in rehabilitating polio victims and people with broken backs and other extreme physical handicaps. Of course, Rogers had ...read more

  • On A Cold Winter Evening A Man Suffered A Heart ...

    Contributed by David Johnston on Sep 24, 2006
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     | 2,073 views

    On a cold winter evening a man suffered a heart attack and after being admitted to the hospital, asked the nurse to call his daughter. He explained, "You see, I live alone and she is the only family I have." The nurse went to phone the daughter. The daughter was quite upset and shouted, "You must ...read more

  • On A Cold Winter Evening A Man Suffered A Heart ...

    Contributed by David Johnston on Sep 24, 2006
     | 1,696 views

    On a cold winter evening a man suffered a heart attack and after being admitted to the hospital, asked the nurse to call his daughter. He explained, "You see, I live alone and she is the only family I have." The nurse went to phone the daughter. The daughter was quite upset and shouted, "You must ...read more

  • I Want To Tell You A Story About A Man In Whom ...

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Sep 17, 2007
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    I want to tell you a story about a man in whom God has moved so miraculously, I’ve just got to walk you through it. Mel Pellinen was a big strapping guy. I met him when I lived in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Mel lived in Ishpeming and for years as a butcher he had carried whole sides of ...read more

  • This Past Week I Watched Part Of An Interview ...

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 3, 2008
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    -This past week I watched part of an interview with a medical expert about this bird flu that is spreading around our world. The govt. has already suggested that people should stock a couple of month’s supply of such things as canned tuna and powdered milk. This is not to throw anybody into a ...read more

  • Someone Might Say, "Well, God Does Not Raise ...

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 10, 2008
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    -Someone might say, “Well, God does not raise dead people anymore.” I would agree that it is not very common, but the Lord still does it. I have told some of you about my own experience with death. When I was between 1 & 2 years old, I got a hold of a piece of wood from an old orchard sprayer tank. ...read more

  • Do They Know You Love Them?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
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    DO THEY KNOW YOU LOVE THEM? On a cold winter evening a man suffered a heart attack and after being admitted to the hospital, the man asked the nurse to call his daughter. He explained, "You see, I live alone and she is the only family I have." The nurse went to phone the daughter. The daughter was ...read more

  • In The End, What Is It That Honestly, Really ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jun 25, 2008
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    IN THE END, WHAT IS IT THAT HONESTLY, REALLY MATTERS? When I was a student chaplain at a hospital in Philadelphia, I spent a great deal of my time in the geriatric wing. The general routine was to start the shift by checking in with all the patients on the floor to see if anyone needed to talk or ...read more

  • What Do Savages Do For Christmas?  PRO

    Contributed by Jesse Bennett on Dec 6, 2008
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     | 1,944 views

    WHAT DO SAVAGES DO FOR CHRISTMAS? I’m not talking about some 3rd world nation now. Jdimytai Damour, 34, had been hired by an employment agency as a temporary worker at the Wal-Mart store in Valley Stream and had been on the job about a week when he died. The 6-foot-5, 270-pound man died of ...read more

  • The Greatest Generation

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
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    THE GREATEST GENERATION Franklin Delano Roosevelt: "This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny." The year was 1940, and it would be called the fulcrum of America in the 20th century. The nation was balanced precariously between the darkness of the Great Depression on one side and ...read more

  • Proud Former Famous Athlete Humbled At Nursing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2009
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    Proud Former Famous Athlete Humbled at Nursing Home We have a choice of either humbling ourselves or being humiliated. There was an elderly man who was once a famous, award-winning athlete in track and field. He had a room full of plaques and statues and framed certificates. Years after retiring ...read more

  • In Philadelphia

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jul 2, 2011
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    IN PHILADELPHIA My father died in a Philadelphia hospital in 1999. Some weeks before his death, I was able to spend a few days with him. I stayed at the home of some friends in Washington Crossing, just a few miles north of Philadelphia, and each day I would drive into the city. The first morning ...read more

  • We Don't Know Her Story

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 22, 2011
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    WE DON'T KNOW HER STORY They called her their troubled one, or their feisty one. She had wild flyaway hair much like that of a punk rocker, but jet-black. And she was only, at the oldest, a couple of weeks old. So small, she looked as if she could fit in one hand. The ICU nurses all took turns ...read more

  • Of Dad Developing "Frozen Shoulder" Pain

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Dec 23, 2011
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    Of Dad developing "frozen shoulder" pain Ouch! My Dad developed a frozen shoulder condition and boy we took him from one hospital to another with no avail, till the “Magnet therapy” did the trick. In this sermon, I intend to touch upon a particular type of “shoulder problem” and the “therapy” ...read more

  • Bad Blood

    Contributed by Antonio Silveira on Mar 25, 2012
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    "BAD BLOOD" "Bad blood" is an English phrase referring to enmity between two (or more) people or groups. This is a reference to the breaking of military covenants. Not too long ago in the 19th century leeches were enjoying a golden age. Millions were raised for medical use as their fame as a ...read more

  • Rockefeller's Giving  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 17, 2013
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     | 5,375 views

    ROCKEFELLER'S GIVING The very first person to reach the status of billionaire was a man who knew how to set goals and follow through. At the age of 23, Rockefeller had become a millionaire, by the age of 50 a billionaire. Every decision, attitude, and relationship was tailored to create his ...read more

  • A U.s. Volunteer Nurse Helps In Haiti After ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 28, 2010
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    A U.S. Volunteer Nurse Helps in Haiti After Earthquake Gene McCoy is the Sr. Minister of the Memorial Christian Church in Mt. Home, AR. His oldest daughter, Heidi, is a nurse and has gone to Haiti to serve with a medical team. She was written her folks several times, which I have shared via email. ...read more