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  • British Children's Answers To Church School ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,763 views

    British Children’s Answers To Church School Questions: Noah’s wife was called Joan of Ark. The fifth commandment is Humor thy father and mother. Lot’s wife was a pillar of salt by day, and a ball of fire at night. When Mary heard she was to be the mother of Jesus, she went off and sang the ...read more

  • In Our Home We Have A Set Of Children's Books ...

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on Nov 10, 2006
     | 694 views

    In our home we have a set of children’s books that are designed to teach kids their ABC’s and 123’s. The very 1st book in the number set is entitled My One Book. The book is about little one who lived in the house of one. The house of one has one door, one table, one chair, one window ... you get ...read more

  • Story: At The Very Start Of His Ministry In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Aug 18, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,250 views

    Story: At the very start of his ministry in Florence, Savonarola the Italian political reformer (1452-1498) noticed an elderly woman who used to come and pray regularly before that statue of the Virgin Mary. One day, Savonarola took an elderly priest aside , who had been serving in the ...read more

  • If She Can, I Can Too

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Apr 20, 2008
     | 1,398 views

    IF SHE CAN, I CAN TOO My Meme Granberry was a great soul winner for the Lord. If you would be around her, within a few minutes she would be telling you about the Lord and asking you if you know Jesus as your Lord and Savior. There was a reason why. • Meme & Papaw lived a rough life. • Papaw owned ...read more

  • There Is An Old Legend Which Says When Jesus Had ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 5, 2009
     | 1,305 views

    "There is an old legend which says when Jesus had ascended into heaven, the angel Gabriel asked him, "Lord what plans have you made for carrying on your ministry in the world? How will people learn of what you have done for them?" Jesus responded, "I left that to Peter, James and John, Martha ...read more

  • Listen To Part Of The June 2006 Editorial Of ...

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Dec 17, 2009
     | 1,390 views

    Listen to part of the June 2006 editorial of Christianity Today, written when The Da Vinci Code was being released in theaters: “The tendency to grasp at excuses for not making a commitment to (God) was illustrated by National Public Radio commentator Peter Manseau. He compared the Gospel of Judas ...read more

  • In The Movie, The Secret Garden, The Young Boy ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Nov 19, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,437 views

    In the movie, The Secret Garden, the young boy Colin thinks he’s an invalid. He can’t bear the strong light of day, the clean open air. He believes those things will infect his lungs and snatch his life. he believes he’s destined to be everlastingly bedridden or, in the few struggling moments ...read more

  • In The Seoul Olympics, Sailing Competitions Were ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ted Sutherland on Mar 12, 2001
    based on 110 ratings
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    In the Seoul Olympics, sailing competitions were under way at Pusan on September 24, 1988, with winds raging at 35 knots and playing havoc with the boats. Two sailors of the Singapore team, Joseph Chan and Shaw Her, were thrown overboard when their boat capsized. Canada’s Lawrence Lemieux was ...read more

  • African-American Inventors  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,347 views

    AFRICAN-AMERICAN INVENTORS Granville T. Woods was known as "the black Thomas Edison" for his many inventions. Example: his 1889 automatic cutoff switch, an ancestor of the circuit breaker. In honor of Black History Month, the website of home improvement retailer Lowe’s paid tribute to Woods and ...read more

  • It's Easy To Live A Long Life, At Least In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,574 views

    It’s easy to live a long life, at least in America. Look at the statistics: Out of every 100,000 persons, 88,361 reach 50 years of age, more than 70,000 make it to 70, and almost 17,000 get to 85 or more. Staying around a long time, however, should not be our primary goal. Rather, we should be ...read more

  • If Only Insurance Executive Walter Kaye Had Not ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 19, 2006
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    If only insurance executive Walter Kaye had not arranged for a White House internship for a young woman named Monica Lewinsky. If only skipper Joseph Hazelwood had been paying attention when his tanker, the Exxon Valdez, entered Prince William Sound. If only John F. Parker, the bodyguard assigned ...read more

  • The Woman Answered The Doorbell. There Stood A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 2,260 views

    The woman answered the doorbell. There stood a homeless man who asked it there were some odd jobs he could do to earn a little money. She answered, “Around the back of my house I have a porche that needs painting. Can you handle a paintbrush?” “Oh, yes, ma’am.” She gave him a gallon of bright green ...read more

  • One Of The Wisest Statements I Ever Read Said ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,511 views

    One of the wisest statements I ever read said that feelings must be owned before they can be disowned. People who make the psychological approach of “stuffing their feelings” do themselves a disservice. They avoid hard reality instead of working through it. Joseph Scriven, whose fiancée was ...read more

  • Story: Around 1920 A Pharmacist Bought A Drug ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 1,285 views

    Story: Around 1920 a pharmacist bought a drug store in south Chicago. Soon he became bored w/ his job and began to dream of ways to make it more exciting. It was during a time when people were just beginning to call in their orders by phone, so the man decided to challenge himself by seeing how ...read more

  • Pony Express

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 27, 2008
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    PONY EXPRESS When it comes to being on the alert and ready at any moment to do the job, it's hard to beat the Pony Express. This historically famous mail service between St. Joseph, Missouri, and California depended on constant movement and readiness. Relay stations were established every ten ...read more

  • Not ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
     | 1,773 views

    NOT IMPRESSED A story is told about Rabbi Joseph Schneerson, a Hasidic leader during the early days of Russian Communism. The rabbi spent much time in jail, persecuted for his faith. One morning in 1927, as he prayed in a Leningrad synagogue, secret police rushed in and arrested him. They took ...read more

  • Men As Role-Models For Children

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
     | 2,350 views

    MEN AS ROLE-MODELS FOR CHILDREN I am still struck by a report I heard months ago by an educator studying the needs of the District’s school system. He had found, in studying the children, that up to about the third grade they were bright, ambitious, eager to learn; but that somewhere after that, ...read more

  • A Flat Tire Saves A Life  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 23, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,573 views

    A FLAT TIRE SAVES A LIFE On May 11, 1996, Demingo Pacheco had a major problem. He was on a tight schedule to catch his plane out of Miami when the left rear tire of his Cadillac blew out on the Palmetto Expressway. For more than hour he sweated under that broiling Florida sun changing that tire. ...read more

  • Angel At Fredericksburg

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Mar 25, 2013
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     | 2,889 views

    ANGEL AT FREDERICKSBURG No longer able to withstand the wrenching moans of the suffering wounded and dying Union soldiers, 19 year old Confederate Sergeant Richard Kirkland of the 2nd South Carolina approached Brigadier General Joseph Kershaw, CSA, to seek permission to go to their aid. Initially ...read more

  • Best Age To Enjoy Life

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 9, 2019
     | 1,752 views

    What is the best age to enjoy life? Age 0-20 - You have lots of time, good health but no money, so it can be difficult to enjoy life to fullest as you definitely need money to enjoy. Age 20-65- You might have some money, but you don’t have time to enjoy it. Age 65+- You might have money and time, ...read more

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