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  • Putting Together A Bicycle

    Contributed by Keith Foskey on Apr 4, 2005
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    “Putting together a bicycle” When my brother was three he got his first bicycle for Christmas. Being much older I stayed awake with his father to put it together on Christmas Eve. My mother held the instructions. He and I began putting together pieces that seemed to fit and after about an hour we ...read more

  • Svetlana Stalin, The Daughter Of Josef Stalin, ...

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on May 27, 2005
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    Svetlana Stalin, the daughter of Josef Stalin, told the incredible story is told of how her father Josef Stalin had been a seminary student, preparing for the ministry. Then he came to a point in life where he made a decisive break from his belief in God. This dramatic and complete reversal of ...read more

  • In The Highly Rated Smallville, The Wb's Story Of ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jun 25, 2005
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    In the highly rated Smallville, the WB’s story of Superboy, Clark Kent is just learning about his super powers. It is a perplexing and frustrating time for him. His powers really come to light when he is accidently run down by Lex Luthor and yet is unhurt. Not only is he spared any pain but is able ...read more

  • B John Calvin In His Commentary On I Timothy ...

    Contributed by James Vilgos on Nov 18, 2005
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    B John Calvin in his commentary on I Timothy wrote: The reason why the Church is called the “pillar of truth” is, that she defends and spreads it by her agency. God does not himself come down from heaven to us, nor does he daily send angels to make known his truth; but he employs pastors, whom he ...read more

  • Charles Mccarry Can Claim A Varied Career. In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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    Charles McCarry can claim a varied career. In addition to being the author of The Tears of Autumn and The Last Supper, he served as assistant to the Secretary of Labor in the Eisenhower cabinet and has done two stints in the CIA. But he almost wasn’t born. Says McCarry, “My mother became pregnant ...read more

  • Time Technicians At The National Institute Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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    Time technicians at the National Institute of Standards & Technology (Formerly the National Bureau of Standards) set a new level of precision in 1949 by inventing the atomic clock. It counted the oscillations of the nitrogen atom in an ammonia molecule--and was reliable to within one second in ...read more

  • Adoniram Judson Sweated Out Burma's Heat For 18 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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    Adoniram Judson sweated out Burma’s heat for 18 years without a furlough, six years without a convert. Enduring torture and imprisonment, he admitted that he never saw a ship sail without wanting to jump on board and go home. When his wife’s health broke and he put her on a homebound vessel in the ...read more

  • Oscar Wilde Said, "Consistency Is The Last Refuge ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
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    Oscar Wilde said, “Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.” So stop getting up at 6:05. Get up at 5:06. Walk a mile at dawn. Find a new way to drive to work. Switch chores with your spouse next Saturday. Buy a wok. Study wildflowers. Stay up alone all night. Read to the blind. Start ...read more

  • In Charles Swindoll's New Book, The Quest For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
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    In Charles Swindoll’s new book, The Quest for Character (Multnomah), “sociologist and historian Carle Zimmerman, in his 1947 book Family and Civilization, recorded his keen observations as he compared the disintegration of various cultures with the parallel decline of family life in those cultures. ...read more

  • Jimmy Long Of Intervarsity Outlined These Nine ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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    Jimmy Long of InterVarsity outlined these nine elements to the Young Leader Network of Leadership Network. A welcoming environment because people are looking for a place to belong. A place of intimate community where people find God and each other. Narrative evangelism that listens to their story ...read more

  • E-Personas: 56% Of Online Teens In The Us Have ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2006
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    E-Personas: 56% of online teens in the US have more than one email address or screen name and most use different screen names or email addresses to separate different parts of their lives online, or so that they can experiment with different personas. 61% of boys have more than one address; almost ...read more

  • God's Elect

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Mar 23, 2009
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    “Who will bring a charge against God’s elect?” Here is where we have to back up just a step and remember who Paul is talking about and who he is talking to. When he says that God will, with Christ, freely give us all things, the 'us' consists of all those who are referred to in verse 28 and in ...read more

  • Few Years Ago, We Had Carl Mitchell Of Harding ...

    Contributed by Bledar Valca on Mar 30, 2009
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    Few years ago, we had Carl Mitchell of Harding University come to Albania and do series of lectures on family life and issues. Other then the lectures he gave we asked him to preach for us on Sunday. I vividly remember that as he was talking about gratitude or thankfulness he shared an experience ...read more

  • You Don't Really Own Your Possessions, They Own ...

    Contributed by Tom Conant on Apr 3, 2009
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    You don’t really own your possessions, they own you. Dog lovers don’t take offense. Nobody owns a dog! Ever wonder why dog’s are man’s best friend? If someone waited on you hand and foot, gave you food and drink whenever you wanted it, played with you when you were energetic, walked you when ...read more

  • Gratitude = Short Prayers  PRO

    Contributed by Bledar Valca on Apr 14, 2009
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    GRATITUDE = SHORT PRAYERS Few years ago, we had Carl Mitchell of Harding University come to Albania and do series of lectures on family life and issues. Other then the lectures he gave, we asked him to preach for us on Sunday. I vividly remember that as he was talking about gratitude or ...read more

  • A Few Days Ago I Was Driving My Kids To School ...

    Contributed by David Rumley on Apr 16, 2009
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    A few days ago i was driving my kids to school and as a treat we went through the drive through donut shop and got donut holes for them. Healthy i know... i figured a sugar rush for the teachers would be fun... i gave the kids their bag of holes, each having 12 very important sugary holes in ...read more

  • Shifting Sands

    Contributed by Michael Carbaugh on May 3, 2009
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    SHIFTING SANDS One of my favorite things to do at the beach is to just sit or stand on the beach right where the waves wash up under my feet. The waves are refreshing, but I like most what happens as the waves retreat. As the waves retreat, the water takes the sand around and under my feet away. ...read more

  • In A Biography Of Dwight L. Moody An Incident Is ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on May 7, 2009
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    In a biography of Dwight L. Moody an incident is recorded from the life of President Woodrow Wilson in which he describes his one and only contact with that famous preacher. "I was in a barbershop," Wilson said, "when I became conscious that someone unusual had entered the room. A man had come in ...read more

  • Hope In Anguish

    Contributed by Richard Francis on May 10, 2009
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    HOPE IN ANGUISH I remember times of betrayal that cut deep into my heart, pain beyond a flesh wound. These are the deepest cuts that never seem to heal, a soul wound like Frodo stabbed by the ring-wraith's sword, an ache that will not heal. I remember times of fear wondering how the money would ...read more

  • Then There Are The Thorns Which Jesus Says Are ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 19, 2009
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    Then there are the thorns which Jesus says are the wealth and cares of the world. Providing for your family, working, spending, the economy, getting more stuff, getting the stuff paid for and so on are all part of the tension of living in this world while being a proper steward of our blessings. ...read more