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  • Learning To Get Up Quickly  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 4, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,947 views

    LEARNING TO GET UP QUICKLY In the book A View From the Zoo, Gary Richmond tells about the birth of a giraffe: The first thing top emerge are the baby giraffe's front hooves and head. A few minutes later, the little newborn is hurled forth, falls ten feet, and lands on its back. Within seconds, ...read more

  • Two Horses  PRO

    Contributed by Bob Soulliere on Jan 12, 2007
    based on 29 ratings
     | 4,338 views

    Two Horses ~ Author Unknown Just up the road from my home is a field, with two horses in it. >From a distance, each looks like every other horse. But if you stop your car, or are walking by, you will notice something quite amazing. Looking into the eyes of one horse will disclose that he is ...read more

  • During World War Ii, England Needed To Increase ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Sep 5, 2001
    based on 80 ratings
     | 1,577 views

    "During World War II, England needed to increase its production of coal. Winston Churchill called together labor leaders to enlist their support. At the end of his presentation he asked them to picture in their minds a parade which he knew would be held in Piccadilly Circus after the war. First, he ...read more

  • This Is Good  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Aug 10, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,659 views

    I heard about a man who always said “This is good.” to everything that happened to him. It seems that he went with his king on a hunting trip. He loaded the guns and the king shot them. Evidentially, he loaded one gun wrong and when it went off it shot the king’s thumb off. Examining the ...read more

  • I Lost My Boat, But I Preserved My Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 2,166 views

    I LOST MY BOAT, BUT I PRESERVED MY LIFE An American (Ken Barnes), safely headed toward land after three days adrift, said a driving storm off the tip of South America snapped his masts and rolled his yacht, shattering his dream to make a nonstop, round-the-world voyage. "I lost my boat, but I ...read more

  • Barb’s Life Is A Mess. Her Drinking Problem ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Peck on Feb 1, 2001
    based on 101 ratings
     | 4,762 views

    Barb’s life is a mess. Her drinking problem is out of control, and her husband Ken refuses to cover for her anymore. Everyone around her sees Barb’s problem, but they all pretend like everything’s just fine, a classic case of denial. Every Sunday Barb and her family dress in their Sunday best and ...read more

  • Study: A Few Cigarettes Can Hook You For Life  PRO

    Contributed by David Parks on Jan 30, 2003
    based on 37 ratings
     | 1,545 views

    Study: A Few Cigarettes Can Hook You For Life THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON – Scientists have confirmed a suspicion held by some smokers but never proven: It could take just a few cigarettes to become addicted. Some 12 and 13 year-olds showed evidence of addiction within days of their first ...read more

  • The Glory Of Aging  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 3, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
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    THE GLORY OF AGING A woman nearly 100 years old wrote: This old shell in which I dwell Is growing old, I know full well, But I am not the shell. What if my hair is turning gray, Gray hair is honorable, they say. What if my sight is growing dim, I still can see to follow Him. What should I care ...read more

  • What God Can Do For Us  PRO

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 22, 2008
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    WHAT GOD CAN DO FOR US A young pastor in another church told about an experience he had with a family who tended to be the "Easter and Christmas" variety of church attendees. A young woman in the family became critically ill. The prognosis was bad. In fact, doctors expected she might die within ...read more

  • The Fire

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,957 views

    Illustration: The Fire H. A. Ironside told the story of pioneers who were making their way across one of the central states to a distant place that had been opened up for homesteading. They traveled in covered wagons drawn by oxen, and progress was necessarily slow. One day they were horrified to ...read more

  • Where The Fire Has Been

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2008
     | 3,898 views

    WHERE THE FIRE HAS BEEN H. A. Ironside told the story of pioneers who were making their way across one of the central states to a distant place that had been opened up for homesteading. They traveled in covered wagons drawn by oxen, and progress was necessarily slow. One day they were horrified to ...read more

  • Crisis: Danger + Opportunity

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
     | 3,720 views

    CRISIS: DANGER + OPPORTUNITY Once an eagle reaches maturity, it molts each year. It’s beak keeps growing, so even if damaged soon it is as good as new. I was reading that you cannot tell the age of an eagle once it has reached an adult stage. It seems their strength does not diminish. Their color ...read more

  • The Hard Work Of Farming

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2011
     | 4,356 views

    THE HARD WORK OF FARMING I was raised in town and not on a farm. However, in 1969 I moved to a small farming town in Iowa called Bayard. It’s about 65 miles northeast of Des Moines, IA. And that’s where I began to learn a little about farming and harder work than I was used to! I had some grain ...read more

  • Noel And Jill Seemed To Have Everything. They ...  PRO

    Contributed by Russell Jeffares on Apr 3, 2002
    based on 25 ratings
     | 1,559 views

    Noel and Jill seemed to have everything. They worked in ministry with youth in Germany. Noel gave up a promising basketball career to pursue full time ministry. After five years of marriage Jill was six months pregnant. She was very excited about being a new mom. They eagerly prepared for the ...read more

  • Navy Seals

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2011
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    NAVY SEALS I don’t know much about the army but here is something I read recently about those Navy Seals who shot Osama Bin Laden. It’s good to be a Navy SEAL right now. The elite sailors are being showered with praise for their successful operation in Pakistan that resulted in the killing of ...read more

  • Horror Stories From ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
     | 2,666 views

    Horror Stories from Refugees Hushidah Bagam is 20. For two years now, she has lived in a squalid bamboo and corrugated iron hut in a Bangladesh refugee camp. But what she left behind in neighbouring Myanmar (formerly called Burma) was worse. “The soldiers came to our village In the middle of the ...read more

  • In Matters Of The Heart, No Less Than The ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 31, 2006
     | 1,583 views

    "In matters of the heart, no less than the market, a bigger investment means better returns…..marrriage for most people is the means to health, happiness, wealth, sex, and long life. In love, victory goes not to the half-hearted but to the brave: to those ordinary people who dare to take on the ...read more

  • A Minister Was Visiting An Elderly Man, Who'd ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 5, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 1,801 views

    A minister was visiting an elderly man, who’d been a Christian for most of his long life. The minister remarked, “Well sir, after keeping the faith for so long, you must feel pretty confident of holding out to the end.” The gentleman replied, “It’s not a matter of me ...read more

  • Near The End Of His Life, Jean-Paul Sartre Told ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
     | 2,056 views

    Near the end of his life, Jean-Paul Sartre told Pierre Victor: “I do not feel that I am the product of chance, a speck of dust in the universe, but someone who was expected, prepared, prefigured. In short, a being whom only a Creator could put here; and this idea of a creating hand refers to God. ...read more

  • Near The End Of His Life, Jean-Paul Sartre Told ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,199 views

    Near the end of his life, Jean-Paul Sartre told Pierre Victor: "I do not feel that I am the product of chance, a speck of dust in the universe, but someone who was expected, prepared, prefigured. In short, a being whom only a Creator could put here; and this idea of a creating hand refers to God. ...read more