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  • Spiritual Values In Collegians A Ucla Study ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
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    Spiritual Values in Collegians A UCLA study found college juniors are more likely to be engaged in a spiritual quest compared to when they first entered college as freshmen. The study showed 41.2% of freshmen in ’04 reported they considered developing a meaningful philosophy of life “very ...read more

  • Americans Are Sleeping Less Than They Did 20 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 3,423 views

    Americans Are Sleeping Less than they did 20 years ago, and about 50 to 70 million people nationwide suffer from chronic sleep loss and sleep disorders, reports the CDC. 10% of adults report not getting enough rest or sleep in any of the previous 30 days. Only 29.6% say they got enough rest or ...read more

  • Easter

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 22, 2008
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     | 10,471 views

    EASTER Margaret Sangster Phippen wrote that in the mid 1950s her father, British minister W. E. Sangster, began to notice some uneasiness in his throat and a dragging in his leg. When he went to the doctor, he found that he had an incurable disease that caused progressive muscular atrophy. His ...read more

  • Back To Basics

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on May 9, 2008
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    BACK TO BASICS There is a story circulated about the legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers, Vince Lombardi. As many of you know Vince Lombardi strove for excellence on and off of the field. He demanded it of himself and of his players. Well, as the story goes during his last season as head ...read more

  • Determination

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Aug 13, 2008
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    DETERMINATION Johnny Fulton was run over by a car at the age of three. He suffered crushed hips, broken ribs, a fractured skull, and compound fractures in his legs. It did not look as if he would live. But he would not give up. In fact, he later ran the half-mile in less than two minutes. Walt ...read more

  • Stella Awards

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    STELLA AWARDS Several years ago Stella Lieback sued McDonalds for pouring hot coffee on herself. Her grandson was driving the car with Stella in it. At her request, he stopped the car so she could add cream to her coffee. She spilled the coffee on her leg and burned herself. Her lawsuit originally ...read more

  • The Death Of The Nascar Racing Legend Dale ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 17, 2009
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    The death of the NASCAR racing legend Dale Earhardt at the 2001 Daytona 500 was tragic indeed. On the final lap of the race, he crashed into the wall at a speed of around 180 miles per hour after being tapped from behind. It seemed his death was not his fault but the result of the other driver ...read more

  • Christ's Return Is A Done ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 17, 2009
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    Christ’s return is a done deal! In the May 1984 National Geographic color photos and drawings showed the swift and terrible destruction that wiped out the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in A.D. 79. The explosion of Mount Vesuvius was so sudden; the residents were killed while in their ...read more

  • Thu Feb 26, ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 2, 2009
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    Thu Feb 26, AP DENVER – A good Samaritan who helped push three people out of the path of a pickup truck before being struck and injured has gotten a strange reward for his good deed: A jaywalking ticket. Family members said 58-year-old bus driver Jim Moffett and another man were helping two elderly ...read more

  • One Mountain Too Many

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    ONE MOUNTAIN TOO MANY "No one has the right to an activity that can cause so much suffering and pain to others just so they can do something fun." Those are the words of Karl Purnell who lost his 28 year-old son Chris to an avalanche when Chris was ice-climbing in Canada. You can hear and maybe ...read more

  • Light In The Dark - A Poem By Elicia Roy

    Contributed by Elicia Roy on Mar 17, 2021
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    LIGHT IN THE DARK We have been jolted, Tested and tried, Our times have been dark, With some comforts denied. Things that we clung to, And thought our security, Were ripped from our hold, Caused feelings of unsurety. “What will tomorrow bring?” “Is there hope for this dark time?” “Is there any ...read more

  • Misjudging The Composer

    Contributed by Jung Lee on Jan 16, 2024
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    In a prestigious concert hall, a renowned pianist was scheduled to perform a masterpiece by a legendary composer. The audience, filled with anticipation, settled into their seats as the performance began. However, it quickly became apparent that something was amiss. The pianist, who had been ...read more

  • Giant Steps  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Mar 10, 2002
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    Giant steps Marathon the latest goal in a life of challenges. Katie Lynch, 26, practicing for Monday’s Boston Marathon with a special Walker. (Globe Staff Photo / JohnTlumacki) By John Vellante, Globe Staff, 4/14/01 WAYLAND Her life -- all 26-plus years of it -- has been one challenge after ...read more

  • Let's Imagine A Situation Where A Homeless Man ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Mar 16, 2003
    based on 90 ratings
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    Let’s imagine a situation where a homeless man is begging on the streets of New York. A well dressed man in a long limousine pulls up next to him and offers him a job as vice-president of his company. You might say that is ridiculous; nothing like that would ever happen. But that is exactly ...read more

  • A Sword And A Tear!" 2 Timothy 2: 22-26: Key ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Aug 24, 2004
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    “A Sword and a Tear!” 2 Timothy 2: 22-26: Key verse(s): 24-25a “And the Lord’s servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of ...read more

  • Christian Walk Compared To Learning How To Pitch ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 14, 2009
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    Christian Walk Compared to Learning How to Pitch Horseshoes When I married into Charlotte’s family I married into a really close family that liked to spend a lot of time together. Almost every Sunday was spent at Charlotte’s Mom and Dad’s house. There were football or baseball games to watch or ...read more

  • She Was Just Fifteen. Tears Filled Her Eyes And ...

    Contributed by Ricki Lee Brooks on May 4, 2010
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    She was just fifteen. Tears filled her eyes and quivers moved her lips. Quickly she placed her hands over her ears. The shouting from her mother exploded her emotions and her restraint. And, suddenly, she screamed, “SHUT UP! JUST SHUT UP!” Conflict. From all accounts, he stood above the rest. ...read more

  • Mother's Day Is Fast Approaching And My Mind Went ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2007
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    MOTHER’S DAY IS FAST APPROACHING and my mind went back many years ago to a TV program called, I Remember Moma (I guess I’m showing my age now). It was broadcast from 1949 to 1957 on CBS. It was a 30 minute show in black and white about a Norwegian-American family living in San Francisco in ...read more

  • The Greatest Love Of All  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
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    The Greatest Love of All "For this reason I kneel before the Father... that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power... to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love surpasses ...read more

  • Who Wants To Play By The Rules?

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Apr 3, 2020
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    Wouldn’t life, or sporting events, be easier if there were no rules? Nobody to tell you what you can or can’t do, no restrictions, and anything goes. Easy, right? I can recall a couple of times when it sure seemed that some folks either didn’t want to play by the rules. Maybe they just plain ...read more