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  • The Date, March 28th. The Year, 1992. The ...

    Contributed by Chip Monck on Mar 9, 2005
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    The date, March 28th. The year, 1992. The place, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The moment seizer, and dare I say these words in a Kentucky pulpit, Christian Leattner. First ever player to start in four Final Fours. MVP of the East Regional of the NCAA tournament when he scored 31 points against ...read more

  • My 5 Year Old Son Evan And I Were Driving In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ronnie Brown on Nov 9, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,495 views

    My 5 year old son Evan and I were driving in Atlanta. He saw some spotlights moving the clouds. He asked me what they were and what they were for. I told him that they were called spot lights and people used them to draw attention to a certain place. It’s like they are say "Come over here and see ...read more

  • Keith Hernandez Is One Of Baseball's Top Players. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,814 views

    Keith Hernandez is one of baseball’s top players. He is a lifetime 300 hitter who has won numerous Golden Glove awards for excellence in fielding. He’s won a batting championship for having the highest average, the Most Valuable Player award in his league, and even the World Series. Yet with all ...read more

  • When Martin Luther Was Printing His Translation ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Dec 22, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,086 views

    When Martin Luther was printing his translation of the Bible in Germany, pieces of the printed Scripture fell to the floor. A young girl picked one of them up and read the phrase of our text, “For God so loved the world that he gave”. The rest of the sentence was missing. That moment for her was ...read more

  • When Martin Luther Was Printing His Translation ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,860 views

    When Martin Luther was printing his translation of the Bible in Germany, pieces of the printed Scripture fell to the floor. A young girl picked one of them up and read the phrase of our text, “For God so loved the world that he gave”. The rest of the sentence was missing. That moment for her was a ...read more

  • An Article In The Associated Press This Past ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,634 views

    An article in the associated press this past week illustrates the concept of rejecting mediocrity. Coach Tubby Smith left Kentucky and is moving to become the coach of Minnesota. The article in the associated press read… “In Tubby Smith’s 10 seasons at Kentucky, the Wildcats never missed the NCAA ...read more

  • Beware Of Pride. I Would Put It First In The List ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 12, 2007
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    Beware of pride. I would put it first in the list of the seven deadly sins. It produces independence, rebellion and self-will. It leads to all the other sins. It makes on think, as Lucifer did, that he is more important than God. Sometime when you’re feeling important, Sometimes when your ego’s ...read more

  • A Lady Was Walking Down The Street In Atlanta ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Mitchell on Mar 30, 2008
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     | 1,314 views

    A lady was walking down the street in Atlanta when a man grabbed her purse and ran away. She was terrified. She was from a small town in Alabama and had never even known anyone that had something like this happen to them. Much to her relief a police officer was heading her way. When he got ...read more

  • Mad At Him Or Mad At You?

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 23, 2008
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    Mad at Him or Mad at YOU? I remember a specific time a couple of years ago that someone just pulled out in front of me trying to turn left and get in the small space between my car and the next. Of course I was in a hurry as I was running late. And of course I had to brake and subsequently missed ...read more

  • A Widely Circulated Story Over The Internet Is ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 27, 2008
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    A widely circulated story over the Internet is one that is told a couple of different ways but with the same kind of an ending. One way that I have heard it (and perhaps have told it) is that a rushing businessman knocks over a child’s fruit stand in his hurry to catch a train. He stops after ...read more

  • A Recipe For A Turkey

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Nov 25, 2008
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    A RECIPE FOR A TURKEY How many of you are planning to cook a turkey? Well, I'm going to help you out. Sometimes it's hard to know when a big bird like a turkey is cooked to perfection. I came across a recipe that might help. You'll need --- 10-15 lb. turkey 2 cup melted butter 2 cup ...read more

  • Two Young Boys In A Catholic School Had Been ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 2, 2009
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    Two young boys in a Catholic school had been continually misbehaving and were sent to the principal’s office on several occasions. The principal knew what they really needed was to have God in their lives, so she brought the first boy in and set him down. “I want to ask you a question. Where is ...read more

  • If I Didn't Love Them...  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Mar 31, 2009
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    "IF I DIDN'T LOVE THEM..." A man visited a home where there were five children. He was supposed to be a kind of "godfather" to them and was trying to get involved with them on their level. He asked one of the little girls about her doll collection: "Which one is your favorite?" "Promise you ...read more

  • We Don't Need A Map; We Need The Guide

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 26, 2009
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    WE DON'T NEED A MAP; WE NEED THE GUIDE In A Slow and Certain Light, Elizabeth Elliot tells of two adventurers who stopped by to see her, all loaded with equipment for the rainforest East of the Andes. It was the first time they are trekking the forest but they sought no advice, just a few phrases ...read more

  • Man Vs. Milkshake

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Feb 27, 2011
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    MAN VS. MILKSHAKE James Dobson author, psychologist, and founder of Focus on the Family tells the story of a friend of his during their days in medical school. One day this man was walking across campus laden with books and briefcase. He passed by a fast food stand, and ordered something to eat ...read more

  • Colors Of Storms

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Jul 27, 2011
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    COLORS OF STORMS As I was watching the weather warnings run across the TV screen, I began to think about how we go through life's storms without any warnings. Each one of the storms we go through are painted a different color of severity, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red. It could be that a Green ...read more

  • Truman's Faithfulness

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Aug 28, 2011
    based on 1 rating
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    TRUMAN'S FAITHFULNESS A number of years ago, the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, MO made public 1,300 letters that the late President wrote to his wife, Bess, over the course of a half-century. Mr. Truman had a lifelong rule of writing to his wife every day they were apart. He followed ...read more

  • Overcomers

    Contributed by Ronald Franklin on Jul 10, 2012
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    ILLUS: I watched Serena Williams win the Wimbledon tennis championship yesterday. She cruised through the first set. But in the second set, her opponent rallied and got hot, and won the set. Then, in the 3rd set, Serena got her game back on track and she just overwhelmed her opponent to win going ...read more

  • Scripture Reading - Job 5:17-26

    Contributed by John Collier on Nov 28, 2016
     | 3,713 views

    17 “Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.[a] 18 For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal. 19 From six calamities he will rescue you; in seven no harm will touch you. 20 In famine he will deliver you from ...read more

  • I Was Talking To A Man On Friday About Our ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on May 17, 2010
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    I was talking to a man on Friday about our Church. He said he didn’t like our way of doing Church. I asked him what he meant and he said that he could not see how a Church could have a band out the front and what appeared to him to be a concert going on and so many people. He said "That’s not my ...read more