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  • I Like The Story About A Professor Who Sat At His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 12, 2003
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    I like the story about a professor who sat at his desk one evening working on the next day’s lectures. His housekeeper had laid that days mail and papers at his desk and he began to shuffle through them discarding most to the wastebasket. He then noticed a magazine, which was not even addressed to ...read more

  • For Dave Roever It Was Late 1968 When He Found ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Apr 18, 2003
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    For Dave Roever it was late 1968 when he found himself in Vietnam for the first time serving with the United States as a member of the elite Brown Water Black Beret. He served in the Mekong Delta area until July 26, 1969 when he was severely wounded. As the boat he was riding in while looking for ...read more

  • In A Letter From Mils And Sandy Becker, April, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on May 21, 2003
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    In a letter from Mils and Sandy Becker, April, 1995. “In the 1920’s Stalin ordered a purge of all Bibles and believers. In Stavropol, this order was carried out completely. Thousands of Bibles were taken and believers were sent to the gulags, where so many died for being enemies of the ...read more

  • Quote From A Monk Named Brother Jeremiah. ...

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Nov 26, 2003
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    Quote from a monk named brother Jeremiah. "Listen carefully. If I had my life to live over again, I would try to make more mistakes next time. I would relax. I would limber up. I would be sillier than I have ever been on this trip. I know very few things that I would take seriously next time ...read more

  • Bishop Blake Of The Oklahoma Area Conference Told ...  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on Jul 15, 2004
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    Bishop Blake of the Oklahoma Area Conference told this story at General Conference… “In 1999, the Oklahoma Conference met soon after the tragic tornadoes that swept thought the area, the most severe ever calculated by measuring devices. Many homes and many lives were destroyed. That conference ...read more

  • We Wish You A Merry...chrismukah?  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 16, 2005
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    We Wish You a Merry...Chrismukah? Continuing the current trend of large-scale mergers and acquisitions, it was announced today at a press conference that Christmas and Hanukkah will merge. An industry source said that the deal had been in the works about 1300 years. While details were not ...read more

  • The Power Of Communication

    Contributed by Jess Bousa on Feb 16, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,684 views

    The Power of Communication Tap-Tap . .. . .tap-tap-tap . . .. .tap-tap-tap-tap .. . . . .tap-tap-tap . . .” Captain Red McDaniel rapped carefully on the walls of his cell in the Hanoi Hilton, practicing the special camp code prisoners used to communicate with each other. He knew he had to be ...read more

  • Bob Pierce Was The Founder Of World Vision, The ...  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Feb 18, 2006
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    Bob Pierce was the founder of World Vision, the international Christian relief agency (40 hour famine). Pierce had leukemia, which eventually killed him. But before he died he went to visit a colleague in Indonesia. As they were walking through a village, they came upon a young girl lying on a ...read more

  • Ii. Illustration: In The Movie Karate Kid, Young ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 1, 2006
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    ii. Illustration: In the movie Karate Kid, young Daniel asks Mister Miagi to teach him karate. Miagi agrees under one condition: Daniel must submit totally to his instruction and never question his methods. Daniel shows up the next day eager to learn. To his chagrin, Mister Miagi has him paint a ...read more

  • A Man Was Hired To Paint The Lines On The Highway ...

    Contributed by James Westmoreland on Oct 23, 2006
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    A man was hired to paint the lines on the highway that divide the lanes. Now the company didn’t have a lot of resources so he had to do his painting on foot. After the first day at work his supervisor was very impressed when he learned that this new employee had painted three miles’ worth of ...read more

  • Cradles That Shaped The World  PRO

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Nov 29, 2006
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    Cradles The Shaped The World An example Charles Swindoll uses is the year 1809. The international scene was tumultuous and turbulent that year. Napoleon Bonaparte was sweeping through Austria on his quest to rule the world, and blood was flowing freely. Nobody cared much about babies being born in ...read more

  • Daniel The Actor In The Lion's Den  PRO

    Contributed by George Rennau on Nov 5, 2004
    based on 37 ratings
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    There once was an out of work actor named Daniel He was so down and out that he’s ready to accept any acting part that came along. One day he saw an advertisement in the PAPER, ACTOR NEEDED TO PLAY A GORILLA. I could do that," Daniel arranged an interview. The employer turned out to be the local ...read more

  • Leadership ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    LEADERSHIP WISDOM Back in the 90’s there was a president of Harvard University named Neil Rudenstine. Now, one of the major roles of the college president is to raise money for the institution so they can pay the salaries and other financial responsibilities of the organization. And Neil ...read more

  • Prayer For Future Generations  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    PRAYER FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS In Point Man, Steve Farrar tells the story of George McCluskey. When McCluskey married and started a family, he decided to invest one hour a day in prayer, because he wanted his kids to follow Christ. After a time, he expanded his prayers to include his grandchildren ...read more

  • Ready For Resurrection Morning

    Contributed by Ferdinand Funk on Sep 29, 2008
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    READY FOR RESURRECTION MORNING A true story is told about a distinguished man, the only white person buried in a Georgia cemetery reserved exclusively for blacks. He had lost his mother when he was just a baby. His father, who never married again, hired a black woman named Mandy to help raise his ...read more

  • I Am Hearing A New Phrase Repeated Throughout Our ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 3, 2008
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    I am hearing a new phrase repeated throughout our nation today, they are saying we are no longer “One Nation, Under God!” but “One Nation, Under Stress!” I talk to a lot of people on a regular basis and hear them say, “I am exhausted,” You can look at their eyes and see that they are overwhelmed. ...read more

  • These Small Acts Of Service Won't Show Up On Our ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 16, 2008
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    These small acts of service won’t show up on our “to do” list. Opportunities for Mundane Service have a way of surprising us … sometimes in our busiest moments --- which means we have to be willing to be interrupted. I had one such unscheduled event a while back when a man came to my office ...read more

  • He Endured To The End

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Feb 9, 2009
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    HE ENDURED TO THE END We need to possess an enduring love. Endurance: the power to withstand hardship or stress, to keep on going despite all setbacks. I recently heard of a Leicester women who, after having four children, started running then entered marathons. This year, she is running the ...read more

  • Work For The Glory Of God

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 20, 2010
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    Mark is a young businessman who does business in China. Each time he has gone to China, he has asked God to reveal to him whom he might speak to on behalf of Jesus. What might happen if every one of you went to work praying for God to reveal to him whom he might speak to on behalf of Jesus. You’re ...read more

  • Be Not Terrified By Adversity

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010
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    BE NOT TERRIFIED BY ADVERSITY One of the most treasured pieces in the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vermont, is a rug bearing the Latin inscription Nec Aspera Terrent (Be Not Terrified by Adversity). It always has had special meaning for Baroness Maria von Trapp and her children—the famous Trapp ...read more