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  • Although He Wasn't The First To Use Ether As An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
     | 1,555 views

    Although he wasn’t the first to use ether as an anesthetic, Boston dentist William Morton was credited with this discovery after using ether for a tooth extraction in the mid-1840s. But Morton had done so at the recommendation of Boston chemist Charles Jackson, who also claimed part of the credit. ...read more

  • There Are 2 Popular Traditions In Africa: ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kerry O'neill on May 14, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,406 views

    There are 2 popular traditions in Africa: drinking tea and playing soccer. However, these traditions are not unique to Africa, but were brought to the continent by the British. Even when it is very hot, each afternoon in many parts of Africa they pause to drink hot tea. Why? Because the British ...read more

  • E. Stanley Jones Tells Of A Missionary Who Was ...

    Contributed by Alan Tison on Jun 22, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,034 views

    E. Stanley Jones tells of a missionary who was lost in an African jungle, nothing around him but bush and a few cleared places. Finally he found a hut and asked the owner if he could get him out. The native said he could. “All right,” said the missionary, “show me the way.” The native said, ...read more

  • A Wall Or Bridge

    Contributed by Allen Patterson on Aug 21, 2006
     | 2,669 views

    A Wall Or Bridge They say a wife and husband, bit by bit, Can rear between themselves a mighty wall, So thick they cannot speak with ease through it, Nor can they see across it, it stands so tall. Its nearness frightens them, but each alone Is powerless to tear its bulk away; and each dejected ...read more

  • One Sunday Evening, William Booth Was Walking In ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Ward on Aug 26, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,338 views

    One Sunday evening, William Booth was walking in London with his son, Bramwell, who was then 12 or 13 years old. The father surprised the son by taking him to a tavern! The place was crowded with men and women. Some of them were drunk. Some of them were loud. And the air was filled with the smell ...read more

  • Jesus Did Rise

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
     | 1,479 views

    JESUS DID RISE Pollster George Gallup said even 84 percent of people who never go to church believe Jesus rose from the dead. It is historical fact; it wasn’t done in secret. The whole city of Jerusalem and the whole Roman Empire knew about it. It was news. If CNN had been there, they would have ...read more

  • Rejection Is In The Eye Of The Beholder

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Oct 2, 2006
     | 4,825 views

    Rejection is in the Eye of the Beholder A young salesman became discouraged because he had been rejected by so many customers he approached. He asked a more experienced salesman for some advice. “Why is it that every time I make a call on someone I get rejected?” “I just don’t understand that,” ...read more

  • The Following Is Attributed To "Gentleman Jim" ...

    Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Dec 1, 2006
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    The following is attributed to “Gentleman Jim” Corbett, who held the heavyweight boxing title for five years at the end of the nineteenth century: “Fight one more round. When your feet are so tired that you have to shuffle back to the center of the ring, fight one more round. When your arms are ...read more

  • Then He Appeared  PRO

    Contributed by John Shaw on Dec 2, 2006
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    Then he appeared THE TRAMP SAID HE had walked 70 miles from a dry brook in Israel SAID His name was ...... something Jewish and unprouncable Slicker or HE..LIKE..HER .......Whatever SAID his name meant .. My god is Jehovah SAID he had shut up the skies Stopped the rain Him ...read more

  • True Happiness Is Not Attained Through ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 9, 2006
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    True happiness is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. Helen Keller You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation. Bette Davis Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness ...read more

  • It's Interesting That There Has Been Such An ...

    Contributed by David Henderson on Jan 3, 2007
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    It’s interesting that there has been such an increase of shows on television that involve the court room. These shows really are all about the judge. He or she is the focus of the program. There is an entire station now devoted to Court TV. It all started with the “people’s Court” and Judge ...read more

  • Financially Enslaved Americans *90% Buy Things ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,491 views

    Financially Enslaved Americans *90% buy things they can’t afford. *80% of graduating college seniors have credit card debt. *49% can’t cover one month’s living expenses if they lose their income. *75% of airline miles “rewarded’ are never redeemed. *Most people carry a car loan, paying $378 a ...read more

  • Two Bicycle Repairmen In Dayton, Ohio, Dreamed Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Gilstrap on Jan 25, 2001
    based on 153 ratings
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    Two bicycle repairmen in Dayton, Ohio, dreamed of flying. They went to the Dayton Public Library and checked out a book on the life and works of a German man named Lilienthal, who had succeeded in flying a glider. The two men were named Orville and Wilbur Wright. They began to explore all the ...read more

  • A Wall Or Bridge  PRO

    Contributed by Tony Miano on Dec 11, 2000
    based on 99 ratings
     | 2,942 views

    A Wall Or Bridge They say a wife and husband, bit by bit, Can rear between themselves a mighty wall, So thick they cannot speak with ease through it, Nor can they see across it, it stands so tall. Its nearness frightens them, but each alone Is powerless to tear its bulk away; and each dejected ...read more

  • The Other Night Public Television Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Keith Wessel on Apr 14, 2001
    based on 122 ratings
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    The other night Public Television was broadcasting “Jesus Christ, Superstar.” I had never seen it (of course I was sooooo young when it first came out). I don’t really recommend it, but I guess I watched the last part of it out of theological curiosity more than anything else. Liz and I were ...read more

  • Charles Swindoll In His Book On Grace Puts It ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Hamby on May 3, 2001
    based on 92 ratings
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    Charles Swindoll in his book on Grace puts it this way, "You want to mess up the minds of your children? Here’s how - guaranteed! Rear them in a legalistic, tight context of external religion, where performance is more important than reality. Fake your faith. Sneak around and pretend your ...read more

  • In His Book, What’s So Amazing About ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 12, 2001
    based on 36 ratings
     | 1,169 views

    In his book, What’s So Amazing About Grace, Philip Yancey tells the true story of a Texas couple who had trouble with pride. An argument ensued one day when the husband felt that his wife had spent too much on sugar at the grocery story. The argument was never resolved. They lived together for ...read more

  • Ralph Barton, A Successful Cartoonist, Left This ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Ralph Barton, a successful cartoonist, left this note pinned to his pillow as he took his own life: “I have had few difficulties, many friends, great successes; I have gone from wife to wife, and from house to house, visited great countries of the world, but I am fed up with inventing devices to ...read more

  • Last Tuesday Night On Prime Time They Showed The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    Last Tuesday night on Prime Time they showed the new Christ, De Jesus from Puerto Rico. He claims to be the better Christ and declares there is no sin, no Satan, and no one will go to hell. They interviewed several church members as to what they thought about their Christ. And they believe in him ...read more

  • A.w. Tozer's Definition Of A Christian  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,566 views

    A.W. Tozer’s Definition of a Christian A Real Christian: • He feels supreme love for One whom he has never seen, • Talks familiarly every day to Someone he cannot see, • Expects to go to heaven on the virtue of Another, • Empties himself in order to be full, • Admits he is wrong so he can be ...read more