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  • Wooden's Attitude

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 20, 2009
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    WOODEN'S ATTITUDE Coach John Wooden at U.C.L.A. won 665 games in 27 seasons and 10 NCAA titles during his last 12 seasons, including 7 in a row from 1967 to 1973. His UCLA teams also had a record winning streak of 88 games, four perfect 30-0 seasons, and won 38 straight games in NCAA Tournaments. ...read more

  • A Preacher Once Met A Man Named Worral. He Had ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 21, 2009
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    A preacher once met a man named Worral. He had been stricken with rheumatoid arthritis at age 15, years went by before he met him again. 30 years later they crossed paths only to find Worral now totally paralyzed except for 1 finger. He could barely speak and was totally blind. But he had a ...read more

  • Roy Campanella Was One Of The First African ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 21, 2009
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    Roy Campanella was one of the first African Americans to play in the US Baseball major leagues. In a distinguished career he won the Brooklyn Dodgers Most Valued Player award many times, and in 1955 was on the team that won the World Series. But in January 1958 his career was cut short after a car ...read more

  • William Carey Was An Impoverished English ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 21, 2009
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    William Carey was an impoverished English shoemaker. . After William Carey (1761-1834) was well established in his pioneer missionary work in India, his supporters in England sent a printer to assist him. Soon the two men were turning out portions of the Bible for distribution. Carey had spent ...read more

  • The Test Of Getting To The ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Feb 24, 2009
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    THE TEST OF GETTING TO THE TEST In the late 1980’s I was interviewing at various corporations in the San Francisco Bay Area for a position in one of the fast track executive programs that were being offered to recent college graduates, of which I was one. In many of these corporations I would go ...read more

  • Practice Sand-Traps

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 12, 2009
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    PRACTICE SAND-TRAPS Bobby Jones, champion golfer, once said, "Have you ever noticed how much golfers practice? Smart businessmen have been quick to take advantage of that, developing public driving ranges where we can practice driving the ball, and putting greens where we can practice our ...read more

  • Now We Can Start Over

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 12, 2009
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    "NOW WE CAN START OVER" Thomas Edison’s manufacturing facilities in West Orange, N.J., were heavily damaged by fire one night in December 1914. Edison lost almost $1 million worth of equipment and the record of much of his work. The next morning, walking about the charred embers of his hopes and ...read more

  • Love Your Heart Attack?

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 12, 2009
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    LOVE YOUR HEART ATTACK? Bob Benson, in his book, "See You At The House," tells of a good friend who had a severe heart attack and almost died, but was now well on the road to recovery. Visiting him, Bob asked, "Bill, how do you feel about your heart attack?" Bill answered, "I hate it. It nearly ...read more

  • Taken Out By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
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    TAKEN OUT BY WATERMELONS Years ago, I went to the Sultan Centre in Salmiya. This was back in the days when it was the only one in town, and you were still allowed to take your shopping cart up that moving ramp to the second floor. I had gone upstairs after getting some groceries. As I was coming ...read more

  • You Think He Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
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    "YOU THINK HE WAS MAD?..." An important business executive boarded the New-Orleans-to-Washington train. He was a heavy sleeper, and he needed to be awakened in order to get off the train in Atlanta about five o’clock in the morning. He found a porter and told him, "I want you to awaken me in order ...read more

  • Loving ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
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    LOVING HOLLAND I love what Emily Kingsley says about disappointment and handling disappointment. She’s talking about the disappointment when your kids don’t turn out the way you thought they ought to turn out -- particularly a handicapped child. She says, "I’m often asked to describe the ...read more

  • He Flies Underneath You

    Contributed by Hugh W. Davidson on Mar 13, 2009
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    HE FLIES UNDERNEATH YOU You see, when a mother eagle has her eggs, she sits on them to keep them warm and waits for them to hatch. then she goes back and forth and finds food for them. But there comes a time when she decides these little guys have to learn to fly. So she stirs up the nest and ...read more

  • African Proverb: "Smooth Seas Do Not Make ...

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Mar 13, 2009
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    African proverb: "Smooth seas do not make ...read more

  • While At Mcdonalds This Past Week I Saw A ...

    Contributed by Charles Newman on Mar 14, 2009
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    While at McDonalds this past week I saw a grandmother almost in tears of frustration as she tried to strap her toddler granddaughter into a car seat. They couldn’t leave to go to their next destination until the little girl was safe and secure in the car seat. The little child kicked and screamed ...read more

  • The Spinning Got ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    THE SPINNING GOT HIM A boy entered a grocery store and asked the grocer for a box of Duz detergent. The grocer was puzzled and asked why he wanted a box of Duz. The boy said that he was going to wash his cat. The grocer said, "Young man, you shouldn’t wash your cat with this kind of soap." ...read more

  • I Want To Share One More Time From Our Trip. On ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 6, 2009
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    I want to share one more time from our trip. On the ship, we had an inside cabin. There were two long hallways running the length of the ship that had access to cabins on either side. The cabins along one side all were on the outside and therefore had windows. The cabins on the other side were ...read more

  • Yogi Berra ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
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    YOGI BERRA QUOTES Yogi was a catcher for the New York Yankees. • I really didn’t say everything I said. • You should always go to other people’s funerals. Otherwise they won’t come to yours. • Never answer an anonymous letter. • If you come to a fork in the road, take it. • It ...read more

  • Stones: Throw, Stumble Or Climb ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
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    STONES: THROW, STUMBLE OR CLIMB OVER This week, I read a common-sense statement by William Andrew Ward about the way we live together in our world: "We can choose to throw stones, to stumble on them, to climb over them, or to build with them." The first three choices (throwing, stumbling and ...read more

  • Nancy Leigh Demoss: Arthur Matthews Was Serving ...

    Contributed by David Rumley on Apr 16, 2009
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    Nancy Leigh DeMoss: Arthur Matthews was serving as a missionary in China when the Communists took control. He spent years in house arrest with his wife and daughter, and his writings show what it’s like to embrace the plan and purposes of God in suffering. "An escapist generation reads security, ...read more

  • As Joni Earickson Tada Puts It… The Message He ...

    Contributed by David Rumley on Apr 16, 2009
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    AS JONI EARICKSON TADA PUTS IT… The message He wanted to get across was that sin kills; Hell is real, but God is merciful, His kingdom can change you, and I am your passport. And anytime people missed that and started to come to Jesus simply to get their situations fixed, the Savior backed away. I ...read more