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  • In A Book I Just Read This Week – Every Man's ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Dec 3, 2001
    based on 6 ratings
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    In a book I just read this week – Every Man’s Battle; ‘Winning the war on Sexual Temptation…’ The authors make the following observation… Sexual impurity has become rampant in the church because we’ve ignored the costly work of obedience to God’s standards as individuals, asking too often, “How ...read more

  • Robert Schuller's Daughter Lost A Leg Because Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by James O. Davis on Dec 5, 2001
    based on 9 ratings
     | 7,641 views

    Robert Schuller’s Daughter lost a leg because of a horrible skying accident. She learned to walk all over again. After she returned home from the hospital, Schuller plucked a rose from his rose garden and began to play "He loves me and he loves me not" with his daughter. Schuller had planned to ...read more

  • In The Spring Of 1894, The Baltimore Orioles Came ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Dunn on Feb 3, 2002
    based on 53 ratings
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    In the spring of 1894, the Baltimore Orioles came to Boston to play a routine baseball game. But what happened that day was anything but routine. The Orioles’ John McGraw got into a fight with the Boston third baseman. Within minutes all the players from both teams had joined in the brawl. The ...read more

  • A Young Couple Rented A Vacation Cottage For A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 4 ratings
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    A young couple rented a vacation cottage for a week. One afternoon the husband looked out a window at the swimming pool and exclaimed, "Let’s change our clothes and go get some exercise!" His wife, who was washing the dishes in the kitchen and looking out the window watching some people play ...read more

  • It Helps To Have A Powerful Father. I Read The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Apr 20, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
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    It helps to have a powerful father. I read the story of some small boys playing football but ’big lads’ came along and stole the football. One of the boys went up to these teenagers and said, ’Give our ball back.’ The ’big lads’ declined the invitation. The small boy asked again and the ...read more

  • Even If You Never Saw The Movie "A Few Good Men," ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Aug 6, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 42,663 views

    Even if you never saw the movie “A Few Good Men,” you’re probably familiar with one scene. Tom Cruise plays a military lawyer and is interrogating tough-guy Jack Nicholson. Cruise is getting nowhere and finally yells, “I WANT THE TRUTH!” And Jack Nicholson shouts back. “YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE ...read more

  • A Good Gift: The Key Attribute That Distinguishes ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,868 views

    A Good Gift: The key attribute that distinguishes a good gift is something that the recipients will like, but is unlikely to buy for themselves. Because most gifters look for something that is more emotional, rather than practical, they turn first to entertainment and recreation goods, such as ...read more

  • British Conductor Sir Thomas Beecham Wasn't A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    British conductor Sir Thomas Beecham wasn’t a great admirer of the music of his fellow Briton, composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. During the rehearsal of a Williams symphony, Beecham seemed to be doing little more than listlessly beating time. In fact, he was still beating time after the orchestra ...read more

  • Over Memorial Day Weekend The Wwii Based Series ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Jun 9, 2006
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    Over Memorial Day weekend the WWII based series Band of Brothers played. Close to the end the historical character Major Winters says something like “When we began this war these men obeyed me because they were commanded to. Now they obey me because they trust me.” The men learned that they ...read more

  • C. S. Lewis, In His Essay "The Weight Of Glory" ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 3, 2006
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    C. S. Lewis, in his essay “The Weight of Glory” says, “It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you can talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship. ...read more

  • The Organist At St Paul's Cathedral (London) ...

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 30, 2010
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    The organist at St Paul's Cathedral (London) caught sight of Felix Mendelssohn (German composer, 1809-47) in the congregation. He sent the great composer a note inviting him to play the organ after the service. Mendelssohn agreed. The congregation, already shuffling out of the pews to go home, ...read more

  • Baseball Justice

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Jul 25, 2011
     | 4,948 views

    BASEBALL JUSTICE When I was 8 years old my parents took me to see the Pittsburgh Pirates play in Forbes Field. As you know with me nothing is normal. Well a foul ball came and hit me in the leg. I went down to pick it up and a big guy cam over and wrestled the ball from me. OK, there wasn’t much ...read more

  • How Amazing Would It Be

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Dec 15, 2011
     | 1,894 views

    HOW AMAZING WOULD IT BE For 33 years God lived on earth as a man – Jesus, and walked amongst us. How amazing would it be if Queen Elizabeth II decided to come and live here in Billericay? How amazing would it be if the Queen decided to come and live next to your school? How amazing would it be if ...read more

  • Buying A New Chandelier

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,787 views

    Buying A New Chandelier The pastor called a special meeting of the congregation to approve the purchase of a brand new chandelier. After some discussion pro and con, an old farmer stood up and said, "Buying a new chandelier may seem like a good idea to you, but I’m against it for three ...read more

  • One Of Images Which Remains With Me Is The Sight ...

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Nov 5, 2000
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    One of images which remains with me is the sight of the Nile valley seen from 35,000 feet up when returning from the Middle East. There was a green fertile strip on both sides of the river and then nothing but sand - and that’s where David felt he was. When I was preparing this message television ...read more

  • A Recent Survey In The Times Reports. The Saga ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 20, 2007
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    A recent survey in the Times reports. The Saga Populus survey of 10,000 over 50s found widespread concerns about the celebration of Christmas. Some 85 per cent objected to councils replacing ‘Christmas’ lights with ‘winter’ lights and 84 per cent were dismayed by the replacement of nativity ...read more

  • My Friend Agnes Is An Accomplished Harpist Who ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 25, 2008
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    My friend Agnes is an accomplished harpist who frequently plays for weddings, receptions, parties and other such events. She is also blond and has an appropriately cherubic face. She was on her way to an engagement at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, and stepped into an elevator with her large golden ...read more

  • Active Father Figures

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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    ACTIVE FATHER FIGURES Active fathers and father figures play a key role in reducing behavior problems in boys and psychological problems in young women, according to the peer-reviewed journal Acta Paediatrica. Swedish researchers found regular positive contact reduces criminal behavior among ...read more

  • Watching From The Bleachers

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 21, 2009
     | 1,537 views

    Cymbala shares in his book, "Fresh Power": "But just as there are people who watch from the bleachers and never know the challenge of competing on the court, we have millions of churchgoers who sit in pews every week without ever entering the game. They sacrifice nothing, strain toward no ministry ...read more

  • Several Years Ago Time Published Some Revealing ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2001
    based on 74 ratings
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    "Several years ago Time published some revealing statistics. It reported that every year 36 to 77 of every 100,000 physicians in our country commit suicide, three times the rate of the general population … Los Angeles psychiatrist Robert Litman offers his explanation: ’They believe themselves to ...read more