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  • In The 1988 Film Rain Man, Dustin Hoffman's ...

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Dec 17, 2009
     | 1,314 views

    In the 1988 film Rain Man, Dustin Hoffman’s character is based on a real-life autistic man named Kim Peek. Peek has total recall of more than 9,000 books. When he attended a performance of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, he stood up near the end and loudly ordered, “You’ve got to stop it, stop it, ...read more

  • D.m. Stearns Was Preaching In Philadelphia. At ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Dec 21, 2009
     | 1,353 views

    D.M. Stearns was preaching in Philadelphia. At the close of the service a stranger came up to him and said, "I don’t like the way you spoke about the cross. I think that instead of emphasizing the death of Christ, it would be far better to preach Jesus, the teacher and example." Stearns replied, ...read more

  • Sandy Sheppard- One Of The Funniest Parties I ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 25, 2010
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    Sandy Sheppard- One of the funniest parties I ever attended was to “roast” Walt, a good friend and mentor, who was celebrating his 50th birthday. Each guest told a humorous story about Walt and presented him with a gag gift. Then Carol got up to speak. “My mother told me if I can’t say something ...read more

  • Still Going Strong

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Apr 7, 2010
     | 1,700 views

    STILL GOING STRONG I was speaking to a man yesterday who is 95 years old. He still has all his mental faculties and is fascinating to speak with. Many old people can be rigid in their thinking but he has an ability to be flexible, and when you speak with him, you know that He has a deep ...read more

  • What Words Would You Have Had For Adam And Eve ...

    Contributed by Michael Tkachuk on May 6, 2010
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    What words would you have had for Adam and Eve after they were evicted from the Garden? Perhaps you might have said something like this: “It was a paradise, Adam and Eve! What more could you ask for? There were all kinds of fruit trees in the Garden and you were free to eat of every fruit ...read more

  • Many Years Ago, When I Was Planting Churches, ...

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Sep 18, 2010
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    Many years ago, when I was planting churches, someone in one of those churches asked me if I would consider opening another church if they paid me $30,000 a year, plus housing and benefits. It was more than I was making at the time, but I told that person, “No, God called me here and now is not ...read more

  • A Cheerful Liver  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 1, 2010
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    A CHEERFUL LIVER 2 Corinthians 9:7- God loves a cheerful giver. Mary Ann O'Roark: "As a little girl I heard grown ups repeat a bible verse that I was certain said, "God loveth a cheerful liver." I asked my grandma what a liver was. "It's a part inside you," she told me, "like your stomach or ...read more

  • The Importance Of The Fence

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 22, 2010
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    THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FENCE Pleasure, delight, sweets, is not the way Christianity is usually described. It is described by some as a restrictive life. Let’s think of it as a group of children who are playing on top of a monadnock (Pilot Mountain) and around the point where the rock drops off ...read more

  • Paul Billheimer: The Agent Of Destruction

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2011
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    PAUL BILLHEIMER: THE AGENT OF DESTRUCTION In his book, Don't Waste Your Sorrows, Paul Billheimer wrote: "Satan is the agent of destruction, not God. Who was it that destroyed Job's fortune, family, and health when God permitted it done? Satan. Satan brings about accidents, sickness, disease, and ...read more

  • Grandpa And The Peach

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 26, 2011
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    GRANDPA AND THE PEACH "Four-year-old Jason was visiting his grandparents. Grandpa was in his study intently reading. Jason walked in carrying a peach, said something Grandpa didn't catch, and handed the peach to him. "Thinking his wife had sent him a snack, Grandpa took it and ate it. Just as he ...read more

  • The More Loving One

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 29, 2011
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    THE MORE LOVING ONE Looking up at the stars, I know quite well That, for all they care, I can go to hell, But on earth indifference is the least We have to dread from man or beast. How should we like it if stars were to burn With a passion for us we could not return? If equal affection cannot ...read more

  • Winning In Losing  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2011
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    WINNING IN LOSING Both teams that play in the Super Bowl think they will win, so both teams have special t-shirts and hats designed that declare them the victors. It costs about $2 million to have the apparel made--which means for the losing team, $2 million goes to waste, right? Wrong. A recent ...read more

  • Destiny Around The Corner

    Contributed by Kevin Taylor on Sep 10, 2011
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    DESTINY AROUND THE CORNER Sometimes emergency intersects with the anointing! God can use the most humble servant to speak some great directions into our lives. God sometimes puts very big messages in very little packages. Samuel spoke into Saul’s life because he heeded the word of his servant ...read more

  • The Lord's Prayer...?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 15, 2012
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    THE LORD'S PRAYER...? Two men were drinking in a bar when the topic of conversation got round to religion. One man turned to his friend and said; “I bet you don't even know the Lord's Prayer." "Wait a minute," said his friend, "I do too know the Lord's Prayer." So his friend pulled out a £20 and ...read more

  • Silent Cal

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 7, 2012
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    "SILENT CAL" President Calvin Coolidge was a man of few words, and the words he spoke were often blunt. A female journalist once told him, "Mr. President I made a $100 bet with another journalist that I could get you to say more than three words. Would you care to comment?" Calvin Coolidge smiled ...read more

  • A Peek At The Universe  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2012
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    A PEEK AT THE UNIVERSE In 2004, scientists pointed the Hubble telescope at a blank-looking patch of sky near the Orion Constellation. The Hubble stayed focused on that spot for 400 orbits over 11 days. The patch of sky they were looking at is no bigger than a grain of sand held out at arm’s ...read more

  • Kirk Was Telling His Colleagues About A Strange ...

    Contributed by Samuel Fulkerson on Aug 23, 2012
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    Kirk was telling his colleagues about a strange dream he had the previous night. He dreamt he was in the middle of action in the old west riding a stagecoach. All of a sudden, a cowboy riding a horse appears on the right side of the stagecoach and a horse without a rider pulls up on the left. In a ...read more

  • A Simple Experiment Both Validated The Old Truism ...

    Contributed by Jordan Satterfield on Jan 11, 2013
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    A simple experiment both validated the old truism that a dog is a man’s best friend and disabused me of my opinions regarding the superiority of spousal friendship. I locked my beloved Golden Retriever, Buddy, in the trunk with my dear wife for one hour. After the hour, my dog was giddy with ...read more

  • The "Stream Of Forgiveness"  PRO

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Apr 14, 2013
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    THE "STREAM OF FORGIVENESS" Mirosalv Volf wrote a fantastic book on forgiveness titled "Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace." In the book he uses the beautiful imagery of a stream to show how God's character (love) is poured into us by His Spirit and becomes our ...read more

  • Casualties Of War

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 13, 2014
     | 3,030 views

    In the movie Casualties of War, Michael J. Fox plays Private Erikson, a soldier in Vietnam who is part of a squad that abuses a young Vietnamese girl. Though Private Erikson doesn’t participate in the crime, he still struggles with what has happened. He tells "Just because each of us might at any ...read more

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