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  • Restroom Use Policy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 28, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 1,958 views

    FROM: YS OPERATIONS SUBJECT: Restroom Use Policy In the past, employees were permitted to make trips to the restroom under informal guidelines. Effective immediately, a Restroom Trip Policy will be established to provide a more consistent method of accounting for each employee’s restroom time and ...read more

  • D. Anderson Tells A Story About D.l. Moody And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 8, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,097 views

    d. Anderson tells a story about D.L. Moody and how he learned to control his anger. It’s from his book Getting Anger Under Control i. Evangelist D.L. Moody, the ‘Billy Graham’ of the nineteenth century, had a sharp temper that he learned to control-usually. One evening moody was conducting two- ...read more

  • In December 1994 Syndicated Columnist Bob Greene ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jan 15, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,383 views

    In December 1994 syndicated columnist Bob Greene told the inspiring story of Rob Mouw. Rob played on the soccer team in his senior year at Wheaton Christian High School. In the final seconds of a big game against favored Waubonsie Valley, with his team behind by one goal, Rob was dribbling the ball ...read more

  • When I Was In The Marines, The Training For ...  PRO

    Contributed by William Neel on Jan 23, 2003
    based on 33 ratings
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    When I was in the marines, the training for commandos included cliff assaults. The theory was that a commando raid should be a surprise, done as quickly and as silently as possible on the area with the lightest defenses. The lightest defense is at the point where attack is least expected. More ...read more

  • Not Long After Paul Was In Prison There Was A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brad Beaman on Jul 21, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,595 views

    Not long after Paul was in prison there was a man, one of the early church fathers, by the name of Pollycarp. He lived his life for the sake and the glory of God. At eighty-six years old the officials called upon him. Even before this he had a vision that he was to by martyred. He could have fled ...read more

  • In South America, I Think Peru, An Evangelist ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jess Bousa on Jan 2, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,411 views

    In South America, I think Peru, an evangelist was holding a crusade which lasts a couple days and on the day before the last day of the crusade he said to the audience that he wants each person under the sound of his voice to ask somebody to come to the crusade tomorrow. So this little girl who ...read more

  • Copper Wire

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 12, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,923 views

    Copper Wire illustration : Copper wire can be used for a lot of different purposes, you can use it for a close line, you can bend it and manipulate it around your gate to keep the cows from getting out or whatever but it has much more potential that that. Inside of that copper wire is protons and ...read more

  • I Read A Story Recently About A Terrible Fire In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 1,046 views

    I read a story recently about a terrible fire in a chemical plant. Several area fire departments responded to the blaze, and the whole community gathered at a distance to watch. The media was there in helicopters and satellite remote trucks. The president of the company was among the crowd, and he ...read more

  • Each Night When I Turn Off The Study Light And ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 25, 2009
     | 1,827 views

    Each night when I turn off the study light and stumble blindly towards the bedroom, trying not to wake Julie, who often goes to bed before me, I realize how helpless I am in the darkness. My night vision is hopeless. Kitchen benches, edge of the Pantry and doors seem to deliberately thwart my ...read more

  • All The Land You Can Cover

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Mar 12, 2011
    based on 1 rating
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    ALL THE LAND YOU CAN COVER Leo Tolstoy tells this story: A young Russian inherits his father’s small farm. He immediately starts dreaming of how to expand his property when one morning a well-dressed stranger visits him and makes him an offer that is too good to be true. He could have free of ...read more

  • Just Follow Directions  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,004 views

    JUST FOLLOW DIRECTIONS Robert Kupferschmid was an 81-year old man who had no flying experience. However, due to a tragic emergency, he was forced to fly an airplane. On June 17, 1998, he and his 52-year-old pilot friend, Wesley Sickle, were flying from Indianapolis to Muncie, Indiana. During the ...read more

  • Tomorrow Brings Hope

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 8, 2011
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    "TOMORROW" BRINGS HOPE In late March of 1993, a sudden snowstorm covered the East coast of the U.S. Over in the Smoky Mountains, it was the snow of the century. Many hunters and hikers were trapped in the park. Four doctors from Knoxville had chosen that weekend for a hunting trip to the Smokies. ...read more

  • I Wish I Could Live Life Over Again

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Jun 14, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,320 views

    I WISH I COULD LIVE LIFE OVER AGAIN I remember when I was an assistant pastor in TN visiting a man who had lived his whole life in sin and selfishness. He finally came to the Lord in his sixties. When he was diagnosed with cancer, I went to visit him at his home shortly before his death. The day ...read more

  • Our Lives Are Like A...

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Jun 14, 2011
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    OUR LIVES ARE LIKE A... Listen to what the Bible compares our lives to, and as you do, notice that the central theme of each comparison is the idea of the BREVITY of our lives upon this earth: * First, our lives are compared to A VAPOR (James 4:1) - Think about the vapor from a teapot. It is ...read more

  • The Village Of The Book

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Apr 17, 2012
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    THE VILLAGE OF THE BOOK It was early in 1945. As United States forces pushed deep into Okinawa they came across a village unlike any they had ever seen. Here at Shimabuku they were met and welcomed by two old men who invited the troops in as "fellow Christians." Correspondent Clarence W. Hall ...read more

  • Joni And Jesus

    Contributed by Joe Bertone on Jul 23, 2012
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    JONI AND JESUS A vase of roses could always be found next to Joni's hospital bed. Although Joni was only five she had many admirers. She liked flowers. And she liked painting, crayons, the "play lady," and riding her IV pole like a skateboard down the hall of the hospital each night before going ...read more

  • The Boston Marathon

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 19, 2015
     | 6,671 views

    Around here in Boston, Patriots Day is famously known for “The Boston Marathon” in which runners from all over the world participate. I watched with keen interest as the gun shot went off for the 116th Boston Marathon. Upmost in every ones mind was the question “Who will get the grand prize worth ...read more

  • Isaiah's Prophecies And The Dead Sea Scrolls

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Jan 14, 2017
     | 6,977 views

    There was a time when skeptics claimed that the prophecies in Isaiah 53 were too detailed, too specific, too accurate to be mere coincidence. I agreed. But then the skeptics argued that the ONLY logical explanation was that Isaiah was written after the gospels and patterned the suffering Servant ...read more

  • God Is Your Father

    Contributed by Barry O Johnson on Jul 25, 2018
     | 4,675 views

    As a child, before my brothers and sisters and I would sit down for breakfast, we would ask our father what we could do to please him so that he would let us eat breakfast. He’d tell us. If we wanted lunch money for school we would ask our father what would please him. He’d tell us. At supper time, ...read more

  • Tour Of The Art Museum

    Contributed by Phillip Holbrook on May 29, 2019
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,110 views

    Suppose you take a tour of an art museum that is advertising a look at the most important work in all of history. The curator points out some famous and priceless works by Picasso, Rembrandt and others. Then, he says to you, "I want you to see the most significant painting ever created", ...read more