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  • Trate Fact: In 1907 Ana Jarvis, From ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on Feb 14, 2005
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    Illustrate Fact: In 1907 Ana Jarvis, from Philadelphia, began a campaign to establish a national Mother’s Day. Ms. Jarvis persuaded her mother’s church in Grafton, West Virginia to celebrate Mother’s Day on the second anniversary of her mother’s death, the 2nd Sunday of May. By the next year ...read more

  • In Today's World Of Extreme Sports There Is A ...

    Contributed by Chip Monck on Mar 9, 2005
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    In today’s world of extreme sports there is a popular method of skiing referred to as “Tree-skiing”. Tree-skiing may sound like a death wish, but some skiers love the risk of skiing brand new, fresh powder snow lying in a stand of aspen or spruce trees. The key, of course, is not hitting the ...read more

  • D. L. Moody, The Great Evangelist Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Apr 6, 2005
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    D. L. Moody, the great evangelist of the nineteenth century, assigned some ministerial students to conduct evangelistic tent meetings throughout the city of Chicago. The students were to preach nightly sermons as a means of winning souls for Christ and to practice their preaching. Dr. Moody ...read more

  • It Is As If The Resurrection Provides The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jun 13, 2005
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    It is as if the resurrection provides the “missing link” to our faith. We are all familiar with the “missing link” in the theory of evolution. The missing link is that one thing that is missing from the theory that connects the generation of humanity from the ape-like creature the theorists ...read more

  • In Addition We Have The Record Of Josephus, A ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jul 22, 2005
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    In addition we have the record of Josephus, a Jewish writer who was not a Christian either, who records the life and death of Jesus of Nazareth. He wrote this: Now there was about this time Jesus a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man; for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of ...read more

  • I End With A Legend That I Read In A Book ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jelle Horjus on Nov 1, 2005
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    I end with a legend that I read in a book somewhere. After Jesus had resurrected and ascended to heaven, the angels welcomed Him with great honour and gathered around Him. They had all kind of questions about his death, resurrection and ascension. ‘What was it all about?’ they asked him. ‘The ...read more

  • Every Year At Christmas, James Baxter Watches ...

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Dec 27, 2005
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    ‘Every year at Christmas, James Baxter watches people rip apart his company’s product and throw it away. All the hours of creative design and careful manufacturing are gone in a flash. And he has no regrets. As president of the nation’s largest maker of Christmas gift-wrap, Mr Baxter says, “What ...read more

  • In 1665 The Residents Of London Were Dying By ...  PRO

    Contributed by C Jordan on Jan 27, 2006
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    In 1665 the residents of London were dying by the thousands each day. The bubonic plague was spreading from house to house because of the unsanitary conditions. Rats and fleas spread the germs throughout the city. Almost 30,000 people died, almost a third of London’s population at the time. This ...read more

  • A. Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book: Mowgli, The ...

    Contributed by Michael De Rosa on Sep 22, 2006
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    A. Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book: Mowgli, the man cub, asks the animals what’s the most feared thing in the jungle. He’s told that when two animals meet on a narrow path that one must step aside and let the other pass. The animal that steps aside for no one would then be the most ...read more

  • Some Of The Saddest Words In The New Testament ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 25, 2007
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    Some of the saddest words in the New Testament are concerning the disciples at the Last Supper. Jesus had repeatedly told them of his betrayal and coming suffering and death. He announced that one of them was about to betray him, and the next verse says, “A dispute arose among them as to which ...read more

  • Billy Graham Wrote In "The Key To Personal ...

    Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Mar 28, 2007
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    Billy Graham wrote in "The Key To Personal Peace" “One of the powerful, enduring images that my wife, Ruth, and I have of our early years together is of the ticker-tape parades in New York City celebrating the end of WWII. The war was finally over! And those who were spared from death by the ...read more

  • During The Conversation The Tramp Said, 'i Wish ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    During the conversation the tramp said, ’I wish there were more people like you in the world." Whereupon his mother replied, "Oh, there are. But you must look for them." The old man simply shook his head, saying, "But, lady, I didn’t need to look for you. You looked for me." When that mother ...read more

  • If You Love Me

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    If you are ever going to love me, Love me now, while I can know The sweet and tender feelings Which from true affection flow. Love me now While I am living. Do not wait until I’m gone And then have it chiseled in marble, Sweet words on ice-cold stone. If you have tender thoughts of me, Please ...read more

  • A Boy And His Father Were Riding In Their Car ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A boy and his father were riding in their car one summer day with the windows rolled down. A bee flew in and the boy, who was very allergic to the bee’s sting, panicked. The father reached out as the bee flew around the boy and caught the bee in his hand. A few seconds later, the father released ...read more

  • In The Highlands Of Scotland, Sheep Would Often ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In the Highlands of Scotland, sheep would often wander off into the rocks and get into places that they couldn’t get out of. The grass on these mountains is very sweet and the sheep like it, and they will jump down ten or twelve feet, and then they can’t jump back again, and the shepherd hears them ...read more

  • The Widow Of Stephen Oake Whose Husband Was A ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jul 4, 2007
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    The widow of Stephen Oake whose husband was a special branch police officer who was stabbed to death in Manchester by a terrorist, said in the Daily Telegraph article… That while she realized there was going to be some dark day’s ahead, she felt assured that “God is real.” After sentencing in ...read more

  • Dr. James Dobson, Founder Of Focus On The Family, ...

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Aug 14, 2007
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    Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, tells the story of his father’s one request to his children: “When I get to heaven, be there!” Don’s request to all who are gathered here this afternoon would be no different: “Be there!” I am happy to announce to you today that Don Hankins has ...read more

  • On July 1, 1935, A Man Actually Wrote These Words ...

    Contributed by Stephen Evoy on Jan 4, 2008
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    On July 1, 1935, a man actually wrote these words in his will: “Unto my two daughters, Francis Marie and Denise Victoria; by reason of their unfilial attitude toward a doting father…I leave the sum of $1 to each and a father’s curse. May their respective lives be fraught with misery, unhappiness ...read more

  • The General Took His Stand

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jan 23, 2008
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    Illus.: “The General Took His Stand” Fredrick the Great of Germany, was a scoffer, but his great general, Von Zealand, was a devout Christian. One day at a gathering, the king was making coarse jokes about Jesus and the whole palace was ringing with laughter. Von Zealand arose stiffly and said, ...read more

  • The General Took His Stand  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jan 23, 2008
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    Illus.: “The General Took His Stand” Fredrick the Great of Germany, was a scoffer, but his great general, Von Zealand, was a devout Christian. One day at a gathering, the king was making coarse jokes about Jesus and the whole palace was ringing with laughter. Von Zealand arose stiffly and said, ...read more