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  • Look What We Did!

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Nov 23, 2011
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    LOOK WHAT WE DID! The mouse and the elephant walked across the swinging bridge. Of course, the bridge shook and swayed under the elephant’s weight. When they reached the other side, they looked ...read more

  • A Proud Man Is Always Looking Down On Things And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 14, 2012
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    A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you’re looking down, you can’t see ...read more

  • Forgotten Steps

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 7, 2012
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    FORGOTTEN STEPS A man who was not an architect decided to draw the plans for his new home. He was very proud of what he had done. He hired a builder with the firm understanding that he would follow the blueprints exactly. "You may not like my plans, but they suit me. So don't even try to ...read more

  • Edison Couldn't Make Life

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 15, 2012
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    EDISON COULDN'T MAKE LIFE Are you extremely proud of your lifetime accomplishments? It was on November 21 of 1877 that Thomas Edison announced to the world that he had invented the phonograph. Edison's accomplishments are often forgotten. In his Menlo Park, New Jersey fix-it shop he designed the ...read more

  • God Opposes The Proud At Mt. St. Helens

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Oct 31, 2012
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    GOD OPPOSES THE PROUD AT MT. ST. HELENS In the spring of 1980, the mountain showed signs of awakening. There were earthquakes. There was volcanic activity. Residents were told to leave the area. But Harry Truman would have nothing to do with that. He believed the danger was exaggerated "I don't ...read more

  • One Day, The Father Of A Very Wealthy Family Sent ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sharon Stonestreet on Dec 15, 2007
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     | 3,786 views

    One day, the father of a very wealthy family sent his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live. The son spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. Upon the son’s return, the father asked, "How was ...read more

  • Admitting Your Weaknesses

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 28, 2008
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    ADMITTING YOUR WEAKNESSES When I got out of college I went to many interviews but I didn’t get a ministry! I was talking to one of my professors about this, and I admitted that I did not do well at interviews. He said just admit this at your next interview! I did at the next one! As soon as ...read more

  • Python Swallows ...

    Contributed by Susan Blader on May 13, 2008
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    Python Swallows Alligator I read a rather weird news story in October of 2005. A researcher named Michael Barron was traveling through the Everglades National Park when he stumbled upon a bizarre sight. Prior to his arrival, a 13-foot long Burmese python had apparently attacked and subdued a ...read more

  • Do You Desire God's Honor Above Your ...

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jun 22, 2008
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    Do you desire God’s honor above your own? My first ministry after seminary was back home in Rochester, NY. I was one of two chaplains at the Monroe County Jail. Every Saturday evening we would hold a worship service in the auditorium at the jail for the inmates. One of the deputies was ...read more

  • Chuck Swindoll Once Said, "I Once Accepted A ...

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jun 23, 2008
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    Chuck Swindoll once said, “I once accepted a speaking engagement among Christians involved in Twelve Step programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous. As I talked with the attendees and pondered what to say, I finally decided on the ironic title, "Why I Wish I Was an Alcoholic." “It occurred to me that ...read more

  • Several Years Ago A Young Frenchman Captured The ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jul 12, 2008
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    Several years ago a young Frenchman captured the attention of the world by walking a tightrope between the towers of New York’s World Trade Center (1350 feet high). A few months later, however, while practicing on a relatively low wire in St. Petersburg, Florida, he fell 30 feet and was injured. As ...read more

  • Where Are You ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
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    WHERE ARE YOU LOOKING? A young second lieutenant at Fort Bragg discovered that he had no change when he was about to buy a soft drink from a vending machine. He flagged down a passing private and asked him, "Do you have change for a dollar?" The private said cheerfully, "I think so, let me take a ...read more

  • A Motorist Was Driving In The Country When He Saw ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 5, 2008
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    A motorist was driving in the country when he saw some men who had come from an ecumenical meeting: a Baptist Pastor, a Catholic Priest, an Anglican Vicar, and a Jewish Rabbi. They were standing on the shoulder of the road, fishing. Next to them was a sign that read "Turn Around. The End Is Near." ...read more

  • Healing, God's Way

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 26, 2008
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     | 3,615 views

    Healing, God's Way Healing takes time, patience and determination to persevere through the long process of healing. It’s not easy, but it is the reality of the healing process. Personal Illustration: My own experience with the healing process of my right knee. About two years ago I had a total ...read more

  • Salman Rushdie, Is An Author Who Had A Fatawah, ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 14, 2008
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    Salman Rushdie, is an author who had a fatawah, or Islamic death edict, put on his life several years ago for writing a book critical of Islam called Satanic Verses. In another book he wrote entitled Imaginary Homelands he notes one of the family traditions of his home: “In our house, whenever ...read more

  • But Such An Attitude Is Both Humble And Rare, ...

    Contributed by Ruth Hind on Oct 11, 2008
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    But such an attitude is both humble and rare, contrast it with the attitude displayed in a quote by the American writer Gore Vidal, “Every time a friends succeeds a little piece of me dies”. He felt so diminished, so jealous, if some-one other than himself did well that he couldn’t find it in ...read more

  • A Young Lady Once Went To Will Rogers For ...

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 14, 2008
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     | 3,441 views

    A young lady once went to Will Rogers for counseling and said, “Mr. Rogers, what can I do about pride? Every time I look in the mirror, I think I’m beautiful.” Will ...read more

  • A Fellow Once Made The Remark That If He Were ...

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 14, 2008
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    A fellow once made the remark that if he were God, he could certainly do things much better than God seemed to. For example, he said, if I were God I would not have caused the fruit of such a tremendous tree as the oak to be an acorn. Such a mighty tree needs to bear a much larger fruit, like a ...read more

  • One Of My Favourite Stories, (Whether It Is True ...

    Contributed by David Moore on Nov 7, 2008
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    One of my favourite stories, (whether it is true or not I cannot really say – the Irish love telling “stories”), is about the golfer Seve Ballesteros when he was playing in the Irish Open Golf Championship at Portmarnock. Apparently one of the evenings after play Ballesteros turned up at the Club ...read more

  • The Famous Architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
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    The famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, designed some unusual buildings. On a university campus in Florida stands a library designed by Wright with an extremely low ceiling, so low that if you are six feet tall and not careful, you keep bumping your head. A man who was having this trouble asked ...read more

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