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  • A Well-Know Professional Golfer Was Playing In A ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Jun 28, 2006
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     | 8,900 views

    “A well-know professional golfer was playing in a tournament with President Gerald Ford, fellow pro Jack Nicklaus, and Billy Graham. After the round was over one of the other pros on the tour asked, ‘Hey, what was it like playing with the President and Billy Graham?’ The pro said with disgust, ‘I ...read more

  • Calvin Coolidge Was The 30th President Of The ...

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jul 28, 2006
     | 1,362 views

    Calvin Coolidge was the 30th president of the United States. He was born in Plymouth, Vermont, on July 4, 1872. And he served as President from 1923-1929. Both his dry wit and brevity with words became legendary. His wife, Grace, told of the time when a young woman was sitting next to Coolidge at ...read more

  • As We Observe Communion Today I'm Reminded Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Atwood on Aug 26, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,912 views

    As we observe communion today I’m reminded of Abbigail Johnson. I was just talking to her about baptism since, as many of you know, she just received Christ. What you may not know is that Abby was born prematurely ten years ago and needed a blood transfusion. Premature babies often don’t have ...read more

  • I've Been Reading This Week About The True Story ...

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Oct 2, 2006
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    I’ve been reading this week about the true story of Juan Tomaylla (‘Tried by Fire’, ISBN in the UK 1-85424-638-0 or ISBN in USA 0-8254-6236-3). Juan was a humble Christian taxi driver in Peru and on 10 July 1993 he was falsely imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. For the first two days he was ...read more

  • Serving Daily In The Monotonous Details Of Life ...

    Contributed by John Harvey on Oct 13, 2006
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    “Serving daily in the monotonous details of life uncovers the deep roots of selfishness in my soul. Feeding, sheltering and clothing my family translates into cooking, cleaning, and laundry EVERY day for years with no end in sight. This is no short term mission trip. The constant demands of two ...read more

  • Stephen Baldwin Recounts In (Chapter 3 Of) His ...

    Contributed by Daniel Devilder on Oct 19, 2006
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    Stephen Baldwin recounts in (chapter 3 of) his book “the Unusual Suspect” how God’s love was active in his life, even when Stephen was ignorant of and at odds with God: • as a fourth Grader, singing the 23rd Psalm as David the shepherd boy in an opera that made women weep—and provided a rare ...read more

  • Where Did Candy Canes Come From? Tradition Holds ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2006
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     | 1,970 views

    Where did candy canes come from? Tradition holds that in about 1670, the choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral was frustrated by fidgety kids at the Living Nativity. He had some white, sugar-candy sticks made to keep the youngsters quiet. The sticks were curved like shepherds’ staffs in honor of the ...read more

  • Where Did Candy Canes Come From? Tradition Holds ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2006
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     | 2,132 views

    Where did candy canes come from? Tradition holds that in about 1670, the choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral was frustrated by fidgety kids at the living Nativity. He had some white, sugar-candy sticks made to keep the youngsters quiet. The sticks were curved like shepherds’ staffs in honor of the ...read more

  • Where Did Candy Canes Come From? Tradition Holds ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,603 views

    Where did candy canes come from? Tradition holds that in about 1670, the choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral was frustrated by fidgety kids at the living Nativity. He had some white, sugar-candy sticks made to keep the youngsters quiet. The sticks were curved like shepherds’ staffs in honor of the ...read more

  • Family  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on Dec 18, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,855 views

    Family Clovis Chappell, a minister from a century back, used to tell the story of two paddleboats. They left Memphis about the same time, traveling down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. As they traveled side by side, sailors from one vessel made a few remarks about the snail’s pace of the ...read more

  • When People Claim That Science And Faith Are At ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jan 16, 2007
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    When people claim that Science and Faith are at odds often point out that back in the Middle Ages the Catholic Church refused to accept Galileo’s theory that the earth revolved around the sun. (rather than the other way around.) That is true --- but the Church did not reject this theory based on ...read more

  • C. Quote: From Our Daily Bread - December 2, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 6, 2007
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     | 1,527 views

    c. Quote: From Our Daily Bread - December 2, 2006 “Not Fair” - READ: Psalm 19:7-14: So many situations in life shout, “Not fair!” I observe Christian couples who struggle to have babies while others are blessed with children and then abuse them. I look at families whose children are all alive and ...read more

  • Did You Know That The Idea For Mother's Day Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Mar 23, 2007
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     | 3,549 views

    Did you know that the idea for Mother’s Day was born in a small Methodist church in Grafton, West Virginia? It was 1876 and the nation still mourned the Civil War dead. While teaching a Memorial Day lesson, Mrs. Anna Reeves Jarvis thought of mothers who had lost their sons. She prayed that one ...read more

  • The Steam Ship, Central America, On Its Maiden ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Jones on Apr 1, 2007
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     | 1,301 views

    The steam ship, Central America, on its maiden voyage from New York City to San Francisco harbor, sprang a leak in mid-ocean and began to go down. A distress signal was sent out over the air waves. A rescue vessel rushed to the scene. Upon reaching the scene, the captain of the rescuer vessel sent ...read more

  • The Steam Ship, Central America, On Its Maiden ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Apr 3, 2007
     | 1,079 views

    The steam ship, Central America, on its maiden voyage from New York City to San Francisco harbor, sprang a leak in mid-ocean and began to go down. A distress signal was sent out over the air waves. A rescue vessel rushed to the scene. Upon reaching the scene, the captain of the rescuer vessel sent ...read more

  • I Was A Senior In High School When One Of My ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Jun 18, 2009
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    I was a senior in high school when one of my neighbors, George, committed suicide. He was 19 the only son his mother, a poor widow, Mrs. Maria. He hung himself because some friends made fun of him… Mrs. Maria mourned over the terrible loss of her only son was not her only pain. She felt the ...read more

  • Talk To Jesus Like Your Daughter

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    TALK TO JESUS LIKE YOUR DAUGHTER I was reading about a grieving woman. She went to the Rev. F. B. Meyer looking for help. She said, "Pastor, my daughter died last year. I miss her so much. I made breakfast for her every morning. And even when I had to go to work, I knew that she would be there ...read more

  • Honesty (Or Not) In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
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    HONESTY (OR NOT) IN AMERICA In the book, The Day America Told the Truth, of the people surveyed, the authors found these results – 91 percent of American lie about trivial matters; 36 percent of Americans lie about important matters; 86 percent regularly lie to parents, 75 percent regularly lie ...read more

  • Intercession: Pyramid Prayer?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2009
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    INTERCESSION: PYRAMID PRAYER? Philip Yancey in his book on prayer tells of a young American soldier in Iraq who learns that his wife back home has advanced cervical cancer. Doctors gave a bleak prognosis. In desperation, he sent an urgent email to his church with the request that everyone in turn ...read more

  • You Have To Consider That Lot Not Always Lived In ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Aug 10, 2009
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    You have to consider that Lot not always lived in Sodom. When Abraham and Lot first split, the Bible says that Lot pitched his tent toward Sodom. Genesis 13:12. Please, don’t miss that; it says that Lot pitched his tent… toward Sodom. It wasn’t’ even in Sodom, it was just in that direction… But by ...read more