Contributed by James May on Apr 19, 2001
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One of the all-time greats in baseball was Babe Ruth. His bat had the power of a cannon, and his record of 714 home runs remained unbroken until Hank Aaron came along. The Babe was the idol of sports fans, but in time age took its toll, and his popularity began to wane. Finally the Yankees traded
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Jordan Lumbard on Jun 5, 2007
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Way back in the 80’s, Apple Corporation, or Apple Computers really took off and grew as a company.
- Yes even before the iPod.
Steve Jobs was the founder and President of Apple, and he realized that he didn’t know how to run such a big company.
- So he recruited one of the most famous CEO’s at that
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Several years ago an eastern paper reported this story: One evening a woman was driving home when she noticed a huge truck behind her that was driving uncomfortably close. She stepped on the gas to gain some distance from the truck, but when she sped up, the truck did too. The faster she drive, the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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A story from Scotland tells of a mother’s dramatic rescue of her child. Workmen were blasting rock in a quarry. One day after they had attached the fuse and retired to a safe place and gave the alarm they saw a three year old child wandering across the open space where danger threatened. Every
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Contributed by Roy Probus on Dec 27, 2007
I have played baseball since I was a little boy, probably like most of you we started out playing stick ball or some variation. But as we grew up, our game became more sophisticated and so did our equipment. This bat cost me $150, probably the most amount of money I have spent on any sports
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United Methodist
Contributed by Todd Pugh on Jan 14, 2008
But, in 1787, a group of well-known and powerful Philadelphians (called the Philadelphia Society) convened in the home of Benjamin Franklin. Dr. Benjamin Rush spoke on the Society’s goal, to see the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania set the international standard in prison design. He proposed a radical
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
On March 5, 1987, an Irish world record holder in the 1500 meter dash was running a qualifying heat at the world indoor track championships in Indianapolis, Indiana. With just 2 _ laps to go, he tripped and fell. But he got up and with great effort managed to catch the leaders of the race once
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 19, 2009
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SOIL AND SPIRITUAL SEASONS
Jesus says these people resemble the soil next to the path which in Palestine could look like decent soil but only an inch deep. Because the soil has settled there maybe blown by the wind or pushed there by the run off from the rain, it can be very fertile.
People are
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Church Of God
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FIRST THINGS FIRST
When Coach Bobby Bowden played baseball in college, he never hit a home run. His senior year at Howard College, he was the only player not to hit a home run. One day, he hit a line drive against Auburn. As he approached third, the coach was waving him on. As he made his turn,
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Baptist
Contributed by Douglas Vincent on Nov 22, 2005
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The Emperors club is a movie about this clash between doing what is right and what will increase power and significance. The teacher has a young Senator's Son (Cedrick), who is a leader. After a brief turn in the right direction Cedrick decides to cheat to win the schools greatest honor. As
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Methodist
Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Apr 2, 2007
When my children were young, they enjoyed watching “The Lion King.” (I’m sure I enjoyed it as much as they did). I seem to recall a scene in which the evil hyenas were challenging or threatening Simba, the young lion. He stood his ground and they laughed at his pathetic attempt to roar. But
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Mennonite
Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Apr 9, 2007
It’s not a good picture. Sheep, lost out in the wild, are goners. They aren’t very bright. They have no natural defenses. They can’t even run real fast. On their own they don’t do well at finding adequate food and water. Every time the word lost is used to describe a sheep, it’s a word in the
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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