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  • Judge Not, Even In Worship - This Piece Came ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    JUDGE NOT, EVEN IN WORSHIP - This piece came from Dr. Paul Brand, veteran missionary surgeon: During my life as a missionary surgeon in India and now as a member of the tiny chapel on the grounds of the Carville leprosy hospital, I have seen my share of unlikely seekers after God. And I must ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of A Man Who Was Shipwrecked ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Harrington on Jul 3, 2007
    based on 34 ratings
     | 6,169 views

    The story is told of a man who was shipwrecked and lived most of his adult life alone on an obscure island on which no other human being had ever set foot. After many years of isolation, a ship came his way and a rescue party was sent ashore. He welcomed them, of course, then proceeded to show them ...read more

  • God Is Behind Our Lives: These Days Most People ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jul 25, 2007
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    God is behind our lives: These days most people have the wonderful blessing of a Satellite Navigation in their car to direct them in their travels. The Sat nav directs them to their given destination.It knows the start from the finish. Pastor Aubrey Vaughan in sermon journey of faith.@ ...read more

  • If You've Kept Up With The Local News You May ...

    Contributed by Heath Carlton on Aug 1, 2007
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    If you’ve kept up with the local news you may have read about a local concrete company who was using some inadequate materials in their mix. Because of this, the people buying concrete from this company were building foundations for houses and lots of other things with defective concrete. After a ...read more

  • Graham Green's Novel, The Heart Of The Matter, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Aug 31, 2007
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    Graham Green’s novel, The Heart of the Matter, is about a police officer in a British colony in Africa who becomes involved in a web of intrigue, a sordid affair with a woman, and finally the murder of a trusted assistant. Henry Scobie, the police official, reaches the point that he cannot live ...read more

  • As Part Of A Commencement Address Former First ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
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    As part of a commencement address former First Lady Barbara Bush said the following to a group of graduating college students: "As important as your obligations as a doctor, lawyer, or business leader will be, you are a human being first, and those human connections - with spouses, with children, ...read more

  • Leonidas, King Of Sparta, Was Preparing To Make A ...

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Nov 14, 2007
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    Leonidas, King of Sparta, was preparing to make a stand with his Greek troops against the Persian army in 480 B.C. when a Persian envoy arrived. The man urged on Leonidas the futility of trying to resist the advance of the huge Persian army. "Our archers are so numerous," said the envoy, "that the ...read more

  • The Greatest English Poet Of The Eighteenth ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Dec 2, 2007
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    . The greatest English poet of the eighteenth century Alexander Pope penned these immortal words in his An Essay on Man: Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never IS, but always TO be blest: The soul, uneasy and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come. [SOURCE: ...read more

  • George Matheson Was Born In Glasgow, Scotland, In ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 10, 2007
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    George Matheson was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1842. As a child he had only partial vision, and his sight became progressively worse, until it resulted in blindness by the time he was eighteen. Despite his handicap, he was a brilliant student and graduated from the University of Glasgow and ...read more

  • Dean Farrar Was A Privileged Personal Friend Of ...

    Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Dec 15, 2007
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    Dean Farrar was a privileged personal friend of Queen Victoria, though he seldom referred to the distinction. But on the first anniversary of the accession of Edward VII to the throne of England, during the service in Canterbury Cathedral, he told how the Queen, after hearing one of her chaplains ...read more

  • Big John Coming To Town: New Man Made Bartender ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
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    BIG JOHN COMING TO TOWN: New man made bartender and warned by owner, ‘If you hear Big John is coming drop everything and run for your life’. Months later a white faced cowhand ran in yelling, ‘Big John is coming to town’. Before the bartender could run into the saloon can a huge man riding a ...read more

  • Healthy Benefits  PRO

    Contributed by Daniel Harman on Mar 28, 2008
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    HEALTHY BENEFITS It’s no wonder, then, that MEDICAL RESEARCH have found that those who have friends tend to be HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, and LIVE LONGER than those who do not. Solid scientific evidence indicates that friendship can extend life. People with plentiful social support have stronger immune ...read more

  • Just Tell The Truth

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    JUST TELL THE TRUTH A small boy was on the witness stand in an important lawsuit. The prosecuting attorney cross-examined him, then delivered, he thought, a crushing blow to the testimony. "Your father has been telling you how to testify, has he not?" "Yes," the lad replied and did not hesitate ...read more

  • During My First Ministry, I Encountered A Man Who ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    During my first ministry, I encountered a man who approached me about becoming a Christian. He had not been in church much before… but he was scared of God’s judgment. He’d just seen a TV special on a man named Nostradamus who had predicted the end of the world and this young man was afraid that ...read more

  • A U.s. Soldier Shot By A Sniper In Iraq Back In ...

    Contributed by Rev Dr Randall M Deal Sr on Mar 29, 2009
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    A U.S. soldier shot by a sniper in Iraq back in August 2007 said his pocket-sized Bible tucked in his shirt saved his life by stopping a bullet near his heart. 22 year old Pfc. Brendon Schweigart was helping retrieve a tank in Iraq when he was hit by a sniper’s bullet. Schweigart said the bullet ...read more

  • The Spirit Is Like The Wind

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 8, 2009
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    THE SPIRIT IS LIKE THE WIND Dr. J. Henry Jowett, the well-known English preacher, was talking to an old salt about sailing a ship and he asked him, "Will you explain to me the phenomenon of the wind?" The seaman replied, "I don’t know what you mean, sir." Jowett persisted, "Well, how do you ...read more

  • Stones: Throw, Stumble Or Climb ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
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    STONES: THROW, STUMBLE OR CLIMB OVER This week, I read a common-sense statement by William Andrew Ward about the way we live together in our world: "We can choose to throw stones, to stumble on them, to climb over them, or to build with them." The first three choices (throwing, stumbling and ...read more

  • Thomas Edison

    Contributed by Shawn Rose on May 10, 2009
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    Thomas Edison “I did not have my mother long, but she cast over me an influence which has lasted all my life. The good effects of her early training I can never lose. If it had not been for her appreciation and her faith in me at a critical time in my experience, I should never likely have become ...read more

  • Our Submission To Christ Is Imperfect And ...

    Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 16, 2009
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    Our submission to Christ is imperfect and progressive, John Piper writes: “From the time of our first saving acceptance of Christ, He is our King and Lord and Savior and Priest and Prophet and Counselor. All that He is, He is for those who are His. And then begins a life of faltering and growing ...read more

  • Pete Hammond Once Studied 40 Of The Highest ...

    Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Sep 8, 2009
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    Pete Hammond once studied 40 of the highest profile people from the Bible. These are people that we look up to as examples of great faith. I’m talking about people like Abraham, Moses, Noah, these kinds of people. Pete Hammond studied 40 of them. Guess what he discovered! He discovered that ...read more