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  • A Black Preacher In Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. William ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 24, 2009
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    A black preacher in Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. William Holmes Border, while speaking on this text, said it well: "If a one of them had thrown a rock at that woman, the Lord would have turned the heart of that rock into rubber, and it would have bounced back and burst their brains ...read more

  • A Person's Last Words Are Important. We Hang On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,911 views

    A person’s last words are important. We hang on to the dying words of those closest to us. We pass on the final words of great leaders for the next generation. It’s as if we are waiting for them to sum everything up in a few final statements. Some are famous: Nathan Hale (1755-1776) – "I only ...read more

  • Mystery

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Jun 19, 2020
     | 2,702 views

    Paul talks about a Mystery hidden in God. Let me tell you about a great mystery story: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior, was a doctor. As such he was very interested in the use of ether. In order to know how his patients felt under its influence, he once had a dose administered to himself. As he was ...read more

  • Mystery

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Sep 13, 2020
     | 1,478 views

    Paul talks about a Mystery hidden in God. Let me tell you about a great mystery story: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior, was a doctor. As such he was very interested in the use of ether. In order to know how his patients felt under its influence, he once had a dose administered to himself. As he was ...read more

  • Five-Year-Old Suri Cruise, The Daughter Movie ...

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Dec 24, 2011
     | 2,737 views

    Five-year-old Suri Cruise, the daughter movie stars Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise, was seen last week throwing a temper tantrum in toy store. This is a five-year-old girl with a $130,000 Christmas wish list including a $100,000 pony! (Originally Published: Friday, December 23 2011) It’s hard to ...read more

  • Although He Wasn't The First To Use Ether As An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
     | 1,571 views

    Although he wasn’t the first to use ether as an anesthetic, Boston dentist William Morton was credited with this discovery after using ether for a tooth extraction in the mid-1840s. But Morton had done so at the recommendation of Boston chemist Charles Jackson, who also claimed part of the credit. ...read more

  • Right And Wrong

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 22, 2010
     | 2,073 views

    RIGHT AND WRONG Years ago, when I lived on South Holmes Street, I used the Super D pharmacy that was nearby. There was a young woman who worked there with whom I had occasional conversations. She told me that everyone in her family had had an abortion except her. She added that she did not judge ...read more

  • Wife Taken For Granted Too Long, Citation: ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Nov 7, 2001
    based on 86 ratings
     | 3,147 views

    [Wife Taken for Granted Too Long, Citation: Robert Leslie Holmes, God’s Man (Kregel, 1998)] A man accompanied his friend home for dinner and was impressed by the way he entered his house, asked his wife how her day went, and told her she looked pretty. Then, after they embraced, she served dinner. ...read more

  • The Best News No One Heard

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
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    THE BEST NEWS NO ONE HEARD Take the year 1809. The international scene was tumultuous. Napoleon was sweeping through Austria; blood was flowing freely. Nobody then cared about babies. But the world was overlooking some terribly significant births. For example, William Gladstone was born that ...read more

  • Cradles That Shaped The World  PRO

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Nov 29, 2006
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     | 1,221 views

    Cradles The Shaped The World An example Charles Swindoll uses is the year 1809. The international scene was tumultuous and turbulent that year. Napoleon Bonaparte was sweeping through Austria on his quest to rule the world, and blood was flowing freely. Nobody cared much about babies being born in ...read more

  • Jesus Described Hell As A Place With A Stench. On ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 18, 2007
     | 1,129 views

    Jesus described hell as a place with a stench. On the southwest corner of I-240 in our city you can smell the oil refinery. In Counce, Tennessee, you can smell the pulp mill or in Bolivar the tannery. When I lived on Holmes Street I ordered some flytraps for the backyard. They were quart jars ...read more

  • The Teddy Bear Lady

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 11, 2009
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    THE TEDDY BEAR LADY Most of the people at Chicago’s Children’s Hospital did not know her name. They just knew her as the sweet elderly lady in the red suit who wanted to make sure that every sick child had a teddy bear to hug and caress. She kept bringing the stuffed animals, purchased with her ...read more

  • At Christmas All Roads Lead Home

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
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    AT CHRISTMAS ALL ROADS LEAD HOME Marjorie Holmes writes, "At Christmas, all roads lead home. The filled planes, the packed trains and overflowing buses all speak eloquently of a single destination: home. Despite the crowding and the crushing, the delays, the confusion, we clutch our bright ...read more

  • Muhammad Ali Today Is Called The Greatest. But ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 26, 2002
    based on 51 ratings
     | 6,926 views

    Muhammad Ali today is called the greatest. But it hasn’t always been that way. He became the greatest in the eyes of the world over the last 40 years. Muhammad Ali used to “float like a butterfly” and “sting like a bee”. He dazzled crowds with his amazing ability to dodge a punch while he used a ...read more