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  • Kathy Bates Was In The Movie "Fried Green ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Sep 27, 2004
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    Kathy Bates was in the movie “Fried Green Tomatoes”, but is probably best remembered for her role as an obsessed fan in Misery that won her an Oscar. In Misery Bates plays a nurse who encounters her favorite author at an accident scene in a remote location in Colorado during a fierce snowstorm. ...read more

  • Since January 22, 1973 When The Supreme Court ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jan 29, 2005
     | 1,370 views

    Since January 22, 1973 when the Supreme Court legalized abortion on demand there have been over 53 million abortions. One out of every three pregnancies end in the killing of the unborn baby. More unborn lives have been snuffed out than 10 times the number of Americans lost in all our wars. And ...read more

  • A Traveling Man Came Into A Hotel To Secure A ...

    Contributed by Bart Leger on Feb 2, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,991 views

    A traveling man came into a hotel to secure a room for the night. Upon being informed that every room in the building had been taken, he was naturally quite perturbed, until a portly gentleman standing nearby kindly offered to share his room with him. The offer was thankfully accepted. Upon ...read more

  • Writer Calvin Miller Wrote: I Once Led A Man To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Hensley on May 17, 2001
    based on 108 ratings
     | 1,887 views

    Writer Calvin Miller wrote: I once led a man to Christ who loved the sunny country of common sense, but he could not put up with the mysteries of godliness. He kept shoving common sense at me, while I kept trying to show him that the mysteries held the meaning of faith. One day he said, "Pastor, ...read more

  • A Pastor Went To Visit Some Prospective Members. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rita Sims on Aug 4, 2001
    based on 85 ratings
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    A pastor went to visit some prospective members. It was a husband and wife and their son. At the beginning of the visit, it was a typical visit. They were getting to know each other, what they had done in their lives. Finally, the woman said, "I can’t stand it anymore. I’ve got to say ...read more

  • A Chauffeur Had Driven The Chemistry Professor To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Nov 13, 2001
    based on 74 ratings
     | 2,711 views

    A chauffeur had driven the chemistry professor to dozens of speaking engagements. He’d heard the same canned speech scores of times. He said on the way to another engagement, "Professor, I believe I could give your speech myself; I’ve heard it so often." The professor said, "I’ll bet you $50 you ...read more

  • Author Edgar Jackson Poignantly Describes Grief: ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Dunn on Feb 1, 2002
    based on 35 ratings
     | 3,956 views

    Author Edgar Jackson poignantly describes grief: Grief is a young widow trying to raise her three children, alone. Grief is the man so filled with shocked uncertainty and confusion that he strikes out at the nearest person. Grief is a mother walking daily to a nearby cemetery to stand quietly and ...read more

  • The Finality Of Death  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Hoos on Apr 21, 2007
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    The Finality of Death When I was just around the age of five or six years old I attended my first funeral. They have since become something that I am used to, but this first time was something that was very memorable for me. I remember standing there, barely able to see into the coffin, and ...read more

  • I Read About An Owner Of A Manufacturing Plant ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I read about an owner of a manufacturing plant who decided to make a surprise tour of the shop. Walking through the warehouse he noticed a young man just lazily leaning up against some packing crates with his hands in his pocket doing nothing. The boss walked up to him and angrily said, "Just how ...read more

  • But When The Holy Spirit Controls Our Lives He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Francis on Jun 23, 2007
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    But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives He will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control’ (Galatians 5:16-17 & 23 TLB). Is living like this really possible? Yes, but you must do four things: 1) understand that ...read more

  • Poem  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 4, 2007
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     | 1,421 views

    POEM Jesus! whose blood so freely stream’d To satisfy the law’s demand; By Thee from guilt and wrath redeem’d, Before the Father’s face I stand. To reconcile offending man, Make Justice drop her angry rod; What creature could have form’d the plan, Or who fulfill it but a God? No drop remains of all ...read more

  • A Young Banker Was Driving His Bmw, In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Art Good on Aug 14, 2007
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    A young banker was driving his BMW, in the mountains, during a snowstorm. As he rounded a turn the vehicle slid out of control and toward a cliff. At the last moment he unbuckled his seatbelt and jumped from the car. Though he escaped with his life, his left arm was caught near the hinge of the ...read more

  • Charlie Brown And Lucy And Linus Are Lying On The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 6, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,874 views

    Charlie Brown and Lucy and Linus are lying on the ground, looking up into the sky. Lucy says, "If you use your imagination, you can see lots of things in the cloud formations. What do you think you see, Linus?" Linus responds, "Well, those clouds up there look like the map of the British Honduras ...read more

  • Charles Stanley, In "The Gift Of Forgiveness" ...

    Contributed by Sharon Stonestreet on Sep 7, 2007
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    Charles Stanley, in “The Gift of forgiveness” writes: A friend of mine is a fine man and a fine pastor who loves God. His wife had cancer, and they sought the best medical help. The Dr. Who had been studying the relationship between cancer and negative emotions began to work with Mrs. Brown She ...read more

  • He's A Baseball Legend. Cal Ripken Played All ...

    Contributed by Frederick Baker Ii on Jan 14, 2008
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    He’s a baseball legend. Cal Ripken played all twenty-one years of his Major League career with hometown Baltimore Orioles. He holds several defensive records and he is only one of seven players who got 400 home runs and 3,000 hits. But as sportswriters reflected on his career as he retired at ...read more

  • Magic Mirror, On The Wall, Who's The Fairest Of ...

    Contributed by Maurice Schaus on Feb 11, 2008
     | 2,810 views

    “Magic mirror, on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” These words are familiar to children of all ages. These are the words spoken by the queen in Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, as she gazes into her enchanted mirror. “Magic mirror, on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” The ...read more

  • The Lord's Army

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 13, 2008
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    The Hinsons sang: I’m enlisted as a soldier in this mighty army band, marching out to battle with my weapon in my hand, heard the captain give the orders and they don’t include retreat, We’re crossing o’er the border to a land of no defeat. Now tell me who’s gonna fight and who is gonna win, who’s ...read more

  • A Light In Dark Places

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    A LIGHT IN DARK PLACES A young girl once consulted with her minister. "I cannot stick it out any longer. I am the only Christian in the factory where I work. I get nothing but taunts and sneers. It is more than I can stand. I am going to resign." "Will you tell me," asked the minister, "where ...read more

  • A Certain Man, Living In Budapest, Hungary, Went ...

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Apr 8, 2008
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    A certain man, living in Budapest, Hungary, went to his rabbi, complaining: “Life is unbearable. Nine of us must live in the one room of my house. What can I do?” The rabbi answers, “Take your goat into the room with you.” The man is incredulous. Certain he has misheard, he asks again. But the ...read more

  • Identify With The Lost

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    IDENTIFY WITH THE LOST In her famous book and film, "The Hiding Place" Corrie ten Boom tells the story of a Dutch Christian family, her family, who had a heart for the Jewish people. Her grandfather Wilhelm started a weekly prayer group in 1844 in the city of Haarlem, near Amsterdam for the ...read more