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  • Louis Evans Tells A Story That I'm Sure Many Can ...  PRO

    Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Jan 3, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
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    Louis Evans tells a story that I’m sure many can relate to. At one of the homes in which he lived, he had a problem with a persistent weed that “grew rapidly and pushed it ugly stalk and leaves right in front of [his] bedroom window.” He tried chopping it down several times hoping to discourage ...read more

  • Gary Richmond, A Former Zookeeper, Had This To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 6, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
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    Gary Richmond, a former zookeeper, had this to say: Raccoons go through a glandular change at about 24 months. After that they often attack their owners. Since a 30-pound raccoon can be equal to a 100-pound dog in a scrap, I felt compelled to mention the change coming to a pet raccoon owned by a ...read more

  • As A Hospital Chaplain I Encounter Many Patients ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 9, 2005
     | 2,053 views

    As a hospital chaplain I encounter many patients that have upcoming surgeries and are stressed about anesthesia and the procedure they will undergo. It is not appropriate to tell a patient that they shouldn’t worry and that worry is a sign of poor faith. Instead I tell patients that God is aware ...read more

  • In A View From The Zoo, Gary Richmond, A Former ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 20, 2009
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    In A View from the Zoo, Gary Richmond, a former zoo keeper, has this to say: Raccoons go through a glandular change at about 24 months. After that they often attack their owners. Since a 30-pound raccoon can be equal to a 100-pound dog in a scrap, I felt compelled to mention the change coming to a ...read more

  • Victor Shepherd Tells The Story Of A Missionary ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 3, 2010
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    Victor Shepherd tells the story of a missionary surgeon from the Gaza Strip in Israel. On one occasion this doctor stopped at a shack to see a woman on whom he had performed surgery. She and her husband were dirt poor. Their livestock consisted of one rabbit and two chickens. For income the ...read more

  • Simpson's Most Valuable ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2010
    based on 1 rating
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    Simpson’s Most Valuable Discovery In the year 1847, a doctor from Edinburgh, Sir James Simpson, discovered that chloroform could be used as an anaesthetic to render people insensible to the pain of surgery. From his early experiments, Dr. Simpson made it possible for people to go through the most ...read more

  • Sin Is Like A Raccoon

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 13, 2010
     | 1,136 views

    SIN IS LIKE A RACCOON In A View from the Zoo, Gary Richmond, a former zookeeper, has this to say: Raccoons go through a glandular change at about 24 months. After that they often attack their owners. Since a 30-pound raccoon can be equal to a 100-pound dog in a scrap, I felt compelled to mention ...read more

  • I Recently Heard The Story Of A Boy Named Eduardo ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    I recently heard the story of a boy named Eduardo who was completely blind. He had spent all of his life trying to understand the mysteries of looking around a corner or why people could not see through a wall. The article said he often pondered the “wonders of a blue sky or green field.” But ...read more

  • 99% Isn't ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    99% ISN’T ENOUGH Back in the 90’s a California research firm considered the advertising slogan for a popular soap that was 99.4% pure. And they asked themselves the question: “What if everything in the world operated at 99% efficiency?” They discovered: Drinking water would be unsafe one hour out ...read more

  • Raccoons Go Through A Glandular Change At About ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Raccoons go through a glandular change at about 24 months. After that they often attack their owner. Since a 30-pound raccoon can be equal to a 100-pound dog in a scrap, a zoo keeper felt compelled to mention the change coming to a pet raccoon owned by a young lady named Julie. She listened ...read more

  • The Bigger Miracle

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 30, 2010
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    THE BIGGER MIRACLE Pastor Steve Yeschek lost his sister, Judy, after a five-year battle with cancer. She was a woman who, as Steve described her, was a party animal—-a big drinker with a self-contented lifestyle. She was someone everybody loved, because she exuded excitement and a thrill for life. ...read more

  • Last Year Professor [robert] George [of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Mavis on Aug 27, 2001
    based on 11 ratings
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    Last year Professor [Robert] George [of Princeton] debated abortion at a convention of the American Political Science Association. His opponent was well-known deconstructionist Stanley Fish. In published articles, Fish had dismissed arguments against abortion as based on "religious conviction" ...read more

  • The New Dishwasher  PRO

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Dec 12, 2001
    based on 14 ratings
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    THE NEW DISHWASHER In the fourth year of his layoff from his job, Dad gave Mom a dishwasher for Christmas. You have to understand the magnitude of the gift: Our old house had its original wiring and plumbing, and neither could handle the required installation. There was no spot in the ...read more

  • The Progress Of Knowledge -- The Mental Sign Is ...

    Contributed by James O. Davis on Oct 28, 2003
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    The Progress of Knowledge -- The mental sign is seen first in the progress of knowledge. Man’s knowledge doubles in less than 6 years. By the time many medical students graduate, much of their earlier training is already obsolete. Printed material doubles in less than 15 years. Technology, for ...read more

  • Cost Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2010
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    Cost of Freedom At Hebron Baptist Church several years ago a speaker named Clebe McClary spoke. There was a patch where his left eye had once been. A hook extended from the artificial limb where a strong arm had once helped make him an outstanding athlete. He had been through countless surgeries to ...read more

  • One Saturday Afternoon A Father And His Six-Year ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brent Zastrow on Apr 18, 2001
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    One Saturday afternoon a father and his six-year old son Mickey were fishing near a bridge by the Kokomo Reservoir when a woman lost control of her car, slid off the bridge and hit Mikey at a rate of about 50 mph. Sheriff Marr, the boys grandfather, had seen the results of ...read more

  • Something For Stevie  PRO

    Contributed by Alan Braun on Mar 22, 2002
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    Titled: Something for Stevie I try not to be biased, but I had my doubts about hiring Stevie. His placement counselor assured me that he would be a good, reliable busboy. But I had never had a mentally handicapped employee and wasn’t sure I wanted one. I wasn’t sure how my customers would react ...read more

  • A Heart For ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 1, 2010
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    A Heart for Praise Louis Albert Banks tells of an elderly Christian man, a fine singer, who learned that he had cancer of the tongue and that surgery was required. In the hospital after everything was ready for the operation, the man said to the doctor, “Are you sure I will never sing again?” The ...read more

  • 99% Is Not ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
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    99% IS NOT ENOUGH Back in the 90’s a California research firm considered the advertising slogan for a popular soap that was 99.4% pure. And they asked themselves the question: “What if everything in the world operated at 99% efficiency?” They discovered: - drinking water would be unsafe one hour ...read more

  • The Movie "The Hanging Tree" Was Set In A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
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    The movie “The Hanging Tree” was set in a western gold-mining camp in the late 1800s. Gary Cooper played the role of doctor for the camp. One day a young boy was seen robbing gold from the camp. He was shot from a distance but managed to hobble into hiding. All hands in the camp spread out to see ...read more