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  • Our Society Has Come To Think Of Adultery As Kind ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Jun 11, 2004
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    Our society has come to think of adultery as kind of a “victimless crime.” For many, it’s not really seen as a crime at all. In fact, there are even books being published on how to conduct yourself when you’re in an adulterous relationship. In 1999, Cameron Barnes’ published a book called, Affair! ...read more

  • Jean Nidetch, A 214-Pound Homemaker Desperate To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 14, 2004
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    Jean Nidetch, a 214-pound homemaker desperate to lose weight, went to the New York City Department of Health, where she was given a diet devised by Dr. Norman Jolliffe. Two months later, discouraged about the 50 plus pounds still to go, she invited six overweight friends home to share the diet and ...read more

  • The Shock Of Sin  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 6, 2004
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    THE SHOCK OF SIN In a book called All Thumbs Guide to VCR’s which is a repair guide for amateurs, author Gene Williams begins with a warning. He writes: “Getting a jolt form the incoming 120 volts ac (120 Vac) is more that just unpleasant; it can be fatal. Studies have shown that it takes very ...read more

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

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jan 29, 2005
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    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
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    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

  • Gordon Zwicky Won Top Honors In This Year's ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jul 31, 2005
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    Gordon Zwicky won top honors in this year’s Burlington Liars Club. Zwicky, who is 72, beat out 299 other people from 31 states and Canada. Zwicky claimed he and his wife, Dorothy, won the lottery and decided to drive to Florida. They had never been anywhere before, but their neighbor told them ...read more

  • Story: When I Was A School, The One Poem That ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Aug 23, 2005
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    Story: When I was a school, the one poem that really had an impact on me was: The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost Let me read it to you in closing: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And - sorry I could not travel both And be one traveller, long I stood And looked down one as far as I ...read more

  • Judging Others Isn't Easy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 12, 2005
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    Judging others isn’t easy. In his little book Illustrations of Bible Truth, H.A. Ironside pointed out the folly of judging others. He related an incident in the life of a man called Bishop Potter. "He was sailing for Europe on one of the great transatlantic ocean liners. When he went on board, he ...read more

  • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior, Was A Doctor. As ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
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    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 going under, in a dreamy state, a profound thought came to him. He believed that he had ...read more

  • Jean Nidetch, A 214 Pound Homemaker Desperate To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jan 23, 2006
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    Jean Nidetch, a 214 pound homemaker desperate to lose weight, went to the New York City Department of Health, where she was given a diet devised by Dr. Norman Jolliffe. Two months later, discouraged about the 50 plus pounds still to go, she invited six overweight friends home to share the diet and ...read more

  • Missionary Robert Porteous And His Wife Were ...  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Feb 26, 2006
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    Missionary Robert Porteous and his wife were taken prisoners by Chinese communist bandits in 1931. This missionary couple was led to a lonely spot on top of a hill where they were to be executed. The Chinese leader said, “This is the place.” and the executioner took a long knife from its holder ...read more

  • Stuart Holden Was In Egypt And Met A Sergeant In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Francis on Sep 5, 2006
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    Stuart Holden was in Egypt and met a sergeant in a Highland regiment. “How were you brought to Christ?” he asked this bright Christian. “There was a private in the same company as myself who had been converted in Malta , and I gave him a terrible time. I remember one night in particular when it was ...read more

  • In The Autobiography Of George Carey, The Former ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 19, 2006
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    In the autobiography of George Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury. Soon after he became a Christian he was called up to do his National Service in the Royal Air Force. He writes that the first test of his Christian discipleship was to follow the advice of his vicar which he found quite ...read more

  • Not Long Before His Death, Henri Nouwen Wrote A ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
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    Not long before his death, Henri Nouwen wrote a book called Sabbatical Journeys, in which he wrote about some friends of his who were trapeze artists, called the Flying Roudellas. They told Nouwen that there is a special relationship between the flyer and the catcher on the trapeze. This ...read more

  • No Trust Or Full Trust — Haddon Robinson  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 15, 2006
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    No Trust or Full Trust - Haddon Robinson Years ago, Monroe Parker was traveling through South Alabama on a hot day. He stopped at a watermelon stand, picked out a watermelon, and asked the proprietor how much it cost. "It’s $1.10," he replied. Parker dug into his pocket, found only a bill and ...read more

  • I Kid You Not Folks, At The Church Where I ...

    Contributed by Darren Mccormick on Nov 7, 2006
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    I kid you not folks, at the church where I preached before coming to Central---we had enough people complaining back and forth about the temperature that the church board actually ending up voting on the thermostat setting---and then once they decided what it would be---to make sure no one could ...read more

  • A Box Of Kisses

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Dec 6, 2006
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    A BOX OF KISSES Some time ago, a father punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight, and he became angry when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next ...read more

  • The Bridal Cup  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Feb 16, 2007
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    Listen to this insight from Dr. Ray Vander Laan: In the first century, when a young Jewish man reached marrying age and his family selected an appropriate wife for him, the young man and his father would meet the young woman and her father to negotiate the “bride price,” the figurative cost of ...read more

  • Life Examples: Isaiah: A Life-Changing Encounter ...  PRO

    Contributed by Nathan Parker on Mar 10, 2007
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    Life Examples: Isaiah: A Life-Changing Encounter (Isaiah 6:1-7) Isaiah’s whole life changed when he saw the majestic Lord seated on His heavenly throne. His awesome vision of God pierced him to cry out, "I am a man of unclean lips...For my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts" (Isaiah 6:5). ...read more

  • Some Unknown Writer Penned These Words: I Have ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 18, 2007
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    Some unknown writer penned these words: I have played enough sports, been in touch with enough coaches, watched enough games, and read closely enough to know that there’s one strategy that’s deadly. And it’s so subtle. You think you can win by doing it, but you lose. It’s called sitting on the ...read more