Contributed by Charles Wallis on Sep 3, 2009
NO ACCIDENTS
Scientists have discovered the the appendix may have a purpose after all. Supposedly, it provides the body with bacteria that builds immunity. Some even argue that some diseases were unheard of one hundred years ago because most people had worms in their instestines that fought off
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Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Potion – transforms Dr. Jekyll into Mr. Hyde, and another potion transforms him back
- Two personalities in one body: a mild man who seeks to do right, and a crazy monster with no conscience against evil.
- We are in a similar
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 12, 2010
Many Jewish Families lost their place in the genealogical record by failing to return home.
Also, many who once had a place at our table, have disappeared, and can no longer prove their pedigree. Their status with the Lord and with men is in doubt.
Perhaps a Christian. Perhaps a member. But
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on Aug 28, 2001
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Illus.:The Hitchhiker
Roger Simms, hitchhiking his way home, would never forget the date—May 7. His heavy suitcase made Roger tired. He was anxious to take off his army uniform once and for all. Flashing the hitchhiking sigh to the oncoming car, he lost hope when he saw it was a black, sleek,
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 5, 2008
“Roger Simms, hitchhiking his way home, would never forget the date--May 7. His heavy suitcase made Roger tired. He was anxious to take off his army uniform once and for all. Flashing the hitchhiking sign to the oncoming car, he lost hope when he saw it was a black, sleek, new Cadillac. To his
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Contributed by Mike Watson on Jun 23, 2007
I remember attending a Promise keeper Meeting in Denver Colorado when I was give the chance to hear Tony Evans speak to 70,000 plus men gathered together in the Broncos football arena. As I sat there in sure amazement I was challenged by the message that he spoke. He said,
If we are going to
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 22, 2001
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In 1996 a Spanish man visiting Stockholm on business stood to inherit about a million dollars, according to an October newspaper account in Germany’s daily Bild. Eduardo Perez had stopped off to pray at a Roman Catholic church and signed the guest book of a man whose body lay there in a coffin.
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Contributed by Lynn Floyd on Apr 6, 2002
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I am amazed at how some will go to extreme lengths to find that meaning. Some feel that they find significance in having the perfect body. According to the American Society of Plastic surgeons almost $7,500,000,000 were spent on physician/surgeon fees in the year 2000 on plastic surgery’s. This
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 30, 2002
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Luther’s ten qualifications for the minister:
1) He should be able to teach plainly and in order.
2) He should have a good head.
3) Good power of language.
4) A good voice.
5) A good memory.
6) He should know when to stop.
7) He should be sure of what he means to say.
8) And be ready to
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Contributed by James Botts on Aug 29, 2002
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In Edgar Allan Poe’s story, “The Tell-Tale Heart” the main character committed murder. Unable to escape the haunting guilt of his deed, he begins to hear the heartbeat of the victim he has buried in his basement. A cold sweat covers him as he hears the beat-beat-beat of a heart, that goes on
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TUG OF WAR
We play tug of war. The team that is able to pull the other team over their side wins. Each member must pull with his or her strength and body weight. We are all different - some stronger, some weaker; some fat some thin; but all must put their strength and weight in. It doesn’t
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 14, 2008
“Just before the Passover feast” (v1) is an interesting phrase that John placed strategically in this passage. Before we can have any true “Passover” experience there must be the transplanting of the human heart – not the fist-sized organ in our bodies pumping blood through our veins but the deeper
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 10, 2009
A recent Time article (July 09) read:
"Have economic times gotten so bad that some of the dead are going unburied? Several large counties across the country are experiencing unprecedented increases in the number of unclaimed deceased - not only because the dead people could not be identified, were
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2003
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JUST ANOTHER DAY IN EMS
I delivered a baby on the ambulance stretcher
I baptized a newborn who’s life ended before it began.
I hugged a frightened child.
I was kissed by an intoxicated old man.
I held the hand of a teenage girl while she delivered a 3 pound baby.
I listened to the mournful
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