Contributed by Ed Wood on Feb 14, 2003
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American Gail Devers won the 100-meter dash by only 6/100 of a second over her four top competitors in 1992. Gail suffers from Grave’s disease. Just one year before she won the Olympic gold, Gail came within two days of having both feet amputated. After surviving that scare, she began to train
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CNN reported on President Bush¡¦s statement:
He stated, "I believe marriage is between a man and a woman and I believe we ought to codify that one way or the other and we have lawyers looking at the best way to do that."
His response was due to the latest Supreme Court ruling overturning a
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Contributed by Pat Cook on May 16, 2005
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I read a story involving the Butterball Turkey company, which set up a hotline to answer consumers’ questions about preparing holiday turkeys. One woman called to ask about cooking a turkey that had been in her freezer for 23 years.
The operator told her it might be safe if the freezer had been
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A mother once approached Napoleon seeking a pardon for her son. The emperor replied that the young man had committed a certain offense twice and justice demanded death.
"But I don't ask for justice,? the mother explained. "I plead for mercy.?
"But your son does not deserve mercy,? Napoleon
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 25, 2009
Dr. Lewis Sperry Chafer told a story on the subject of prayer. A certain minister was in the habit of profound prayers, oftentimes resorting to words beyond the understanding of his simple flock. This went on week after week, to the dismay and frustration of the congregation.
At last, a wee
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
The average American believes that 25 is the ideal age for a woman to get married, while for men
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Babies are bits of stardust blown from the hand of God. Lucky the woman who knows the pangs of
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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
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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The story is told of Mother Tereasa entering a home for the gravely ill and dying. At one bedside was a young nun who was cleaning a gaping wound in the neck of a woman being devoured by maggots. The exposed flesh was covered with the squirming creatures, and the nun was removing them one by one,
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Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 2, 2007
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“These Hands”
A young man and a young woman became engaged and were looking forward to a near wedding day, when the young man was suddenly called into the service of his country. From the field of warfare letters regularly came and went, and love shined brightly in all of them. Then letters from
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Contributed by Brian Harvison on Aug 16, 2008
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Two elderly women were out driving in a large car. Both could barely see over the dashboard. As they were cruising along they came to an intersection. The light was red, but they went on through. The woman on the passenger seat thought to herself,
"I must be losing it; I could have sworn we just
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Contributed by Aaron Burgess on Jan 14, 2002
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A DRASTIC CHANGE
Dr. Bernard Nathanson was the leading abortion doctor in the United States in the 1970’s. He had campaigned vigorously for the legalization of abortion and he himself had performed 60,000 abortions. He even believed his intentions were good and that he was doing a righteous
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
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RAVI ZACHARIAS: A LECHEROUS HEART
One of the most powerful stories I have ever heard on the nature of the human heart is told by Malcolm Muggeridge. Working as a journalist in India, he left his residence one evening to go to a nearby river for a swim. As he entered the water, across the river he
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Dr. Anthony T. Evans, Guiding Your Family in a Misguided World.
One day, two monks were walking through the countryside. They were on their way to another village to help bring in the crops. As they walked, they spied an old woman sitting at the edge of a river. She was upset because there was no
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