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  • Barna Research On Divorce  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Monroe on Feb 18, 2002
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    Barna research shows: That divorce in the church is just as commonas outside the church. In the church 33%, outside the church 34%. Also, the south is second in the nation in divorce. The south has a divorce rate of 35%, just behind the west (38%), and leading the Midwest (32%) and ...read more

  • Ranking The Silver Screen's All-Time Top Romantic ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,067 views

    Ranking the silver screen’s all-time top romantic films "You must remember this: A kiss is just a kiss ..." So begins the signature song from the 1942 movie "Casablanca." The American Film Institute (AFI) had no difficulty remembering. Its new list of the 100 best US screen romances ranks the ...read more

  • 2002: A Busy Year For Those Who Help In Times Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2003
    based on 37 ratings
     | 2,110 views

    2002: a busy year for those who help in times of disaster With barely two weeks left in the year, only six of the 50 states have not needed what the American Red Cross calls a large-scale disaster response, a new report says. The agency says, however, that 93 percent of its responses are to ...read more

  • Louis L'amour, Famed Writer Of Novels About The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Feb 18, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
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    Louis L’Amour, famed writer of novels about the American West, wrote a short story that described a man who liked books. The man was noticed acting suspiciously as he perused the shelves in a library. He took down a leather-bound copy of Shakespeare’s King Lear and ran his fingers gently over the ...read more

  • An Aged Minister Was Lost On An Unpaved, Unmarked ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 26, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
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    An aged minister was lost on an unpaved, unmarked road in west Texas. He went to a farmhouse to inquire as to how he could reach his destination. A little freckle-faced boy gave the following directions: "Go right on down the big road for several miles. It is plenty sandy and rough. Sometimes ...read more

  • Esta Era Una Bicicleta Construida Para Dos ...

    Contributed by Jose Vega on Dec 7, 2006
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    Esta era una bicicleta construida para dos personas. Y una mujer llamada Jennifer estaba por primera vez andando en esa bicicleta pero en el asiento de atrás. Ella estaba sumamente asustada. • Ustedes dirán pero por que si sentarse en el asiento de atrás de esas bicicletas no da miedo es tan solo ...read more

  • Max Lucado In His Book Life Lessons From The Book ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 3, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    Max Lucado in his book Life Lessons from the Book of Romans writes this in the introduction: At the moment I don’t feel too smart. I just got off the wrong plane that took me to the wrong city and left me at the wrong airport. I went east instead of west and ended up in Houston instead of Denver. ...read more

  • We Live In A World Where The Truth Is Often ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Oct 16, 2008
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    We live in a world where the truth is often elusive, like shifting sand. Just west of Yuma, Arizona lay the imperial sand dunes. This is a system extends for more than 40 miles along the eastern edge of the Imperial Valley agricultural region. The dunes are really interesting phenomena of that ...read more

  • Hell, Literally

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 3, 2010
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    HELL, LITERALLY Now the word for "hell" is interesting. According to William Barclay, it literally referred to the Valley of Hinnom, to the South West of Jerusalem. William Barclay says "It was notorious as the place where Ahaz had introduced into Israel the fire worship of the heathen god Molech, ...read more

  • Louis L'amour, Famed Writer Of Novels About The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,896 views

    Louis L’Amour, famed writer of novels about the American West, wrote a short story that described a man who liked books. The man was noticed acting suspiciously as he perused the shelves in a library. He took down a leather-bound copy of Shakespeare’s King Lear and ran his fingers gently over the ...read more

  • Wwii Monument - Represents The 16 Million That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    WWII Monument - represents the 16 million that served in the US Armed forces during WWII. More than 400,000 gave their lives for freedom and in reality, for the deliverance of the Jewish nation of Israel. Ordinary men and women served our country and the world - One was named General Mark Clark ...read more

  • Max Lucado In His Book Life Lessons From The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,288 views

    Max Lucado in his book Life Lessons from the Book of Romans writes this in the introduction: At the moment I don’t feel too smart. I just got off the wrong plane that took me to the wrong city and left me at the wrong airport. I went east instead of west and ended up in Houston instead of Denver. ...read more

  • Second Fiddle

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 30, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,107 views

    SECOND FIDDLE One of the first conductors born and educated in the United States to receive worldwide acclaim was Leonard Bernstein. He directed the New York Philharmonic, conducted concerts by some of the world's leading orchestras, wrote symphonies, and music for Broadway hits such as West Side ...read more

  • Musalaha In Jerusalem

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jan 30, 2011
    based on 1 rating
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    MUSALAHA IN JERUSALEM Musalaha is a charity in the Holy Land working for reconciliation. It is an Arabic word that means "reconciliation" and I recently received this communication from the head of Musalaha - Salim Munayer, who writes: At the end of 2010, more than 150 people assembled, stood ...read more

  • Mothers

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Sep 13, 2020
    based on 1 rating
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    Mothers are so wonderful and all are different and all are the same. Loving, caring, sacrifice and dedication to Children and family. Mother’s Day was started when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at St Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia. Everyone doesn’t have a ...read more

  • Not Long Ago Americans Got To Know Another ...

    Contributed by Kent Lenard on Sep 8, 2003
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    Not long ago Americans got to know another American better. His name is General Norman H. Schwarzkopf. He showed great leadership ability in leading the troops in the Persian Gulf War, just like he had done throughout his military career beginning at West Point. In Vietnam he turned a battalion ...read more

  • It Was 1972 And A Rugby Team From Uruguay Was ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 23, 2003
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    It was 1972 and a Rugby team from Uruguay was flying over the Andes mountains to play in a championship game. But on the way the plane crashes into a mountain. A film was made that details the ordeal entitled Alive. Of the 45 passengers, which included the team and some of their family members, ...read more

  • The 100-Year Prayer Meeting

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 3, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
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    The 100-Year Prayer Meeting In 1722, Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf, troubled by the suffering of Christian exiles from Bohemia and Moravia, allowed them to establish a community on his estate in Germany. The center became known as Herrnhut, meaning “Under the Lord’s Watch.” It grew quickly, ...read more

  • Grant And Custer  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Apr 21, 2011
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    GRANT AND CUSTER There is a story of two Civil War Generals: George A. Custer and Ulysses S. Grant. Both graduated from West Point -- Gen. Grant, being the oldest, graduated in the 1840's and Gen. Custer in 1861. Grant fought in several wars and was a field General in every sense of the word. ...read more

  • The Wrestler Who Never Gave Up

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 19, 2011
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    THE WRESTLER WHO NEVER GAVE UP Caleb teaches us to never give up on God or His promises. One of my favorite stories is about a scrawny kid from West Texas who attended a small high school. They didn't have a wrestling program, but he read a book on wrestling and asked one of the assistant ...read more