Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
He was born in Columbus, Ohio, 1890, the third of eight children. At eleven he quit school to help with the family expenses, and got his first full-time job at $3.50 per week. At fifteen he got interested in automobiles and went to work in a garage at $4.50 a week. He knew he would never get
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
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Lonely Americans have a third fewer close friends and confidants than 20 years ago, a sign people may be living lonelier, more isolated lives than in the past. In ‘85, the average American had 3 people in whom to confide important matters vs. 2 in ’04, finds an American Sociological Review study.
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Contributed by Steven Cannon on Feb 13, 2007
Dan 1:1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. And the Lord delivered Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles from the temple of God. These he carried off to the temple of his god
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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The story is told of a third-grade Sunday School class whose teacher had built her lesson around the fifth commandment: “Honor your father and your mother.”
1. As she developed her lesson, she asked, “We’ve been talking about our mommies and daddies, but does anyone know a commandment about
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Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Apr 27, 2007
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After only his third Sunday as the Pastor of the little country church, an Elder came to the church office on Monday morning to visit the young minister. It seems the pastor had preached the same sermon three Sundays in a row. The Elder asked, “How long do you intend to use that same sermon?”
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Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jan 24, 2009
Eusebius of the third century said, "A vast multitude was imprisoned in every place. The prisons--prepared for murderers and robbers--were filled with spirited bishops, joyful pastors, and happy
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Contributed by Todd Catteau on Jan 19, 2009
The ultimately lost person is the person who cannot want God. Who cannot want God to be God. Multitudes of such people pass by every day, and pass into eternity. The reason they do not find God is that they do not want him or, at least, do not want him to be
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Contributed by Tony Abram on Nov 29, 2012
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IN ONE DAY
Consider what happens in one day.
IN a 24 hour period, if you're an adult of average weight, here is what you accomplish:
Your heart beats 103,689 times
Your blood travels 168,000,000 miles
You breathe 23,040 times
You inhale 438 cubic feet of air.
You eat 3.25 pounds of food
You
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Contributed by Ken Henson on Aug 21, 2012
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A PERSONAL SURGERY
Dr. Evan Kane was the head of Summit hospital in New York, in the 1920s. At that time when they operated they used general anesthesia. Dr. Kane felt, local anesthesia would do and would help patient do better, and recovery would be quicker. His theory seemed true, but no one
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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SO PERSONAL
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in 1982. In the first 15 years, 54,000 items were left at the Wall. It still takes almost an hour every night, [and much longer on Memorial Day,] to collect all the mementos-a teddy bear, a photo of a soldier's grandchild, a letter from a
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