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  • On November 30, 1991 Fierce Winds From A Freakish ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    On November 30, 1991 fierce winds from a freakish dust storm triggered a massive freeway pileup along Interstate 5 near Coalinga, California. At least 14 people died and dozens more were injured as topsoil whipped by 50 mile-per-hour winds reduced visibility to zero. The afternoon holocaust left a ...read more

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  • British Conductor Sir Thomas Beecham Wasn't A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    British conductor Sir Thomas Beecham wasn’t a great admirer of the music of his fellow Briton, composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. During the rehearsal of a Williams symphony, Beecham seemed to be doing little more than listlessly beating time. In fact, he was still beating time after the orchestra ...read more

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  • In Her Book, First Lady From Plains, Rosalynn ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    In her book, First Lady from Plains, Rosalynn Carter told of the "wonderfully odd" things she learned about White House history while a resident there. It seems that the children of President James A. Garfield rode large three-wheelers around as they carried on pillow fights in the East Room. Teddy ...read more

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  • Individuals Read Web Pages In An "F" Pattern. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
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    Individuals Read Web Pages in an “F” pattern. They’re more inclined to read longer sentences at the top of a page and less and less as they scroll down says a recent Nielsen Norman Group study. That makes the first 2-3 words of a sentence very important. Surfers connect well with images of people ...read more

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  • Individuals Read Web Pages In An "F" Pattern. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2007
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    Individuals Read Web Pages in an “F” pattern. They’re more inclined to read longer sentences at the top of a page and less and less as they scroll down says a recent Nielsen Norman Group study. That makes the first 2-3 words of a sentence very important. Surfers connect well with images of people ...read more

  • Individuals Read Web Pages In An "F" Pattern. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2007
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    Individuals Read Web Pages in an “F” pattern. They’re more inclined to read longer sentences at the top of a page and less and less as they scroll down says a recent Nielsen Norman Group study. That makes the first 2-3 words of a sentence very important. Surfers connect well with images of people ...read more

  • Tech Moms Among The Hottest Items For Mother's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
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    Tech Moms Among the hottest items for Mother’s Day ’06 were digital cameras, which increased 27% in unit sales in ‘06; portable music players, up 40%; and satellite navigation systems, shot up over 400%. Consumers spent more than $865 million in the week before Mother’s Day, up 9% from ‘05’s $791 ...read more

  • The Number Of Baptisms Is Declining Throughout ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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    The Number Of Baptisms is declining throughout the Christian community according to USA Today. Southern Baptists baptisms fell about 35% from ‘72 to ‘85 and has remained flat since. SBC membership increased from 13.6 million in ‘80 to 16.2 million in ‘04, while baptisms dropped from 430,000 in ‘80 ...read more

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  • Death Was Walking Toward A City, And A Man ...

    Contributed by Brian Menear on Mar 31, 2007
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    ILLUS-Death was walking toward a city, and a man stopped Death and asked “what are yo going to do?” “I’m going to kill 10,000 people today” Death said. The man ran ahead to the the city. He warned everybody he passed that Death was coming and what he was going to do. At then end of the day, he ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • When Orville And Wilbur Wright Finally Succeeded ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    When Orville and Wilbur Wright finally succeeded in flying the first airplane for fifty-nine seconds on December 17, 1903, they rushed a telegram to their sister in Dayton, Ohio, telling of their amazing accomplishment. The telegram read, "First sustained flight today fifty-nine seconds. Hope to be ...read more

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  • Death Was Walking Toward A City, And A Man ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Death was walking toward a city, and a man stopped Death and asked “what are yo going to do?” “I’m going to kill 10,000 people today” Death said. The man ran ahead to the the city. He warned everybody he passed that Death was coming and what he was going to do. At then end of the day, he again met ...read more

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  • The Teachings Of John Wesley Were Very ...

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 22, 2007
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    The teachings of John Wesley were very instrumental in my identifying with the United Methodist approach to practicing the Christian life. Wesley of course was an 18th-century Anglican clergyman and Christian theologian who was an early leader in the Methodist movement. In addition to Wesley’s ...read more

    Denomination: Methodist

  • Truman Was A Folksy Type Person Who Popularized ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 26, 2007
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    Truman was a folksy type person who popularized such phrases as “The buck stops here." That sign sat on his desk in the Oval Office. That saying was derived from the expression “passing the buck,” which was an attempt to pass on responsibility or blame to someone else. Another of his sayings ...read more

    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • In The 1970's Christian Barnard A South African ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Aug 12, 2007
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    In the 1970’s Christian Barnard a South African heart surgeon performed the first ever heart transplant and was able to give someone a new heart this in some respects gave the person a new life. And that is exactly what each and every person in the world needs today a new spiritual heart and the ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • We Erect Stone Markers To Identify The Graves Of ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 16, 2009
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    We erect stone markers to identify the graves of the significant people we loved. When Cracker Jack creator Frederick Rueckheim decided to put a logo on the confection’s package in the early 1900s, he modeled it after his own beloved grandson Robert, who often wore a sailor suit. But just as the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Limits Defined

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Jun 24, 2009
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    LIMITS DEFINED As I began to think and pray on the passage that we will uncover and talk about today, I started to think about "limits." The most obvious limit I could think of was "speed limit." A speed limit, of course, is the maximum speed allowed on a road for a vehicle. Believe it or not, the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • On November 30, 1991 Fierce Winds From A Freakish ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 20, 2009
     | 981 views

    On November 30, 1991 fierce winds from a freakish dust storm triggered a massive freeway pileup along Interstate 5 near Coalinga, California. At least 14 people died and dozens more were injured as topsoil whipped by 50 mile-per-hour winds reduced visibility to zero. The afternoon holocaust left a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • British Sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein Was Once ...

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Feb 27, 2010
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    British sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein was once visited in his studio by the eminent author and fellow Briton, George Bernard Shaw. The visitor noticed a huge block of stone standing in one corner and asked what it was for. "I don't know yet. I'm still making plans." Shaw was astounded. "You mean you ...read more

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  • Changing Audiences

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010
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    CHANGING AUDIENCES We have let the world define greatness for us. Our society has built itself on the philosophy of the devil instead of on the wisdom of God. As long as we believe Satan’s big lie that our lives are insignificant unless we are on top, we will live in constant state of ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Sharing The Cup With All

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010
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    SHARING THE CUP WITH ALL One Sunday morning in 1865, a black man entered a fashionable church in Richmond, Virginia. When Communion was served, he walked down the aisle and knelt at the altar. A rustle of resentment swept the congregation. How dare he! After all, believers in that church used the ...read more

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    Denomination: *other