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  • George Moore Tells The True Story Of Irish ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jul 19, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,993 views

    George Moore tells the true story of Irish peasants in the depression era that were hired by a wealthy benefactor to build some roads. When they started the job the men worked well, they sang their Irish songs and put their total energies into the job. They were so glad to be back to work again. ...read more

  • Some Time Ago "Reader's Digest" Told The Story ...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Malone on Apr 5, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 5,028 views

    Some time ago "Reader’s Digest" told the story about a company who mailed out some special advertising business post cards with a mustard seed glued to it with the following caption that went something like this: "If you have faith as small as this mustard seed in our (particular product), you are ...read more

  • Recently, I Have Starting Reliving The Early-90s! ...

    Contributed by Lisa Delay on Nov 16, 2005
     | 1,678 views

    Recently, I have starting reliving the early-90s! It was bygone time of discovery and mayhem. An acquaintance (a friend of a friend) from that era still sends an update newsletter on rare occasion. I find this correspondence very amusing because the “news” is laden with a string of accomplishments ...read more

  • Bible Fact & Fiction: Tyndale House In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 1,815 views

    Bible Fact & Fiction: Tyndale House in cooperation with the Barna Research Group discovered the following about American adults: · 80% name the Bible as the most influential book in human history. · 58% believe the Bible to be totally accurate in all it teaches. · 91% of all households own at least ...read more

  • Eharmony.com Founded By Christian Author And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,665 views

    eHarmony.com founded by Christian author and marriage counselor psychologist Dr. Neil Clark led the Internet personals category in new subscriptions by grabbing nearly 38% of total U.S. subscription sales generated by the top 12 dating sites, reports comScore. eHarmony’s radio and television ad ...read more

  • Online Donations To The Biggest U.s. Charities ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,614 views

    Online Donations to the biggest U.S. charities surged 63% last year from ‘03, finds a new Chronicle of Philanthropy study. The 164 groups surveyed raised a combined $166.2 million online. That is less than 1% of the total raised by most of the charities, but the growth will spur more online ...read more

  • According To The Centers For Disease Control ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Mar 30, 2006
     | 1,680 views

    According to the Centers for Disease Control domestic violence affects more than 32 million Americans, that is more than 10% of the U.S. population A woman is battered at least once every 15 seconds in the U.S. Battering is the single largest cause of injury to women in the U.S. 3 to 4 million ...read more

  • On The Windy Brittany Coast Of France The Abbe ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,570 views

    On the windy Brittany coast of France the Abbe Adolph Juelienne Foure spent nearly ten hours a day every single day for 25 years carving more than 300 figures out of a huge section of rock above the sea. The statues tell the fantastic history of the Rotheneuf family, a 16th century tribe of ...read more

  • Some Time Ago "Reader's Digest" Told The Story ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,380 views

    Some time ago "Reader’s Digest" told the story about a company who mailed out some special advertising business post cards with a mustard seed glued to it with the following caption that went something like this: "If you have faith as small as this mustard seed in our (particular product), you are ...read more

  • Have You Ever Heard The Phrase "Like A Dog ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,795 views

    Have you ever heard the phrase “Like a dog worrying a bone.” Its an old English phrase that contains the picture behind the word worry. A dog will shake, chew, gnaw and lick and bite on a bone for hours, trying to wear it down. It’s a compulsion. The dog will work and work on that bone unless ...read more

  • No Difference

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 3,494 views

    NO DIFFERENCE Too many Christians of our day seem to be totally unconcerned with the need to be conformed to the image of Christ (Rom.8: 29). Rather, they seem to think that they can live pretty much as they please, as long as they admit it to God. This could not be farther from the truth. ...read more

  • God Has A Way For Getting Your Need Met, Your ...

    Contributed by Et Tapper on Feb 9, 2009
     | 1,940 views

    God has a way for getting your need met, your problem solved. That way is rooted in your faith’s becoming a SEED When you plant a seed, God changes the nature of that seed so that it becomes a plant, and the power of life surges in that tender young plant to such a great extent that even a ...read more

  • In The 1988 Film Rain Man, Dustin Hoffman's ...

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Dec 17, 2009
     | 1,356 views

    In the 1988 film Rain Man, Dustin Hoffman’s character is based on a real-life autistic man named Kim Peek. Peek has total recall of more than 9,000 books. When he attended a performance of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, he stood up near the end and loudly ordered, “You’ve got to stop it, stop it, ...read more

  • The More Loving One

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 29, 2011
     | 1,366 views

    THE MORE LOVING ONE Looking up at the stars, I know quite well That, for all they care, I can go to hell, But on earth indifference is the least We have to dread from man or beast. How should we like it if stars were to burn With a passion for us we could not return? If equal affection cannot ...read more

  • Saving A Stranger

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 23, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,951 views

    SAVING A STRANGER In his book Open the Door Wide to Happy Living, T. Huffman Harris told of a young man named Eddie who became tired of life and decided to leap from a bridge into a turbulent river. Jim, a total stranger, saw Eddie being swept downstream and plunged into the water in an effort to ...read more

  • Depressions Of Spirit  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 7, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,987 views

    DEPRESSIONS OF SPIRIT One Sunday morning in 1866, the famous preacher C. H. Spurgeon shocked 5,000 listeners from the pulpit of London's Metropolitan Tabernacle he announced, "I am the subject of depressions of spirit so fearful that I hope none of you ever gets to such extremes of wretchedness as ...read more

  • Baptism Long Ago

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 23, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,135 views

    BAPTISM LONG AGO Centuries ago the circumstances of one's baptism would come on Easter eve at midnight. In the semidarkness, he or she would disrobe and descend into the waters to be immersed three times, in the name of the Father, then the Son, and finally the Holy Spirit. The newly baptized ...read more

  • Propitiation And Jewish Roots

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 30, 2019
     | 1,594 views

    Modern Jews, like Jews centuries before Christ, believed their suffering atoned for sing.Faithful Jews even today are encouraged to offer a prayer when seriously ill or near death called the Viduy (or Vidui) prayer: "I acknowledge before You, Lord my G-d and the G-d of my fathers, that my ...read more

  • God's Providence Fills Every Second Of Our Lives

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Aug 21, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 717 views

    In 1937 Walt Disney released the first full-length animated movie which has garnered almost one billion in total sales: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Producing an animated movie was a gargantuan task. Disney artists drew over one million pictures. Each picture flashed onto the screen for a mere ...read more

  • Asistencia De La Iglesia De La Vida  PRO

    Contributed by Ezequiel Alaniz on Feb 8, 2004
    based on 30 ratings
     | 1,460 views

    Analicemos la siguiente estadistica. Si nosotros vivimos 75 aòos, la mayoria habriamos gastado 4 aòos completos con sus respectivas 24 horas al dia, adquiriendo un grado de educacion hasta llegar al colegio. Habriamos gastado 7 aòos comiendo aunque alguno mas y otros un poquito menos considerando ...read more