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  • There Are Some Interesting Facts About The Sisal ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jun 7, 2001
    based on 175 ratings
     | 3,572 views

    There are some interesting facts about the sisal plant from which is made tough sisal twine. It grows in Yucatan, Mexico, in hard stony soil. Some Americans visited the area and decided that there might be good money to be made in growing it in richer soil under better conditions. So they started ...read more

  • Fact Is, The Mayo Clinic Claims 80-85% Of Total ...  PRO

    Contributed by Craig Simonian on Jun 8, 2001
    based on 233 ratings
     | 2,375 views

    Fact is, the Mayo Clinic claims 80-85% of total caseload due directly to worry and anxiety. - Many experts say that coping with stress is the #1 health priority of our day. o One leading physician has stated that, in his opinion, 70% of all medical patients could cure themselves if only they got ...read more

  • Into The Day  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on Apr 30, 2002
    based on 64 ratings
     | 2,498 views

    INTO THE DAY I got up early one morning And rushed right into the day; I had so much to accomplish I didn’t have time to pray. Troubles just tumbled about me And heavier came each task. Why doesn’t God help me, I wondered, He answered, "You didn’t ask." I tried to come into God’s presence, I ...read more

  • A Woman Once Wrote That At A Garage Sale She Had ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 31, 2002
    based on 88 ratings
     | 2,326 views

    A woman once wrote that at a garage sale she had spotted a handsome antique copper kettle for only $2.50. It was badly tarnished, so she asked the woman running the sale if the discoloration would come out. She cheerfully offered to try some copper cleaner on it and disappeared with it into the ...read more

  • Twelve Years Ago, I Read A Book Titled, "You And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Oct 22, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,861 views

    Twelve years ago, I read a book titled, "You and Your Network" by Fred Smith, and there I learned to secure mentors for different areas of my life. My first mentor was a pastor, who welcomed me into his life 24 hours a day. I remember him saying, "Dana, you will learn a great deal from me. ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago A Us Air Airplane Crashed Near ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jan 27, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,259 views

    A few years ago a US AIR airplane crashed near Pittsburgh. The cause of that crash was a mystery, because the plane just seemed to fall from the sky. So it was with great interest that the investigators listened to the information recorded in the plane’s black box. CNN played a portion of that ...read more

  • Why Should I Forgive?  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Oct 31, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 6,078 views

    WHY SHOULD I FORGIVE? During a children’s sermon one Sunday morning, I held up an ugly-looking summer shirt that I wore occasionally around the house. I explained to the children that someone said the shirt was ugly and should be thrown away. "This really hurt me," I explained. "I’m having ...read more

  • I Remember During The First War Against Iraq A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Christopher Lanham on Apr 29, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,777 views

    I remember during the first war against Iraq a number of books hit the shelves tying the events of the war to the prophecies of the Bible. Imminent theologians staked their reputations on works tying the Middle East conflict of 1991 to the beginning of the end. According to their complex ...read more

  • The Tv Watch Public In Australia Was Given A ...

    Contributed by Allan Quak on Dec 5, 2005
     | 1,870 views

    The TV watch public in Australia was given a taste of seeing temptation as a form of entertainment when one of the networks aired a show called “Temptation Island”. The basic plot of the show was that four couples were going to test their devotion to each other by placing themselves on an island ...read more

  • Morris Siegel Was A Street Person In Los Angeles. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,279 views

    Morris Siegel was a street person in Los Angeles. He lived like most street people--roaming about in back alleys, sleeping out-of-doors, carrying everything he owned in an old shopping cart. He was found in an alley, dead of natural causes, perhaps heart trouble. The interesting thing about ...read more

  • They Call It The Marshmallow Test. A Researcher ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,983 views

    They call it the marshmallow test. A researcher gives this choice to a 4-year-old: “I am leaving for a few minutes to run an errand and you can have this marshmallow while I am gone, but if you wait until I return, you can have two marshmallows.” Researchers at Stanford University ran that test in ...read more

  • Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid Is One Of My ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 19, 2006
     | 3,949 views

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is one of my time favorite movies. I wasn’t alone in liking it. The film won four academy awards and was nominated as Best Picture in 1970. It’s ranked as one of the top 150 movies on several motion picture sites. Part of the popularity of the film was the ...read more

  • An Old Gospel Hymn By Annie Johnson Flint Sums Up ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Nov 5, 2006
     | 1,962 views

    An old Gospel hymn by Annie Johnson Flint sums up today’s message so well for me: God has not promised skies always blue, Flower strewn pathways all our lives through; God has not promised sun without rain, Joy without sorrow, peace without pain. Refrain But God has promised strength for the ...read more

  • No Atheist In Foxholes

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 11, 2006
     | 1,838 views

    No Atheist in Foxholes The world has come along ways in a short time. They refuse to believe in anything evil yet our world grows more evil every day. Unfortunately your decision to believe in hell does not lower the temp. of hell one degree, brighten the darkness in the least not calm the ...read more

  • Missionaries Teaching Indians Of ...

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Apr 1, 2007
     | 2,065 views

    Illustration: Missionaries teaching Indians of Gospel of Peace. No word for peace. Finally concluded with a heart that sets down. Parallel: Some have know answer or word for what they are feeling only they feel the loss inside them and in their life. Many times we try to feel the void, only making ...read more

  • As I Listened To Dr Ron Hawkins On The ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 4, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,031 views

    As I listened to Dr Ron Hawkins on the Counseling Ministry DVD’s he said his dad who was a pastor told him after he had retired, “If I had it to do over I would preach more messages of comfort. People have so much pain in their lives.” It reminded me of the many times God would bring this text to ...read more

  • The Tongue

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 17, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,427 views

    “The Tongue” A biblical writer said, “The tongue can no man tame.” A Greek philosopher asked his servant to provide the best dish possible. The servant prepared a dish of tongue, saying: “It is the best of all dishes, because with it we may bless and communicate happiness, dispel sorrow, remove ...read more

  • Near Death, Missionary Allen Gardiner Overwhelmed ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 3, 2009
     | 8,786 views

    Near Death, Missionary Allen Gardiner Overwhelmed by God’s Goodness One of God’s faithful missionaries, Allen Gardiner, experienced many physical difficulties and hardships throughout his service to the Savior. Despite his troubles, he said, “While God gives me strength, failure will not daunt me.” ...read more

  • Playing God

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Dec 9, 2011
     | 3,014 views

    PLAYING GOD Have you ever felt like you were adrift in the ocean with no clue on how to get to shore? A lot of times in life we get a curveball when we are expecting a fastball. We get frustrated when we try to figure God out. Without knowing it a lot of times we even try to play God. When you ...read more

  • We Had Been Given A Gift To Go The Whitewater ...

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Dec 9, 2011
     | 2,017 views

    We had been given a gift to go the Whitewater Center in Charlotte, NC to go on a Rope Course and Zip Line. First of all you get into a harness which feels like you are a two year old that has just gotten into trouble for the 20th time. Now you are on a leash, a short leash. The rope course is ...read more