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  • The Answer To Death, Citation: Robert Russell, ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 1, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 4,646 views

    [The Answer to Death, Citation: Robert Russell, "Resurrection Promises," Preaching Today, Tape No. 151.] Professional golfer Paul Azinger was diagnosed with cancer at age 33. He had just won a PGA championship and had ten tournament victories to his credit. He wrote, "A genuine feeling of fear ...read more

  • Professional Golfer Paul Azinger Was Diagnosed ...  PRO

    Contributed by Todd Randolph on Jun 30, 2001
    based on 74 ratings
     | 3,171 views

    Professional golfer Paul Azinger was diagnosed with cancer at age 33. He had just won a PGA championship and had ten tournament victories to his credit. He wrote, "A genuine feeling of fear came over me. I could die from cancer. Then another reality hit me even harder. I’m going to die eventually ...read more

  • A Group Of Frogs Were Traveling Through The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Sep 21, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,608 views

    A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit. All the other frogs gathered around the pit. When they saw how deep the pit was, they told the two fallen frogs that they were as good as dead. The two fallen frogs ignored their comments and tried to jump up ...read more

  • Radio Personality Paul Harvey Tells The Story Of ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 10, 2010
     | 1,464 views

    Radio personality Paul Harvey tells the story of how an Eskimo kills a wolf. The account is grisly, yet it offers fresh insight into the consuming, self-destructive nature of sin. “First, the Eskimo coats his knife blade with animal blood and allows it to freeze. Then he adds another layer of ...read more

  • The Deceitfulness Of Sin

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Mar 12, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,881 views

    Radio personality Paul Harvey tells the story of how an Eskimo kills a wolf. The account is grisly, yet it offers fresh insight into the consuming, self-destructive nature of sin. "First, the Eskimo coats his knife blade with animal blood and allows it to freeze. Then he adds another layer of ...read more

  • Chuck Swindoll Said, "When The Ritz-Carlton ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 26, 2007
     | 965 views

    Chuck Swindoll said, "When the Ritz-Carlton Hotels won a prestigious award; I had the opportunity to congratulate the owner of that organization, Mr. William Johnson, my good friend who lives in Atlanta. In typical humility and his wonderful “Southern drawl,” Bill gave others the credit. He added ...read more

  • Chuck Swindoll

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,490 views

    Chuck Swindoll- When the Ritz-Carlton Hotels won a prestigious award; I had the opportunity to congratulate the owner of that organization, Mr. William Johnson, my good friend who lives in Atlanta. In typical humility and his wonderful “Southern drawl,” Bill gave others the credit. He added that ...read more

  • A Christian Couple Was Ministering To Believers ...

    Contributed by George Rhodes on Apr 19, 2006
     | 2,249 views

    A Christian couple was ministering to believers in Eastern Europe, behind the Iron Curtain. The couple had brought in Christian literature, blankets, and other necessary items. At the church gathering, the couple assured the believers that Christians in America were praying for believers in Eastern ...read more

  • Irritated By The 1971 Canadian Census Form ...

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Nov 19, 2008
     | 1,303 views

    Irritated by the 1971 Canadian census form defining the husband as the Head of the household, I wrote in the space marked Householder comments: “In this family my husband and I definitely share the household equally, and I wish to register my complaint at your archaic wording.” Several days later, ...read more

  • When I Went To University Back In The Eighties, ...

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Nov 19, 2008
     | 1,616 views

    When I went to university back in the eighties, many people were defaulting on their student loans. I had a relatively small loan of about 7,000 dollars and I certainly didn’t want to pay it back, but the payments were pretty small so I did, and it felt good when it was finally gone. I heard of a ...read more

  • Let Me Read A Quote From A Devotional By Os ...

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Nov 19, 2008
     | 1,577 views

    Let me read a quote from a devotional by Os Hillman: When we first begin our spiritual journey we often make decisions from convenience. Often, we decide what the outcome is that we want and then make decisions based on the perceived outcome. If it is a positive outcome, then we will make an ...read more

  • From Homeless To Home

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Nov 19, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,775 views

    FROM HOMELESS TO HOME A young woman about 20 years old had been living on the streets of a suburban neighborhood for about five years because of her severely abusive alcoholic parents. She was a pleasant-looking young woman behind the tattered and dirty clothes, oily hair, and dirty makeup-free ...read more

  • Chargers Vs. Broncos

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 16, 2009
     | 1,367 views

    I was looking for modern day example of Paul’s heart, and I found it to some degree in an NFL football player. In a game between the San Diego Chargers and the Denver Broncos on December 10, 2006, Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson (known as L.T.) took his position the same way he had done ...read more

  • It Was Mark Twain Who Wrote:

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 19, 2009
     | 897 views

    It was Mark Twain who wrote: “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was ...read more

  • Forgiveness Vs. Tolerance: Church Discipline  PRO

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 19, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,828 views

    FORGIVENESS VS. TOLERANCE: CHURCH DISCIPLINE If we look closer at Jesus words, he tells us that we do not have to tolerate sinful behaviour in order to forgive a person. He says in verse 17 that if the person doesn't listen after going through all the steps, to treat that person as a tax collector ...read more

  • This Is Not Going To Be A Debate About Creation ...

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 24, 2009
     | 3,725 views

    This is not going to be a debate about creation or evolution, but I do want to share a quote from a well known pastor named Randy Croft: Astrophysicists have found that there are over 60 criteria that are necessary for life on earth. For you and me to live. Life could not exist or form if any one ...read more

  • A Boy And The Bible

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 24, 2009
     | 3,483 views

    A BOY AND THE BIBLE A little boy opened the big old family Bible. He was fascinated as he fingered through the pages. Suddenly something fell out. It was an old leaf that had been pressed between the pages. He yelled ...read more

  • Maybe God Wants Us To Say Wow

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 25, 2009
     | 2,966 views

    MAYBE GOD WANTS US TO SAY WOW Last week a young man asked me why God made sharks. I could have come up with many scientific answers, but again the point of all this is to give God glory, so I finally answered "Maybe sometimes God just wants us to say wow." I used to wonder why God made mosquitoes ...read more

  • What Are We Worth?

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 25, 2009
     | 1,915 views

    WHAT ARE WE WORTH? It is estimated that the chemical components of a normal 150-pound human are worth about 12 bucks. The rest is water and is free. When we think about the electrical power we generate, it is figured that we would produce about 11,400,000 kilowatts per pound if it could be ...read more

  • Made In God's Image

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 25, 2009
     | 2,870 views

    MADE IN GOD'S IMAGE This is what is meant by God’s image, in the words of Elmer Towns: a. Intellect. The ability to think, abstractly, i.e., put words to ideas, think in cause-effect relationships, remember, etc. Man has the ability to know the difference between right and wrong. b. Emotions. ...read more