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  • A Note Written By One Of The Miners Who Died In ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
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    A Note written by one of the miners who died in the West Virginia mining accident was made public. ‘Tell all I’ll see them on the other side," family members say one scrawled note, found with the body of 51-year-old mine foreman ...read more

  • I Was There In The Delivery Room When My ...

    Contributed by Timothy Mills on Sep 28, 2006
     | 2,142 views

    I was there in the delivery room when my children were born. I remember the doctor delivering them, the nurse cleaning them up, and checking them out. They were helpless, weak, utterly dependant on the good graces of the people in charge of their care. They remained helpless for years, though ...read more

  • High Speed: At The End '05 There Were 50.2 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
     | 1,349 views

    High Speed: At the end ’05 there were 50.2 million U.S. homes and businesses connecting online via broadband, a 33% increase from ‘04, reports the FCC. 51% are cable modems and 41% are DLS lines. 72% of Web users now connect ...read more

  • The Average Online Shopper Is Female, Age 44, And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
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    The Average Online Shopper is female, age 44, and has an annual household income of about $68,000 according to an eMarketer Inc. study. She has a college degree, is more inclined to use an advanced Internet connection, and spends more than $360 a year on various purchases. ...read more

  • Kids Love Family Best At Christmas  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 7, 2009
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    KIDS LOVE FAMILY BEST AT CHRISTMAS On the TV show, Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?, they took a poll of 8 to 12 year olds and asked them, "What do you most enjoy about the holidays?" A) Decorating the house B) Spending time with family and ...read more

  • I Remember Stealing A Bag Of Lollies From A ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 28, 2009
     | 1,598 views

    I remember stealing a bag of lollies from a shopping centre as a kid. I would have done it again and again, except the guilt of that act stayed with me for years. I regretted being so dishonest. All of us have broken the 10 commandments in our lives. In fact the NT ...read more

  • The Candle

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Feb 7, 2010
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    The Candle We light this candle the Easter vigil service each year as a reminder that the light of Jesus has defeated the darkness of sin. Now if you notice, this candle isn't as tall as it was. What has happened to all that wax? (take answers) As the candle gives ...read more

  • A Man Purchased A Statue Of Christ And Placed It ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jul 6, 2010
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    A man purchased a statue of Christ and placed it on his desk in his den. A few days later his wife moved the statue to a table in the living room. Their five-year-old daughter, noticing the change of location, asked “Where are you going to put God?” Now ...read more

  • Vote To Get Well

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Mar 6, 2011
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    VOTE TO GET WELL Mrs Fisher, the primary school teacher, was at home recovering from surgery. She heard the letter box bang on the door, then her husband entered the room bringing in the post. One of the letters was a get well card from her 2nd year class ...read more

  • Geddie's Mission

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Sep 2, 2012
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    GEDDIE'S MISSION Dr. John Geddie was a Scots-Canadian missionary who was known as "the father of Presbyterian missions in the South Seas." In 1848 he pioneered missionary work in the New Hebrides islands, Aneityum (Anatom) and worked there for God for 24 years. On the tablet erected to his memory ...read more

  • Sharing Your Testimony!

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Apr 4, 2021
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    My wife Marge said she was 8 years old when during a time of revival in Alberta, Canada she received Jesus as her own personal Saviour. This was in 1948 and the next day she could hardly wait to tell all her friends about Jesus and how she was saved. ...read more

  • Juanita Slater Said, "When I Was Staying With A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,695 views

    Juanita Slater said, “When I was staying with a neighbor’s five- and seven-year-olds I heard a squeal coming from the next room--then Becky’s voice, ‘Mike, God doesn’t love you when you do things like that.’ A ...read more

  • There Was A Movie That Came Out ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,972 views

    ILLUSTRATION: There was a movie that came out awhile back where parents had sheltered their son away from the world in a bomb shelter for 30 years. When he came out of it, he didn’t know who to handle difficult situations. He was totally lost. He was not able to ...read more

  • One Of My Seminary Professors Gave A Great ...

    Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 18, 2007
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    One of my seminary professors gave a great lecture one day when I was in my first year at the seminary. I was in awe of his knowledge. I went up to him after class and told him just how much I enjoyed the lecture and his vast Biblical ...read more

  • Warren Wiersbe Tells A Story Of When He Was A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 18, 2000
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     | 1,436 views

    Warren Wiersbe tells a story of when he was a young man preaching on the last days with all the events of prophecy clearly laid out and perfectly planned. At the end of the service an older gentleman came up to him and whispered in his ear, “I used to have the Lord’s return planned out ...read more

  • It Is A Well Known Fact, That Hollywood Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    IT IS A WELL KNOWN FACT, THAT HOLLYWOOD IS FIXATED ON A WORLD ENDING SCENARIO, EVIDENCED IN THE 1998 MOVIE: ARMAGEDDON, WHICH CHARACTERIZES GOOD AND EVIL AS AN ASTEROID TWICE THE SIZE OF TEXAS, AND BRUCE WILLIS, THE GOOD GUY, WHO SAVES THE WORLD FROM DESTRUCTION. H. ARMAGEDDON GROSSED $201,573,391 ...read more

  • In 1990, Only Ten Multi-Site Protestant Churches ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
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    In 1990, only ten multi-site Protestant churches existed in the U.S. In '07, 15% of all U.S. Protestant churches were seriously considering adding a site within the next two years. Almost half (47) of America’s 100 Largest and Fastest-Growing Churches ...read more

  • We Are Not Meant To Live In Darkness. We Were ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 14, 2008
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    We are not meant to live in darkness. We were created to live in the light—in God’s light. I worked with a young lady several years ago whose boyfriend surrendered to the darkness. He blew his brains out with a shotgun just as she entered their bedroom. It was devastating. I knew the guy. ...read more

  • The Quartz Hill Football Team Won The Cif ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 15, 2008
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    The Quartz Hill football team won the CIF Championship. The head coach, Pat Degnan, told his team all year, "Its not the X's and the O, but the Jimmy's and the Joe's." In other words, plays don't win football games; players do. In the same way, church doctrines and programs do ...read more

  • Deadly ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    DEADLY PROFESSION Every year, between 300 and 400 doctors take their own lives (roughly one per day). No other profession has a higher suicide rate. And, in sharp contrast to the general population where male suicides outnumber female suicides 4 to 1, the rate among male and ...read more