Contributed by Harold White on Jan 5, 2001
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Travel has changed:
More than two hundred years ago George Washington traveled from Virginia to Washington D.C. by horseback. It could take him ten days traveling at a speed of twenty five miles per day.
Today astronauts can enter a space shuttle and travel at twenty five thousand miles per hour.
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Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
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When Steve Tran of Westminster, California, closed the door after activating twenty-five bug bombs, he thought he had seen the last of the cockroaches that shared his apartment. When the spray reached the pilot light of the stove, it ignited, blasting his screen door across the street, breaking all
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Contributed by Gene Barron on Feb 2, 2001
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Frequently in the wedding service we have the ceremony of lighting the unity candle by the bride and groom. The couple each takes a small burning candle, representing their solitary life thus far, and together they light the large, center, wedding candle. When they put their small candles back
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Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 21, 2001
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Tony Campolo says that his wife is a brilliant woman. She has a PHD & is capable of pursuing a very profitable career. But she elected to stay home with her children when they were young. Her decision didn’t bother her at all except when other women would ask, “What do you do?” She would
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Contributed by Ted Sutherland on Mar 12, 2001
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In the Seoul Olympics, sailing competitions were under way at Pusan on September 24, 1988, with winds raging at 35 knots and playing havoc with the boats. Two sailors of the Singapore team, Joseph Chan and Shaw Her, were thrown overboard when their boat capsized.
Canada’s Lawrence Lemieux was
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 24, 2001
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1. A small girl was impressed by two things:
a. How difficult it was not to tell a falsehood from time to time.
b. How may people were always telling her that it’s a sin to tell a lie.
2. So she decided to investigate.
a. She starting with her father.
Dad: “She asked, have you ever told a
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Contributed by David Limiero on Jun 5, 2001
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The Mineola Messenger printed an article entitled "Children and Their Changing Attitude Towards Their Parents." Let me read it to you:
Age 4: "My parents can do anything"
Age 8: "There might be one or two things they don’t know."
Age 12: "Naturally, my parents don’t understand."
Age 14: "I
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Contributed by Adlai Naidoo on Oct 10, 2001
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Three monkeys sat on a coconut tree,
Discussing things as they are said to be,
Said one monkey to the other :
"Now listen you two, there’s a certain rumor which can’t be true,
that man has descended from our noble race;
why, the very idea is an utter disgrace,
No monkey has ever deserted his
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 7, 2002
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In American history, the Battle of the Alamo stands as a prime example of the kind of decisiveness Jesus calls for. In 1836 a band of fewer than 200 men defended the little mission in San Antonio, against General Santa Anna’s 6,000 Mexican troops. For two weeks they held the Alamo against
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 24, 2002
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Michael Green sums it up. “How much we need the Holy Spirit in our church life! Had it struck you that if the New Testament is right in the marrying up of the Holy Spirit with witness bearing, this might shed a flood light on the poverty of spiritual experience in many a church and many a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2002
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RESPECT YOUR ELDERS
At age twenty-six, Pat Moore performed an unbelievable experiment. An industrial designer, Moore wanted a better understanding of senior adults, so for three years she frequently disguised herself as an eighty-five-year-old woman. From 1979 to 1981, she utilized the skills of a
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
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When you go to a doctor for your annual check-up, he or she will often begin to poke, prod, and press various places, all the while asking, "Does this hurt? How about this?" If you cry out in pain, one of two things has happened. Either the doctor has pushed too hard, without the right sensitivity.
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Randy Brantley, of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention Evangelism Dept, said that a "code blue" needs to be issued for reaching today’s teenagers. Pointing out that "code blue is the hospital term for a life-or-death emergency, Brantley notes: "Suicide has increased 120 percent among kids ages 10
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THE THUMB ALLOWS MAN A PRIVILEGE MANY OTHER OF GOD’S CREATION DO NOT HAVE!
The thumb is normally the thickest digit on a human hand and is analogous in position to the big toe.
The thumb differs from man’s other digits, in that it only has two phalanges, thus it is permitted greater
freedom of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2003
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ILL: A wealthy businessman hosted a spectacular party in which he had filled his swimming pool with sharks, barracuda, and other assorted dangerous fish. He announced to his guests that he would like to challenge any of them to try swimming across the pool, and he would offer a first prize of
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Contributed by Mark Mccool on Apr 21, 2003
In times of war, acts of heroism were performed when men sacrificed their lives for a platoon of soldiers, or even one man, who was wounded by enemy fire!
On October 6, 1944, Lieutenant General Alexander M. Patch, Seventh Army Commander, placed the Congressional Medal of Honor on 2nd Lieutenant
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