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  • Celebrities Tend To Misbehave In Tiresome And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
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    Celebrities tend to misbehave in tiresome and predictable ways--tantrums, affairs, addictions--and we tend to think they’re spoiled. But one psychiatrist, Cornell’s Robert B. Millman, says they’re not spoiled, they’re sick. The affliction is Acquired Situational Narcissism. ASN develops when ...read more

  • The Wrong Horse  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Sep 24, 2002
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    THE WRONG HORSE Two Kentucky farmers who owned racing stables had developed a keen rivalry. One spring, each of them entered a horse in a local steeplechase. Thinking that a professional rider might help him outdo his friend, one of the farmers engaged a crack jockey. The two horses were ...read more

  • Gene A. Getz, In His Book, The Measure Of A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Jul 7, 2003
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    Gene A. Getz, in his book, The Measure of a Church, asks the question, "What is the measure of maturity in the church?" And he lists what others believe are the measure of maturity: 1. An active church (involving people in meetings and programs) 2. A giving church (supporting the church and ...read more

  • Many People Think Money Is Security, But I ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 18, 2004
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    Many people think money is security, but I Timothy 6:9 warns that it can be just the opposite. A few years ago, columnist Jim Bishop reported what happened to people who won the state lottery: Rosa Grayson of Washington won $400 a week for life. She hides in her apartment. For the first time in her ...read more

  • The Stats On Prayer  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 1, 2004
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    THE STATS ON PRAYER A Newsweek poll several years ago titled "Is God Listening?" indicated that 54% of those the magazine surveyed prayed on a daily basis - 25% said they pray to God once a day and 29% more than once a day. 87% believed that God answers their prayers at least some of the time. ...read more

  • Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman Had Been Holding Meetings ...

    Contributed by Scott Malone on Mar 1, 2005
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    Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman had been holding meetings in England, but the attendance had been disappointingly small. Then he received word that John Hyde, who became known to the world as Praying Hyde, a Presbyterian missionary to India, was going to pray down God’s blessing upon him and his work. As a ...read more

  • From Texas History Comes The Story Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
     | 1,869 views

    From Texas history comes the story of the conversion of Sam Houston. At one tine, the Texas hero was called “The Old Drunk.” While he was governor of Tennessee, his wife left him. In despair he resigned as governor and tried to escape his problems by going to live among Cherokee Indians. He stayed ...read more

  • A Guy By The Name Of Herb Forst In Cross River, ...

    Contributed by William Huegel on Dec 30, 2005
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    A guy by the name of Herb Forst in Cross River, NY, offered some suggestions to the Reader’s Digest, p. 69 that they thought was so good they printed it. It’s entitled: “What not to Buy Your Wife” Although the only person a man usually shops for is his wife, the whole experience is a stressful ...read more

  • Crocodile Hunter Illus. ( One Thing To Fight With ...

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 4, 2006
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    Crocodile Hunter ILLUS. ( one thing to fight with something another to kill it) In the news the other day it was reported that the world famous Australian Crocodile Hunter had been killed by a sting ray, really by accident. I loved to watch the Croc Hunter on the animal planet and other ...read more

  • 1956 National Championship In Melbourne…in The ...

    Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 10, 2007
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    1956 National Championship in Melbourne…in the third lap, Ron Clarke (Australian and World Junior Mile record holder) and John Landy moved forward at a strong pace. They were shooting for a new world record! Then Alec Henderson tried to squeeze between the two runners and the inside edge of the ...read more

  • Rev. David E. Cox Passed Along This Observation ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Jan 11, 2007
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    Rev. David E. Cox passed along this observation to his congregation one day. My youngest son, Brandon, is quite the newcomer as an author. No, he does not have the capabilities of writing splendid poetry like Maya Angelou nor leaves his readers in suspense like Stephen L. Carter, but with every ...read more

  • I Begin This Morning With A True Story About True ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    I begin this morning with a true story about true love. He first saw her in Sunday school when he was six and she was just five. Many years later he would recall: "She had golden curls and beautiful blue eyes. I thought she was the most beautiful and the sweetest person on earth." They graduated ...read more

  • There Is A Picture Mounted On One Of The Original ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Apr 5, 2007
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    There is a picture mounted on one of the original Norman pillars of our Church here at St Nicholas’ Church in New Romney, Kent, England. You will find it on the pillar closest to the war memorial at the back of Church and it is about a game of Chess. In the picture, Faust is engaged in a ...read more

  • 1956 National Championship In Melbourne…in The ...

    Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 28, 2008
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     | 1,140 views

    1956 National Championship in Melbourne…in the third lap, Ron Clarke (Australian and World Junior Mile record holder) and John Landy moved forward at a strong pace. They were shooting for a new world record! Then Alec Henderson tried to squeeze between the two runners and the inside edge of the ...read more

  • Since The Beginning Of Time People Have Fought ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on May 29, 2008
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    Since the beginning of time people have fought with each other A group of historians has compiled the following info. In the last 5600 years the world has seen only 292 years of peace During this same period there have been 14,351 wars In which 3.64 billion people have been killed The property ...read more

  • Since Some Of The Best Illustrations Are What Not ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 21, 2008
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    Since some of the best illustrations are what not to do, I offer a few tips on How to Turn a Disagreement into a Feud: 1. Be sure to develop and maintain a fear of conflict, letting your own feelings build up so you are in an explosive frame of mind. 2. If you must state your concerns, be as vague ...read more

  • Not A Voice, But A Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
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    NOT A VOICE, BUT A LIFE The late great Presbyterian clergyman and hymnist, Rev. Maltbie Davenport Babcock (1858 - 1901) once wrote: "Christianity is not a voice in the wilderness but a life in the world. It is not an idea in the air but feet on the ground, going [Almighty] God's way. It is not an ...read more

  • Saddam Hussein: A Story Of Judgment

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 17, 2009
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    SADDAM HUSSEIN: A STORY OF JUDGMENT It was in the desert area of Iraq. Saddam Hussein was found in a small hole in the ground, hiding like a rat, curled up hoping to elude capture by the American troops. He was found near a farmhouse outside the city of Tikrit, in a swift raid conducted without ...read more

  • The Great Violinist, Niccolo Paganini Willed His ...

    Contributed by Jason Miller on Mar 29, 2010
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    The great violinist, Niccolo Paganini willed his marvelous violin to city of Genoa on condition that it must never be played. The wood of such an instrument, while used and handled, wears only slightly, but set aside, it begins to decay. Paganini’s lovely violin has today become worm-eaten and ...read more

  • Twilight Zone: Satan's Release

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 7, 2011
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    TWILIGHT ZONE: SATAN'S RELEASE In a classic Twilight Zone episode from 1960, an American on a walking trip through central Europe gets caught in a raging storm. Staggering through the blinding rain, he chances upon an imposing medieval castle. It is a hermitage for a brotherhood of monks. The ...read more