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  • Near Cripple Creek, Colorado, Gold And Tellurium ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,098 views

    Near Cripple Creek, Colorado, gold and tellurium occur mixed as tellurite ore. The refining methods of the early mining camps could not separate the two elements, so the ore was thrown into a scrap heap. One day a miner mistook a lump of ore for coal and tossed it into his stove. Later, while ...read more

  • Our Will Is Who We Are

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 16, 2009
     | 1,302 views

    OUR WILL IS WHO WE ARE Watchman Nee: "A man’s will is his organ for decision-making. To want or not to want, to choose or not to choose are the typical operations of the will. "Our emotions merely express how we feel. Our mind simply tells us what we think, but our will communicates what we ...read more

  • In The Whitsundays In Australia On The Mainland ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Apr 1, 2010
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    In the Whitsundays in Australia on the mainland sugar cane is the main crop. Around harvest time you will see a whole field set on fire, flames reaching into the sky at night. It is quite spectacular. The fire is not an accident but INTENTIONAL BURNING BEFORE HARVESTING. Fire sweeps throughout the ...read more

  • François Fénelon Once ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
     | 2,948 views

    François Fénelon once wrote: "Lord, I know not what I ought to ask of Thee; Thou only knowest what I need; Thou lovest me better than I know how to love myself. O Father! give to Thy child that which he himself knows not how to ask. I dare not ask for crosses or consolations; I simply present ...read more

  • Recently, Our Family Returned To Some Familiar ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Sep 30, 2005
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    Recently, our family returned to some familiar memories and a week of nostalgia for me personally. Webster’s tells us that nostalgia means, a longing for familiar or beloved circumstances that are now remote or irretrievable. Sun Lakes is the Palm Springs of Eastern Washington - 95° during the ...read more

  • Baptism Of Paul ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2010
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    Baptism of Paul Harvey Paul Harvey wrote about his own baptism. He said that even though he had received almost every reward for his broadcasting ability that he still felt empty inside. One summer, however, he and his wife were vacationing in a place called Cave Creek, AZ. Sunday morning came and ...read more

  • Marshall And Manuel Noted The Following Thought ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 17, 2007
     | 1,450 views

    Marshall and Manuel noted the following thought about these 2 covenant relationships and the necessity to commit to both: How critically important for us Christians is the business of commitment to one-another-as vital for the Body of Christ today as it was three-and-a-half centuries ago! There ...read more

  • Finding Real Power  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Jun 3, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,376 views

    FINDING REAL POWER Someone has wisely said what it takes to find freedom in the power of the Holy Spirit. "It costs much to obtain the power of the Spirit. It costs self-surrender and humiliation and the yielding up of the most precious things to God. It costs the perseverance of long waiting ...read more

  • Dwight L. Moody Was A Poorly Educated, ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Jul 10, 2006
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    “Dwight L. Moody was a poorly educated, unordained, shoe salesman who felt God’s call to preach the gospel. Early one morning he and some friends gathered in a hay field for [prayer]. His friend Henry Varley said these words: ‘The world has yet to see what God can do with and for and through and ...read more

  • Many Of Us Live Our Lives Like Monopoly. You ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Nov 16, 2006
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    Many of us live our lives like MONOPOLY. You know how the game works. Players accumulate property, build houses and hotels, and then wait for the other players to land on their property so they have to pay up. Eventually you hope to bankrupt everyone else and have all the money and property. ...read more

  • Samson Confused With ...

    Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 28, 2009
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    Samson confused with He-man http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snufwP5SO-Y&NR=1 He-Man is a heroic fictional character in the Masters of the Universe franchise. He is the alter ego of Prince Adam and also the twin brother of She-Ra. He-Man and his friends defend Eternia and the secrets of Castle ...read more

  • God's Heartbeat In Us  PRO

    Contributed by John D Jones on Oct 26, 2011
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     | 2,652 views

    GOD'S HEARTBEAT IN US For 72 years Gordon and Norma Yeager shared their lives together as husband and wife. On October 12, 2011, while on a morning drive Gordon came to a stop sign and failed to yield to oncoming traffic. The elderly couple was taken to the Marshalltown Hospital near Des Moines, ...read more

  • In 1986, There Were Two Ships That Collided Off ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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     | 1,582 views

    In 1986, there were two ships that collided off the Russian coast. Hundreds of people were thrown to their deaths in the icy waters. When the authorities investigated the cause of the accident they did not find any mechanical or technical problems. They found a human problem. Seems that both ...read more

  • Pull Up The Roots Of Bad Habits Early  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2010
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    PULL UP THE ROOTS OF BAD HABITS EARLY A wise old tutor was once taking a stroll through a forest with a curious youth. The tutor suddenly stopped and pointed to four plants close by. The first was a tiny sprout, just coming out of the earth. The second had rooted itself quite firmly in the fertile ...read more

  • Corinthians 13 Written By A South African ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Galasso on Apr 1, 2002
    based on 39 ratings
     | 3,136 views

    Corinthians 13 written by a South African Pioneer:Read the following paraphase of 1 "If I have the language perfectly and speak like a native, and have not His love for them, I am nothing. If I have diplomas and degrees and know all the up-to-date methods, and have not His touch of understanding ...read more

  • Strangers Have Devoured His Strength - From Hosea ...

    Contributed by Dwight L. Moody on Jun 11, 2009
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    Strangers have devoured his strength - from Hosea 7:9 What gives spiritual weakness like allowed sin? It was so with Israel, it will ever be so with us. Yielding to unhallowed association (with) strangers devour our strength. If you ever saw a cake not turned, baked only on one side, ...read more

  • The Kudzu Vine

    Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 4, 2010
     | 3,956 views

    THE KUDZU VINE Kudzu was introduced to the United States in 1876 at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Countries were invited to build exhibits to celebrate the 100th birthday of the U.S. The Japanese government constructed a beautiful garden filled with plants from their ...read more

  • Faith Like A Potato: Don't Give Up Hope

    Contributed by Selwyn Robins on Apr 19, 2011
     | 5,488 views

    FAITH LIKE A POTATO: DON'T GIVE UP HOPE There is a movie called 'Faith Like a Potato'. It takes place in South Africa. Long story short a farmer w/an anger management issue is converted to a believer (follower) of the word. Needing to bring in money for his family, he decides to plant a crop of ...read more

  • Pennies From Heaven  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Walther on Jul 11, 2011
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     | 2,032 views

    PENNIES FROM HEAVEN Many of the farms in the state of Nebraska are right on the edge of the fertile plains that receive enough rainfall to produce abundant crops. Some years the yields can be a little lower simply because they are not blessed with as much rain as other farmers. Being so dependent ...read more

  • The Art Of "One-Anothering"

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,448 views

    THE ART OF "ONE-ANOTHERING" "One hot day, Herman Trueblood, all clean and cooled off by a nice swim in the ocean, saw a sweating man and his two sons trying on a hot day to push a disabled car up an incline. Two voices started yelling at each other inside him. One said, "There is an opportunity ...read more

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