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  • When I Was A Kid  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Steen on Jul 12, 2014
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    When I was a kid, we rode our bikes down the sidewalks and in the streets. We played baseball and football in the street. Summers were especially great because we could play ball until you couldn’t see. We rode in cars with no seat belts or car seats. Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day ...read more

  • Charles Spurgeon Declared, "If God Has Spoken, ...

    Contributed by N A on Jul 14, 2007
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    Charles Spurgeon declared, “If God has spoken, listen! If God has recorded his words in a Book, search its pages with a believing heart. If you do not accept it as God’s inspired word, I cannot invite you to pay any particular attention to it; but if you regard it as the Book of God, I charge you, ...read more

  • Quote: "If God Has Spoken, Listen! If God Has ...

    Contributed by N A on Jan 5, 2008
     | 2,294 views

    QUOTE: “If God has spoken, listen! If God has recorded his words in a Book, search its pages with a believing heart. If you do not accept it as God’s inspired word, I cannot invite you to pay any particular attention to it; but if you regard it as the Book of God, I charge you, as I shall meet ...read more

  • Home Theaters: With The Ascent Of Dvd Players, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
     | 1,568 views

    Home Theaters: With the ascent of DVD players, flat-screen and high-definition TV and surround-sound home “theaters in a box” as standard equipment in American households, the furnishings of movie theaters are descending into the mass-marketplace. One hot item is home theater seating, typically a ...read more

  • When Woody Hays Came To Coach Football At Ohio ...

    Contributed by Ben Randall on Feb 4, 2007
     | 1,325 views

    When Woody Hays came to coach football at Ohio State, he had been coaching at Denison University in Ohio, and his new surroundings took him by surprise. He says that when he stood in the 86,000 seat stadium of OSU it shook him. - He brought his young son with him, who was holding his hand ...read more

  • Quote: "If Men Of Wisdom And Knowledge, Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Gerald on Oct 8, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,707 views

    Quote: "If men of wisdom and knowledge, of moderation and temperance, of patience, fortitude and perseverance, of sobriety and true republican simplicity of manners, of zeal for the honour of the Supreme Being and the welfare of the commonwealth; if men possessed of these other excellent qualities ...read more

  • You Have To Get In

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 27, 2010
     | 1,943 views

    YOU HAVE TO GET IN A trapeze artist once supposedly boasted that he could take a person seated in a wheelbarrow across a tightrope many hundreds of feet up between two tall buildings. "Who thinks I can do it?" he asked a crowd who had gathered to watch. One man raised his ...read more

  • In The Twisted Wreckage Of A Metrolink Train ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 8, 2010
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    In the twisted wreckage of a Metrolink train crash, firefighters from Los Angeles Fire Station 27 found a message that brought tears to their eyes. A survivor of the crash, thinking he was dying, had used his own blood to write on the seat in front of him that he loved his wife and kids. Normally, ...read more

  • A Recent Reuter's Article Broke This Week: ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 7, 2010
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    A recent Reuter’s article broke this week: SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) – An Australian restauranteur fed up with the waste left by diners has ordered her customers to eat everything on their plates for their sake of the earth or pay a penalty and not return. Chef Yukako Ichikawa has introduced a 30 ...read more

  • High Hopes

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
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    HIGH HOPES A Mother was taking her four-year-old daughter to school. She was a doctor and had left her stethoscope on the car seat. Her little girl picked it up and very excited began to play with it. Excellent, thought the Doctor, My daughter wants to follow in my footsteps! Then the child spoke ...read more

  • Wanting Without Knowing

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 1, 2022
     | 1,702 views

    . As my two sons were climbing into the back seat of our car, Eric, five, yelled, “I call the left side!” That didn’t sit well with Ron, four. “No, I want the left side!” “I want the left side!” “No, I want the left side!” Intervening, I said, “Since Eric is older, he can ...read more

  • Poor Communication Can Led To All Kinds Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Apr 5, 2001
    based on 198 ratings
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    Poor communication can led to all kinds of misunderstandings; A rather old fashioned lady, was planning a couple of weeks vacation in Florida. She also was quite delicate and elegant with her language. She wrote a letter to a particular campground and asked for reservations. She wanted to ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago Billy Graham Was Honored In His ...

    Contributed by Scott Brewer on Jul 23, 2007
     | 1,803 views

    A few years ago Billy Graham was honored in his hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina. Billy Graham is in his eighties and suffering from Parkinson’s disease. He agreed to respond briefly at the end of this great tribute from his hometown. His brother-in-law, Leighton Ford, described his response. ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago Billy Graham Was Honored In His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,276 views

    A few years ago Billy Graham was honored in his hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina. Billy Graham is in his eighties and suffering from Parkinson’s disease. He agreed to respond briefly at the end of this great tribute from his hometown. His brother-in-law, Leighton Ford, described his response. ...read more

  • B.c. = Bad Communication

    Contributed by Louis Gibson on Jun 28, 2010
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    B.C. = BAD COMMUNICATION Poor communication can led to all kinds of misunderstandings. A rather old fashioned lady was planning a couple of weeks vacation in Florida. She also was quite delicate and elegant with her language. She wrote a letter to a particular campground and asked for ...read more

  • Mistake At The Movies

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,999 views

    Illustration- Mistake at the Movies A young fellow named John had purchased movie tickets for his girlfriend and himself. While he got the popcorn, she went inside to find seats. By the time he was served, the previews were being shown. As he fumbled his way in the dark, he sat down and gave his ...read more

  • The Talmud Contains A Similar Statement,

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 2, 2009
     | 1,319 views

    The Talmud contains a similar statement, ""He who humbles himself, him will God elevate; he who elevates himself, him will God humiliate. He who runs after greatness, from him greatness will flee; he who flees from greatness, him will greatness follow" (’Er. 13a). [Jewish Encyclopedia] • Hillel ...read more

  • Many Times Our Prayers Are So Selfish. A Mom ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 25, 2010
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    Many times our prayers are so selfish. A mom was headed to McDonald’s with her 5 year old son one day, and as they drove they passed a car accident. The mother had a practice of encouraging her children to pray for those who might be hurt, so the mom pointed and said to her son, “We should pray.” ...read more

  • Ignorance Of Sheep

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 16, 2022
     | 2,623 views

    City dwellers generally have limited knowledge of sheep; not usually pets. “What are you doing with that sheep? You should take it to the zoo,” the officer said. The following week, the same police officer sees the same man with the same sheep in the front seat, with both of them wearing ...read more

  • My Son Was Around Six Years Old And He Used To ...

    Contributed by A. David Hart on Jan 16, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    My son was around six years old and he used to watch the other children riding their bikes. He often asked Daddy when will I get a chance to ride my bike like they do? (speaking of riding without training wheels) I said to him that to ride without training wheel takes some courage, then I asked him ...read more