Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 17, 2007
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Gold Medalist
In Seoul Korea—At his father’s funeral, American Carl Lewis placed his 100-meter gold medal from the 1984 Olympics in his father’s hands. “Don’t worry,” he told his surprised mother. “I’ll get another one.”
A year later, in the 100-meter final at the 1988 games, Lewis was competing
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Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jun 16, 2011
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GOLD IN HEAVEN
There was a rich man who was distressed on hearing he could take none of his riches to heaven. He pleaded with God to make an exception. Finally, God said, "Okay, whatever you can fit into a garbage bag can be brought in."
The man immediately thought of gold. He joyfully went and
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 9, 2009
THE GOLD STANDARD
Leland was able to standardize Cadillac parts to precision standards. The development of these standards had such a profound impact that a member of the British Parliament, a wealthy lord named Sir Thomas Dewar, gave the company an award for standardization of parts. Having
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Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 20, 2008
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THE MISER AND HIS GOLD
Once upon a time there was a Miser who used to hide his gold at the foot of a tree in his garden. but every week he used to go and dig it up and gloat over his gains.
A robber, who had noticed this, went and dug up the gold and ran away with it. When the Miser next came to
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Roy Fowler on Dec 18, 2014
The Gold Wrapping Paper - An Inspirational Short Christmas Story
Once upon a time, there was a man who worked very hard just to keep food on the table for his family. This particular year a few days before Christmas, he was upset with his little five-year-old daughter after learning that she had
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Gerald Manning on Dec 20, 2015
The little boy was no more than seven years old. It was time for Church, and he wanted to take his teddy bear, whom he had always called Frank. His parents protested, but he insisted that he had to take Frank, today, and they finally relented.
When the offering plates were passed, he put the
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Nazarene
Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 23, 2012
There was a couple who desperately wanted children. They prayed to the Lord and he gave them 4 children in 4 years. When the children were still 5 years old and younger, they were the stars of the Christmas pageant. Here are the mothers words to describe the production: “My daughter was playing
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2011
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PHILIP CAUGHT A GOLD MINE
On Sept. 27, 1998, Philip Ozersky went to a baseball game and saw his life changed in a big time way. All it took was one swing of the bat, and Philip caught not just a baseball, but a gold mine.
Lots of fans have caught home runs, but this was no ordinary home run. Lots
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away
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Contributed by Greg Wiens on Jul 14, 2007
In other translations the word bag of gold is replaced with the word talent of gold. A talent is the largest measure of weight in the Jewish scale system. It was the amount that a strong male servant or worker should be able to carry comfortably. To illustrate, it would be the amount that Randy
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Mennonite
Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 11, 2003
Lanny Bassham, Olympic gold-medallist in small-bore rifle competition, tells what concentration does for his marksmanship: "Our sport is controlled non-movement. We are shooting from 50 meters--over half a football field--at a bull’s eye three- quarters the size of a dime. If the angle of error at
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2006
It may be that praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value to its scarcity, as Samuel Johnson said, but most of us would prefer to err on the side of giving too much praise than too little. One who would agree was the wife of an old Vermonter named Eb. Old Eb was, like many of his breed, rather
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"Friendship is a gift of gold, shaped in a very precious mold, from which true goodness is received and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"Science is but a mere heap of facts, not a gold chain of truths, if we refuse to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"Friends are the surest guard for kings, gold in time does wear away, And other precious things do
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