Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 6, 2012
There are 2 ways of handling pressure:
One is illustrated by a bathysphere, the miniature submarine used to explore the ocean in places so deep that the water pressure would crush a conventional submarine like an aluminum can. Bathyspheres compensate with plate steel several inches thick, which
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Contributed by Ronnie Knight on May 1, 2007
Lester Lecroy was one of 12 children. He grew up in a home of very meager means. He was a rambunctious, but dependable young man. While cooling off after a hard days work in a creek at a little place we called the Iron Bridge on Cotton Hill Road in Eufaula, Alabama Lester Lecroy lost his life at
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Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 20, 2009
In a Reader’s Digest survey of 2,624 readers in January 2004 we read about the percentage of those
who said they had:
1. Switched price tags to get a lower price: 12%
2. Cheated on their tax return: 17%;
3. Misstated facts on a resume/job application: 18%;
4. Lied to their spouse about their
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 22, 2002
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PREDICTIONS OF HIS 2ND COMING:
Earliest known prediction by Tichonius 381 A.D.; Then 500 A.D. by Hippolytus (170-236). Later, predictions surrounded the 1st millennium:
1000 A.D., 1009 A.D., & 1033 A.D. were popular.
1533 A.D. was agreed upon by both Michael Stiefel (1486-1567) a friend of
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Contributed by Alan Perkins on Mar 30, 2001
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World Magazine, June 12 1999. “When Harvard Divinity School dean Ronald F. Thiemann, a Lutheran theologian, suddenly stepped down from his post last November, he said it was for "personal and professional reasons." Last month, the Boston Globe filled in the blanks. It said he had been forced to
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Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on May 20, 2002
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In John 8:12 Jesus makes a startling statement, ‘I am the light of the World. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness but have the light of life’.
This statement was made during a special Jewish Feast, the FEAST OF TABERNACLES.
In the Temple treasury stood four massive golden candelabras
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Contributed by Doug Lyon on Sep 11, 2004
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In a recent issue of Newsweek magazine [7/12/04], the cover reads: “The New Infidelity—From Office Affairs to Internet Hookups, More Wives Are Cheating Too.” The article goes on to ask, “Just how many married women have had sex with people who are not their husbands? … Couples therapists estimate
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Contributed by Andy Anquoe on Feb 15, 2007
A 12 year old girl in rural Ethiopia was kidnaped from her family . Her captors yelled at her, beat her, and almost raped her during her 7 day ordeal. They wanted to force her into marriage by selling her to the highest bidder Who knows what kind of situation she would have ended up in if that
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