Contributed by Melvin Newland on Dec 21, 2000
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    For example, back in 1967, experts predicted that by the turn of the century technology would have taken over so much of the work we do that the average American work week would be only 22 hours long, & that we would work only 27 weeks a year.  As a result, one of our biggest problems would be in
                    
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                    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 12, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    I did some checking this past week on the history and origins of Christmas and from the on-line encyclopedia, Encarta, I read, “… most scholars believe that Christmas originated in the 4th century as a Christian substitute for pagan celebrations of the winter solstice… Although the Gospels describe
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 19, 2010
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    BLOTS AND BLEMISHES
In 2 Peter 2:13-14, false and immoral teachers are called "blemishes."
Some of you are teenagers, but those of us who are older can remember the blessings of acne. There were two pimples that were particularly embarrassing: a large one on the tip of you nose that made you look
                    
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                    Princeton.edu also states, “The Great Awakening, the series of religious revivals that swept the English colonies in America in the eighteenth century. The Great Awakening had other important social and political consequences, too. It brought an upsurge in missionary activities among the Indians
                    
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                    Contributed by Ken Henson on Nov 4, 2012
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    MANY MEN OF SCIENCE, TOO FEW MEN OF GOD
In 1948, at an Armistice Celebration, (Armistice was the declaration of peace at the end of World War I) it was declared on November 11 at 11.00 am. So 11, 11 at 11. They did that symbolically because they felt that they were at the eleventh hour. They
                    
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                    Contributed by Jim Kane on Nov 13, 2005
                
                
                
                    One of my favorite songs is by the legendary Contemporary Christian Artist Larry Norman. Norman is one of a handful of pioneers of contemporary Christian music that paved the way for the ministry (and industry) that it is today. 
	I have played the song before and it is entitled, ‘The Outlaw.’ It
                    
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                    Contributed by Ken Henson on Nov 26, 2012
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    THE PUBLIC
Cicero's (106 - 43 BC) was one of the most powerfully, persuasive people of his day. He had this to say about the public in 1st Century BC, Rome.
  
The poor: work and work, 
The rich: exploit the poor, 
The soldier: protects both, 
The taxpayer: pays for all three, 
The wanderer: rests
                    
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                    Richard Kauffman says: "The cross has become a piece of jewellery, a beautiful decoration in a church, a symbol of faith. It is difficult for us to pass back through the centuries of tradition to see crucifixion as a form of capital punishment so horrible that polite people would not so much as
                    
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                    The official acceptance of Christianity enacted by Constantine in AD 313, led to nearly a half-century of tolerance under Roman rule until Julian the Apostate, a Roman emperor who reigned from AD 361-363, tried to destroy Christianity by persecuting Christians. 
Even he admitted that “the godless
                    
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                    Contributed by Russ Barksdale on Dec 27, 2007
                
                
                
                    A.C. Gaebelein, one of the great theologians of the 20th century wrote in his book, The Angels of God, “Like every truth, the truth of the angels of God—their presence on earth and their loving ministries—has practical value.  As we realize in faith . . . that they are watching us, ready to walk
                    
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