Bernard Ebbers, head of WorldCom, was known as one of the most religious CEO’s in the high-tech sector of American business. Every board meeting began with a prayer. Ebbers served as a deacon in his Mississippi Baptist church, and led a bible study very competently. He was elected to the
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David Barton in his book “What Happened In Education” writes “As a result of Supreme Court decisions in Engel v. Vitale, Murray v. Curlett, and Abington v. Schempp, religious principles were separated from public education. School prayer, Bible reading, and any instruction which purported to have
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Contributed by Vic Folkert on Dec 1, 2006
To know your spouse, you need to know all you can about their history: their life before they met you. It’s the same with God: We want to know all we can about his history of
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ART FOSTERS WORSHIP
The Pope insists that seminarians and priests study art history, particularly the history of sacred art, and that everything related to the Eucharist should be marked by beauty. He tells us that "by their harmonious and orderly arrangement they will
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Contributed by Dean Courtier on Nov 17, 2009
THE GREATNESS OF JESUS
"When the drama of history is over, Jesus Christ will stand alone upon the stage. All the great figures of history – Pharaoh, Alexander the Great, Charlemagne, Churchill, Stalin, Johnson, Mao Tse-tung – will realise
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Contributed by Dave Kinney on Nov 22, 2008
H.G. Wells -- here's the whole quote, "I am an historian, I am not a believer, but I must confess as a historian that this penniless preacher from Nazareth is irrevocably the very center of history. Jesus Christ is easily
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2005
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ALL THE EVIDENCE
Professor Thomas Arnold, for 14 years a headmaster of Rugby, author of the famous, History of Rome, and appointed to the chair of modern history at Oxford, was well acquainted with the value of evidence in determining historical facts. This great scholar said:
"I have been used
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WHAT ARE THEY TEACHING OUR KIDS
A few years ago, the U.S. Dept. of Education released a 680-page report about the teaching of History in our schools today. Researchers had taken the 60 most popular history textbooks, used by 88% of the nation’s students, & went through them to see what we’re
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In late fall of 1777, Gen. George Washington and has rag tag army of militiamen suffered 2 defeats at the hands of the British at Brandywine and Germantown. He and his 11,000 men retreated to Valley Forge, PA to establish winter headquarters. It was a dark time for the revolution. Many died of
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Disciples Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 5, 2007
Claude Hickman in the book Life on Purpose says, "There are more people alive today than have ever lived and died in all of history combined. The growth curve has taken a sharp turn upward, as over 6 million new people arrive on earth every month. This means that our generation
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Contributed by Lynn Malone on Feb 1, 2006
H. G. Wells, who was an agnostic at best, an atheist at worst, said Jesus “is easily the dominant figure of history.” He would further say that any historian, regardless of theological bias, simply cannot portray history accurately without giving proper place to “a penniless teacher from
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Contributed by John Bright on Mar 10, 2025
Roman short whip, also called a flagrum. It was made of two or three leather (ox-hide) thongs or ropes connected to a handle. The leather thongs were knotted with several small pieces of metal, usually zinc and iron, attached at various intervals. Scourging would quickly remove the skin. According
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Contributed by Bob Gillchrest on Dec 1, 2008
FAMOUS FIRSTS
Let me share with you some of famous firsts that have happened throughout history.
Virginia Dare 1587 --- 1st child born in the American colonies, on August 18th, on what is now Roanoke Island, North Carolina.
André-Jacques Garnerin 1797 --- 1st parachute jump. Dropped from about
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