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  • Just Outside Of Orlando Last Sunday Morning A ...

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Dec 24, 2005
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    *Just outside of Orlando last Sunday morning a Presbyterian minister died as he was preaching his sermon. Maybe you saw it in the paper. His name was Jack Arnold. *And of course it was traumatic to the church... -But the Associate Pastor later pointed out how wonderful it was that he died in his ...read more

  • Dr. Adrian Rogers Tells, "Before The Late And ...

    Contributed by Dr. Franklin Kirksey on Jul 3, 2007
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    Dr. Adrian Rogers tells, "Before the late and great Dr. R.G. Lee died I was in his home with Billy Graham, Cliff Barrows, and Tommy Lane, our minister of music at Bellevue Church. Dr. Lee was one of my predecessors at Bellevue, considered perhaps the best preacher of the twentieth century and one ...read more

  • Who Among Us Hast Not Feared Death At One Time Or ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Mar 23, 2008
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    Who among us hast not feared death at one time or another? The chorus of a Bluegrass Gospel Song recorded by such artists as Loretta Lynn and Decatur, Illinois’, Alison Krauss sums it up so well: Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but nobody wants to die. Lord I wanna go to Heaven, but I don’t ...read more

  • Take Special Note Of The Chapel Windows. Each ...

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on May 16, 2008
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    Take special note of the chapel windows. Each window uses symbols to depict the life and destiny of a different apostle. You will see the three money bags that represent Matthew the tax collector. You will see two crossed fish to remind us of Andrew the fisherman who died a martyr's death on an ...read more

  • Paul

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
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    Paul Paul, the apostle, who before was called Saul, after his great travail and unspeakable labors in promoting the Gospel of Christ, suffered also in this first persecution under Nero. Abdias, declareth that under his execution Nero sent two of his esquires, Ferega and Parthemius, to bring him ...read more

  • Bartholomew

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
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    Bartholomew Preached in several countries, and having translated the Gospel of Matthew into the language of India, he propagated it in that country. He was at length cruelly beaten and then crucified by the impatient idolaters. Bibliography Information Foxe, John. "Book - ...read more

  • John  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
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     | 4,045 views

    John The "beloved disciple," was brother to James the Great. The churches of Smyrna, Pergamos, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea, and Thyatira, were founded by him. From Ephesus he was ordered to be sent to Rome, where it is affirmed he was cast into a cauldron of boiling oil. He escaped by miracle, ...read more

  • Memorandum  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Aug 23, 2002
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    MEMORANDUM To: Jesus, Son of Joseph, Woodcrafter Carpenter Shop, Nazareth; From: Jordan Management Consultants, Jerusalem.... Dear Sir: Thank you for submitting the resumes of the twelve men you have picked for management positions in your new organization. All of them have ...read more

  • James The Less

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
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    James the Less Is supposed by some to have been the brother of our Lord, by a former wife of Joseph. This is very doubtful, and accords too much with the Catholic superstition, that Mary never had any other children except our Savior. He was elected to the oversight of the churches of Jerusalem; ...read more

  • John - The Apostle Of ...

    Contributed by Emile Wolfaardt on May 1, 2009
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    John - The Apostle of Love John is known as The Apostle of Love because more than any other writer in the New Testament he speaks of love, he exemplifies love, he loves and is loved. As a matter of fact, even though he writes only five books in the New Testament (as opposed to Paul’s 13) he used ...read more

  • The Apostle John

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on May 26, 2009
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    THE APOSTLE JOHN Here are some of the things we know about John, John was one of the apostles. In fact he was the youngest apostle. His brother was the apostle James who is beheaded in Acts 12. He is the only apostle to not be martyred for his faith. And he walked in the inner circle of Jesus. ...read more

  • From Apostles And Prophets: The Foundation Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Feb 8, 2003
    based on 35 ratings
     | 2,564 views

    [From Apostles and Prophets: The Foundation of the Church, by C. Peter Wagner, 2000, Regal Books, Ventura California, pp. 25] In my book Churchquake! I say: Of all the radical changes in the New Apostolic Reformation, I regard one of them as the most radical of all. It is so important that I have ...read more

  • James The Great  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
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     | 2,800 views

    James the Great The next martyr we meet with, according to St. Luke, in the History of the Apostles’ Acts, was James the son of Zebedee, the elder brother of John, and a relative of our Lord; for his mother Salome was cousin-german to the Virgin Mary. It was not until ten years after the death of ...read more

  • Philip  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
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     | 2,995 views

    Philip Was born at Bethsaida, in Galilee and was first called by the name of "disciple." He labored diligently in Upper Asia, and suffered martyrdom at Heliopolis, in Phrygia. He was scourged, thrown into prison, and afterwards crucified, A.D. 54. Bibliography Information Foxe, John. "Book ...read more

  • Matthew

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
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    Matthew Whose occupation was that of a toll-gatherer, was born at Nazareth. He wrote his gospel in Hebrew, which was afterwards translated into Greek by James the Less. The scene of his labors was Parthia, and Ethiopia, in which latter country he suffered martyrdom, being slain with a halberd in ...read more

  • Matthias

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
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    Matthias Of whom less is known than of most of the other disciples, was elected to fill the vacant place of Judas. He was stoned at Jerusalem and then beheaded. Bibliography Information Foxe, John. "Book - Chapter ". "Foxe’s ...read more

  • Andrew  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
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     | 2,409 views

    Andrew Was the brother of Peter. He preached the gospel to many Asiatic nations; but on his arrival at Edessa he was taken and crucified on a cross, the two ends of which were fixed transversely in the ground. Hence the derivation of the term, St. Andrew’s Cross. Bibliography Information Foxe, ...read more

  • Simon

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
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    Simon Surnamed Zelotes, preached the Gospel in Mauritania, Africa, and even in Britain, in which latter country he was crucified, A.D. 74. Bibliography Information Foxe, John. "Book - Chapter ". "Foxe’s Book ...read more

  • Bartholomew

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
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    Bartholomew Preached in several countries, and having translated the Gospel of Matthew into the language of India, he propagated it in that country. He was at length cruelly beaten and then crucified by the impatient idolaters. Bibliography Information Foxe, John. "Book - ...read more

  • The Holy Spirit In The Movies—the Apostle

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 7, 2012
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     | 6,427 views

    THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE MOVIES--THE APOSTLE In 1983 Robert Duvall wanted to make The Apostle because he felt that the motion picture industry had mostly ignored the work of the Holy Spirit. According to Duvall, filmmakers hardly ever made a movie that would actually show the truth about the Holy ...read more

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