SEPARATE: STAYING IN RANKS
The word "separate" is a military term, and it means to "stay in ranks." My son Jason just graduated from an intensive 9-week school for Drill Sergeants (we Brownworths never seem to finish going to school!). He will now be responsible for training as many as 240 "raw"
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United Methodist
Contributed by Tylor Cates on Jan 24, 2004
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Remember Your Sword
Prop: Butter Knife and large Sword
First let me say I collect and sell swords for a living so it wasn’t hard for me to get a real sword you may have to make a prop sword. Be careful if you bring a real one and make sure no one gets near it.
In our church we have a 5 minute
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Baptist
Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 23, 2012
Francis Schaeffer said that "cultures can be judged in many ways, but eventually every nation in every age must be judged by this test: How did it treat people? Our own is not exception. Those who regard individuals as expendable raw material do battle on many
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Tony Miano on May 6, 2001
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In the second half of verse five, James writes, “See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!”
In May of 1864, a conflict that many military leaders in our country predicted would last but a few months was now in its third year. The Civil War, the bloodiest conflict ever fought on
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Contributed by Kevin Barron on Jul 3, 2001
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Historian Shelby Foote tells of a soldier who was wounded at the
battle of Shiloh during the American Civil War and was ordered to
go to the rear. The fighting was fierce and within minutes he
returned to his commanding officer. “Captain, give
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United Methodist
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Lord Nelson of England was about to enter an important battle. He heard that two of his officers were at odds with each other. He called them in and said, Gentlemen, give me your hands. The two captains put their hands in the Commander¡¦s hands,
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Contributed by David Tack on Nov 18, 2011
THE HELMET'S PURPOSE
The Purpose of a soldier’s helmet is designed specifically to protect the head during battle. The hope (expectation) of our completed salvation is to our minds what a helmet was to a Roman combat soldier. It protects our minds, which is where one of our greatest
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Baptist
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 13, 2007
n 1813 LAURA SECORD learned of a planned American attack to control the Niagara Peninsula. She trekked 32 kilometres until she arrived at an allied Native warrior camp who took her to Lieutenant Fitzgibbon’s headquarters and the plan was averted and most of the
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Oct 28, 2004
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Annie Howard
In 1991 she was awarded one of President Bush’s “Thousand Points of Light” awards for her Prison Fellowship volunteer work in the Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women.
Holds choir practice in the prison chapel, has an evening Bible study, hosts a dinner for 6 volunteers
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 11, 2002
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REMEMBER ME AT HOME
“By profession, I am a soldier and take great pride in that fact. But I am prouder, infinitely prouder, to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build. The father only builds, never destroys…It is my hope that my son, when I am gone,
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Congregational
Contributed by Tony Dicostanzo on Jan 27, 2003
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Illstration: Tonto and the Lone Ranger were riding through a canyon together when all of a sudden both sides were filled with Indian warriors on horses, dressed for battle. The Lone Ranger turned to Tonto and asked, “What are we going to do?” Tonto replied, “What you mean ‘we,’
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Contributed by Tom Doubt on Jul 14, 2003
There was a statue of Jesus, arms extended, at the cross-roads in the French countryside [Knight’s Treasury of 2000 Illustrations, p 440]. A fierce battle occurred there during WWI. The hands of the statue were blown away in the fighting. Afterwards, someone placed a plaque on the pedestal:
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a. Tim LaHaye in his book Mind Siege notes this, “Ever since God first explained to Adam and Eve how to think so they could live successful, fulfilled, obedient, and happy lives, there has been a constant battle over who will control human thought
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"The quality of a man’s life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field or endeavor.... I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour -- his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear -- is that moment when he has worked his heart
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a. Swindoll reminds us all, “We’re free today because, in June 1944, during the three month battle of Normandy, nearly fifty-three thousand “nobodies” paid the ultimate price to defeat Nazi tyranny…Visitors to the patch of land near Colleville-sur Mer, France,
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Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Oct 15, 2009
MIRACLE IN CONFLICT
"Thankfully, God gives us a miracle like Jericho from time to time, but far more often, he asks us to strap on our swords, pick up our shields, and courageously enter the battle...When this happens we see a miracle there too--the miracle of men and women
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Methodist