Contributed by Jason Cole on Feb 26, 2004
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Over the past few months Stephanie and I have had to do much planning for our wedding. We have picked out tuxedos, she has picked out her dress and the brides maids dresses, we had to determine who was going to be in the wedding and the list goes on and on. There are many things involved in
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BLACK AND WHITE
A little girl was attending a wedding for the first time. She whispered to her mother, "Why is the bride dressed in white?"
Her mother replied: "Because white is the colour of happiness, and today is the happiest day of her life."
The
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Anglican
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 1, 2002
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Worship
Isaac Watts wrote fifty-two books, twenty-nine of them on theology. But he is best remembered for his hymns. He wrote more than seven hundred, and even today the average modern hymnal will have twenty or more of his songs--276 years after they were written. When he died he was reciting one
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 15, 2008
"But Jewish tradition also sees Esav in another light. The famous Talmudic sage, Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel, was known for the great care he took in fulfilling the Mitzvah of honoring one’s parents. Yet he stated: ’I served my father faithfully all my life, yet I did not even reach the smallest level
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 5, 2009
"Endogamic marriages (i.e., within the circle of one’s relatives) were preferred by ancient tribes. The chosen suitor for a girl was her cousin; it was actually forbidden for the eldest daughter to marry outside the family." (The Jewish Encyclopedia)
Since the human race was younger, birth
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Donald Grey Barnhouse: "Abraham came to the ultimate conclusion that he was going to see a miracle because God cannot lie. He had said that this son would be the one through whom He would fulfill all of His promises. Therefore the son must live or God would be found false. And yet God commands that
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 17, 2003
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The late W.E. Sanger, noted British Methodist clergyman, shared a personal experience concerning his attendance at a party held to celebrate a wedding. He arrived late, and did not know anyone except the friend who had invited him. Everyone was in high spirits. They danced. They talked with
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
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A young boy complained to his father that most of the church hymns were boring to him—too far behind the times, tiresome tunes and meaningless words. His father put an end to his son’s complaints by saying, “If you think you can write better hymns, then why don’t you?” The boy went to his room and
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Contributed by Troy Borst on Sep 17, 2008
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Every House is Different
Traditionally in the Philippines, family is regarded as the highest priority, which is why there are no overcrowded orphanages or homes for the elderly.
Traditionally at a wedding reception in Denmark, it is normal for the groom to disappear during part of the ceremony so
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Contributed by Jim Kane on May 18, 2009
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the resiliency of love reveals itself in the story of two newlyweds. Now prior to the marriage the groom was apprehensive about his foot order problem. His father recommended frequent foot washing and wearing socks to bed. He thought that to be a wonderful idea and would do so.
The bride-to-be was
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2001
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Did you know that Einstein was four years old before he could speak and seven before he could read? Isaac Newton did poorly in grade school. A newspaper editor fired Walt Disney because he had "no good ideas." Leo Trotsky flunked out of college. Haydn gave up on ever making a musician of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Once, as an experiment, the great scientist Isaac Newton stared at the image of the sun reflected in a mirror. The brightness burned into his retina, and he suffered temporary blindness. Even after he hid for three days behind closed doors, still the bright spot would not fade from his vision.
I
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 18, 2009
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THE WONDROUS CROSS
Gal. 6:14 inspired Isaac Watts to compose one of modern Christendom’s favorite hymns. While preparing for a communion service in 1707, Isaac Watts wrote this deeply moving and very personal expression of gratitude for the amazing love that the death of Christ on the cross
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WORSHIP AND THE WOMAN AT THE WELL
The Nelson Study Bible states:
"By mentioning the two different worship sites, the woman was perhaps trying to shift the conversation away from the subject of her own sins to theological questions. Or perhaps she realized that she was a sinner (v. 18), and knew
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Contributed by James O. Davis on Oct 28, 2003
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In Sweden for instance, a royal commission some years ago heralded the arrival of the contraceptive society as though the achievement of free sex were a national, moral goal. The commission announced that ninety percent of all Swedish people have a permissive attitude toward pre-marital sex and
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 14, 2008
Guests at weddings are seated by taking the right arm of the usher. However, the bride comes down the aisle on her father’s left arm. He stands between his daughter and the groom to protect her, until she finally says she does indeed want to go away with Big & Ugly.
We begin the ceremony on the
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Pentecostal
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