Contributed by Ferdinand Funk on Sep 29, 2008
                
                
                
                    LET LOOSE 
In his drama The Trial of Jesus, John Masefield has the centurion Longinus report to Pilate after the crucifixion of Jesus.  Longinus had been the officer in charge of the execution, and after his official report, Pilate's wife calls the centurion to come and tell her how the prisoner
                    
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                    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 26, 2009
                
                
                
                    From Betty Lukens- A Roman soldier’s letter to his parents in the 1st century AD.  “But the most shocking experience I’ve had lately was over 40 men who denounced the gods to become Christians.  They have really caused a stir.  Nothing our priests could do, nothing they could offer them, nothing
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    When the great Roman army was sent to fight in Gaul, no soldiers were braver or more loyal than this band of wrestlers led by their centurion Vespasian. But news reached Nero that many Roman soldiers had accepted the Christian faith. Therefore, this decree was dispatched to the centurion Vespasian;
                    
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                    Contributed by Patrick Nix on Jul 9, 2010
                
                
                
                    THE WHITE FLAG
Two hundred years after Christ, China’s Han Dynasty began its ruthless conquest of neighboring territories.  During a particular battle, an enemy soldier, knowing he was defeated, stripped off part of his shirt and waved it in the air.  It was an act of surrender – thus began the
                    
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                    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 21, 2007
                
                
                
                    In the days of the Roman Emperor Nero, there lived and served him a band of soldiers known as the "Emperor’s Wrestlers."  Fine, stalwart men they were, picked from the best and the bravest of the land, recruited from the great athletes of the Roman amphitheater. 
  
In the great amphitheater they
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Dietz on Mar 25, 2008
                
                
                
                    Like most of us, I am sure that you can remember the scenes of brutality made against Jesus’ character in that film; the derided trials of Caiaphas, Pilate and Herod; the shredding of His flesh and muscle through the scourging by Roman centurions; the excruciating crucifixion between two common
                    
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                    WAS JESUS INVOLVED IN POLITICS?  I hear that all the time as the excuse for Christians not voting.  Is that biblically true?  I spent hours searching through the Gospels for the truth and found these key teachings that describe Jesus' attitude and involvement toward the issue of government and
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 17, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Let’s look at what Dr. C. Truman Davis*  wrote about the price Jesus paid for this indescribable gift 
(2 Cor. 9:15):
After the arrest in the middle of the night, Jesus was brought before the Sanhedrin and Caiphus, the High Priest; it is here that the first physical trauma was inflicted. A soldier
                    
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                    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Apr 13, 2025
                
                
                
                    [081].  A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – FIERY BIRTH OF LIFE
THIS POEM IS STRICTLY COPYRIGHT.  IT MUST NOT BE ALTERED OR TAKEN.  IF IT IS USED I WOULD APPRECIATE KNOWING THAT.  The use in the Lord’s service is why I wrote it.
I have had some of my efforts stolen and reproduced in other’s names.  This has
                    
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                    Contributed by Douglas Duvall on Dec 3, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Trouble in the Church
ACTS 15:1-12
I. Decision		15:1-4
    A. Men		15:1
    B. Method		15:2
    C. Messages	15:3-4
II. Demand		15:5-6
   A. Demands		15:5
   B. Deliberations	15:6
III. Declaration	15:7-12
   A. Choice		15:7
   B. Comparison	15:8-9
   C. Conversion	15:10-12
Introduction
	Peter had
                    
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