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  • One Other Comment I Would Like To Make About ...  PRO

    Contributed by Peter Amerman on May 25, 2005
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    One other comment I would like to make about Miriam’s leadership. I believe that we as a church need to affirm and draw out the gifts of leadership in more of the women in our church. God commended the leadership of Moses and Aaron together with the leadership of Miriam. In contrast with other ...read more

  • Jewish Synagogues Have Their Problems Too; Many ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 6, 2005
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    Jewish synagogues have their problems too; many congregations develop their own traditions, and they can fight over tradition, which is very important to them: During a service at an old synagogue in Eastern Europe, when the Shema prayer was said, half the congregants stood up and half remained ...read more

  • On May 30, 1896, Motorist Henry Wells Hit ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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    On May 30, 1896, motorist Henry Wells hit bicyclist Evylyn Thomas on a New York City street. It was America’s first auto accident. Thomas’s injury: a broken leg; car that Wells was driving: a Duryea motor wagon; Well’s penalty: a night in jail; The first automobile fatality: Henry H. Bliss (Sept. ...read more

  • Differing Teen Personalities: Researcher George ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    Differing Teen Personalities: Researcher George Barna says American teens fall into four personality niches. Nearly half are Interactives—highly personable and develop their lifestyle according to relational possibilities and parameters. They operates with a stream of consciousness approach to ...read more

  • For The Love Of Work  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jan 18, 2006
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    The story goes that when the company founded by Andrew Carnegie was taken over by the U.S. Steel Corporation in 1901 it acquired as one of its obligations a contract to pay the top Carnegie executive, Charles M. Schwab, the then unheard of minimum sum of $1,000,000. J.P. Morgan of U.S. Steel was in ...read more

  • In The Book Disappointment With God, Philip ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    In the book Disappointment with God, Philip Yancey tells the story of a man he refers to as Douglas. Douglas was a sincere devout Christian whose wife was diagnosed with breast cancer. The breast was removed, but a couple years later the cancer was found in her lungs. So she had to go through the ...read more

  • Christian Missionaries First Went To Africa 200 ...

    Contributed by W F on Mar 24, 2007
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    Christian missionaries first went to Africa 200 years ago. One of the groups they sought to "convert" there were these bushmen of the Kalahari desert. However, this article pointed out that the bushmen of the Denui village in particular, consistently refused to become Christians. Instead they have ...read more

  • Recently, I Caught A Segment On Tv Of A Movie ...

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Dec 15, 2009
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    Recently, I caught a segment on TV of a movie called Jack. It’s the story of a boy that ages four times faster than usual. Robin Williams plays the role of Jack. He enters public school for the first time in the fifth grade. Though he has the emotional and mental development of a fifth grade ...read more

  • The Kudzu Vine

    Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 4, 2010
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    THE KUDZU VINE Kudzu was introduced to the United States in 1876 at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Countries were invited to build exhibits to celebrate the 100th birthday of the U.S. The Japanese government constructed a beautiful garden filled with plants from their ...read more

  • Deficiencies

    Contributed by Mark Adams on Aug 13, 2011
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    DEFICIENCIES I want to tell you about a weird thing that used to happen a lot to sailors during the 1600s. Vessels were getting more sea worthy, and adventures were taking people farther and farther from home. You might be on the same ship with the same people, with the same person cooking for ...read more

  • Haven: The Real You

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Sep 25, 2011
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    HAVEN: THE REAL YOU What is in you is what comes out and always reveals the REAL you. In fact, that which you say yes to is the tell-tale sign of what is inside you. It is the litmus test of whether you are walking in the Spirit or in the "flesh. What's inside comes out. My wife and I watch a ...read more

  • I Owe My Life Twice

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Dec 17, 2011
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    I OWE MY LIFE TWICE A wealthy English family once invited friends to spend some time at their beautiful estate. The happy occasion was almost plunged into a terrible tragedy on the first day. Because the children went swimming, and one of them got into deep water and started drowning. ...read more

  • Bitter Rivalry Between Artists

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 21, 2012
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    BITTER RIVALRY BETWEEN ARTISTS In 1503, Julius II became Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. He immediately began a building program to beautify the Vatican. In 1509, he commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo reluctantly agreed to paint the fresco, though ...read more

  • Mark Of The Beast

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Oct 9, 2012
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    In verse 15, it tells us what will happen to those people who do not accept the Evil One’s mark: “15 … and all who refuse to worship the image or take his mark will be killed.” I saw recently where Motorola has developed an all inclusive data chip that is no larger than a grain of rice. It ...read more

  • In Genesis 35, After Jacob's Daughter Dinah Was ...

    Contributed by Mel Shepherd on Jul 1, 2007
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    In Genesis 35, after Jacob’s daughter Dinah was raped by a Hivite named Shechem and Jacob’s sons took matters into their own hands by killing the people that had done this, in chapter 35, God gave this advice to Jacob because he was bitter with his sons, Simeon and Levi for destroying his ...read more

  • Breakfast, Lunch, And Dinner Are A Normal Part Of ...

    Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on Jun 26, 2008
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    Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are a normal part of the day. We all revolve our days around eating food. You probably wouldn't think of going without physical food for a week or even a day, would you? Food is necessary for physical life. Without food, we become weakened and eventually become ill. ...read more

  • God's Strategy Or Ours

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 26, 2008
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    GOD'S STRATEGY OR OURS Several years ago, I was visiting with two young men from Nagaland, a northeastern region of India. God had moved in a mighty way in the region sending revival to the area. Almost the entire population of the region had come to faith in Christ. The Holy Spirit blew through ...read more

  • Scientists Were Studying The Impact Of A ...

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Sep 5, 2008
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    Scientists were studying the impact of a high-cholesterol diet on heart disease. To measure this effect, they fed a group of genetically similar rabbits the same high-cholesterol diet. To their amazement, half the rabbits developed heart troubles, while the others were normal, with no noticeable ...read more

  • In Fact The Idea Of Speaking Out When Confronted ...

    Contributed by Michael Carbaugh on May 5, 2009
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    In fact the idea of speaking out when confronted with something wrong was the chief proponent behind an education development in the Reagan administration. It’s roots go back to the 1970’s where a University of Houston Social Psychology professor begin working on a model to help students resist ...read more

  • Ill<><i Heard A Pastor Tell Bout Company In Nw ...

    Contributed by West Garner on Jun 29, 2009
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    I heard a pastor tell about a company in the NW that had a need come to them. The Need was for a bear proof trash can. All trash cans were being destroyed by grizzlies. Three companies took on the challenge and each developed a product for testing. They took the three products out into grizzly ...read more