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I Am Well Aware Of The Toil And Blood And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet through all the gloom I can see the rays of ravishing light ...read more

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May It [the Declaration Of Independence] Be To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"May it [the Declaration of Independence] be to the world what I believe will be (to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all), the signal of arousing man to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition has persuaded ...read more

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The Very Reason For The First Amendment Is To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"The very reason for the First Amendment is to make the people of this country free to think, speak, write and worship as ...read more

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Some Of My Worst Enemies On The Hill Were My ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Some of my worst enemies on the Hill were ...read more

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The More I Observed Washington, The More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"The more I observed Washington, the more frequently I visited it, and the more people I interviewed there, the more I understood how prophetic L'Enfant was when ...read more

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Nobody Believes A Rumor Here [in Washington] ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Nobody believes a rumor here [in Washington] until ...read more

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One Of The Enduring Truths Of The Nation's ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

One of the enduring truths of the nation's capital is that ...read more

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Keep One Thing In Mind They May Do A Lot Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Keep one thing in mind they may do a lot of buck passing in Washington but they ...read more

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The Mystery Of Government Is Not How Washington ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

The mystery of government is not how Washington works but ...read more

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People Only Leave [washington] By Way Of The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

People only leave [Washington] by way of the box ...read more

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It's Hard When You're Up To Your Armpits In ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

It's hard when you're up to your armpits in alligators to remember you came here [to ...read more

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The Carping And Bickering Of Political Factions ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

The carping and bickering of political factions in the nation's capital reminds me of two ...read more

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I Never Liked The Atmosphere Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"I never liked the atmosphere of Washington...[T]he leaders were spending most of their time, thought and energy in trying to get into ...read more

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The Greatest Generation

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009

THE GREATEST GENERATION Franklin Delano Roosevelt: "This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny." The year was 1940, and it would be called the fulcrum of America in the 20th century. The nation was balanced precariously between the darkness of the Great Depression on one side and ...read more

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Freedom Has A Cost  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009

FREEDOM HAS A COST At the dramatic conclusion of the musical, Camelot, the tragic figure of King Arthur calls a boy named Tom out of the bushes. Arthur dubs the boy a "Knight of the Round Table," but orders him not to fight in the battle. He is to "grow up and grow strong" in order to tell of the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:18-19

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The Liberty Bell: Proclaim Liberty

Contributed by Scott Bayles on May 22, 2009

THE LIBERTY BELL: PROCLAIM LIBERTY One of the most prominent symbols of freedom in the United States is the Liberty Bell, which hangs today in the historic district of Philadelphia. It’s been called an icon of liberty and justice. It’s most famous ringing was on July 8, 1776, when the sound of the ...read more

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Denomination: Christian Church

Founding Fathers' Faith

Contributed by Jeffrey Powell on May 25, 2009

FOUNDING FATHERS' FAITH John Adams once remarked, "It is the duty of the clergy to accommodate their discourses to the times, to preach against such sins as are most prevalent, and recommend such virtues as are most wanted. For example, if exorbitant ambition and venality are predominant, ought ...read more

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Denomination: Baptist

The Statue And The Cross

Contributed by Scott Bayles on Jun 22, 2009

THE STATUE AND THE CROSS The Statue of Liberty stands across from the Island of Manhattan in New York. Soldiers, on their return from overseas, often speak in awe of the feelings they had as they sailed into the harbor and viewed the "Torch of Freedom" in Lady Liberty’s hand. To the Christian, ...read more

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Denomination: Christian Church

The Masses Blink And Say: 'we Are All Equal — ...

Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Jun 29, 2009

"The masses blink and say: 'We are all equal — Man is but man, before God we are all equal.' Before God! ...read more

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Denomination: Baptist

Liberty = Vigilance  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 24, 2009

LIBERTY = VIGILANCE In 1790 John Philpot Curran said, "The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt." Thomas Jefferson condensed Curran’s advice with the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 16:13

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