Contributed by Rick Stacy on Jun 11, 2007
June 30 to July 4, 1870 Natchez vs Robert E. Lee Steamboat Race
Two different captains raced from Natchez, Mississippi to St. Louis, MO. On the boat called the Natchez they carried cargo and passengers. It was actually the faster of the two steamboats. On the other boat, called the Robert E.
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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A man of faith is on top of a roof during a great flood in the South. Another man comes by in a boat and says, "Get in, get in, the water is rising!"
The man of faith replied, "No, sir. I have faith in God and I know that He will answer my prayer and give me a miracle." So,
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Clark Tanner on Nov 6, 2000
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In the mid 1800’s Francis Thompson was in the throes of battle with truth. Ravished by alcohol and drug abuse, He had begun to sense the relentless pursuit of the Holy Spirit, and the harder he ran, the more he felt the hot breath (so to speak) of what he called “The Hound of Heaven” on his
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Orthodox
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2002
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Abraham Lincoln said of the war in his 2nd inaugural address in 1865 only weeks before his assassination: “Neither party expected for the war, the magnitude, or the duration, which it has already attained… Each looked for an easier triumph… Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
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Living Unaware of Our Vast Fortune
Come with me into West Texas during the Depression. Mr. Ira Yates was like many other ranchers and farmers. He had a lot of land, and a lot of debt. Mr. Yates wasn’t able to make enough on his ranching operation to pay the principal and interest on the mortgage,
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Contributed by Bryan Ness on Sep 4, 2002
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Viktor was seated in a crowded train headed for Budapest. He was one of the leading bee experts in Hungary and he was transporting a box of bees, which he had placed under his seat. He was enjoying the passing scenery and the cool breeze coming from the open window. As he was talking to the
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Adventist
Contributed by Dana Chau on Jul 1, 2003
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Someone tells about a pastor who was late for church. He flagged down a taxicab and instructed the cabdriver to do everything within his power to get him to church on time. So the cab sped off and weaved through traffic for about ten blocks. The dangerous driving ended in a fatal accident. Both
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 20, 2003
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Last year (2002), A&E produced a made-for-TV movie entitled Shackleton: The Greatest Survival Story of All Time. It is the account of the British explorer Ernest Shackleton and the 27 men with him who attempted to cross the continent of Antarctica. Temperatures around the South Pole can reach as
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Methodist
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HENRY M. STANLEY THE GREAT EXPLORER AND DAVID LIVINGSTON THE GREAT MISSIONARY FROM ENGLAND DID A VAST WORK IN AFRICA.
Henry Stanley was the explorer and he was telling an African Chief about Jesus, when the African chief started crying and desired to know more.
That night Stanley was pacing the
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Steven Angus on Sep 26, 2006
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Yates Pool is a famous oil field in West Texas. During the Great Depression of the 1930’s, this field was a sheep ranch owned by a man named Ira Yates. Because of Yates’ inability to make enough money on his ranching operation to make his mortgage payment, he was in danger of losing his
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United Methodist
Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 23, 2006
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Why was Hitler so successful? Because the church rolled over and let him.
Germany had been beaten to the ground and humiliated after World War I. The Treaty of Versailles put such demands on Germany that it looked like it would never dig itself out. Its economy took a nosedive, and the ruling
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 20, 2007
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In Run with the Horses, Eugene Peterson writes about seeing a family of birds teaching the young to fly. Three young swallows were perched on a dead branch that stretched out over a lake.
"One adult swallow got alongside the chicks and started shoving them out toward the end of the
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Pentecostal
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