"Silent Night" is one of the most beloved Christmas carols, known for its serene and tranquil melody. The story behind the song begins in the small Austrian village of Oberndorf bei Salzburg in 1818. The lyrics were written by Joseph Mohr, a young priest, and the music was composed by
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Contributed by Richard Tow on Jul 9, 2024
Paul said in 1 Corinthians 9:26: “I do not fight like a man beating the air (NIV).The NLT says, “I am not like a boxer who misses his punches.” A boxer can throw a lot of punches, but if none of them hit the opponent, he will lose the fight. This is one reason a boxer trains so that he punches with
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Nov 22, 2001
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David Livingstone went to darkest Africa as a lone missionary. After some time his missions committee wrote to him saying, "Some people would like to join you. What’s the easiest road to get where you are?" He replied, "If they’re looking for the easiest road, tell them to stay in England. I
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"Einstein was four years old before he could speak and seven before he could read". Einstein became one of the greatest physicists who ever lived.
"Isaac Newton did poorly in grade school." Newton, like Einstein was one of the smartest people of his day as a scientist.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 19, 2002
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THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS:
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this
continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the
proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in
a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so
conceived
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 17, 2002
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THE POWER OF GIVING THANKS
Something to reflect on as you sit down to your Thanksgiving dinner:
If you had been a Pilgrim, would you have given thanks?
Consider what they had been through, the men and women who broke bread together on that first Thanksgiving in 1621.
They had uprooted
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Contributed by Eloy Gonzalez on Nov 16, 2002
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Some weeks ago I was watching the Health Channel on TV. They showed and described different types of plastic surgery procedures. I was amazed at the things that plastics surgeons can do now-a-days. If you need more luscious lips, they can inject collagen and make your lips downright pouty. If
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L.A. LAKER POWER GUARD A.C. GREEN is one example of a man who will stand for the truth
at all costs.
I knew A.C. during his rookie season with the Lakers. Like all rookies, he had to
endure harassment and practical jokes. As he started to practice one day, a teammate came
up to him and told him
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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A middle school teacher asked her class to write imaginative definitions of a friend. One student said, “A friend is a pair of open arms in a society of armless people.”
Another said, “A friend is a warm bedroll on a cold and frosty night.”
Other said, “A friend is a lively polka in the midst of a
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2. Story from book The History of Prayer in America One Nation Under God by James P. Moore Jr: On the eve of the battle that preceded the brutal Death march of Bataan. The Reverend William Thomas Cummings, a Catholic Priest, delivered a stirring field sermon. Looking into the faces of the troops,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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WHY DID GOD BECOME A MAN?
Why would the Son of God want to become human? What would possess Him to leave His eternal home to enter this world plagued by pain and sorrow? Why would He give up the worship of angels to endure abuse at the hands of sinful man? Why did God become a man?
Max Lucado in
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Contributed by Danny Presswood on Jan 26, 2009
WHY DID HE DO THAT?
In his book "Evidence that demands a Verdict," Josh McDowell describes what Jesus went through on our behalf. It started with "a sleepless night with no food. Then Jesus endured the mockery of two trials; He was slapped, mocked, spat upon, and ridiculed with a robe, a
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 21, 2009
I was reading a book called "Scared" the other day by Ken Davis. It is the story about a journalist in Africa and his encounter with an orphan girl who is starving. Although it is a novel, as I sat in the loungeroom reading, I felt a deep sorrow for the tragedy of her situation, and I could not
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STAND BY ME
I played the video of the song, "Stand By Me" by Home Free in a recent worship service right before I came up to preach. Our people wondered: "Pastor Larry, why play a secular song for a Sunday morning service??"
Maybe I need to share what I discovered about the
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Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jun 26, 2006
Let’s take a look at society’s honest view of the early church by reviewing this letter from antiquity:
For Christians are not distinguished from the rest of mankind by
country, or by speech, or by dress. For they do not dwell in cities of their own, or use a different language, or practice a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2006
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The British busted up of a terrorist plot - one that was within days of blowing up as many as 10 U.S. airliners somewhere over the Atlantic - demonstrates once again that we have two enemies in the War on Terror. These enemies are the terrorists themselves and our own complacency.
It’s almost
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