Contributed by Greg Burdine on Jun 12, 2002
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On September 11, Lt. Col. Brian Birdwell (from U.S. Army Headquarters) had just stepped into a Pentagon hallway when the fireball from the hijacked plane hit him. After recovering from the initial shock, Birdwell realized he was on fire. "Jesus, I’m coming to see you," he remembers praying. When
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 10, 2003
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OUR SALVATION “LORICA”—COMMUNION MEDIATION
A lorica was an ancient piece of armor that acted like a breastplate to shield its wearer from physical danger. But to the Celts of early Ireland, a lorica was also an oral chant that the pagan Druid magicians believed invoked magical powers of
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"We were on shipboard," relates a captain’s wife, "lying in a Southern harbor. We were obliged, first to make our way ashore. The waves were rolling heavily. I became frightened at the thought of attempting it, when one came to me, saying, ’Do not be afraid: I will take care of you.’ "He bore a
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Contributed by Pat Cook on Feb 7, 2006
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Let me tell you about C.S.Lewis, the author of the Chronicles of Narnia. In 1952 he had been writing to one of his fans an American woman named Joy Gresham, a recent convert to Christianity, and who had been a Communist Jew. She was also going through a hard divorce. He autographed her copy of his
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jun 14, 2024
[012] A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - ABOUT A PLEASANT WAY
I wanted to compose a simple poem that might be able to be used as a song. This was the result. I like the flow of words, which is what rhythm is all about and I like to compose that way mostly. However I am not musical in the sense of
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Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 21, 2000
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Two weeks ago there were about a hundred protesters picketing the Second Baptist Church of Houston, Texas. This was a group of Hindus who were upset that the Southern Baptist Convention was encouraging its churches like Second Baptist, which incidentally has over 10,000 members, to make a special
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Contributed by Rob Clifton on May 23, 2001
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Many people believe that traditional church music is vastly superior to the contemporary church music being written today. But the date on which a song was written does not insure it’s worth either theologically or musically. Milburn Price, a Church Music professor, gave the following example in an
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002
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Mormon sacred scriptures say explicitly that there are many gods; for example, the three persons of the Trinity are regarded as three gods. Mormons believe that God used to be a man but was able to learn how to be a god, and all Mormon men are striving to become gods just like their heavenly
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Sep 13, 2002
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[Needless Fear]
The early American Indians had a unique practice of training young braves.
On the night of a boy’s thirteenth birthday, after learning hunting, scouting, and fishing skills, he was put to one final test.
He was placed in a dense forest to spend the entire night alone.
Until then, he
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Contributed by Michael King on Jul 20, 2003
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STORY OF SHEEP
In the Highlands of Scotland, sheep would often wander off into the rocks and get
into places that they couldn’t get out of. The grass on these mountains is very sweet
and the sheep like it, and they will jump down ten or twelve feet, and then they can’t
jump back again, and the
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