The Christmas Scale is a message to the song, Joy to the World, and our need to take pause during the Christmas season to understand the Greatest Gift to the World.
THE CHRISTMAS SCALE can be found on youtube by searching the name, or using
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 1, 2002
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In 1994 two Americans answered an invitation from the Russian Department of Education to teach morals and ethics (based on Biblical principles) in the public schools. They were invited to teach at prisons, businesses, the fire and police departments, and a large orphanage.
It was nearing the
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Church Of God
Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 29, 2007
Give A Birthday Present To Jesus.
One year our church celebrated Christmas by giving a birthday present to Jesus. On the first Sunday in December, I asked the congregation to think about what Jesus Christ really meant to them, and to offer a gift on the altar to symbolize their love for Him and
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Contributed by Kent Lenard on Sep 8, 2003
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Not long ago Americans got to know another American better. His name is General Norman H. Schwarzkopf. He showed great leadership ability in leading the troops in the Persian Gulf War, just like he had done throughout his military career beginning at West Point. In Vietnam he turned a battalion
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Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Oct 27, 2004
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Our train rolled into Kansas City at 1 a.m. Dim lights came on to help the new passengers find seats. Many of us who had been riding home through the night had spread out to occupy two seats apiece.
An attractive woman made her way down the aisle with her bags. She was looking from side to
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Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Jul 8, 2006
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One Nation Under God also has her foundation under-girded in Prayer.
1Timothy 2:1-2 says, “I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone -- for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and
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Contributed by David Dewitt on Dec 9, 2001
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The land of Persia was once ruled by a wise and beloved Shah who cared greatly for his people and desired only what was best for them. One day he disguised himself as a poor man and went to visit the public baths. The water for the baths was heated by a furnace in the cellar, so the Shah made his
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Contributed by Ken Pell on Sep 29, 2008
I watched one of my favorite movies last night. It is an old comedy called "The God's Must Be Crazy." It is about a bush tribe that lives in the Kalahari Desert; they have no earthly possessions. They are happy, content, and self sufficient.
A bush plane flies overhead (which they mistake for a
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Nazarene
Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 4, 2012
DEDICATION IS COSTLY
Bertoldo de Giovanni is a name even the most enthusiastic lover of art is unlikely to recognize. He was the pupil of Donatello, the greatest sculptor of his time, and he was the teacher of Michelangelo, the greatest sculptor of all time. Michelangelo was only 14 years old when
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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Pastor Clifford S. Stewart of Louisville, Kentucky, sent his parents a microwave oven one Christmas when microwaves were a new thing for many Americans. Here's how he recalls the interesting experience:
"They were excited that now they, too, could be a part of the instant generation.
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 16, 2003
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C. Recent research is shining light on the importance of male spiritual leadership in the home. Among their findings is the reality that 68 million of our nation’s 94 million men don’t attend any church. This, in spite of the fact, that 86% of them grew up with some sort of church background.
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Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jul 10, 2003
He was from South Carolina and all this Baptist preacher ever wanted in life was to provide leadership to a Bible College. All his life, he worked for the position and eventually attained it. As he fulfilled his life’s dream and vocation, the disease of Alzheimer’s struck his wife. Her health
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Contributed by Kent Kessler on Aug 30, 2007
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Fully furnished!
Leander McCormick-Goodheart was a recruiter for the Ford Motor Company in 1944. He toured fifty universities across the United States to recruit the outstanding graduating student of each institution. At Leigh University, he met a young man named Lee and offered him a position at
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Methodist
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DAVID, JERUSALEM AND D-DAY
The 65th Anniversary of D-Day was observed June 6th. It was the largest single day amphibious invasion of all time. With nearly 200,000 troops involved; 160,000 would land on the 50 mile stretch of beaches known as Normandy.
There were many obstacles that day: the
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Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 6, 2012
There are 2 ways of handling pressure:
One is illustrated by a bathysphere, the miniature submarine used to explore the ocean in places so deep that the water pressure would crush a conventional submarine like an aluminum can. Bathyspheres compensate with plate steel several inches thick, which
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