Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 13, 2007
The Romans sometimes compelled a captive to be joined face-to-face with a dead body, and to bear it about until the horrible emanating smell destroyed the life of the living victim. Virgil describes this cruel punishment:
’The living and the dead at his command
Were coupled face to face, and hand
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Contributed by Todd Pugh on Jan 14, 2008
Author, Lisa Rogak has written a book on Funeral Foods, Rituals & Customs from Around World
It’s entitled, “Death Warmed over.” In it she tells the story of one man who was very near death. He was dying at home in bed. He could smell the aroma of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies coming from
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 28, 2008
There was a lad who lived in the area where an old and wise sage would offer people counsel for their lives. He always knew the right answer, and those who listened to his counsel profited in their lives.
In the village was a lad who thought he could trick the sage into giving a wrong answer. He
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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Some regard private enterprise as if it were a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look upon it as a cow that they can milk. Only a handful see it for what it
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life; comes into us at midnight very clean. Its perfect when it arrives, and it puts itself in our
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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I fought in three wars and three more would not be too many to defend my country. I love America and as she has
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The story of defeat of the Israelite in the hands of the people of Ai under the leadership of Joshua and how Joshua waited patiently on God to find out the
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Pentecostal
The firstborn is often rebellious. In fact, I suspect that I was such a firstborn–first adopted–handful that my mom and dad changed their
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Catholic
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Perfectionism is a dangerous state of mind in an imperfect world. The best way is to forget doubts and set about the task in hand....If you are doing your
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Contributed by Shannon Lewis on Apr 3, 2007
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A mother took her young son shopping. After a day in the stores, a clerk handed the little boy a lollipop. "What do you say?" the mother
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The strong man meets his crisis with the most practical tools at hand. They may not be the best tools but they are available, which is all-important. He
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