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  • The Bay Of Fundy At The Head Of The ...

    Contributed by John Ingham on Aug 19, 2004
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    Illustration: The Bay of Fundy at the head of the St. Lawrence River is 110 miles long and 32 miles wide when it empties into the bay. It is a spectacle to see the currents of the mighty St.Lawrence rushing to meet the tides of the Atlantic Ocean. You would think there could never be anything that ...read more

  • Like John The Baptist, Charles Spurgeon, A ...

    Contributed by Michael Tkachuk on Jan 3, 2005
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    Like John the Baptist, Charles Spurgeon, a Baptist minister, also preached fire and brimstone sermons. For that, he was greatly criticized in the newspapers. Articles appeared regularly disapproving of his methods, his motives, his mannerisms, and his messages. He was made to look like a villain ...read more

  • I Read About How Japan Celebrates Christmas, ...

    Contributed by Scott Weber on Dec 16, 2005
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    I read about how Japan celebrates Christmas, which has become a major event over there. They put up decorations, exchange presents, send cards, sing yuletide songs, decorate trees, serve special seasonal treats (especially strawberry-decorated cakes), and make a big fuss over St Nick, Rudolph and ...read more

  • Robert Louis Dabney Was An Outstanding ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
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    Robert Louis Dabney was an outstanding Presbyterian theologian during the mid-19th century. He served as a minister, as a chaplain, as chief of staff to General Stonewall Jackson, and as a seminary professor. He also helped establish a seminary in Austin, Texas. As he aged, Dabney began to worry ...read more

  • Perhaps No Composer Has Captured The Musical ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 20, 2007
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    Perhaps no composer has captured the musical heart and soul of America as did Irving Berlin. In addition to familiar favorites such as "God Bless America" and "Easter Parade," he wrote, "I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas," which still ranks as the all-time best-selling musical score. In an ...read more

  • Posted: September 21, 2006 © 2006 ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 21, 2007
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    Posted: September 21, 2006 © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com: Noviana Malewa and three of her friends were walking on their way to a private Christian high school in Posa Kota subdistrict of Indonesia on Oct 29, 2005, when they were assaulted by six masked Islamic terrorists - jihadists wielding machetes. ...read more

  • I Can't See Him, So I'll Look At You  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
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    I CAN’T SEE HIM, SO I’LL LOOK AT YOU A three-year-old was on the heels of her mother everywhere she walked around the house. Time and time again she’d trip over her small son. She suggested her son play with his toys, but he said he was okay and said, "I’d rather be here with you." Then he ...read more

  • The Judge In The Criminal Case Of The State Vs. ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010
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    The judge in the criminal case of the state vs. Bob Jones said, “The defendant will rise as the charges are read.” Mr. Jones’s attorney stood and motioned for Mr. Jones to stand, but he remained seated. The judge then asked, "Mr. Jones, are you the defendant in this case?" "No sir, your honor, ...read more

  • Adoption: The Potrea Protestus

    Contributed by Jesse Roncales on Mar 27, 2010
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    ADOPTION: THE POTREA PROTESTUS Our concept of adoption is far different from the concept of adoption in the New Testament. In most cases, an adopted child, at that time, was most honored than natural children. And in all cases, to be adopted by someone was considered a special privilege. In the ...read more

  • No Need To Mention The ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Oct 22, 2010
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    “No Need to Mention the Name!” One day, crossing a New York City street, a woman became confused, and stepped directly in front of an approaching streetcar. People on both curbs were sick with horror at her sure fate, when a powerful man rushed forward and not only rescued her from the streetcar, ...read more

  • Are You Seaworthy?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011
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    ARE YOU SEAWORTHY? In his book, Life before Death, Ian Leitch, a Scottish preacher, talks about three luxury ocean liners, the Queen Mary, the Queen Elizabeth, and the QE2. He says, "When they built [these ocean liners], they did not test them in dry dock. They didn’t leave them in dry dock and ...read more

  • The Ermine  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 12, 2007
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    The Ermine In the forests of northern Europe and Asia lives a little animal called the ermine, known for his snow-white fur. He instinctively protects his white coat against anything that would soil it. His fur is so fine; nothing is more beautiful on the fur markets of the world. In some countries ...read more

  • The Test Of A Truly Great Man

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 8, 2007
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    Quotes: The Test of a Truly Great Man It was John Riskin who said, “I believe the first test of a truly great man is his humility. I do not mean by humility, doubt of his own power, or hesitation in speaking his opinion. But really great men have a ... feeling that the greatness is not in them but ...read more

  • He Had No Cornfields Or Fisheries, But He Could ...

    Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Dec 15, 2007
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    He had no cornfields or fisheries, but He could spread a table for five thousand and have bread and fish to spare. He walked on no beautiful carpets or velvet rugs, but He walked on the waters of the Sea of Galilee and they supported Him. When He died, few men mourned. But a black crepe was hung ...read more

  • An Emergency-Room Doctor Wrote, "Recently We Saw ...  PRO

    Contributed by Curtis Rowe on Aug 4, 2008
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    An Emergency-room doctor wrote, "Recently we saw another preview of hell in the Parkland Hospital in Dallas. A woman struck down by a drunken driver. A college student lying semi-conscious following a head on collision with another drunk driver who himself was critically injured. The drunk's ...read more

  • Not Even The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
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    Not Even the Queen Alexandra Flynn of Fremont, Nebraska, was looking forward to the 2002 homecoming dance. She left home in high spirits, but she did not have her high school ID with her. When the man at the door refused her admission without her ID, she went home to get it. Unable to find it, her ...read more

  • Be Successful—serve God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2008
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    BE SUCCESSFUL--SERVE GOD Our commitment in the service of Lord in very important in building the body of Christ. And I challenge you to commit your life in the ministry: Confidently, wholeheartedly and absolutely for the glory of God. In Yorkshire, England, during the early 1800s, two sons were ...read more

  • Japanese Christmas

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    JAPANESE CHRISTMAS I read recently about how Japan celebrates Christmas, which has become a major event over there. They put up decorations, exchange presents, send cards, sing yuletide songs, decorate trees, serve special seasonal treats and make a big fuss over St Nick, Rudolph and Frosty. Their ...read more

  • Our Topic Today Is Worship And Service. I'd Like ...

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jan 29, 2009
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    Our topic today is worship and service. I’d like to begin by telling a true story that happened to Reverend Forrest I. Sears. He writes: Wilma had been a member of our church for many, many years. In her later years she needed the assistance of a cane to help in walking. As she was talking ...read more

  • Henry Ward Beecher Was One Of The Great ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 20, 2000
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    Henry Ward Beecher was one of the great preachers of the 19th Century. He was ill one Sunday, so a substitute pastor walked up to the pulpit as the worship service began. Seeing that Dr. Beecher would not be speaking that day, a number of people got up and headed for the door. The substitute ...read more