Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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Time technicians at the National Institute of Standards & Technology (Formerly the National Bureau of Standards) set a new level of precision in 1949 by inventing the atomic clock. It counted the oscillations of the nitrogen atom in an ammonia molecule--and was reliable to within one second in
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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As Vice President, George Bush represented the U.S. at the funeral of former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Bush was deeply moved by a silent protest carried out by Brezhnev’s widow. She stood motionless by the coffin until seconds before it was closed. Then, just as the soldiers touched the lid,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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Morris Siegel was a street person in Los Angeles. He lived like most street people--roaming about in back alleys, sleeping out-of-doors, carrying everything he owned in an old shopping cart. He was found in an alley, dead of natural causes, perhaps heart trouble.
The interesting thing about
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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An elderly man said to H.A. Ironside, “I will not go on unless I know I’m saved, or else know it’s hopeless to seek to be sure of it. I want a definite witness, something I can’t be mistaken about!”
Ironside replied, “Suppose you had a vision of an angel who told you your sins were forgiven.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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Sometime when you’re in an airport, observe the difference between passengers who hold confirmed tickets and those who are on standby. The ones with confirmed tickets read newspapers, chat with their friends or sleep. The ones on standby hang around the ticket counter, pace and smoke, smoke and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 9, 2005
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In his little book On Christian Truth, Harry Blamires suggests that we think of the human race aboard a hijacked jet-liner flying through time. “God himself directed its takeoff from the divine control-tower. The initiator of all evil, whom we call the Devil, managed to get a boarding pass.” When
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Contributed by Lynn Malone on Feb 6, 2006
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You see, we’ve all heard stories of people who lucked up and found something hidden away in an attic that turned out to be really valuable, and we figure, if it could happen to them, it could happen to us. We hear stories like Ted and Virginia from Arizona. There story was found on Antiques
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Contributed by David Ward on Aug 26, 2006
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Dallas Willard writes: “As a child I lived in an area of southern Missouri where electricity was available only in the form of lightning. But in my senior year of high school the REA (Rural Electrification Administration) extended its lines into the area where we lived, and electrical power became
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Baptist
Contributed by Terry Dashner on Dec 27, 2001
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The National Defense Council Foundation evaluated 193 countries which will be conflict areas for 2002. As I looked over the nations listed, I couldn’t help but notice that they all held something in common. They have, either presently or at some time in their history, been resistant and even
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 27, 2008
People would have been familiar with several options for living. They could choose to collaborate with the Romans like the Sadducees and even the tax collectors. They could choose to live according to a high standard of rules and regulations designed (supposedly) to gain God’s favor by being good
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Church Of God
Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jun 8, 2008
Paul Tripp writes in “A Quest For More”, “There really is no place for Christ in many people’s Christianity. Their faith is not actually in Christ; it is in
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The real meaning of eternal life is a life that can face anything without wavering. If we take this view, life becomes one great romance, a glorious
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