Contributed by Robert Joseph on Oct 13, 2010
FORGETTING THE THINGS OF EARTH
In January of 1997, astronaut John Blaha returned to earth after spending the previous four months aboard the Russian Space Station, Mir.
Besides conducting various experiments, his mission was to help scientists understand the effects of long term weightlessness
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Pentecostal
Contributed by David Simpson on Jan 15, 2013
Here in the South, there are memorials in most towns to the bloodiest war fought on American soil – the Civil War. Over 600,000 died in that conflict. What is often not known is that both the North and the South allowed “substitute soldiers.” A man drafted for military service could literally
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Christian Church
Contributed by Ken Pell on Apr 6, 2013
The Borg
There is a mortal enemy in the Star Trek series called, “The Borg.” Every trekkie knows about them. Whether you follow the Next Generation, or the Voyager series you know about these ghastly characters. In fact, TV Guide rated them as the #4 worst villains of their top 100. “The Borg” are
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Nazarene
Contributed by Michael Gibney on Aug 7, 2002
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GIVE ME LIBERTY
March 23, 1775. A man with his eternal perspective addressed the House of representatives and said,
“ No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House. But different men often see the same
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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Lord, give me firmness without hardness, steadfastness without dogmatism, and love without weakness.
Jim Elliot, quoted in
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Contributed by John Shearhart on May 24, 2006
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“Revival is the people of God living in the power of an ungrieved, unquenched Spirit.”
- James A. Stewart
“Revival is the church falling in
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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"True spiritual Experience involves the whole man. The MIND must understand Spiritual Truth, the HEART must love and appreciate
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"True humour springs not more from the head than from the heart; it is not contempt, its essence is love; it issues not in
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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You dont have to go to heathen lands today to find false gods. America is full of them. Whatever
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Property is dear to menbecause it is the bulwark of all they hold dearest on earth, and above all else, because it is the safeguard of those they
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 22, 2002
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In the closing days of World War II, Allied bombings of the munitions factories around Essen, Germany, became more and more frequent and fierce. When the air raid sirens sounded, armed guards would rush to bomb shelters, leaving the slave laborers (often Jewish and female) to huddle in the rubble
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I went out to McDonald’s one crisp March morning. It was just our way of sharing special playtime with our son. We were standing in line, waiting to be served, when all of a sudden everyone around us began to back away, and then even my husband did.
I did not move an inch... an overwhelming
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Adventist
Contributed by Peter Loughman on Apr 22, 2008
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OUR FLAG IS A BANNER
In February of 1945 Joe Rosenthal pulled out his camera and clicked a photo that would later become the most reproduced photograph in the history of photography: Five young Marines planting the American flag on the island of Iwo Jima. The photo of these young men raising the
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Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 12, 2008
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My favorite story about the Holy Spirit is the story C.S. Lewis told about a college student who wrote to him. The young man was an atheist. And he was very concerned, because he had made friends with some Christian students. They were enthusiastically witnessing to him about Jesus, and it had
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Baptist