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A Modern day example of this is found In the movie Groundhog’s day. Bill Murray finds that he is stuck repeating the same day over and over again. At first, he is very frustrated and thinks he is going to go insane. No matter what he does he cannot affect or change the events of the day. Then
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Lutheran
Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Apr 28, 2010
Some years ago in Whitsunday Baptist Church a few men got together and started a prayer meeting. We met every week on a Monday morning at 6 am at Wyn’s place. It was high up on the side of a mountainous hill that overlooked Proserpine and back towards Airlie Beach. They were great prayer meetings.
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Contributed by John Boquist on Jul 19, 2008
In the Yorktown Visitors Center you can see the bicentennial proclamation celebrating the 200th anniversary of Washington's victory over the British general Cornwallis. Under the glass with that proclamation is the pen Ronald Reagan used to sign the document back in 1981.
Suppose I were to
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Baptist
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 1, 2001
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The story is told (by Ernest Hemingway) of a father and his teenage son who had a relationship that had become strained to the point of breaking. Finally the son ran away from home. His father, however, began a journey in search of his rebellious son. Finally, in Madrid, in a last desperate
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Martin Field on Aug 7, 2001
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It’s not easy to step up against the authorities. Let me illustrate: During his years as premier of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev denounced many of the policies and atrocities of his predecessor, Joseph Stalin. Once, as he reproached Stalin in a public meeting, Khrushchev was interrupted
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Episcopal/Anglican
Contributed by Steven Dow on Sep 18, 2002
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ALL IN TUNE
“Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all turned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow. So one hundred worshipers [meeting]
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 10, 2001
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The first American Thanksgiving didn’t occur in 1621 when a group of Pilgrims shared a feast with a group of friendly Indians. The first recorded thanksgiving took place in Virginia more than 11 years earlier, and it wasn’t a feast. The winter of 1610 at Jamestown had reduced a group of 409
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Oct 20, 2006
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In his book, Exit Interviews: Revealing Stories Why People Are Leaving the Church, William Hendricks took a survey asking folks why they no longer attended church. Surprisingly, the most common complaint was not the music, or the facility, or that church was dull. The most common reason given for
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Christian Church
Contributed by Andrew Drummond on Feb 18, 2007
The story is told (by Ernest Hemingway) of a father and his teenage son who had a relationship that had become strained to the point of breaking. Finally the son ran away from home. His father, however, began a journey in search of his rebellious son. Finally, in Madrid, in a last desperate effort
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The story is told (by Ernest Hemingway) of a father and his teenage son who had a relationship that had become strained to the point of breaking. Finally the son ran away from home. His father, however, began a journey in search of his rebellious son.
Finally, in Madrid, in a last desperate
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Episcopal/Anglican
Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 15, 2009
GOD SHOWS UP IN THE HUMBLEST DWELLINGS
Tommy Welchel describes the miracles of Azusa Street:
"The thought that God visited us in a barn to introduce His Son...confounds the minds of scholars a skeptics. These miracles were happening in and old, run-church that once used to house animals. By the
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 12, 2012
INFINITE WISDOM
An angel appears at a faculty meeting and tells the dean, "In return for your unselfish and exemplary behavior, the Lord will reward you with your choice of infinite wealth, wisdom, or beauty."
"Give me infinite wisdom!" declares the dean, without hesitation.
Done!" says the
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Contributed by Francis Balla on Aug 24, 2012
A prayer offered by Rev. Jacob Douche at the commencement of First Continental Congress meeting on Sept 7, 1774. “O Lord our Heavenly Father, high and mighty King of kings, and Lord of lords, who from your throne behold all the dwellers on earth and reigns with power supreme and uncontrolled over
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Contributed by Daniel Harman on Mar 28, 2008
1 WAY OF IMPROVING YOUR CHANCES OF MAKING FRIENDS – SMILE!!!
It takes less muscles to smile than to frown & it also will help to keep you young!
"A happy heart makes the face cheerful!" Prov. 15:13 (NIV),
2 Cor. 3:18 (our faces should reflect God’s glory!)
A loving heart and a friendly smile
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
When the unsinkable Titanic sank, warning after warning had been sent to tell them they were speeding into an ice field. But the messages were ignored. In fact, when a nearby ship sent an urgent warning, the Titanic was talking to Cape Race about the time chauffeurs were to meet arriving passengers
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