Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 6, 2007
Movie – Saving Private Ryan. It is loosely based on the story of four brothers who served during WW II. Because it was believed three of them had died in battle, a Division was sent deep into enemy lines to bring the last one home alive. It is this scene where Tom Hanks, playing Captain John
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Salvation Army
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Henry Welles had an idea more than a century ago, an idea we still abide by today. In 1866, the United States had just emerged from a terrible and bloody civil war between our Northern and Southern states. Henry, a drugstore owner in Waterloo, New York, heard stories about our crippled and maimed
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Episcopal/Anglican
Immediately after former Romanian dictator Ceausescu was killed, his residency was open for everybody to visit it. In Bucharest, the capital.Everyone was free to come in take a look. I was curious too and I went. WOW! I was impressed: Gold, marble, exotic wood… I never see such thing before or
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Seventh-Day Adventist
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Our expression of love should be motivated and empowered by the sacrificial love that we have already received.
B. Lance Armstrong won an unprecedented seven consecutive Tour de Frances.
1. During his fifth consecutive victory in the 2003 Tour de France, in the fifteenth stage of the competition,
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The Gift of Us
Marjorie Tallcott was married and had one child during the Great Depression. The family managed to scrape their way through, but as Christmas approached one year Marjorie and her husband were disappointed that they would not be able to buy any presents. A week before Christmas they
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Nathan Hale, a great American patriot during the Revolutionary War, was captured and hung by British soldiers. His now famous final words were, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." He was willing to die for his nation and its freedom.
Not long ago, a mother in
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There was a king who had all his world could afford. The thing he loved most, however, was to laugh. Once while being entertained a jester came along wishing to join in the festival of activities and also wishing to perform for him. His opportunity came and he put the best comical show together he
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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There was a black slave named Jack who chopped wood every day for his master. It was a hard task. His hands would bleed. His entire body would also be painful. Ever since he was a child, he did just that.
One very exhausting day, he thought of his dire situation. Whose fault was it that he ended
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Joel Gregory told a story of a blind, poor and hungry Indian beggar who sat beside a road, starved from the scarcity of travelers and how much rice they could give him. One day he heard the thunder of a chariot in the distance. It was the grand entourage of the Maharajah, who was known to have
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The boy scout was really excited about going on the annual winter camperee. With a couple feet of snow on the ground, the setting was perfect for a great weekend.
His was one of the first troops to hike in and set up camp. The boy scout, along with his troop, forged into the wilderness. Upon
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A father takes a hike with his one-year-old son who is in a carrier on his back. The hike leads around the perimeter of a lake. In spite of gathering clouds, father and son attack the rugged trail. Half way around the lake, it begins to rain. The father reaches back and pulls his son’s hood over
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A Puritan Quote on the Devil
-This “citizen” of the “far country” is none other than the devil. You must remember always that the “citizen” is only interested in his pigs prospering and all else being destroyed in the process.
Thomas Watson -- Satan does value souls, he knows their worth; he
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