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  • Wind Is The Movement Of Air Relative To The ...

    Contributed by Douglas Vincent on May 28, 2004
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    Wind is the Movement of air relative to the surface of the Earth. Wind is an important factor in determining and controlling climate and weather. It is also the generating force of most ocean and freshwater waves. Wind occurs because of horizontal and vertical differences in atmospheric pressure. ...read more

  • This Story Comes From P131-133 Of The The Lion, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Sep 14, 2005
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    This story comes from p131-133 of the The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe in The Chronicles of Narnia series. Peter, the great king, has just slain the evil wolf general Maugrim. Aslan tells him he has blood on his sword. Peter looks down and sees that t is true. He bends down and wipes the blood ...read more

  • Charles F. Kettering, Former Research Head Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Feb 6, 2006
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    Charles F. Kettering, former research head of General Motors, was fond of telling this story. When he called a research and development meeting on a particular problem of not an immediate probability of presenting a ready solution, and he wanted the problem solved, he’d take care to first find a ...read more

  • About Half Of The Americans Who Are Familiar With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    About half of the Americans who are familiar with the New Age movement don’t take its teachings seriously, and a third of them say New Age thought runs counter to Judeo-Christian teaching, says a new poll by the Princeton Religious Research Center. The poll also shows that the general ...read more

  • How The Gospel Came To Korea

    Contributed by Jun Tadena on Aug 25, 2006
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    How the Gospel Came to Korea Robert J. Thomas, a Welshman, was a colporteur working in China for the Scottish Bible Society. In the course of his work, he learned that the Korean language is based on Chinese and that, as a result, the Korean intellectuals could read Chinese. His main responsibility ...read more

  • Winning People For God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 3, 2005
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    WINNING PEOPLE FOR GOD One Sunday evening, William Booth was walking in London with his son, Bramwell, who was then 12 or 13 years old. The father surprised the son by taking him to a tavern! The place was crowded with men and women. Some of them were drunk. Some of them were loud. And the air was ...read more

  • Responding To A Survey That Showed That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Responding to a survey that showed that Alabamans had the most bible knowledge, but being dismayed at the general lack thereof, Cecil R. Taylor, dean of the School of Christian Studies at the Southern Baptist-affiliated University of Mobile, said it upsets him to know “how biblically illiterate ...read more

  • Arthur Pink, A Theologian From Another ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 24, 2007
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    Arthur Pink, a theologian from another generation, talks against those who preach about Jesus as a savior from hell rather than a savior from sin. He explained that there are many who are dangerously deceived by this, because there are many who desire to escape the flames of hell, but have no ...read more

  • The Man Who Found The Pearl Had Already ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Oct 11, 2007
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    The man who found the Pearl had already Sacrificed … just in his search for the Pearl. Pearl hunting involved immense danger. You don’t just walk along a beach to find them. Oysters generally thrive at a debth of about 40 feet, and it those days there was no scuba gear. Back in Jesus’ day, A ...read more

  • B. Instead Of Focusing On His Own Life, And ...

    Contributed by J. B. Hall on Mar 30, 2008
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    B. Instead of focusing on his own life, and keeping himself in a right, vibrant, relationship with the Lord, he is virtually always concerned with, watching, critiquing, and criticizing those around him. C. It seems that whoever he is focused on can do no right. D. If this person is not doing what ...read more

  • Momma And The Toast  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Drake on Apr 14, 2008
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    Momma and the toast A Sunday School teacher asked her class if they knew the difference between kindness and loving kindness. One little girl said she knew the difference. She told the teacher that kindness is like when you ask your mother for some toast and she gives it to you, but loving kindness ...read more

  • One Way To Win: Bet It All

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 12, 2009
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    ONE WAY TO WIN: BET IT ALL God has the answers that we need. I often see people not trusting in God and truly seeking His face. Worshiping with others and seeking out the answers that we are looking for is often done superficially. We show up once or twice and wonder why "church" doesn't seem to ...read more

  • Casual Christians  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Jul 27, 2009
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    CASUAL CHRISTIANS Barna defines these folks as those who perceive their Christianity as "faith in moderation. It allows them to feel religious without having to prioritize their faith. Christianity is a low-risk, predictable proposition..., providing a faith perspective that is not demanding. A ...read more

  • Alexander The Great On Hope

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2009
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    ALEXANDER THE GREAT ON HOPE Jesus is a sign of hope, and the friend of those who will not let hope die. He must increase, and we must decrease. The Macedonian king, Alexander the Great, was about to launch a great campaign. It would be trying and difficult. It would mean slogging across the ...read more

  • Kentucky Thunderstorm Wipes Out Historic Family ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 12, 2009
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    Kentucky Thunderstorm Wipes Out Historic Family Pear Tree John Claypool tells the story of a thunderstorm years ago that swept through Southern Kentucky at the farm where his ancestors had lived for 6 generations. There was an old pear tree that had been there for about as long as anyone could ...read more

  • The Wallpaper Church

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on May 28, 2011
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    THE WALLPAPER CHURCH The first Protestant missionary martyr in Korea was Robert Jermain Thomas (1839-1866), a Welsh missionary with the London Missionary Society. In 1863 he went to Beijing and there met two Korean traders who told him about the Catholic converts who had no Bibles. Thomas became ...read more

  • The Style Of Indiana Jones In Discovering ...

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Dec 20, 2011
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    The style of Indiana Jones in discovering "Biblical treasures"!!! Yes, Indiana Jones stories are juicy and spicy, for they stoke the fires of inherent sense of discovery in all of us. Add to that breathtaking stunts and adventure, you have a heady mix guaranteed to give one some goose bumps. ...read more

  • Charles Dickens And Reviving Christmas  PRO

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Dec 24, 2012
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    Two hundred years ago, in the early 19th Century, as astonishing as it may seem, Christmas in Great Britain had become almost extinct. The Times newspaper did not mention Christmas once between 1790 and 1835. Not once! However, Charles Dickens was instrumental in reviving Christmas during the ...read more

  • Awaiting Our Full Adoption  PRO

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jul 10, 2008
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    AWAITING OUR FULL ADOPTION LAST WEEK I SPOKE ABOUT ROMAN ADOPTION, AND THAT A CHILD WOULD BE TREATED AS HIS OWN CHILD. THIS IS A PICTURE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO US AS SONS/DAUGHTERS OF GOD: WE ARE ADOPTED INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD. THERE WAS A SECOND ADOPTION PROCESS OFTEN UNDERTAKEN IN ROMAN ...read more

  • Do You Know Where The Phrase "Buy The Farm" Comes ...

    Contributed by Curt Cizek on Jul 22, 2008
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    Do you know where the phrase “buy the farm” comes from? It is actually rather recent in its usage. It started perhaps during WWI but certainly by WWII, having been recorded only in the 1950’s. Professor Jonathan Lighter has compiled the origin in the Random House Dictionary of American Slang. ...read more