Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jul 23, 2006
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Persecution shouldn’t come as a shock to us. Jesus forewarned His followers that they would be mistreated and even killed. Listen to how several of the disciples of Jesus died. According to church tradition …
• Matthew suffered martyrdom by being slain with a sword in Ethiopia.
• Mark expired
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Dec 19, 2001
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The Taj Mahal is one of the most beautiful and costly tombs ever built, but there is something fascinating about its beginnings.
In 1629, when the favorite wife of Indian ruler Shah Jahan died, he ordered that a magnificent tomb be built as a memorial to her. The shah placed his wife’s casket in
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 8, 2001
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In my "Reader’s Digest - Jesus and His Times" (copy write 1987 - from which much of this information is derived), there is a picture of a "Mikvah" that has been discovered in Masada (the ancient fortress built by Herod which held off the Romans for so long after the fall of Jerusalem in 70 A.D.).
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2004
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REMEMBERING MY PURPOSE
The Taj Mahal is one of the most beautiful and costly tombs ever built, but there is something fascinating about its beginnings.
In 1629, when the favorite wife of Indian ruler Shah Jahan died, he ordered that a magnificent tomb be built as a memorial to her. The shah
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Killpatrick reminds us how the Cheap Grace mindset can ruin our lives and drive us away from God.
Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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Your death day is better than your birthday.
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth (Ecclesiastes 7:1 KJV)
In the book Facing Death, Billy Graham tells of when he heard of the death Corrie ten Boom. She was a remarkable woman who hid Jews
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 23, 2010
"Consider Cornelia, a woman imprisoned in a work camp in Romania during the hard years of Communist occupation. One night, being too tired to undress, she fell exhausted on her bed and immediately went to sleep. She began to dream of a beautiful field full of flowers. There was a soft humming sound
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Ken Pell on Apr 6, 2010
"The Harrowing of Hell" -- "I have the keys to death and Hades"
An ancient Christian hymn found in the old hymn book "Odes of Solomon" (from the first one hundred years of the Christian church) has a climactic celebration of "The harrowing (robbing) of Hell." It gives us insight into the first
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Nazarene
Contributed by Michael Fritz on Nov 12, 2006
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Let us suppose we are back in the old days of the high priest, who took incense into the sanctum and went behind the veil and offered it there. And let us suppose that rubber—the worst-smelling thing I can think of when it burns—had been available in those days. Let us suppose that chips of rubber
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Holiness
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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John Stott The Cross of Christ
I have entered many Buddhist temples in different Asian countries and stood respectfully before the statute of Buddha, his legs crossed, arms folded, eyes closed, the ghost of a smile playing round his mouth, a remote look on his face, detached from the agonies of the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2005
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A 16-year-old named William left home to seek his fortune. His earthly possessions were tied in a bundle carried in his hand. One day he met an elderly canal-boat captain who listened to his story that his family was too poor to keep him, and the only skill he had was making candles and soap.
The
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Contributed by Gene Edwards on Jan 12, 2007
WHEN I BOUGHT MY WIFE’S ENGAGEMENT RING AT TYRELL’S JEWELER’S, IN SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA. THE JEWELER ASKED ME IF I WANTED A DIAMOND WITH A SLIGHT BREAK, A VERY SLIGHT BREAK, OR WHAT HE CALLED A THREE-V DIAMOND, ONE WITH A VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY SLIGHT BREAK. I SAID, I WANT ONE WITH NO BREAK AT ALL
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Baptist
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