Contributed by Robbie Parsons on Jul 22, 2003
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In April 1865, the Civil War was coming to a close. Robert E Lee had surrendered to US Grant. He later begged the southern states to join the Union and be one nation again. Johnson finally surrendered to Sherman, leaving only one major Confederate general to surrender, which he eventually did.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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January 6, 1850, was bitterly cold in Colchester, England, a hard-biting blizzard keeping most worshipers at home.
At the Primitive Methodist Chapel on Artillery Street only about a dozen showed up.
When it became apparent that even the pastor would not arrive, a man rose and spoke from Isaiah
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Jim Nicodem is the Founding and Senior Pastor of Christ Community Church which has three campuses in St. Charles, Dekalb, and Blackberry Creek, Illinois. In his sermon entitled “The Straight Scoop on Anger” Pastor Jim shares this illustration:
“You’re watching a football game, your favorite team.
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Methodist
Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010
While we were in Jerusalem we visited a Jewish shop “Treasures of the Temple” which was a sort of museum. These Jews are currently recreating all the temple items in preparation of rebuilding the temple to worship in O.T. style. Photos 796-798
We stopped by the Western Wall and there were dozens
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Baptist
Contributed by Roger Miller on Apr 27, 2010
Skuvbalon took on the nuance of a vulgar expression with emotive connotations (thus, roughly
equivalent to the English “crap, s**t”) is probable. . .” http://bible.org/article/brief-word-study-
skuvbalon. If you study the use of this word outside the Bible especially in the first Century it is
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
ARTHUR'S ENVY
When I served on staff at Rayne Memorial UMC on St. Charles Avenue, a young man named Arthur began attending. Arthur was a nice guy but was different, both in appearance and in personality. Arthur got involved in the young adult ministry I had started at the church and was accepted
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Methodist
Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 13, 2012
SOLID GROUND
On May 4th, just two months ago, the Lambro family woke to find the backyard of their Windermere home gone. Overnight a sinkhole had formed that grew to more than 100 x 50 feet and swallowed a hammock and 4 trees.
Last month, on June 21st, Susan Minutillo left her house to run a
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Baptist
Contributed by Curt Cizek on Nov 21, 2008
-The high school that I went to was a big football, track and wrestling school
-All of the best athletes played football
-The coach of the team highly encouraged his best players to not play basketball anymore but to concentrate during the winter on lifting weights instead of shooting a
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Lutheran
Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Aug 15, 2010
[THE BOOK OF HEAVEN] In 1832 four Indian chiefs from the western part of our nation walked the streets of the city of St. Louis, Missouri. The wearied, wasted manner of their appearance demonstrated the fact that they had come a long way. General George Rogers Clark was military commander at St.
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Suppose that the Super Bowl was being held at Ericsson Stadium (where the Carolina Panthers play but this will fit at any Pro football stadium.) You would love to go, wouldn’t you? What do you need in order to get in? You need a ticket! If you don’t have a ticket, there’s nothing you can do – you
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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