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  • During World War I, A British Commander Was ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Apr 15, 2007
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    “During World War I, a British commander was preparing to lead his soldiers back to battle. They’d been on furlough, and it was a cold, rainy, muddy day. Their shoulders sagged because they knew what lay ahead of them: mud, blood, possible death. Nobody talked, nobody sang. It was a heavy time. ...read more

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    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Apr 16, 2007
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    “During World War I, a British commander was preparing to lead his soldiers back to battle. They’d been on furlough, and it was a cold, rainy, muddy day. Their shoulders sagged because they knew what lay ahead of them: mud, blood, possible death. Nobody talked, nobody sang. It was a heavy time. ...read more

  • World Renowned Evangelist Luis Palau, Shares ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    World renowned evangelist Luis Palau, shares this personal testimony in his sermon “Go to the Ends of the Earth.” “My family and team have gone to over sixty countries declaring the glory of God. When I first went to the Muslim-, Hindu-, and Buddhist-majority nations, I trembled to do the right ...read more

  • After The First World War, The Prince Of Wales ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    After the First World War, the Prince of Wales was invited to visit a military hospital in which there were 36 injured soldiers. He willingly accepted. In the first ward he visited, he went from bed to bed thanking each soldier for his sacrifices for Great Britain and the Empire. As he left the ...read more

  • We Live In An Incredible World That Has Been ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    We live in an incredible world that has been wonderfully designed and marvelously created by God. When the last tubes of the Lincoln Tunnel under the Hudson River for the Pennsylvania Railroad were about to be joined in 1927, a young civil engineer named Richardson was chosen for the task because ...read more

  • In How Life Imitates The World Series, Dave ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In How Life Imitates the World Series, Dave Bosewell tells a story about Earl Weaver, former manager of the Baltimore Orioles. Sports fans will enjoy how he handled star Reggie Jackson. Weaver had a rule that no one could steal a base unless given the steal sign. This upset Jackson because he felt ...read more

  • In The Darkest Time Of World War Ii In The City ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In the darkest time of World War II in the city of London a message came across the air to bring a New Year’s message to the discouraged people. In the process the announcer quoted the following poem: “I said to a man who stood at the gate of the year Give me a light that I may tread, safely into ...read more

  • One Traveler, Who Toured That Area Of The World ...

    Contributed by Hal Seed on Jul 27, 2007
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    One traveler, who toured that area of the world before it became commercialized, wrote this description of how evening banquets at rich guys’ houses went in 1894. He said, “…entertainment is a public affair. The gateway of the court, and the door… stand open… A long, low table, or more often ...read more

  • Near The End Of World War Ii, Members Of The ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Aug 22, 2007
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    Near the end of World War II, members of the Allied forces were often found searching farms and houses for snipers. At one abandoned house, which had been reduced to rubble, searchers found their way into the basement. There, on a crumbling wall, a victim of the Holocaust had scratched a Star of ...read more

  • Let's Find The World Of Dangerous Wonder. It's A ...

    Contributed by Jerry Mckee on Dec 12, 2007
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    Let’s find the world of dangerous wonder. It’s a real place, you know. It is the place where children and grownups can find God, located just beyond where the sidewalk ends. The directions just might be found in your church, your Bible, or even a friendship. Dull people and dream stealers are not ...read more

  • Our World Has Plenty Of Knowledge And Education, ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
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    Our world has plenty of knowledge and education, but not much wisdom. Wisdom can often be learned from the fairly uneducated. Take children for instance. Patrick, age 10 “Never trust a dog to watch your food.” Michael, age 14 “When your dad is mad and asks you, ‘Do I look stupid?’ don’t answer ...read more

  • In The Over 3100 Years Of Recorded World History, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 30, 2008
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    In the over 3100 years of recorded world history, the world has only been at peace 8% of the time or a total of 286 years, and over 8000 treaties have been made and broken. During this period there have been 14,531 ...read more

  • When A Dream Dies The World Is Not The Same You ...

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Feb 6, 2008
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    When a dream dies the world is not the same you realize in an instant that everything has changed tomorrow will be different the plans will all be new for the dream that you were chasing no longer lives inside of you to know the race is over and you’ve been left behind is like a snowflake in the ...read more

  • In A Big World, The Small Church Has Remained ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Mar 30, 2008
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    In a big world, the small church has remained intimate. In a fast world, the small church has been steady. In an expensive world, the small church has remained plain. In a complex world, the small church has remained simple. In a rational world, the small church has kept feeling. In a mobile ...read more

  • Top Business Books Good To Great, The World Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
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    Top Business Books Good to Great, The World is Flat, and Blink were the top 3 most recently read books by senior-level marketing execs. All -time favorite business books they’ve ever read Good to Great, Positioning, and 7 ...read more

  • During World War Ii's Battle Of Britain, The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    During World War II’s Battle of Britain, the Royal Air Force’s valiant defense of the skies over Britain foiled Hitler’s plans for an invasion of the British Isles, prompting Prime Minister Winston Churchill to say in the House of Commons, “Never in the history of mankind have so many owed so much ...read more

  • Rules. The World, Our Culture, Our Families... ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    Rules. The world, our culture, our families... all have rules. Without rules, our world would be in anarchy, chaos. Some rules are called laws. We have civil laws and criminal laws. Break a civil law and it can cost you a lot of money or other material wealth. Break a criminal law, and you could ...read more

  • Biochemists Like Michael Behe Showed The World ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 24, 2008
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    Biochemists like Michael Behe showed the world the enormous complexity of biochemical systems, like the bacterial flagellum and the translation of light into electrical signals in the retina. They argued–and still haven’t been refuted–that the biochemicals–enzymes and proteins–used to create these ...read more

  • We Live In A World Where The Truth Is Often ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Oct 16, 2008
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    We live in a world where the truth is often elusive, like shifting sand. Just west of Yuma, Arizona lay the imperial sand dunes. This is a system extends for more than 40 miles along the eastern edge of the Imperial Valley agricultural region. The dunes are really interesting phenomena of that ...read more

  • A Young Soldier Was Going Off To Fight In World ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
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    A young soldier was going off to fight in World War II against the Japanese. As his father put him on the train and waved good-bye, he turned with bitter tears and said, "If my son is killed, I hope every Japanese in the world is killed!" A year later the son was killed. Soon $10,000 in life ...read more