Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Oct 23, 2008
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), that great English scientist, discovered three important "laws of motion." The third one states that "for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction." This principle was used in space exploration. We learned to use powerful thrust rockets burning fuel to
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In the film The Matrix, we are taken to the year 2199. The world has been taken over and is being run by AI: artificial intelligence. Harvested humans live in a computer generated dreamworld of artificial reality, never understanding that they are captives of an evil empire. But there are a few
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Nov 4, 2006
The message of the sacrifice of Canadian troops and allied forces for the freedom of the world from dominating forces in World War I and the threat of Fascist and Nazi rule in World War II is not hard to understand. What is difficult to grasp is the price paid. We cannot appreciate the living
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Nov 12, 2009
Today is a day that needs little help in terms of explanation or description. The sacrifice of Canadian troops, along with allied nations, fighting for the freedom of the world, is not hard to understand. What is difficult to grasp is the price paid. We cannot appreciate the living conditions of
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Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 17, 2007
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There’s a story about a Middle Eastern oil sheik who had three sons. Two sons were physically normal. The third son was stooped over and crooked. The father told his three sons, "I want to grant you each a wish. What would that be?"
His first son said, "Father, I would like to become a physician.
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Contributed by Edwin Amundson on Jul 30, 2002
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How do I know we need women? According to the United Nation's statistics: "Women constitute over 50 percent of the world's population. But women do three-fourths of the world's work, receive one-tenth of the world's salaries, and own one one-hundredth of the world's land."
Women are major
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ON AN AMERICAN TROOPSHIP during World War II a new Chaplain came aboard. The rank and file of the sailors met him and they put to him this question, "Do you believe in Hell?" The Chaplain was a modernist and an unbeliever, and he said, "Men, certainly not." The men looked at
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Contributed by Floyd Johnson on Nov 19, 2006
It may seem that would be easy to get the gospel to the whole world in this day and age. Scholars tell me that there are 6000 languages in the world – only 426 have both a copy of the OT and the NT available to them. More than 2500 languages do not have a single verse of scripture available.
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Contributed by Val Black on Jul 14, 2006
More Than Conquers!
Alexander the Great was one of the most successful military commanders in history. He subdued most of his known world but he was conquered by his own lusts; he died in a drunken stupor.
The Christian conquers his own lusts in order to subdue the world within him.
We’ve not
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Illustration: My timer is set for 30 minutes again: You may be thinking, “How many people will die in the world in 30 minutes?” The answer is 3,240 people. But here is a major problem - It is estimated that only 7% of the world’s population is ready to go to Heaven. That means 3,024 go to Hell
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