Contributed by Dean Morgan on Sep 10, 2004
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•In 1654, one vote gave Oliver Cromwell control of England;
•In 1649, one vote caused Charles I of England to be executed;
•In 1776, one vote gave America the English language instead of German;
•In 1839, one vote elected Marcus Morton governor of Massachusetts;
•In 1845, one vote brought Texas
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 19, 2012
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM
Flotsam and jetsam are commonly used terms. They are used to describe the wreckage and debris that floats in the water after a shipwreck. What isn't so well known is that there is a difference between flotsam and jetsam.
Flotsam is anything that ends up in the water resulting
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Brethren
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A couple once asked me: "What must we do to get married?"
I answered: "All you have to do is say, I do."
But, I ask you, was this all?
What about the ring, the marriage license, the blood test and the wedding ceremony? Are these also parts of getting married?
In marriage,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
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WHAT KIND OF LEGACY WILL YOU LEAVE?
Sir Nicholas Winton was a stockbroker in 1938 when Hitler’s troops began to march into Czechoslovakia. In his gut he knew that something evil was underfoot. He quit his job as a stockbroker and began to charter trains, raise money, and transport Jewish children
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Contributed by Daryl Grimes on Oct 17, 2002
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Quote of the Day: "Finney learned by experience that if the church lived only one week as if they truly believed the Bible, sinners would fall down before them and ask how they might be
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 3, 2011
A man under deep conviction by the Holy Spirit caught up to an evangelist as he was boarding a train. He said, "How can I be saved?" The evangelist said, "Turn to Isaiah
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Contributed by Chris Summers on Oct 9, 2008
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Are we no better than a dog? A dog eats its own vomit, but how many times do we, after being brought out of a life of sin when we are saved,
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 10, 2010
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JOHN HARPER'S LAST CONVERT
John Harper was born into a Christian family May 29, 1872. He became a Christian 13 years later and had already started preaching by age 17. He received training at the Baptist Pioneer Mission in London, and in 1896 he founded a church, now known as Harper Memorial
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Contributed by John Shearhart on May 14, 2006
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There was a little boy who built a sailboat. He built the sail and had it all fixed up, tarred and painted. He took it to the lake and pushed it in hoping it would sail. Sure enough a wisp of breeze filled the little sail and it billowed and went rippling along the waves. Suddenly before the little
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Contributed by Joseph Richard on Nov 10, 2013
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"Going Outside The Wire"
Scripture(s): Job. 1:8-12; 2:1-6
"Going outside the wire" is a term that has been used by military members who are deployed in a hostile and dangerous environment such as Iraq or Afghanistan. It means you leave the safety and protection of the Camp or Base and travel on
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