Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jan 29, 2007
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In his book The Knowledge of the Holy, A.W. Tozer writes, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. The history of mankind will probably show that no people has ever risen above its religion, and man’s spiritual history will positively demonstrate
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Ajai Prakash on May 13, 2010
During our ministry in the Middle-East at one of the underground churches a gentleman used to walk around 5 miles to attend that worship and fellowship. He had a lowly job at a remote construction site in the wilderness and could not afford to buy a conveyance for himself. He did not know any other
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THE LIBERTY BELL
One of the most, iconic symbols of our national heritage --the Liberty Bell --hangs magnificently in the city of brotherly love. In 1751, the Pennsylvania Assembly ordered the bell to commemorate the commonwealth's fiftieth anniversary of William Penn's 1701 Charter of
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Lutheran
Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 4, 2012
DEDICATION IS COSTLY
Bertoldo de Giovanni is a name even the most enthusiastic lover of art is unlikely to recognize. He was the pupil of Donatello, the greatest sculptor of his time, and he was the teacher of Michelangelo, the greatest sculptor of all time. Michelangelo was only 14 years old when
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by C Jordan on Nov 22, 2009
“Setting apart an entire day – one out of seven – for feasting and resting, and worship and play, is a gift and not a burden. And neglecting the gift too long will make your soul, like soil never left fallow, hard and dry and spent… The root idea of Sabbath is… that all
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The primary objective, indeed the only end of the liberation from slavery, is worship, "which can only take place according to God’s measure and therefore eludes the rules of the game of political compromise" suggested by Pharaoh. "Israel departs, not in order to be a people like all
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Catholic
Contributed by Scott Weber on Dec 14, 2005
A Newsweek magazine poll from December 2004 found that if Jesus had never been born,
63% believe there would be less charity in the world.
61% believe there would be less kindness.
59% believe there would be less personal
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"A research laboratory is not simply a building that contains apparatus for conducting experiments. I contend that it is a state of mindThe research man ought to be thought of as the fellow you keep up in the crows-nest to see beyond your horizon, to
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jul 28, 2002
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Two years before my father died, my parents once again opened the box containing all the love letters which they had written each other while my father was away during World War II in the Army Air Corps. They decided that each evening they would open the box and read each other a letter they had
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2002
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FINALLY CHRISTMAS
Senator John McCain of Arizona was a prisoner of war during the Vietnam conflict. He was shot down and held as a prisoner of war in Hanoi for 5 ½ years, 1967-1973, spending much of it in solitary confinement.John McCain said this, “When I was being mistreated by the North
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Contributed by Steve Smith on Dec 4, 2006
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ILL: FINALLY CHRISTMAS
Senator John McCain of Arizona was a prisoner of war during the Vietnam conflict. He was shot down and held as a prisoner of war in Hanoi for 5 ½ years, 1967-1973, spending much of it in solitary confinement.
John McCain said this, “When I was being mistreated by the North
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Baptist
Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 30, 2011
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE...?
God has promised: "Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD."
But... wait a minute. I thought those same founders wanted to separate the Church from the State! How many of you have ever heard that phrase? Of course you have. And I'll give a hundred dollar
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jan 9, 2003
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Daniel Morgan commanded a unit called Morgan’s Raiders during the Revolutionary War. He was on the colonist’s side. It was his strategy that led to the turning point in the war at the Battle of Saratoga. Morgan told his riflemen, “Forget the poor fellows who fight for six pence a day.
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 25, 2008
Veteran newsman Howard Smith tells a wonderful remark from Winston Churchill the day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. After the fall of France to the Nazis in May, 1940, until December 1941, Great Britain basically fought the war against Germany alone. President Roosevelt did what he could to
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Christian/Church Of Christ