Contributed by Clark Tanner on Mar 24, 2008
One of the things I enjoy most about the movies made from Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” is the camaraderie among the various groups of friends and traveling partners as the character, Frodo, made his way to the mountain where he was to destroy the powerful, evil ring that was a threat to all
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Orthodox
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
Standing on a small platform, a reader calls out names, “Michael Hyde. Donald Jackson. Jose Munoz.” The names being read were those engraved on “The Wall.” No one calls it anything else. It was once highly controversial. This was not a statue, no soldier on horseback, but a black granite gash in
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Contributed by Jacob Kutty on May 30, 2008
THE TAILOR'S NEEDLE
A tailor was at work. He took a piece of cloth and with a pair of shining, costly, scissors, he cut the cloth into various bits.
Then he put the pair of scissors at his feet. Then he took a small needle and thread and started to sew the bits of cloth, into a fine shirt. When
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Jesse Bennett on Nov 14, 2008
You ever heard of the game show lets make a deal? Let’s play it for a minute.
Suitcase #1 you have the entire world all the people possessions, money, power.
2. You can do anything you want, have anything you want, live anywhere you want, travel anywhere you want.
3. Sounds pretty good,
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Baptist
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jan 12, 2009
WHIRPOOL GALAXY
God breathed out our sun. His word put the earth in its orbit around the sun. But this is really nothing. Our sun is one of between 200 and 400 billion other suns in our galaxy. What is our galaxy called? Milky way.
Now I want to show you a picture. [This picture can be found
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Church Of God
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DAVID C. PACK gives us the following thoughts to ponder about Predestination.
1. “Is this true? Is this what the Bible actually teaches when it makes reference to predestination? Did God actually pre-plan every sin, every act of immorality and every crime that has ever been committed? Is God the
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Fred Sigle on Jun 12, 2007
Pat Tillman played safety for the Arizona Cardinals for four years and was offered a 3.6 million dollar contract to return in the fall of 2002 when he decided to LEAVE his LUCRATIVE FOOTBALL CAREER to join the ARMY in response to the 9/11 ATTACK on America. He was trained as an Army Ranger, an
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Nathan Hale, a great American patriot during the Revolutionary War, was captured and hung by British soldiers. His now famous final words were, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." He was willing to die for his nation and its freedom.
Not long ago, a mother in
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Contributed by Amanda Wilson on Aug 26, 2007
In 246BC, when 14year old Ying Zheng ascended the throne of the Chin provence of China and took for himself the title first emperor, he made his plans clear. And he proceeded to war against his neighbouring states until he had united China and made himself it’s emperor. But his plans did not stop
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 12, 2011
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GOD WILL LIFT UP YOUR HEAD
During the Thirty Years' War in the 17th century, German pastor Paul Gerhardt and his family were forced to flee from their home. One night as they stayed in a small village inn, homeless and afraid, his wife broke down and cried openly in despair. To comfort her,
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Nazarene
Contributed by Perry Greene on Apr 19, 2012
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WHO DO I SHOOT?
A new soldier was on sentry duty at the main gate. His orders were clear. No car was to enter unless it had a special sticker on the windshield. A big Army car came up with a general seated in the back. The sentry said, "Halt, who goes there?"
The chauffeur, a corporal, said,
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Ken Henson on Sep 23, 2012
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WHAT KIND OF HEART DO YOU HAVE?
I was reading this week an article by Bryan Doyle. It talks about hummingbirds.
Hummingbirds have race car hearts that eat oxygen at an eye-popping rate. Their hearts are built of thinner, leaner fibers than ours. Their arteries are stiffer and more taut. Their
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PATTON'S MISTAKE
On August 3, 1943, General George S. Patton entered a tent in a military hospital in Sicily to visit wounded soldiers. He had just been briefed by one of his commanders that malingering was thinning out the ranks at the front. Amid the wounded warriors was an enlisted man
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Catholic
Contributed by Tim Smith on May 12, 2013
DO NOT TRUST YOUR EYES
The enemy's strategy is to be invisible, so we have to always be on guard.
Mike Slaughter tells the story of his mission trip back to Darfur and traveling from their compound in Ed Daein to Adilla Town, which is a six-hour round trip over rough desert terrain. On this
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Methodist
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