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  • Benedict ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2010
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    Benedict Arnold In American history, there is a man who became famous for all the wrong reasons. You have probably heard his name, even if you don’t know the details of his life. Benedict Arnold is a name that brings to mind betrayal and treason; yet he actually was a gifted man and a great ...read more

  • Since I Had Nothing Better To Do And Everyone Had ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jun 5, 2010
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    Since I had nothing better to do and everyone had gone out, I decided to watch the war movie "SAVING PRIVATE RYAN". It was some years ago now and I was at my daughter's house and Joel, my son-in-law had just connected his TV WITH SURROUND SOUND. The movie was set during the invasion of Normandy in ...read more

  • Inconsistency

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 7, 2010
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    On August 6, 1945 the man once described as “an outstanding Baptist layman”, President Harry Truman, stood on the deck of the battleship “Augusta”, right after the first atomic bomb was dropped, and proclaimed “this is the greatest thing in history.” Few Americans Christians challenged his claim. ...read more

  • Former Unicef Employee Helps Refugees In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 12, 2010
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    Former UNICEF Employee Helps Refugees in Democratic Republic of the Congo Rosa De Burca, former employee of UNICEF (1994-2003). As the Child Protection Officer she traveled with a colleague to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 1997 in an effort to help refugees who had fled inland ...read more

  • The Sounds Of Approaching Bagpipes Signaled ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2010
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    The Sounds of Approaching Bagpipes Signaled Deliverance The Congregational preacher of old, D.L. Moody, tells the story of an incident that occurred during the last mutiny on the land of India, while under British control. The English were besieged in the city of Lucknow, and were in momentary ...read more

  • William Booth: I'll Fight

    Contributed by Colin Bain on Nov 9, 2010
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    WILLIAM BOOTH: I'LL FIGHT While women weep, as they do now, I'll fight While little children go hungry, as they do now, I'll fight While men go to prison, in and out, in and out, as they do now, I'll fight. While there is a drunkard left While there is a poor lost girl upon the streets While there ...read more

  • Vigilance, War, And The Price Of Freedom

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 6, 2011
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    VIGILANCE, WAR, AND THE PRICE OF FREEDOM "Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom" -- a familiar saying in our country. We remember from Pearl Harbor what it's like to get caught off guard. The enemy can be so deceptive: Japan's peace envoys were seated at the negotiating table at the very ...read more

  • Bangedy Bang

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 4, 2011
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    BANGEDY BANG A soldier in the heat of battle had his gun jam on him. The enemy was charging straight for him and he was defenseless, desperate! For some unknown reason he pointed his finger at the man and said "Bangedy bang" and the guy fell down dead. He looked at his hand and thought, wow! ...read more

  • The Enemy Is Real  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 6, 2011
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    THE ENEMY IS REAL I am learning some things about the FIRST WORLD WAR. Things like it was a TRENCH WAR in which both sides just looked at each other from trenches for most of the war. Often they did not see one another as enemies. The French would not fire on the Germans when they saw their ...read more

  • Inoculations From The Great Physician

    Contributed by Sam Higgs on Sep 27, 2011
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    INOCULATIONS FROM THE GREAT PHYSICIAN The summer of 1980 was a very different summer for many of us. Most had just graduated High School and were away from home for the first time. Up till this time we had chosen our own clothing and color schemes, but that was a distant memory to us now. ...read more

  • The Helmet's Purpose

    Contributed by David Tack on Nov 18, 2011
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    THE HELMET'S PURPOSE The Purpose of a soldier’s helmet is designed specifically to protect the head during battle. The hope (expectation) of our completed salvation is to our minds what a helmet was to a Roman combat soldier. It protects our minds, which is where one of our greatest ...read more

  • The Risk Of Defeating The Enemy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2012
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    THE RISK OF DEFEATING THE ENEMY During WWII in PNG as the Australian troops were involved in engaging the Japanese in Milne Bay and some of the regions along the North coast, the Australian troops began to realise that if they waited for all the artillery fire to cease that the Japanese in machine ...read more

  • Home, Sweet Home

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 14, 2012
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    HOME, SWEET HOME There was a time during the American Civil War, when the rival armies were encamped on the opposite banks of the Potomac River, the Union's band played one of its patriotic tunes, and the Confederate musicians quickly struck up a melody dear to any Southerner's heart. Then one of ...read more

  • Three Types Of Arrows Used By The Roman ...

    Contributed by Rev Dr Randall M Deal Sr on Jun 7, 2009
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    Three types of arrows used by the Roman military: 1. plain arrows – like arrows you’d shoot from a bow today. 2. Arrows that were dipped into tar, set on fire, and then shot through the air… with brush all around…soldiers intentionally try to catch the arrows into their shields…so they’d stick and ...read more

  • Wartime Speech By Churchill,

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 29, 2009
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    Wartime Speech by Churchill, "We Will Never Surrender" On the fifth of June, 1940, not even a month after he became prime minister, Winston Churchill spoke to the British people to encourage them of their desperate situation. Bear in mind that in September of the previous year the Nazis had ...read more

  • Today Is A Day That Needs Little Help In Terms ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Nov 12, 2009
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    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 ...read more

  • General Douglas Macarthur Unique Signature At The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 22, 2009
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    General Douglas MacArthur Unique Signature at the Japanese Surrender Ending World War II We need to understand not just the pain, but the power to come. We need to appreciate not just the hard times, but the victory ahead. We need to grasp not just the cross, but the crown to follow. On ...read more

  • Lt. Col. Brian Birdwell Injured During 9/11 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 1, 2009
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    Lt. Col. Brian Birdwell Injured during 9/11 Attack on Pentagon On September 11, Lt. Col. Brian Birdwell watched the television in his boss’ office as a second hijacked airplane slammed into the World Trade Center. The Army officer had no idea that minutes later madmen would ram a Boeing 757 into ...read more

  • No Peace In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 2, 2009
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    No Peace in World The weekend of December 7, 1941, started out to be another routine weekend. The aircraft carriers were at dockside and the crews were enjoying the day with rest and relaxation. The sky was clear, the sun was shining and the weather was beautiful. This was a perfect picture of ...read more

  • For Most Of Us Our Only Understanding Of Chariots ...

    Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 8, 2009
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    For most of us our only understanding of chariots and there use in warfare comes from movies. Most of us have watch Charlton Heston in the chariot race in ben hur. There is scene in the movie Gladiator that is terrifying. Maximus and the other gladiators are dressed as barbarians. They are ...read more