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  • As Of 2010, There Are More Than 20 Major Civil ...

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Apr 28, 2010
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    As of 2010, there are more than 20 major civil and international conflicts involving, among others, the nations of: India Afghanistan Somalia Iraq Pakistan Mexico Myanmar Iran Israel Nigeria Colombia Peru Indonesia the Philippines Turkey Iraqi ...read more

  • Anzac ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 27, 2010
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    ANZAC Day For those who do not know, ANZAC day is not the day to celebrate Australia’s victories, nor do we celebrate how great our country is. Rather we celebrate the sacrifice and loss of the young men and women who protect other people’s freedom. Australia has never been seriously attacked or ...read more

  • Brothers Reunited After Fighting Each Other ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2010
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    Brothers Reunited After Fighting Each Other During the Civil War James Campbell and his brother Alexander immigrated to America in the 1850s. James settled in Charleston where he worked as a drayman and clerk; Alexander lived in New York and worked as a stonemason. On June 10, 1862, Alexander wrote ...read more

  • 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

  • Col. Oliver North, "Col. Ollie" To Many Who Have ...

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on May 19, 2008
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    Col. Oliver North, "Col. Ollie" to many who have served under him, tells of a situation when we first went into Iraq. There were enemies shooting at each other from across a large field. That was a no-man’s land. And in the middle of that field was a very injured Iraqi man. A corpsman crawled ...read more

  • Since The Beginning Of Time People Have Fought ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on May 29, 2008
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    Since the beginning of time people have fought with each other A group of historians has compiled the following info. In the last 5600 years the world has seen only 292 years of peace During this same period there have been 14,351 wars In which 3.64 billion people have been killed The property ...read more

  • Don't Feel Comfortable Confronting Evil? Who ...

    Contributed by Michael West on Sep 29, 2008
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    Don’t feel comfortable confronting evil? Who does? No one is asking you to throw hatchets at the moon, but if you are tired of being on the losing end or being harassed by the enemy, you can’t hide in worship or keep your nose ...read more

  • Story: In March 2004, I Was In The Second ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Nov 8, 2008
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    Story: In March 2004, I was in the second bookshop in Dymchurch rummaging through the books when I came across a second hand Jerusalem Bible. As I opened up the Bible, a number of loose leaf papers fell into my hand. And on one of them was written a story. It was obviously very meaningful to ...read more