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Copernicus declared the truth that the earth and the planets revolve around the sun. His opponents replied that this could not be true, for if the planet Venus revolved around the sun, she must present the same phases as the moon. This was very true. Copernicus looked up to Venus, but he could not see…

CCLI Song Number 7119315 Author(s): Jonathan David HelserMelissa HelserMolly SkaggsJake Stevens Recorded by: The Martin Family

In World War II, General Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright led a gallant but vain fight that led him to become a prisoner of war. For months, the Japanese mocked him and beat him. Then one day, the news arrived that the Allied Forces had won. The prison guards thought Wainwright hadn't heard the news, so they…

Ingeborg Sjöqvist is the world’s oldest living Olympian. She is 100-years-old. In her younger days she was a high-diver competing in the 1932 and the 1936 Olympics for her native Sweden. While she fondly remembers the events surrounding the Los Angeles Olympics, the high-diving itself is heartbreaking.…

SeleIn China's later Han era, there lived a politician called Yang Zhen, a man known for his upright character. After Yang Zhen was made a provincial governor, one of his earlier patrons, Wang Mi, paid him an unexpected visit. As they talked over old times, Wang Mi brought out a large gold cup and presented…

The York, Pennsylvania, school district has decided [1] to eliminate the practice of honoring the top-achieving students as “valedictorian” or “salutatorian.” According to school board officials, this practice may promote unhealthy competition. Students, however, appear to have a different view of such…

An old Indian legend is told about a young boy who gave in to temptation. Many years ago, an Indian youth hiked a tall rugged mountain, capped with dazzling snow. When he reached the top he stood on the rim of the world. He could see forever, and his heart swelled with pride. Then he heard a rustle at…

Feasting on Heaven for the Sake of Holiness 22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, 23 and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits…

There are no victories at discount prices.—Dwight Eisenhower I once read an author’s account of a day in the park: Walking through a park, I passed a massive oak tree. A vine had grown up along its trunk. The vine started small—nothing to bother about. But over the years the vine had gotten longer and…

When Gerald R. Ford died, there was quite a procession waiting for his funeral procession. People were lined up everywhere down all the streets to catch a glimpse of the car. There was a boy there with a sign above his head that said, “Welcome Home” Wow. All this celebration to welcome home a body. And…

A good conqueror is always ready for an attack. History books are filled with stories of empires, kingdoms, kings, and queens. It seems as if empire after empire rose to power, ruled for years, then was conquered by another empire. This cycle is even seen around the birth of Christ which was during the…

It is so easy to become a victim of our circumstances, and develop a victim mentality. Forgotten promises, lies, and schemes do their best to convince us that life is not filled with happy endings. When he was young, Skeeter Bronson found that hard to accept. His father, who owned a Southern California…

Archbishop Bishop Desomd Tutu has always said it like this: "I am simpky living out the victory God has already won."

The Anticipation of Victory Re 1:9-20(NIV) --(9) I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. --(10) On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard…

Victory in Defeat Defeat may serve as well as victory To shake the soul and let the glory out. When the great oak is straining in the wind, The boughs drink in new beauty, and the trunk Sends down a deeper root on the windward side. Only the soul that knows the mighty grief Can know the mighty rapture.…

This will work for either a narrative sermon on Gideon and the Midianites (Judges 7) or an exposition on 2 Cor 4. Have several clay jars (vessels) of various shapes, sizes, qualities sitting on a table on the platform. Begin and progress the sermon with a hammer in hand and refer to neither the clay…

Joni Eareckson Tada was born in 1949. At the age of 17 her life changed dramatically. She says, "One hot July afternoon in 1967, I dove into a shallow lake and my life changed forever. I suffered a spinal cord fracture that left me paralyzed from the neck down, without use of my hands and legs. Lying…

In the King James Version of the Bible, the invitation of the two travelers reads, Abide with us; for it is toward evening and the day is far spent (Luke 4:29, KJV), words which were the inspiration for that beloved hymn, "Abide with me/Fast falls the eventide." The hymn was written by Henry Francis…

We come to Christ and yet we still sin. God loves us as we are, but His desire is to make us more like Jesus. Sin is like th cobwebs in the corners of our homes. By watchfulness we can keep the corners clean, but the webs keep showing up. The best way to deal with the cobwebs is to kill the spiders.…

People with confidence live by a credo that is said to hang in the office of golfer Arnold Palmer. It reads, If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don’t. If you’d like to win, but think you can’t It’s almost certain you won’t … Life’s battles don’t always go To the stronger…

“It is impossible to compromise with sin and conquer it at the same time!” John Blanchard

Four observations David Jeremiah After years of watching Christians miss opportunities God has set before them, though, I can offer four observations about why we don’t walk through God’s open doors. First, opportunities are often disguised as problems. It was the brilliant cartoon philosopher Pogo who…

A missionary to Brazil served a native tribe in a remote part of the jungle. A contagious disease was ravaging the population. The missionary determined that the only hope was to take the tribe to a hospital in another part of the jungle for treatment. In order to reach the hospital it was necessary…