Contributed by Roy Fowler on Aug 24, 2021
There are 12 or 13 diseases that Doctors know nothing about or very little. They are Mystery's.
One such mystery disease is “the sleeping sickness”.
From 1917 to 1928, half a million people were afflicted with a ghastly condition that could be part of the plot-line of a horror film. The
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 14, 2009
1938 God Moves In Mysterious Ways
At age 32, William Cowper passed through a great crisis in his life. He tried to end his life by taking laudanum. Then he hired a horse-drawn cabbie, ordering the driver to take him to the Thames, intending to throw himself from the bridge. It was one of London’s
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 19, 2002
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Title: God Moves in a Mysterious Way
The hymn God Moves in a Mysterious Way has been a source of great comfort and blessing to many of God’s people since William Cowper wrote it in the 18th century. Yet few people know of the unusual circumstances that led to its composition.
William
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Contributed by Todd Leupold on Feb 2, 2009
THE MYSTERY
A mystery, by definition (and certainly in Biblical usage) is something which is not easily understood, but that will eventually be revealed to those who search and wait.
Think about it. How interesting do you think it would be if Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote his Sherlock Holmes
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Contributed by Roy Fowler on Jun 18, 2020
Paul talks about a Mystery hidden in God. Let me tell you about a great mystery story:
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior, was a doctor. As such he was very interested in the use of ether. In order to know how his patients felt under its influence, he once had a dose administered to himself.
As he was
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Contributed by Roy Fowler on Sep 12, 2020
Paul talks about a Mystery hidden in God. Let me tell you about a great mystery story:
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior, was a doctor. As such he was very interested in the use of ether. In order to know how his patients felt under its influence, he once had a dose administered to himself.
As he was
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Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 15, 2008
The Mystery of the Mop
Everyone at the State University knew that Donner Hall had the best parties. All-night dancing and beer guzzling attracted the largest weekend crowds by far – especially on the notorious second floor.
By midnight every Friday and Saturday, the entire second floor was three
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Contributed by Ian Johnson on Jul 31, 2007
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God’s real treasures are not to be found in a bank or in a safety deposit box or in bricks and mortar. His real treasure is beside you, your brother or your sister.
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Contributed by David Schaal on May 20, 2004
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A natural example of this point can be found by looking at the two seas in the Holy Land. The Sea of Galilee freely receives and gives out water. It has an abundance of life, nurturing many different kinds of fish and plant life. The water from the Sea of Galilee is carried by way of the Jordan
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Contributed by Michael Elmore on Jan 16, 2002
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The Monarch Mystery.
The ability to find home evokes legends of Rover or Fido who, when owners have moved from one coast to the other, have made a 3,000-mile trek to find their owners in a location to which they’ve never been before. At least the dogs make it back home.
But not the monarch
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 2, 2024
The myth: Mistletoe will bring you good luck.
Remember that old joke? If athletes get athlete’s foot, what do astronauts get? Missile toe!
Mistletoe is an odd plant: it is a parasite that grows atop tree or shrub branches.
The association of good luck with mistletoe goes back centuries. The idea
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 17, 2007
CLOSE: (the following illustration can be found on the internet – the event occurred April 25, 2003)
Maurice Cheeks is the retired All Star point guard who at one time coached the Portland Trail Blazers. His team had just finished warming up for a playoff game against the Dallas Mavericks. The
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 27, 2011
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MYSTERIOUS LIFE PRINCIPLE
A wise old professor of biology stood before his class of eager students. The Professor held a little brown seed in his hand. Quietly he spoke to his class.
"I know just the composition of this seed. It has nitrogen, hydrogen, and carbon. I know the exact proportions. I
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Contributed by Richard Francis on Mar 28, 2008
The biggest hand dug well can be found in Greensburg Kansas, dug in 1880’s it took a massive effort and was over 109 feet deep and 32 feet in diameter, all of the walls were covered in stone paving and to prevent cave ins every 8 feet a brace was constructed out of 2 foot by 12 foot planks mortised
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which promote
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"Teachers can be found after school taking aspirin, picking up spitballs, washing blackboards, rehearsing plays, sewing angel costumes for Christmas pageants and
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Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Apr 13, 2005
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Gregory of Nanzianzus captured the mystery of triune life using the image of dance (perichoresis)… The metaphor suggests moving around, making room, relating to one another without losing identity. The divine unity lies in the relationality of Persons, and the relationality is the nature of the
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 17, 2000
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The mystery as to those who are saved. The preacher said that conversion was like going through a doorway which had written over it "whosoever will may come" (see Rev 22:17), but as he passed through it and looked back on the other side of the doorway he saw the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 17, 2007
There is one great and mysterious thing that happens in the lives of little boys all across the country - it’s the phenomena called the “New Sneaker Syndrome.”
You all know exactly what I am talking about. When a little boy gets a new pair of shoes, what happens? THEY CAN RUN FASTER I remember
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