I have read that the nearest star to our sun is called Proxima Centauri, and it’s about 4.22 light years away. As you know, a light year is not a measurement of time; it is a measurement of distance. Light is the fastest thing we know of, and a light year is how far it takes light to travel in a
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Denomination:
Presbyterian/Reformed
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The widest thing in the universe is not space; it is the potential capacity of the human heart. Being made in the image of God, it is capable of almost unlimited extension in all directions. And one of the world’s greatest tragedies is that we allow our
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Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"Distance is no bar, space no barrier, to reaching the remotest place on earth. Nor is the power of prayer diminished by the distance between the
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Contributed by Paul Etterling on Apr 7, 2002
"The widest thing in the universe is not space; it is the potential capacity of the human heart. Being made in the image of God, it is capable of
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Baptist
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 8, 2008
There is a space between the moment something happens and how we respond. Those who are mature emotionally have worked to make that space larger so that we can choose are responses. We can choose how we respond to temptation: to not continue a conversation that is engaged in gossip, to not pull the
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Denomination:
Church Of God
Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Mar 12, 2007
Take the founders of space travel, for example. Three innovative men, each unaware of the others, launched our world into the unexpected new era of space travel: (1)
In 1903, Russian Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky first speculated that a rocket could travel beyond the earth’s atmosphere.
In 1923,
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Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Jan 27, 2003
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· In 1972, NASA launched the exploratory space probe Pioneer 10. The satellite’s primary mission was to reach Jupiter, photograph it and its moons, and beam data it collected about this giant planet back to earth. Scientists regarded this as a bold plan, because up until then no satellites had
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Denomination:
Assembly Of God
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 29, 2008
The first Russian Cosmonauts went into space and returned. One of them said when he returned from his journey in outer space, "Some people say there is a God out there, but in my travels around earth all day long I looked around and I didn’t see him. I saw no God, nor angels, I don’t believe in
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 10, 2003
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TO ALL OF THE FALLEN OFFICERS
To all of the fallen Officers here in California and abroad,I personally thank you and your loved ones for your ultimate sacrifice. Law enforcement is truly a calling and answered only by a few. The responsibility is great and the inherent dangers are even greater.
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Contributed by Steven W on Mar 14, 2005
The Officer in charge of the Police Department (OCPD).
When you are caught for doing something wrong, the OCPD has the authority to let you go (that means - to save you) or to execute judgment on you (that means - to judge you). This power/authority was given to him by his Police Chief in the Head
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Denomination:
Independent/Bible
Contributed by Martin Kim on Oct 24, 2004
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There was a military officer who happened to stop by an island in the South Pacific. The military officer discovered that the island was inhabited by cannibals. Cannibals are humans who eat other humans. One day he came cross an old tribal chief. He saw the chief reading the Bible in the
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Denomination:
Adventist
Contributed by Tim Zingale on Jan 3, 2005
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The chief executive officer of a manufacturing firm got into the habit of showing up in the production area unannounced. Sometimes he would take off his coat and tie, roll up his sleeves, and help on the assembly line. One of the bolder employees asked him one day, "Why do you do that?"
"I don’t
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Denomination:
Lutheran
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2008
The life expectancy of a police officer in the U.S. is 57 years vs. 64 for a
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 9, 2008
A woman went into the doctor’s office for a condition that had been going on for 7 days. She was assigned to the new doctor in the office. At exactly 7 minutes after he went in to see her, she came running out of the room and screaming as she ran down the hall. The senior doctor in the office heard
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Denomination:
Church Of God