Sermons and Biblical Studies

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And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come … and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. —Rev. 11:18 1294 Parachuting Cats Into Borneo According to Dr. LaMont Cole, noted Cornell University ecologist, some years ago in Borneo, there was an epidemic of malaria. Health officers had the whole area sprayed with DDT … Continue reading “ECOLOGY”

For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark. —Matt. 24:38 1260 He Existed Only To Eat The ancients tell of a Montrognon, a man who existed only to eat and drink. He was allegedly … Continue reading “EATING AND DRINKING”

And a great earthquake such as had never been since men were on the earth … and the cities of the nations fell. —Rev. 16:18, 19 1236 Total Quakes Annually Every year, there are some 500,000 detectable seismic or micro-seismic disturbances around the world. Of these, 100,000 can be felt and 1,000 cause some damage. … Continue reading “EARTHQUAKES”

Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. —Isa. 13:13 1230 Weight Of The Earth A second-grade boy once impulsively asked, “How much does the earth weigh?” The teacher, not knowing the … Continue reading “EARTH”

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These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. —Rev. 11:6 1223 A Setting For Drought Almost one-eighth of the world’s land surface is considered … Continue reading “DROUGHTS”

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Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts. —II Peter 3:3 1214 Graham’s Expected Audience Billy Graham, looking over the 200 persons who had come to hear him at a University of Minnesota student-faculty meeting, remarked that many had come just out of curiosity. With a … Continue reading “DOUBTERS”

They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. —Luke 17:27 1191 Divorce Statistics The US Census Bureau gave the following figures: •     In 1920, 1 divorce for every 7 marriages •     In 1940, 1 divorce … Continue reading “DIVORCES”