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- The Peninsula War in Spain was in progress and Napoleon had invaded
Austria. There were at least 20 battles and skirmishes on record, the
most famous of which were:
1. Coruna, at which Sir John Moore the British Commander in Chief
was killed and
2. Talavera, which established Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of
Wellington as one of our most able Field Commanders, the man who went on
to defeat the seemingly invincible Napoleon at Waterloo.
The 10 o’clock news would have been full of Napoleon’s war with
the Austrians and in Spain.
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- William Gladstone, who was destined to become one of England’s greatest
Prime Ministers.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson, who would become one of Britain’s finest poets and
writers.
- Edgar Allan Poe, the famous American writer, who was destined to live a
short and tragic life.
- In Paris, France the inventor of the blind alphabet, Louis Braille.
- In Germany, the famous composer Felix Mendelssohn.
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- In England Charles Darwin, who was to achieve fame (infamy) in science
with his Evolutionary Theory was born and
- In the USA - Abraham Lincoln – probably the greatest American President
ever, was born.
- If there had been a review of the year 1809, I’m certain these words
would have been heard: “The destiny of the world is being shaped on the
battlefields in Austria and Spain today.” But history was actually being
shaped in the cradles of England and America.
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- “Go, and do likewise” (Luke 10:37).
- “What knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband?
Or how knowest thou, O man whether thou shalt save thy wife?" (1
Corinthians 7:16).
- “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works
and glorify your Father which is in heaven” (Mathew 6:16).
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- House to House/Heart to Heart is a direct mail program sponsored by 930
cooperating churches of Christ.
- Now in its 11th year.
- Published 6 times a year, 8 pages, full color.
- The mission of the local church is to save souls. Jesus’ expressed
mission was to seek and save the lost (Luke 19:10), and His body on
earth today, the church (Ephesians 1:22-23), is to do the same.
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- Daniel Weiss profiles the American populace using a variety of
statistics, including these:
- 1% of Americans read the Bible more than once a day
- 15% of American married men say they do most of the cooking in the
household
- 30% of Americans smoke cigarettes
- 42% of Americans cannot name a country near the Pacific Ocean
- 67% of Americans believe files are being kept on them for unknown
reasons
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- 70% of Americans own running shoes but don't run
- 84% of Americans believe heaven exists
- 94% of American men would change something about their looks if they
could
- 96% of American school children can identify Ronald McDonald (who is
second only to Santa Claus)
- 99% of American women would change something about their looks if they
could
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- 100% of Americans (and everyone else) are spiritually lost without Jesus
Christ (John 14:6)
- 100% of Americans need to hear the Gospel (Romans 10:17)
- 100% of Americans need to express worship to God (1 Peter 2:9)
- 100% of Christians have a privilege and responsibility to get God’s Word
to 100% of Americans (Mark 16:15-16).
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- Proverbs 11:30 compares evangelism to hunting.
- Zechariah 3:2 and Jude 23 picture the soul winner as a fireman rescuer.
- Mark 1:17 compares winning souls to catching fish.
- Luke 15 uses a seeking shepherd, and coin collector, and a diligent
father.
- John 4:34-38 compares evangelism to sowing and reaping (cf. 1
Corinthians 3:6-9).
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- Every issue more than four transfer trucks go out into
communities—twenty-four each year!
- More than 12 million copies will go out this year.
- Additionally, more than three million tracts are now in print and
circulating.
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- Since its beginning, 59,322,848 copies of HTH have been mailed.
- That’s 131 transfer trucks full of Truth!
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- HTH generates about a thousand
fresh contacts each issue on the website. These are sent back to
participating churches for follow-up opportunities.
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- “Starting with the Nov/Dec 2006 mailing, my goal is to get
congregations to reach residents that have not been reached through HTH.
Last year this resulted in at least 12,000 people receiving the Gospel
that had not been receiving it . . .”
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- Currently at 10,600 circulation with 24 participating churches in 10
states and in Costa Rico and Mexico.
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- “Ask, and it shall be given you . . .”
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- “Seek, and ye shall find . . .”
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- “Knock, and it shall be opened unto you . . .”
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- April 26th 2005: First Audio Sermon Went Online.
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- HTH is now going to most of the states in the U.S. and several
countries, while the website reaches much of the rest of the world.
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- What does the future hold?
- Will you help us achieve our vision of getting the Gospel to every
person? If every sound congregation will send the Gospel to their own
community, we’ll soon accomplish the task.
- “Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable,
always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your
labour is not in vain in the Lord” —1 Corinthians 15:57-58
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