ADMIRABLE ATTRIBUTES AT COLOSSE (1)
Scripture: Colossians 1:1-8
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Admirable Attributes at Colosse (1)
Series: Colossians
Donald Cantrell
Colossians 1: 1 - 8
Colossians Series - Sermon One
I - The Basic Introduction (1 - 2)
II - The Bright Intercession (3)
III - The Beautiful Information (4 - 6)
IV - The Brotherly Instruction (7 - 8)
Theme: ''Paul's opening comments to the Colossians''
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Making the Most of Ten Minutes
From National Public Radio -- June 6, 2002 -- Writer Bob Greene calls it ''the miracle of the trains.'' Starting in December 1941 and throughout World War II, volunteers in North Platte, Neb., greeted and comforted millions of soldiers and sailors heading off to battle as troop trains made brief stops in the little town.
''The people of the town were there, every train for the entire war,'' Greene says. In a Morning Edition interview with host Bob Edwards, the Chicago Tribune columnist and author discusses ''Once Upon a Town'', his new book about North Platte.
The numbers are astonishing. ''This town of 12,000 people... greeted 6 million men. Sometimes with as many as 20 trains a day, sometimes 7,000 or 8,000 people came through this little town. And the men pulled in and they looked out the train windows'' and saw the locals waiting for them with a smile and a meal.
The North Platte Canteen was an oasis for ''the boys'' -- many of the soldiers were teenagers, who were lonely, hungry and tired. Many had never been away from home before ''and they didn't know if they'd ever come back,'' Greene says.
But during their 10-minute stops, they were greeted with chicken and egg salad sandwiches, coffee and free magazines. Volunteers from North Platte and 125 farming communities from around Nebraska came to the canteen. They took turns preparing meals for the GIs. The locals would stay up all night cooking chicken and ''in an assembly line they would make hundreds or thousands of sandwiches in a day.''
Greene says, ' ...
Series: Colossians
Donald Cantrell
Colossians 1: 1 - 8
Colossians Series - Sermon One
I - The Basic Introduction (1 - 2)
II - The Bright Intercession (3)
III - The Beautiful Information (4 - 6)
IV - The Brotherly Instruction (7 - 8)
Theme: ''Paul's opening comments to the Colossians''
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Making the Most of Ten Minutes
From National Public Radio -- June 6, 2002 -- Writer Bob Greene calls it ''the miracle of the trains.'' Starting in December 1941 and throughout World War II, volunteers in North Platte, Neb., greeted and comforted millions of soldiers and sailors heading off to battle as troop trains made brief stops in the little town.
''The people of the town were there, every train for the entire war,'' Greene says. In a Morning Edition interview with host Bob Edwards, the Chicago Tribune columnist and author discusses ''Once Upon a Town'', his new book about North Platte.
The numbers are astonishing. ''This town of 12,000 people... greeted 6 million men. Sometimes with as many as 20 trains a day, sometimes 7,000 or 8,000 people came through this little town. And the men pulled in and they looked out the train windows'' and saw the locals waiting for them with a smile and a meal.
The North Platte Canteen was an oasis for ''the boys'' -- many of the soldiers were teenagers, who were lonely, hungry and tired. Many had never been away from home before ''and they didn't know if they'd ever come back,'' Greene says.
But during their 10-minute stops, they were greeted with chicken and egg salad sandwiches, coffee and free magazines. Volunteers from North Platte and 125 farming communities from around Nebraska came to the canteen. They took turns preparing meals for the GIs. The locals would stay up all night cooking chicken and ''in an assembly line they would make hundreds or thousands of sandwiches in a day.''
Greene says, ' ...
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