PEACE THAT'S PHENOMENAL (10)
Scripture: Judges 6:1-6, Judges 6:11-27
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Peace That's Phenomenal (10)
Series: Peace
Donald Cantrell
Judges 6:1 - 6,11 - 16, &17 - 24
I - The Pressing Midianites (1 - 6)
II - The Perplexed Man (11 - 16)
III - The Peaceful Moment (17 - 24)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Theme: ''The peace of God is awe inspiring and confounding''
Sealand Overcame Gigantic Odd's
In England, most radio and television stations are run by the government-operated British Broadcasting Service (the BBC). There are some independent stations today, but 40 years ago, the BBC ruled the airwaves alone in England. In 1965, a free-spirit named Roy Bates, decided to set up his own, independent, illegal, pirate alternative - Radio Essex. Operating a radio transmitter on English soil was clearly against the law, and he was quickly arrested and fined £100.
Not willing to give up his radio voice, Mr. Bates moved his operation offshore. England's territorial waters at the time extended only 3 miles off the coastline. Roy Bates, once a commercial fisherman, knew of an old abandoned fort six miles off the coast, just far enough to lie within international waters.
Rough's tower, as it was known, was a military platform built during WWII to protect the Thames Estuary - the harbor at the mouth of the Thames River, where large and vulnerable convoys of shipping were assembled. It housed up to 200 men, and had a helipad. These sea forts were equipped with radar and heavy armaments, and housed enough troops to man and maintain artillery designed to shoot down German aircraft and missiles.
The fort, built on a barge which was later intentionally sunk, was originally intended to be built within English waters, but was moved to its current location at the last minute to take advantage of shallow waters in the area. After the war, the platform had been abandoned and had lain derelict ever since. Roy set up his radio station on Rough's Tower, safely in international waters, and broad ...
Series: Peace
Donald Cantrell
Judges 6:1 - 6,11 - 16, &17 - 24
I - The Pressing Midianites (1 - 6)
II - The Perplexed Man (11 - 16)
III - The Peaceful Moment (17 - 24)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Theme: ''The peace of God is awe inspiring and confounding''
Sealand Overcame Gigantic Odd's
In England, most radio and television stations are run by the government-operated British Broadcasting Service (the BBC). There are some independent stations today, but 40 years ago, the BBC ruled the airwaves alone in England. In 1965, a free-spirit named Roy Bates, decided to set up his own, independent, illegal, pirate alternative - Radio Essex. Operating a radio transmitter on English soil was clearly against the law, and he was quickly arrested and fined £100.
Not willing to give up his radio voice, Mr. Bates moved his operation offshore. England's territorial waters at the time extended only 3 miles off the coastline. Roy Bates, once a commercial fisherman, knew of an old abandoned fort six miles off the coast, just far enough to lie within international waters.
Rough's tower, as it was known, was a military platform built during WWII to protect the Thames Estuary - the harbor at the mouth of the Thames River, where large and vulnerable convoys of shipping were assembled. It housed up to 200 men, and had a helipad. These sea forts were equipped with radar and heavy armaments, and housed enough troops to man and maintain artillery designed to shoot down German aircraft and missiles.
The fort, built on a barge which was later intentionally sunk, was originally intended to be built within English waters, but was moved to its current location at the last minute to take advantage of shallow waters in the area. After the war, the platform had been abandoned and had lain derelict ever since. Roy set up his radio station on Rough's Tower, safely in international waters, and broad ...
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