In 1850 William Hepburn Russell and James Brown formed a company to deliver 600,000 pounds of government supplies to Santa Fe. Soon afterwards, Russell began delivering supplies to Fort Hall. The freighting business was a great success and in 1854 he joined forces with two other businessmen, Alexander Majors and W. B. Waddell, to start…
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When I was 39 years old I entered Birmingham Polytechnic as a lecturer. During that time in that department we developed several diplomas and when we were upgraded to a university these were turned into first degrees. This necessitated meeting the representatives of the CNAA,1 and because I was senior lecturer and subject tutor for Building…
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[Psalm 46:10] “Be still,  and know that I am God!” [Ruth 3:18] Naomi’s advice was this: “Then she said, ‘Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will turn out; for the man will not rest until he has concluded the matter this day.’ “ FIRST – HALF BAKED IS UNFINISHED, overbaked is…
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I once spoke on the subject of happiness, or cheerfulness – not necessarily synonymous, but the Bible uses a conjunctive word which is ‘contented’ “. . . For I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content:” (Phil 4:11) – therefore, happy by implication and many wish that was their lot. During that…
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Paul was a man who had two visions, the latter one superseding and overruling the first one.  His first was destructive and evil:  “Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest “[1]   His whole intent was to destroy the Christian church, but God met him,…
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Vision Is The Light That Clarifies Life’s Direction. Joseph had a dream or vision that he would be the ruler and his brethren the servants. “Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him even more.” [Genesis 37:5]. Contrary to expectations things seemed to go wrong, although God…
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As we look towards Saturday 18th July HICC will reach a momentous point in its history; a new senior minister and his wife will be appointed. I had no idea when I started the church how long I would remain as its founding senior pastor. I thought that perhaps at normal retirement of 65 I…
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It is estimated that it took a workforce of 12,800 to build the Khufu’s pyramid in Egypt over a period of 23 years. This was calculated by working out the potential energy of the pyramid and dividing it by the number of days spent constructing it. It is all guesswork because nobody actually knows how…
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When we face  disappointment, sorrow, despair  and outright  opposition that leaves us bewildered with hurt, pain and hopelessness, then  there is a  Biblical  text that will  help us. We  all need  a jerk into  action at   some time in our lives; an applied force that will redirect our focus when  worry and sorrow turns our…
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Two university studies have unearthed two alarming yet inter-related facts. “Boys who grow up without a father are twice as likely to be jailed later in life as boys who grow up with their dad. Boys who grow up with a stepfather are three times more likely to be incarcerated.”[1]  The second area of investigation…
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