Emphasis Preaching Journal
Around the year 1000, the...
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Around the year 1000, the same number of years after Jesus as Solomon's father David lived before Jesus, there lived a king of England, Denmark, and Norway, named Canute (994-1035). They tell a story about Canute, that one day he was walking by the seashore, and as he was walking he was being flattered by some of his followers. He was the king of kings, the mightiest that reigned far and near. Canute listened with half an ear as each of his courtiers tried to outdo the others in praise of the king, until someone said that both land and sea were at his command.