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  • Capture And Control  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 7, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,323 views

    CAPTURE AND CONTROL Craig Larson talks about being at a lunch party on a warm, Chicago day in early September with a dozen of his fellow workers. The windows were left open, and soon a bee found its way in. After buzzing around for a while, it landed on some food on the table. Then someone took an ...read more

  • I Heard About A Small Country Church That Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,992 views

    I heard about a small country church that was holding a revival in a packed building. It was so crowded that they had to put up chairs everywhere, right up to the pulpit. The evangelist was preaching about the second coming of Christ and had really warmed up to the subject. He was one of those fire ...read more

  • When Evangelist D. L. Moody Was Conducting ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,676 views

    When evangelist D. L. Moody was conducting evangelistic meetings, he frequently faced hecklers who strongly disagreed with him. In the final service of one campaign, an usher handed the famous preacher a note as he entered the auditorium. It was actually from an atheist who had been giving Mr. ...read more

  • How I Want To Go  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,575 views

    How I want to go An old preacher was dying. He sent a message for his Doctor and his Lawyer, both church members, to come to his home. When they arrived, they were ushered up to his bedroom. As they entered the room, the preacher held out his hands and motioned for them to sit on each side of the ...read more

  • The Laymen

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 24, 2007
     | 859 views

    Leave it to the ministers, And soon the church will die; Leave it to the women folk, And some will pass it by; For the church is all that lifts us From the coarse and selfish mob, And the church that is to prosper Needs the laymen on the job. Now a layman has his business, And a ...read more

  • 9/11: A Sense Of Ownership

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2011
     | 4,211 views

    9/11: A SENSE OF OWNERSHIP David Frum, one of President George W. Bush’s speechwriters, wrote in his book The Right Man that when he drove home on the evening of September 11, 2001 after the tragic attack on our nation by Muslim terrorists that something grew within him. He wrote that a sudden ...read more

  • Fortified Within

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 23, 2011
     | 3,389 views

    FORTIFIED WITHIN There are two ways of handling pressure. One is illustrated by a bathysphere, the miniature submarine used to explore the ocean in places so deep that the water pressure would crush a conventional submarine like an aluminum can. Bathyspheres compensate with plate steel several ...read more

  • Afraid Of The Grave  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2011
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     | 5,104 views

    AFRAID OF THE GRAVE Cemeteries can be spooky places. I heard a funny story about a guy in Scotland we'll call Ian McGregor. After a long evening in the pub, Ian took a shortcut to his house that took him through a dark cemetery. He accidentally fell into a freshly dug grave. Ian tried to climb ...read more

  • Burning The Cargo

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 29, 2011
     | 2,773 views

    BURNING THE CARGO There’s a story of two paddleboats that left Memphis about the same time, travelling down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. As they travelled side by side, sailors from one vessel made a few remarks about the snail’s pace of the other. Words were exchanged. Challenges were ...read more

  • One-And-A-Half Degrees Off

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 30, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,427 views

    ONE-AND-A-HALF DEGREES OFF On October 31, 1983, Korean Airlines Flight 007 departed from Anchorage, Alaska, for a direct flight to Seoul, Korea. Unknown to the crew, however, the computer engaging the flight navigation system contained a 1 1/2 degree routing error. At the point of departure, the ...read more

  • Bangedy Bang

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 4, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,792 views

    BANGEDY BANG A soldier in the heat of battle had his gun jam on him. The enemy was charging straight for him and he was defenseless, desperate! For some unknown reason he pointed his finger at the man and said "Bangedy bang" and the guy fell down dead. He looked at his hand and thought, wow! ...read more

  • When Does The Size Of A House Become Sinful?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 4, 2011
    based on 12 ratings
     | 3,210 views

    WHEN DOES THE SIZE OF A HOUSE BECOME SINFUL? Several years ago, Millard Fuller of Habitat for Humanity addressed the National Press Club on public radio, on which he recalled a workshop he conducted at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary with 200 pastors in attendance. The assembled pastors quickly ...read more

  • Sir William Ramsey And The Accuracy Of Luke

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2011
     | 6,182 views

    SIR WILLIAM RAMSEY AND THE ACCURACY OF LUKE Late 1800's/early 1900's Sir William Ramsey was a well-known archaeologist and historian. He was professor of humanities at Aberdeen University. He was considered to be the world's most imminent scholar on Asia-Minor, and it's geography and history. He ...read more

  • Following Garibaldi And Following Jesus

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2011
     | 8,170 views

    FOLLOWING GARIBALDI AND FOLLOWING JESUS Garibaldi, the great Italian military hero from the 19th century, raised an incredibly committed volunteer army. His appeal for recruits was rather unique as he offered only these terms: "I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor provisions; I offer hunger, ...read more

  • Paul Tournier On Persisting In Prayer

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 13, 2011
     | 4,002 views

    PAUL TOURNIER ON PERSISTING IN PRAYER Paul Tournier, the great psychiatrist and Christian counselor, tells in one his essays about the first time he tried to pray for a solid hour. He says that he set his watch on the table and began to pray, and after what he thought was a good while, checked the ...read more

  • Don't Waste Your Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 20, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,268 views

    DON'T WASTE YOUR LIFE In his book Don’t Waste Your Life, John Piper recounts a story his father often told of his days as a fiery Baptist evangelist. It is the story of a man who came to saving faith in Jesus Christ near the end of his earthly existence. Piper writes: "The church had prayed for ...read more

  • Oswald Chambers On Conviction Of Sin  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,227 views

    OSWALD CHAMBERS ON CONVICTION OF SIN Oswald Chambers: "Conviction of sin is one of the rarest things that ever strikes a man. It is the threshold of an understanding of God. Jesus Christ said that when the Holy Spirit came He would convict of sin, and when the Holy Spirit rouses the conscience and ...read more

  • Cast The First Stone  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,186 views

    CAST THE FIRST STONE A woman named Marilyn Helleberg told about being a teenager at church camp. She said an ugly rumor got started there about two of the counselors and it quickly became the talk of the camp. The next day, at Morning Prayer, the minister read the story of the adulterous woman. ...read more

  • I've Got A Flashlight!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 13, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,610 views

    I'VE GOT A FLASHLIGHT! Ann Beck of North Carollton, Mississippi, talks about the days when her husband and she taught 2- and 3-year-olds in Sunday school. A Bible verse they helped the pre-schoolers memorize was Psalms 56: "When I am afraid, I will trust in you." Their preschool son, Mark, was one ...read more

  • The Bible Found Me

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 18, 2011
     | 3,524 views

    THE BIBLE FOUND ME G. Campbell Morgan had already enjoyed some success as a preacher by the time he was 19 years old. But then he was attacked by doubts about the Bible. The writings of various scientists and agnostics disturbed him (e.g., Charles Darwin, John Tyndall, Thomas Huxley, and Herbert ...read more

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