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  • 17 Words  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 17, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,302 views

    17 WORDS According to the Atlanta Journal "The Ten Commandments contain 297 words. The Bill of Rights is stated in 463 words. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address contains 266 words. A recent federal directive to regulate the price of cabbage contains 26,911 words." In the Greek, John 1:1 contains 17 ...read more

  • The Law Shows Us The Way Home

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 2,122 views

    THE LAW SHOWS US THE WAY HOME During World War II American planes flew from British airbases to missions over Germany. Finding their way home to base was often difficult because of horrible weather conditions. Churches with tall, stately spires dotted the English landscape. On overcast days the ...read more

  • Fighting ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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    FIGHTING SIN Poet Carl Sandberg once said, "There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud." Colorful, old-time evangelist Billy Sunday said of sin, "I’m against sin. I’ll kick it as long as I’ve got a foot. I’ll fight it as long as ...read more

  • Prayer: Specific ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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    PRAYER: SPECIFIC DIRECTION The late great English writer, journalist, philosopher, poet, biographer, and Christian apologetic Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936) and several other literary figures were asked one evening what book they would prefer to have with them if they were stranded on a ...read more

  • Shallow ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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    SHALLOW LIVES A few statistics clarify a problem. The figures I have are from five years ago, but I believe the comparisons are still the same. Americans gave $2.9 billion dollars to overseas missions. That sounds pretty good until you find out that we spend $8.4 billion to see movies, $13 billion ...read more

  • Who's Side

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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    WHO'S SIDE During WWII a parade of well-trained soldiers was marching through downtown. The soldiers were trained and now preparing to leave for war. As they marched by one old lady's house she was so proud of the men. She grabbed her broom stick, placed it on her shoulder and started marching ...read more

  • Tenth Hours

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
     | 1,466 views

    TENTH HOURS Napoleon said that in every battle there [is] a period of ten or fifteen minutes which decides the issue of the conflict. Certainly in the battle of life there are moments and hours which, so far as we can tell, determine our history: hours when the spirit in which we lived, the step ...read more

  • Brother James Bryan, A Presbyterian Minister In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,652 views

    Brother James Bryan, a Presbyterian minister in Birmingham, Alabama knew this. There were a lot of preachers who could preach better sermons from the pulpit, but none could match the sermons that Brother Bryan preached with his life. Like Jesus, Brother Bryan was known for his compassion and his ...read more

  • Tenth Hours

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,518 views

    TENTH HOURS Napoleon said that in every battle there [is] a period of ten or fifteen minutes which decides the issue of the conflict. Certainly in the battle of life there are moments and hours which, so far as we can tell, determine our history: hours when the spirit in which we lived, the step ...read more

  • Sleeping The Night Before Your ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
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    SLEEPING THE NIGHT BEFORE YOUR EXECUTION In 1555, Nicholas Ridley was burned at the stake because of his witness for Christ. On the night before Ridley’s execution, his brother offered to remain with him in the prison chamber to be of assistance and comfort. Nicholas declined the offer and replied ...read more

  • Preachers Who Make You Throw Up!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Aug 12, 2019
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,474 views

    A Pastor was doing his Children's Church sermon where all the kids come down to the front & hear a story. The Pastor was discussing the story of Jonah. He quoted the Scripture from Jonah: "The Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah upon the dry land." When the Pastor ...read more

  • Ignatius [35-107 Ad]: Widows Are Not To Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    Ignatius [35-107 AD]: Widows are not to be neglected. You, after the Lord, be their protector... [page 208] From Michael ...read more

  • H.g. Wells Wrote In His Book, The Fate Of Man, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
     | 2,152 views

    H.G. Wells wrote in his book, The Fate of Man, "Who, except cranks and lunatics, reads the Book of Revelation?" (From a sermon ...read more

  • Tony Dungy On Character

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 16, 2011
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    TONY DUNGY ON CHARACTER Tony Dungy, "Character begins with the little things in life. We must show that we can be trusted with even the trivial ...read more

  • Over The Edge

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 19, 2006
     | 1,439 views

    Over the Edge The Adirondack Mountains make a breathtaking backdrop for wilderness canoeing. Two friends and I had taken vacation time to get away from it all and live out of our canoes for a week. Each day we would take a new direction to explore the area. One day we took one of ...read more

  • Over The Edge

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 27, 2006
     | 1,159 views

    Over the Edge The Adirondack Mountains make a breathtaking backdrop for wilderness canoeing. Two friends and I had taken vacation time to get away from it all and live out of our canoes for a week. Each day we would take a new direction to explore the area. One day we took one of the finger ...read more

  • In 1955, The New York Yankees Chose 22 Year-Old ...

    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Feb 13, 2007
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    In 1955, the New York Yankees chose 22 year-old John Malangone as the probable REPLACEMENT for VETERAN catcher Yogi Berra. Though he could THROW a BALL from HOME PLATE and HIT the left field FENCE 368 feet away with a SOLID POP and had consistently BATTED over 300 through the MINOR ...read more

  • One Of My Favorite Books Is Called This I ...

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Feb 19, 2008
    based on 1 rating
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    One of my favorite books is called This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women. It is a compilation of eighty essays based on the National Public Radio series of the same name. The essays are from the famous and the unknown. One of the essays that I found most moving is ...read more

  • Game Of Chance

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jul 9, 2010
     | 2,390 views

    GAME OF CHANCE A person recently said to me as they were dying that the Bible was just a series of myths and stories, and if I want to, I can choose to live my life assuming that it is. I can choose to treat heaven like a GAME OF CHANCE and the Bible as something less than a sure thing. I can ...read more

  • Incarnation  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,813 views

    INCARNATION The mystery of the humanity of Christ, that He sunk Himself into our flesh, is beyond all human understanding. Martin Luther, SOURCE: ...read more