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  • Hugh Lattimer Once Preached Before King Henry ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,626 views

    Hugh Lattimer once preached before King Henry VIII. Henry was greatly displeased by the boldness in the sermon and ordered Lattimer to preach again on the following Sunday and apologize for the offence he had given. The next Sunday, after reading his text, he thus began his sermon: “Hugh ...read more

  • Novelist And Essayist George A. Birmingham Was In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,315 views

    Novelist and essayist George A. Birmingham was in his nonliterary life a clergyman in Ireland where he was pestered by bishops and other authorities to fill in recurring questionnaires. He took particular umbrage against the annual demand from the education office to report the dimensions of his ...read more

  • What Did King Nebuchadnezzar Of Ancient Babylon ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,902 views

    What did King Nebuchadnezzar of ancient Babylon and Nikolai Ceausescu of present-day Romania have in common? Both were ruthless dictators who fell after boldly exalting themselves. Nebuchadnezzar brazenly declared that he had built the great city of Babylon by his own power and for the honor of ...read more

  • New Barna Research Has Discovered That A Person's ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,202 views

    New Barna Research has discovered that a person’s lifelong behaviors and views are generally developed when they are young – usually prior to reaching teen years. The research showed 4 critical outcomes. First, a person’s moral foundations are generally in place by the time they reach 9. Their ...read more

  • A Vanished Friend

    Contributed by Paul Humphrey on Feb 22, 2006
     | 2,159 views

    Around the corner I have a friend, In this great city that has no end; Yet days go by and weeks rush on, And before I know it, a year is gone, And I never see my old friend’s face. For life is a swift and terrible race. He knows I like him just as well As in the days when I rang his bell And he ...read more

  • Some Of You Might Remember A Family Of Tightrope ...

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Mar 6, 2006
     | 1,577 views

    Some of you might remember a family of tightrope walkers. They were billed as ‘the Flying Wallendas.’ One of their special stunts was to use members of their family to make a four level pyramid - high atop a platform that they would then cross the tightrope with. They performed this stunt for ...read more

  • Hugh Lattimer Once Preached Before King Henry ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,941 views

    Hugh Lattimer once preached before King Henry VIII. Henry was greatly displeased by the boldness in the sermon and ordered Lattimer to preach again on the following Sunday and apologize for the offence he had given. The next Sunday, after reading his text, he thus began his sermon: "Hugh Lattimer, ...read more

  • Novelist And Essayist George A. Birmingham Was In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 1,605 views

    Novelist and essayist George A. Birmingham was in his nonliterary life a clergyman in Ireland where he was pestered by bishops and other authorities to fill in recurring questionnaires. He took particular umbrage against the annual demand from the education office to report the dimensions of his ...read more

  • Dwight L. Moody Was A Poorly Educated, ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Jul 10, 2006
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    “Dwight L. Moody was a poorly educated, unordained, shoe salesman who felt God’s call to preach the gospel. Early one morning he and some friends gathered in a hay field for [prayer]. His friend Henry Varley said these words: ‘The world has yet to see what God can do with and for and through and ...read more

  • When We Release A Sound Of Praise, The Earth Must ...

    Contributed by Ian Johnson on Sep 1, 2006
     | 2,498 views

    When we release a sound of praise, the Earth must respond. There is a tangible change in the Atmosphere! The God of creation extracts a response from his creation! Joshua Mills tells the story of a drought breaking in Chennai India as a result of Praise to the living God! To release a response ...read more

  • My Family And I Were Watching America's Funniest ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 17, 2006
     | 1,361 views

    My family and I were watching America’s Funniest Videos Friday night. There’s clip of a bike race. A guy is approaching the finish line, way out in front. He pauses to raise his hands in victory, and as he does, he wipes out. As he gets back up, some 20 other bikes pass him and he creeps across ...read more

  • Bobby Is A Small 4th Grader Who Somehow Caught ...  PRO

    Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Apr 2, 2007
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    Bobby is a small 4th grader who somehow caught the unwanted attention of a bully in the 6th grade. One day, the bully said, “After school I’m gonna beat you to a pulp.” With no apparent fear, Bobby simply said, “Ok,” and went on his way. What the bully didn’t know is that Bobby’s 11th grade ...read more

  • Triumph  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,967 views

    TRIUMPH (By Jim L. Davey) It was a dark & sullen morn, as several women approached the tomb, With breaking hearts and deepest gloom, The furthest thing from their minds.....was triumph Why did He have to die they asked, each other on the road that morn, It made no sense, their hearts were ...read more

  • When John F. Kennedy Was President Of The United ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 7, 2001
    based on 93 ratings
     | 6,453 views

    "When John F. Kennedy was President of the United States, Life magazine published photos of his children, John Jr. and Caroline, playing with their toys on the floor of the Oval Office. Those images captured the hearts of the American people like nothing before or since. Why? I think it’s ...read more

  • A Young Man Left His Employer, A Lumber ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 13, 2001
    based on 80 ratings
     | 1,799 views

    A young man left his employer, a lumber merchant, and began business in opposition to him. For a while he prospered greatly and got many orders that would have gone to the firm he had left. But just when his business seemed to be most flourishing, and he had more orders than he could supply, a ...read more

  • Do You Remember The Four-Minute Mile? They'd Been ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 19, 2001
    based on 41 ratings
     | 1,354 views

    Do you remember the four-minute mile? They’d been trying to do it since the days of the ancient Greeks. Someone found the old records of how the Greeks tried to accomplish this. They had wild animals chase the runners, hoping that would make them run faster. They tried tiger’s milk: not the stuff ...read more

  • Somebody Came Running Up To John Wesley And Said, ...

    Contributed by Chris Edmondson on May 26, 2007
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    Somebody came running up to John Wesley and said, "Your house just burned down!" The great preacher replied, "I don’t have a house. I manage a house for the Lord, His house just burned down. Since I’m His son, and He wants me covered, I guess He’ll find me another place to live." That is how we ...read more

  • The Meek Person Has A Powerful Relationship With ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    THE MEEK PERSON HAS A POWERFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THAT RELAXES THE SPIRIT, CALMS THE SOUL, OVERCOMES FEAR, AND ENABLES GREAT THINGS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE NAME OF JESUS. V. IN CONTRAST, THE UN-MEEK TRY TO BUILD A FORMIDABLE EXTERIOR BUT ARE CRIPPLED INSIDE WITH FEAR AND STRESS. THERE IS A ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago, Television News Captured The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A few years ago, television news captured the drama of a brave man who gave his life for others. A flight from Florida crashed into the icy waters of the Potomac River, a few feet short of the runway at National Airport. Within minutes, a rescue helicopter was at¬tempting to ladder-lift the ...read more

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

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    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