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  • No Treachery Is Worse Than Betrayal By A Family ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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    No treachery is worse than betrayal by a family member or friend. Julius Caesar knew such treachery. Among the conspirators who assassinated the Roman leader on March 15, 44 B. C. was Marcus Junius Brutus. Caesar not only trusted Brutus, he had favored him as a son. According to Roman historians, ...read more

  • No Treachery Is Worse Than Betrayal By A Family ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,707 views

    No treachery is worse than betrayal by a family member or friend. Julius Caesar knew such treachery. Among the conspirators who assassinated the Roman leader on March 15, 44 was Marcus Junius Brutus. Caesar not only trusted Brutus, he had favored him as a son. According to Roman historians, ...read more

  • Put The King In First

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
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    PUT THE KING IN FIRST In the Berlin art gallery there is a painting by the famous artist Mengel that is only partially finished. It is supposed to be a painting of King Frederick of Germany talking to his generals. Mengel painstakingly painted the generals first around the outside of the painting. ...read more

  • Brainerd: Honor To God  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Feb 20, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,343 views

    BRAINERD: HONOR TO GOD Let me leave you with some words from the famous American colonial missionary to the Indians, David Brainerd, who died at the age of twenty-nine. His diary reveals a young man intensely committed to God. Brainerd once said to Jonathan Edwards: "I do not go to heaven to be ...read more

  • Wishing For Pascal's Brain  PRO

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Feb 17, 2013
    based on 36 ratings
     | 5,027 views

    WISHING FOR PASCAL'S BRAIN Biblical Education is the process by which Godly character is formed, strength of clear conscious and sound mind is amplified, and understanding is sharpened, as a result of which one can walk in divine wisdom. Someone once approached Blaise Pascal, the famous French ...read more

  • An Unsung Hero

    Contributed by Richard L. Brown on Nov 7, 2021
     | 2,329 views

    When I was a boy there was a cartoon about a character called Hector Heathcote…….It was based on the colonial days of America and the Revolutionary War. The character Heathcote was always the unsung hero in each show. I remember one episode where General George Washington was preparing for his ...read more

  • Author Irving Stone Has Spent A Lifetime Studying ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 20, 2001
    based on 74 ratings
     | 1,073 views

    Author Irving Stone has spent a lifetime studying greatness, writing novelized biographies of famous people … [He] was once asked if he had found a thread that runs through the lives of all these exceptional people. He said, "I write about people who sometime in their life…have a vision or dream of ...read more

  • One Of My Favorite Preachers Is Dave Stone From ...  PRO

    Contributed by Aaron Burgess on Dec 27, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
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    One of my favorite preachers is Dave Stone from the Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky. He’s the preacher in a church that has 17,000 people. Dave has written books and is a popular motivational speaker. He was chosen as an influential leader in his community. But Steve Carr, a ...read more

  • The First Date Jim (Elliot) Asked Me For Was To A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
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    The first date Jim (Elliot) asked me for was to a missionary meeting at Moody Church in Chicago, late in April. Not surprising that he would choose an event like this rather than a concert or dinner out. The speaker was one of the daughters of the famous missionary to Africa C.T. Studd. She told of ...read more

  • Plan Your Life

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 24, 2008
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    PLAN YOUR LIFE A famous British writer George Bernard Shaw once visited a sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein at his studio. The visitor noticed a huge block of stone standing in one corner and asked what it was for. "I don’t know yet. I’m still making plans." Shaw was astounded. "You mean you plan your ...read more

  • In 1715 King Louis Xiv Of France Died After A ...

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 7, 2010
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    In 1715 King Louis XIV of France died after a reign of 72 years. He had called himself "the Great," and was the monarch who made the famous statement, "I am the state!" His court was the most magnificent in Europe, and his funeral was equally spectacular. As his body lay in state in a golden ...read more

  • Knowing Where You're Going

    Contributed by Larry Allen on Jan 9, 2012
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    KNOWING WHERE YOU'RE GOING Remember Alice in Wonderland when she comes up to the fork in the road and asks the Cheshire cat which way to go. He asks her, "Where are you going?" Then she replies, "I don’t know," at which he replies, "If you don’t know where you are going, what difference does it ...read more

  • Martin Luther

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Nov 23, 2025
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    Martin Luther had a rough time after he posted his 95 theses on the Wittenberg Church door. He was often on the run from his enemies who wanted to kill him. It is recorded that when Martin Luther had his darkest moments he would say to his friends "Come let us sing the 46th Psalm and let ...read more

  • The Most Important Figure Of The Reformation Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 25, 2001
    based on 93 ratings
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    The most important figure of the Reformation was a monk by the name of Martin Luther (1483-1546). Luther was a man full of self-doubt, guilt, and worry. In his early 20s, Martin Luther was nearly struck by lightning while crossing an open field during a storm, which led to his vow to become a monk. ...read more

  • Everything We Do Needs To Be A Part Of Our ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 13, 2007
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    Everything we do needs to be a part of our service to God. A young boy by the name of James had a desire to be the most famous manufacturer and salesman of cheese in the world. He planned on becoming rich and famous by making and selling cheese and began with a little buggy pulled by a pony named ...read more

  • Andrew Jackson Needs To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2009
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    ANDREW JACKSON NEEDS TO REPENT I heard about a famous preacher by the name of Peter Cartwright. He became one of the leaders of what we now refer to as the 2nd Great Awakening. Cartwright personally baptized over 12,000 people during his ministry. He was a Circuit rider and spent most of his ...read more

  • Michelangelo Was Browsing About In A Marble Shop ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 4, 2001
    based on 67 ratings
     | 3,929 views

    Michelangelo was browsing about in a marble shop one day. His attention was drawn to one particular piece. He walked around and around it, pondering its beauty. After a time, he told the shopkeeper that he wished to purchase it. The shopkeeper, evidently an honest soul, agreed that though it was ...read more

  • Norma Jean Was A Person Who Appeared To Have ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Massey on Mar 23, 2002
    based on 95 ratings
     | 1,836 views

    Norma Jean was a person who appeared to have everything. The most famous men in the world courted her. Even presidents desired her. She made millions, her name was splashed across almost every newspaper in the country. Yet, she died from an overdose, and she choked to death on her own vomit, ...read more

  • Bring Them To Jesus  PRO

    Contributed by David Schaal on Sep 10, 2003
    based on 17 ratings
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    BRING THEM TO JESUS Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, famous evangelist, said that the New Testament records tell of forty people, each suffering from the same disease, who were healed by Jesus. Of this number, thirty-four were either brought to Jesus by friends, or He was taken to them. In only six cases ...read more

  • The Death Of C.s. Lewis In Nov. 22, 1963 Has For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Nov 4, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,470 views

    The death of C.S. Lewis in Nov. 22, 1963 has for years been overshadowed by the assisination of President John F. Kennedy on the same day. While the anniversary of Lewis’ death seldom gets much press, throngs of people crowd into Arlington Memorial Cemetary to watch the changing of the guard at the ...read more