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  • 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

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  • 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
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    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

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  • The Flame In The Marathon Tower In Each Olympic ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The flame in the Marathon Tower in each Olympic stadium is the most recognized symbol of the Olympics, dating back to the Games of ancient Greece, when athletes competed in a relay race, passing a torch from one to another until the last runner, in a long procession of runners, would sprint to the ...read more

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  • Cross (S)  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Cross (S) Imagine with me for a moment… Pretend that a man from South America is speaking here. His name is Jose Samblanco, and having just arrived, he proclaims the good news to us that a Peruvian peasant by the name of Carlos Hernandez was electrocuted on the electric chair for your sins. He ...read more

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  • I Want To Begin This Morning By Talking About A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I want to begin this morning by talking about a feud that started towards the end of the civil War in West Virginia and Kentucky. It began in January of 1865 when Harmon McCoy, who had joined the Union army, was found murdered, presumably by a group of men led by William Anderson Hatfield. This ...read more

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  • There Was Once A Pastor Who Had A Little Five ...  PRO

    Contributed by Stephen Fournier on Jan 3, 2001
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    There was once a pastor who had a little five year old daughter. Now the little girl notice that every time her dad stood behind the pulpit, and was getting ready to preach he would bow his head for moment before he began to preach. The little girl noticed that he did this every time. So one ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

  • There Was Once A Pastor Who Had A Little ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 23, 2002
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    There was once a pastor who had a little five-year-old daughter. Now the little girl notice that every time her dad stood behind the pulpit, and was getting ready to preach he would bow his head for moment before he began to preach. The little girl noticed that he did this every time. So one day ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

  • 17 Words  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 17, 2003
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    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

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  • James Duncan, Preaching With Great Unction And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Malone on Mar 1, 2005
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    James Duncan, preaching with great unction and power, was asked what was the secret of such powerful preaching. "The secret," he said, was "thirteen hours of consecutive prayer." When asked the secret of his spiritual power, Charles Spurgeon said: "Knee work! Knee work!" Livingston of Shotts, on ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Many Years Ago A Farmer Had An Unusually Fine ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jan 28, 2006
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    Many years ago a farmer had an unusually fine crop of wheat. Just a few days before the wheat was to be harvested, a terrible hail and wind storm came. The entire crop was destroyed. After the storm was over, the farmer, with his little son, went out on the porch. The little boy looked at what ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Preachers Who Make You Throw Up!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Aug 12, 2019
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    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

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    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

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  • Years Ago, I Heard A Story About A Preacher Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Years ago, I heard a story about a preacher who went to a small town to preach a series of gospel sermons. His attempt was to evangelize that little town. He preached for two weeks. During the whole time, only one little girl responded to the invitation at the end of one of his sermons. She ...read more

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  • The Law Shows Us The Way Home

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • Tenth Hours

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
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    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

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