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  • Prayer: Specific ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
     | 3,527 views

    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

  • Preachers Who Make You Throw Up!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Aug 12, 2019
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,990 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

  • How To Make Someone A Soul-Winner  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,120 views

    HOW TO MAKE SOMEONE A SOUL-WINNER General William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, once told his students, "If I had my choice, I wouldn’t send you to school, I’d send you to Hell for five minutes, and you’d come back real soul ...read more

  • John Tyler, After Death Of William Henry Harrison ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,454 views

    John Tyler, after death of William Henry Harrison … When a Christian people feel themselves to be overtaken by a great public calamity, it becomes them to humble themselves under the dispensation of Divine Providence, to recognize His righteous government over the children of men, to acknowledge ...read more

  • There Is A Story Of A Frontier Settlement In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 5, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,021 views

    There is a story of a frontier settlement in the West whose people were engaged in the lumbering business. The town wanted a church, so they built one and called a minister. The preacher was well received until one day he happened to see some of his parishioners clawing onto the bank some logs that ...read more

  • Loneliness And Suicide, Products Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
     | 2,963 views

    Loneliness and Suicide, Products of Materialism Can you guess who said this? "I sit in my house in Buffalo and sometimes I get so lonely it’s unbelievable. Life has been so good to me. I’ve got a great wife, good kids, money, my own health--and I’m lonely and bored.... I often wondered why so many ...read more

  • Land Of The Dying

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,361 views

    LAND OF THE DYING When John Owen, the great Puritan, lay on his deathbed his secretary wrote (in his name) to a friend, "I am still in the land of the living." "Stop," said Owen. "Change that and say, 'I am yet in the land of the dying, but I hope soon to be in the land of the living.'" ...read more

  • When A Christian People Feel Themselves To Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,155 views

    When a Christian people feel themselves to be overtaken by a great public calamity, it becomes them to humble themselves under the dispensation of Divine Providence, to recognize His righteous government over the children of men, to acknowledge His goodness in time past, as well as their own ...read more

  • George Whitfield Conducted Outdoor Evangelistic ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 7, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,242 views

    George Whitfield conducted outdoor evangelistic campaigns in the 1700’s throughout the American colonies, a period of revival called the “Great Awakening” in America. Although thousands responded to his Gospel message, when asked how many were converted after one of his sermons he replied, “We’ll ...read more

  • Whitefield: Which Conversions Are Genuine

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Nov 29, 2012
     | 2,057 views

    WHITEFIELD: WHICH CONVERSIONS ARE GENUINE George Whitefield conducted outdoor evangelistic campaigns in the 1700's throughout New England, a period of revival called the "Great Awakening." Though thousands responded to his preaching, when asked how many were converted after one of his sermons he ...read more

  • Whipping The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
     | 2,103 views

    WHIPPING THE SAVIOR Love paid the price for your sins and mine! The great preacher W.A. Criswell saw this in an unusual dream he had one night. In this dream, Dr. Criswell saw the Savior. Jesus’ back was bare. And there was a soldier lifting up his hand and bringing down that awful whip on the ...read more

  • Hugh Lattimer Once Preached Before King Henry ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,135 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

  • Hugh Lattimer Once Preached Before King Henry ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,825 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

  • The Privilege Of Praying To God As Our ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2010
     | 3,586 views

    The Privilege of Praying to God as Our Father The great preacher, teacher, and well-known speaker, Rev. Haddon W. Robinson, in his book entitled "What Jesus Said About Successful Living: Principles from the Sermon on the Mount for Today," writes, "In the Old Testament, the Israelites did not ...read more

  • Tourist Asks Tour Guide At Westminster Abbey An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2009
     | 3,975 views

    Tourist Asks Tour Guide at Westminster Abbey an Important Question The story is told that one day a tour guide was taking people around Westminster Abbey, probably the most famous church in England. The guide pointed out the ancient Abbey’s beauties, its glorious windows, the graves of kings and ...read more

  • A Victim Of Mental Depression, Once Went To ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Aug 29, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,348 views

    "A victim of mental depression, once went to consult a skilled physician regarding his condition. The doctor prescribed some lively amusement, and told him of a celebrated clown, who was entertaining great companies in a certain place of amusement in the town. With an expression of despair on his ...read more

  • Man Has Yet To Conquer Himself  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2011
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,829 views

    MAN HAS YET TO CONQUER HIMSELF Ravi Zacharias put it well when he said, "In an attempt to be reasonable, man has become irrational. In an attempt to deify himself, he has defaced himself. In an attempt to be free, he has made himself a slave. And like Alexander the Great, he has conquered the ...read more

  • Using Our Ability

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,012 views

    USING OUR ABILITY S. D. Gordon said, "We have nothing to do with how much ability we’ve got, or how little, but with what we do with what we have. The man with great talent is apt to be puffed up, and the man with little (talent) to belittle the little. Poor fools! God gives it, much or little. ...read more

  • Some Of You Maybe You've Never Had A Good Church ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
     | 1,067 views

    Some of you maybe you’ve never had a good church experience. My wife Liza makes this great dessert – called the blueberry. Once you’ve tasted it, you’ll keep coming back for more. Don’t just be content to go to church to sing the songs and hear the stories about what God did in the past, but rather ...read more

  • Woman's Husband Gave Her A Hard Time… One Day ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 1,616 views

    Woman’s husband gave her a hard time… one day disconnected battery cables… car wouldn’t crank so without a word to her husband she started walking… he later felt bad, showed up at services & then obeyed the gospel They live in a Barbie world wanting everything their Barbie had! Think: “If Barbie ...read more

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