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  • The World Has Achieved Brilliance Without ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,570 views

    The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We have grasped the mystery ...read more

  • Health Concerns: More Than 6 In 10 Americans ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,513 views

    Health Concerns: More than 6 in 10 Americans worry a “great deal” about the availability and affordability of healthcare, according to the Gallup survey. Healthcare ranks the #1 issue among 11 issues polled. Other high concern issues include crime and violence (mentioned by 46%), drug use (46%), ...read more

  • Robert Redford Was Walking One Day Through A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,953 views

    Robert Redford was walking one day through a hotel lobby. A woman saw him and followed him to the elevator. "Are you the real Robert Redford?" she asked him with great excitement. As the doors of the elevator closed, he replied, "Only when I am alone" I would say this is true for ...read more

  • Billy Graham, "Truth Is Timeless. Truth Does Not ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,608 views

    Billy Graham, “Truth is timeless. Truth does not change from one age to another, from one people to another, from one geographical location to another. Men’s ideas may differ, men’s custom’s may change, men’s moral codes may vary, but the great all prevailing truth stands ...read more

  • A Vicar Was Retiring After 25 Years In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Aug 8, 2001
    based on 191 ratings
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    A vicar was retiring after 25 years in the parish. As he came to clear out his bedroom he found a small bowl with 5 eggs and £1,000 pounds in. Baffled he called his wife and said: Darling, what is this little basket under the bed with five eggs and £1,000 in. "Oh " she said " I must confess that ...read more

  • Rich Landowner Learns That God Owns ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
     | 4,628 views

    Rich Landowner Learns that God Owns Everything The late Bishop Edwin Hughes once delivered a rousing sermon on "God’s Ownership" that put a rich parishioner’s nose out-of-joint. The wealthy man took the Bishop off for lunch, and then walked him through his elaborate gardens, woodlands, and farm. ...read more

  • I Read The True Story Once About A Woman Who Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
     | 859 views

    I read the true story once about a woman who was babysitting for the 2 year old son of her preacher. The boy was sleeping in her home one night while the preacher and his wife were out of town and the boy woke up at 4:30 a.m. crying for his daddy. “I didn’t know what to do until I remembered my ...read more

  • I Read The True Story Once About A Woman Who Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 829 views

    I read the true story once about a woman who was babysitting for the 2 year old son of her preacher. The boy was sleeping in her home one night while the preacher and his wife were out of town and the boy woke up at 4:30 a.m. crying for his daddy. “I didn’t know what to do until I remembered my ...read more

  • A Sisyphean Task (Sisyphus)

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
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    A SISYPHEAN TASK (Sisyphus) In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was a brilliant rascal who sometimes played tricks on the gods to get what he wanted. He even used trickery to avoid death. Finally the gods had enough and condemned Sisyphus to eternal hard labor -- his punishment: rolling a boulder up a ...read more

  • The Law Shows Your Stains, But Doesn't Clean ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    THE LAW SHOWS YOUR STAINS, BUT DOESN’T CLEAN THEM The late, J. Vernon McGee said: "There must be shedding of blood for sin. You have a mirror in your bathroom, which is a picture of the law, and there is a basin underneath the mirror. You do not wash yourself with the mirror; it only reveals the ...read more

  • Antonio Was An Italian Boy Who Loved Music, But ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
     | 1,435 views

    Antonio was an Italian boy who loved music, but whenever he tried to sing the music that was in his heart, it came out so badly that all his friends laughed at him. Next to singing, the boy loved to hear the violin. He had a pocketknife he always carried with him and he would whittle all sorts of ...read more

  • The Concert Impresario, Sol Hurok, Liked To Say ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,425 views

    The concert impresario, Sol Hurok, liked to say that Marian Anderson hadn’t simply grown great, she’d grown great simply. He says: "A few years ago a reporter interviewed Marian and asked her to name the greatest moment in her life. I was in her dressing room at the time and was curious to hear the ...read more

  • Antonio Was An Italian Boy Who Loved Music, But ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,467 views

    Antonio was an Italian boy who loved music, but whenever he tried to sing the music that was in his heart, it came out so badly that all his friends laughed at him. Next to singing, the boy loved to hear the violin. He had a pocketknife he always carried with him and he would whittle all sorts of ...read more

  • Richard Daly Was Mayor Of Chicago For 21 Years. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 4, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,690 views

    Richard Daly was mayor of Chicago for 21 years. Mayor Daly was known as a rather difficult man to work for. One of Mayor Daly’s speech writers came in and demanded a raise. Mayor Daly responded, “I’m not going to give you a raise. You are getting paid more than enough already. It should be ...read more

  • The Joy Of Salvation

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 7, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
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    THE JOY OF SALVATION The late great English Congregationalist clergyman and church leader, Robert William Dale (1829-1895), once wrote: "We do not please God more by eating bitter aloes than by eating honey. A cloudy, foggy, rainy day is not more heavenly than a day of sunshine. A funeral march ...read more

  • When Joseph Ton Was A Pastor In Romania He Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 2,830 views

    When Joseph Ton was a pastor in Romania he was arrested by the secret police for publishing a sermon calling for the churches to refuse to submit to the Communist government’s demand for control over their ministries. When an official told him he must renounce his sermon, he replied, "No, sir! I ...read more

  • Bought To Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
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    BOUGHT TO BE FREED A young girl was being sold at auction one day. She was a beautiful girl, tall and slender. The bidding was keen, and quickly mounted higher and higher until at last only two men were left bidding for her ownership: the one a low, uncouth foul-mouthed fellow who raised his bid ...read more

  • C ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
     | 3,468 views

    CONNECTED How many of you have cell phones? Isn’t it amazing how cell phones have become a necessity? It wasn’t that long ago that people still wrote letters! But technology has made it so much easier to communicate. Although – some research has shown that very advanced technologies existed long ...read more

  • 61623; The Funeral Of King Louis Xiv Was Held ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gerald Cornelius on Mar 27, 2001
    based on 147 ratings
     | 6,366 views

     The funeral of King Louis XIV was held in the great cathedral of Paris, France. The cathedral was dark except for one candle placed on top of the golden casket containing Louis’ remains. At the appointed time, Massillon, the court preacher addressed the assembly of mourners. He ...read more

  • Blast Welding

    Contributed by Andy Taylor on Dec 17, 2006
     | 2,079 views

    Illustration: Blast welding imagine two things put together that seem incompatible, Jesus humanity and divinity, being joined together by the great power of God and His love for us. It’s like in building a ship, joining aluminum of the top 10 stories of an ...read more