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  • Is It Still Alive?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 9, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,034 views

    IS IT STILL ALIVE? The Lundy-Smiths are a remarkable family from inner-city New Orleans. Susie Mae Lundy and husband, Willie J. Smith, a Baptist pastor, raised nine successful children. According to FORTUNE magazine, the parents set an entrepreneurial example built around commitment, faith and ...read more

  • You See Many People Want The Benefits Of Being ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,535 views

    You see many people want the benefits of being in the Son without actually “being in the Son.” They want ‘heaven without the hassle’. So it is pretty common for people to believe in Christ and yet still walk in darkness. In 2 Corinthians 11:14, “And no wonder For Satan himself masquerades as an ...read more

  • Will Rogers – "I Don't Know Any Jokes. I Just ...

    Contributed by Rev Dr Randall M Deal Sr on Mar 16, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,872 views

    Will Rogers – “I don’t know any jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.” THERESA OF AVILA, A SPANISH NUN said “SHE WHO LAUGHS, LASTS!” She used to look for novices who knew how to LAUGH, EAT AND SLEEP. She believed that if they ate heartily they were healthy, if they slept well ...read more

  • Skepticism About The Virgin Birth  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,405 views

    SKEPTICISM ABOUT THE VIRGIN BIRTH A group of Bible scholars have unanimously agreed that Jesus had a human father, but they are uncertain who it was. Thus, according to these scholars, Jesus was not born of a virgin, was not conceived by the Holy Spirit, was and is not literally the Son of God, ...read more

  • Covering Your Own Sin

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 30, 2011
     | 5,901 views

    COVERING YOUR OWN SIN "Adam, where are you?" God cried as a now sin-tainted Adam and Eve vainly attempted to hide from Him. Adam had a plan: The fig leaves-an easy quick fix, a cover-up. They represent man fixing his sin on his own terms, the quick and easy way. Grab some leaves, cover it quickly. ...read more

  • The Shepherd's Blood

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 1, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,550 views

    THE SHEPHERD'S BLOOD In 1972, a shepherd had brought his sheep into a walled-off, enclosed area for the night, and he had just gone to sleep when he heard a commotion. He quickly rushed over to where the sound was coming from and to his horror he discovered that a wolf was in the process of ...read more

  • Dwarfish Christianity

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 24, 2011
     | 2,963 views

    DWARFISH CHRISTIANITY Charles Spurgeon, the famed pastor of the Metropolitan Baptist Tabernacle in London made this observation in the late 1800’s when he came in contact with a community of small framed men. "There was once in London a club of small men, whose qualification for membership lay in ...read more

  • In The Summer Of 1960 The Great Musical Star ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Oct 16, 2006
     | 1,718 views

    . In the summer of 1960 the great musical star Mary Martin was playing the lead role of Maria von Trapp in Rogers and Hammerstein’s musical THE SOUND OF MUSIC on Broadway. Lyrist Oscar Hammerstein, II was on his death bed. “One evening just before Mary went on stage, a note was handed to her. ...read more

  • Our Forefathers Were Not So Much Thankful For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,261 views

    Our forefathers were not so much thankful for something as they were thankful in something. In bounty or in want they were thankful. In feast or in famine they were thankful. In joy or in misery they were thankful. There is a big difference between being thankful for things and being thankful in ...read more

  • At Times Being A Christian Will Mean For Us A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,417 views

    At times being a Christian will mean for us a sacrifice, will involve a cost , it could involves once held friendships it could mean letting go of something in order for us to fulfil Gods purposes in our lives as Martin Luther once said, “The cross we bear always goes before the crown we ...read more

  • John Wesley Had Been An Anglican Clergyman For ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jun 30, 2007
     | 920 views

    John Wesley had been an Anglican clergyman for many years before he became a Christian. He had been a missionary in Georgia – and still was not a Christian. His conversion experience happened on the evening of 24th May 1738. Wesley had gone very unwillingly to a non-conformist meeting in London ...read more

  • The Gas Prank

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,319 views

    THE GAS PRANK According to a story in the Grand Rapids Press, the owner of a small foreign car had begun to irritate his friends by bragging incessantly about his gas mileage. So they decided on a way to get some humor out of his tireless boasting, as well as bring it to an end. Every day, one of ...read more

  • It Really Is Finished  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 15, 2010
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,143 views

    IT REALLY IS FINISHED After suffering on the cross for six hours, Jesus shouted, "It is finished!" (John 19:30). Everything that needed to be done to provide salvation had been accomplished. When former President George W. Bush was asked about regrets during his presidency, Bush answered that he ...read more

  • Guten-Something...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 22, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,524 views

    Guten-Something... A book collector ran into an unbookish acquaintance who soon revealed that old books didn't mean anything to him. In fact, he observed he had just thrown away a big old Bible which had been packed away in the attic of his ancestral home for generations. He was describing it ...read more

  • If Two People Want To Be Married, They Go Through ...  PRO

    Contributed by Nathan Eyland on Mar 10, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,269 views

    If two people want to be married, they go through a number of rites or ceremonies as part of a larger ceremony of marriage. They might exchange rings, they take a vow, the sign papers, and they publicly kiss. Depending on the faith tradition in which they get married, they do all things to be ...read more

  • Have You Heard The Story Of Jim Smith And Ron ...  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Brincefield on May 30, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,794 views

    Have you heard the story of Jim Smith and Ron Jones? Jim went to church one Sunday morning. He heard the organist miss a note, and he made a face. He saw a teen talking when everyone else was praying. He felt sure that the usher was watching to see how much money he put in the offering plate, ...read more

  • A Preacher Extols A King Instead Of The King Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 10, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,841 views

    A preacher extols a king instead of the King of kings There was a preacher in 19th century Scandinavia who, in the vestry one Sunday morning, heard that the King would be present at worship. Understandably rattled he ditched his well prepared sermon and spoke on and on about the Christian virtues ...read more

  • Get Some Rest!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2002
    based on 22 ratings
     | 6,362 views

    GET SOME REST! Our most notorious industrial accidents in recent years—Exxon Valdez, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, the fatal navigational error of Korean Air Lines 007—all occurred in the middle of the night. When the USS Vincennes shot down an Iranian A300 airbus killing all 290 people aboard, ...read more

  • A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,950 views

    A MIGHTY FORTRESS IS OUR GOD In intense turmoil, Luther wrote his greatest hymn. It was the worst of times -1527-one of the most trying years of Luther’s life. On April 22, a dizzy spell forced Luther to stop preaching in the middle of his sermon. For ten years, since publishing his 95 Theses ...read more

  • In The 18th Century, Selina Hastings, Countess Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
     | 2,225 views

    In the 18th Century, Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntington, invited the Duchess of Buckingham to come and hear George Whitfield preach. The Duchess wrote to the Countess of Huntington about the Gospel that Whitefield and his fellow "Methodists" preached as follows: "It is monstrous to be told ...read more

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