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  • Quotes On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 1,887 views

    QUOTES ON HUMILITY Recently a pastor received a Christmas card with a note in it from a lady who attended a Christmas Eve service at the church. She was very complimentary about his preaching, comparing him with Billy Graham, saying, “I think you are one of the really great preachers of all time.” ...read more

  • In A Poem Attributed To Archbishop Oscar Romero, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
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    In a poem attributed to Archbishop Oscar Romero, entitled "Prophets of a Future Not Our Own," he states: "It helps, now and then, to step back and take the long view. We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God's work. Nothing we do is complete, ...read more

  • Invisible Christians

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
     | 1,640 views

    INVISIBLE CHRISTIANS More Americans are acquainted with a gay or lesbian person than an evangelical, according to a recent Ellison Research study. Only 24% of all Americans who say they are not evangelical know an evangelical person very well, and 40% have never known any evangelicals at all, even ...read more

  • Have You Heard The Story Of The Hms Resolute? ...

    Contributed by Michael Carbaugh on Apr 19, 2009
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    Have you heard the story of the HMS Resolute? The HMS resolute was a vessel in Royal British vessel rigged for Arctic exploration. In August of 1853 the HMS Resolute got caught in the Arctic ice. After staying the Winter in the Arctic, the Captain of the HMS Resolute ordered the ship to be ...read more

  • Your God Is Too ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
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    YOUR GOD IS TOO SAFE The words that Mark Buchanan wrote of his own experience in his book entitled "Your God Is Too Safe." He wrote that when he was saved, "I hit the ground running. Immediately, I volunteered for everything, anything, that I felt vaguely interested in and marginally qualified ...read more

  • History Is Always A Great Teacher To Those Who ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 2, 2009
     | 1,295 views

    History is always a great teacher to those who want to learn it’s lessons. Abraham Lincoln knew this and one author had this to say about him. o He was not a born king of men…but a child of the common people, who made himself a great persuader, therefore a leader, by dint of firm resolve, patient ...read more

  • There Could Have Been Peace Instead Of War In ...

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Aug 16, 2009
     | 1,207 views

    There could have been peace instead of war in 1939. Great Britain and France could have just let Hitler have Poland. That had worked the year before when they let Hitler have part of Czechoslovakia, and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain returned from Munich declaring "peace for our ...read more

  • Demon-Possessed Man

    Contributed by Daryl Grimes on Sep 25, 2009
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     | 4,694 views

    DEMON-POSSESSED MAN People had written him off a long time ago. He was just a crazy lunatic that no one wanted anything to do with. They kept their children away, they kept their wives away and they kept themselves away. He lived like a pig, his body odor was almost unbearable and to make matters ...read more

  • In The World Today...we Are Trying To Marry ...

    Contributed by Hugh Laing on Feb 17, 2010
     | 1,591 views

    In the world today...we are trying to marry Christianity to all the wrong things...we are trying to marry it to prosperity...popularity...personalities...politics...and beloved...it ain't working 'cause it's broken! And yet many ministers preach a PROSPERITY DOCTRINE today because it feeds our ...read more

  • No Hate For Evil

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 10, 2010
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    NO HATE FOR EVIL Story taken from Dr. David Jeremiah: The Ortiz family ministers to a small congregation in Ariel, about 40 miles north of Jerusalem. On the Feast of Purim, gifts of food and drink are sent to friends. As if in celebration of the holiday, a gift basket was delivered to the Ortiz ...read more

  • Save One More For Jesus

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 9, 2010
     | 1,436 views

    Rick Warren about his dad- My father was a minister for over 50 years, serving in small churches. His favorite activity was taking teams of volunteers overseas to build church buildings for small congregations. In his lifetime, Dad built over 150 churches around the world. In 1999, my father ...read more

  • Unbelievers At The Second Coming

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2011
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    UNBELIEVERS AT THE SECOND COMING Charles Haddon Spurgeon, the great Victorian preacher, said in a sermon entitled ‘Secret sins’ preached in 1857: "When Christ comes a second time, there will be a marvellous change in the way men talk. Me thinks I see him; there he sits upon his throne. Now, ...read more

  • Your Mess Becomes Your Message

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 21, 2011
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    YOUR MESS BECOMES YOUR MESSAGE Joe Almanza grew up in a family of organized crime called the Mexican Mafia: "We were supplying most of the heroin for the Southern and Midwestern US. I became addicted to heroin. I went to many drug addiction agencies. I sold some heroin to an undercover agent ...read more

  • Warfield's Faithfulness  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 28, 2011
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,506 views

    WARFIELD'S FAITHFULNESS There’s an old story about Dr. Benjamin Warfield. He was a theology professor at Princeton Seminary. While he was still at the height of his academic powers, his wife got sick. And she became an invalid. He took care of her for ten years. During that ten year period, he ...read more

  • Prayer For Thieves  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,854 views

    PRAYER FOR THIEVES About 12 years ago, three men broke into our church building here. They didn't steal much, and they didn't really damage all that much (they broke a couple of doors, and stole a few small items) but we called the police and reported the incident. After the police left, our youth ...read more

  • The Salvation Of Karla Faye Tucker

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Mar 29, 2012
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    THE SALVATION OF KARLA FAYE TUCKER Many of you probably remember Karla Faye Tucker. She was the first woman to be executed in the US since 1984. She was an accomplice to a brutal ax murder of two people in the early eighties. Soon after being imprisoned, Tucker took a Bible from the prison ...read more

  • Telemarketers

    Contributed by Edward Hardee on Aug 28, 2017
     | 4,415 views

    IRS Spam Call - I wanted to share an experience that I just had on the phone. I got that dreaded spam call from the IRS. I knew it was false but I felt like I wanted to talk to a person about it. So I called the number. A young lady answered. She gave me a name and told me I owed $4800 on my IRS ...read more

  • Enticed By A False Prophet

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Apr 26, 2021
     | 2,102 views

    Shortly after Jeanie and I were married, we were fresh out of Bible College and I was doing some teaching. The associate pastor of our church approached us in private with a very flattering word. He said that God had told him to gather an elite circle of you couples for him and his wife to mentor. ...read more

  • Servanthood

    Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Aug 4, 2022
     | 1,605 views

    As Christians can find all kinds of ways to minister in the name of Jesus. For example, there are 21,800 patients per year who receive chemotherapy treatments in Louisville, Kentucky, and most lose their hair. When Lynette Le Gette discovered this, it brought her to tears. She ...read more

  • The Belt Of Truth

    Contributed by Roger Hasselquist on Jul 9, 2023
     | 1,206 views

    I need Jesus. I need Him because He is the truth! I need Him because without Him I am weak and unable to fight the battles that constantly throw lies my way. I need to be prepared for the battle by having the armor of God. I need the belt of truth. Rick Burdette, minister with Cornerstone ...read more

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