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  • Death Row Facts

    Contributed by James Tidwell on Aug 7, 2005
     | 2,554 views

    Death Row Facts • As of December 31, 1999, the death penalty was authorized by 38 states and the Federal Government. • There are five methods of execution in the United States: lethal injection, electrocution, lethal gas, hanging, and firing squad. • 3,581 offenders were under sentence of death in ...read more

  • I Want To Begin This Morning With A Clip From The ...

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 22, 2005
     | 1,473 views

    I want to begin this morning with a clip from the movie, Cheaper by the Dozen. In this movie Coach Tom (played by Steve Martin) and his wife Kate (Bonnie Hart) have twelve kids. They are doing fine until opportunity knocks—an opportunity for Tom to pursue his dream of coaching a successful Top ...read more

  • Generaton Gap Danger

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 4,690 views

    GENERATON GAP DANGER In America adolescence is taken for granted, but until recently, the idea of adolescence was unknown in many parts of the world, says Cynthia B. Lloyd, author of Growing Up Global, a National Research Council and Institute of Medicine report. International demographers are ...read more

  • A Price Too High  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 28, 2008
    based on 12 ratings
     | 1,917 views

    A PRICE TOO HIGH A young man was to be sentenced to the penitentiary. The judge had known him from childhood, for he was well acquainted with his father--a famous legal scholar and the author of an exhaustive study entitled, "The Law of Trusts." "Do you remember your father?" asked the ...read more

  • Gollum And Sin

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 19, 2011
     | 3,232 views

    GOLLUM AND SIN Tolkien’s character - Gollum. What a great name. Just from the sound of it, you can tell that it is attached to a ne'er-do-well. Gollum is the slimiest character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy. If you are a true-blue fan of the books, you know that originally this ...read more

  • Albert Einstein On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2012
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    ALBERT EINSTEIN ON CREATION In his book on Albert Einstein, author Walter Isaacson told of a dinner party in Berlin where everybody assumed Einstein was an atheist and he said, “No, I have a deep feeling of faith, a deep religiosity that comes from my appreciation of the way the Lord made the ...read more

  • "Barbarians" And The Gospel

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Mar 14, 2013
     | 4,221 views

    "BARBARIANS" AND THE GOSPEL It is said that one of the greatest disasters in the history of Christianity took place in 1271. Nichelo and and Matteo Polo, the father and the uncle of Marco Polo, were visiting the Kubla Kahn. At that time, Kubla Kahn was a world ruler. He ruled all of China, all of ...read more

  • Martyrdom Of John ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2013
     | 4,274 views

    MARTYRDOM OF JOHN DENLEY One day, on the way to visit some friends, John Denley was stopped and searched by the authorities, who found his written confession of faith. Denley believed the Church was built upon the apostles and prophets, with Christ as its head, and that the present state church, ...read more

  • God's Miracle Book

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 4, 2021
     | 1,316 views

    The Bible is referred to in many different ways. We speak of it as God's Word, the Good Book, the Holy Scriptures, and the Sword of the Spirit. It is also known as the Book of books and the Living Word. Some call it simply THE Book, for nothing else seems necessary. It stands alone, towering ...read more

  • Staring At The Gates Of Hell

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,381 views

    STARING AT THE GATES OF HELL Auguste Rodin was a French impressionist sculptor. He created The Thinker. The Thinker was originally meant to sit on top of Rodin’s greatest masterpiece, the Gates of Hell. The Thinker is contemplating an eternity of judgment separated from God. Author Neil Cole ...read more

  • Because Dad ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,535 views

    BECAUSE DAD CRIED The great author Walter Wangerin has a wonderful story, called "Matthew, Seven, Eight, and Nine" where he writes: "I tried to stop my son Matthew from stealing comic books. I even took him to the police station and reported his actions to a detective who I thought scared the ...read more

  • Boice On The Virgin Birth  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,872 views

    BOICE ON THE VIRGIN BIRTH One well-known Christian author, James Montgomery Boice, eloquently documents amazing things Jesus’ virgin birth, sinless life and sacrificial death accomplished for mankind as an amazing sign of His love. Jesus endured a human birth to give us a new spiritual birth. ...read more

  • Why Circumcision? Why Not A Tattoo On The Arm Or ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Apr 10, 2010
     | 2,793 views

    WHY CIRCUMCISION? Why not a tattoo on the arm or something similar? Circumcision was a hidden sign. It seems to me it has something to do with the promise of Abraham having many descendants, being fruitful and multiplying. The sign reaffirms God's promise right at the very place where the sexual ...read more

  • Underdoing Personal Responsibility

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,942 views

    UNDERDOING PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY Craig Groeschel, a well known pastor and author of the "Christian Atheist" says: "As Christians, we can be tempted to 'overdo faith.' I put that in quotes because it would be more accurate to say it's 'underdoing personal responsibility.' There's really no way ...read more

  • Verbal Plenary Inspiration

    Contributed by John Bright on Jan 15, 2026
     | 55 views

    Can we trust God’s Word as the truth? Can it be a light into the darkness we face? I want to briefly explain, again, what I believe about how we got the Bible. This is referred to as “Verbal Plenary Inspiration.” I believe the words of Holy Scripture were given to the men who wrote the original ...read more

  • On Sheep

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Oct 12, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,980 views

    On Sheep Jesus Christ is called The Great Shepherd; He calls us His sheep. On one of my shelves in my study is a little book bearing the title, "A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23." The author, Phillip Keller, was a sheep rancher and has many insights to share about sheep. One that he shares is ...read more

  • Max Lucado And God's Grace

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 12, 2009
     | 6,533 views

    MAX LUCADO AND GOD'S GRACE Max Lucado - Despite having sold 15 million books, a one-minute radio show in 900 markets, and a church of over 3,000 in weekly attendance, Lucado has not always been so "angelic." From his sophomore to senior year in high school, in his words, he "walked the path of the ...read more

  • When I Was Preparing This Sermon I Had Just Seen ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on May 6, 2001
    based on 93 ratings
     | 2,459 views

    When I was preparing this sermon I had just seen again the film ’Gandhi’ and was moved by the account of that great Indian leader - how he overcame injustice and oppression, not by force, but by non-violent resistance. He said to his followers, ’so long as we’re peaceful, the initiative is ours, ...read more

  • The Way We Live  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 27, 2001
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,671 views

    THE WAY WE LIVE Idolatry in its larger meaning is properly understood as any substitution of what is created for the creator. People may worship nature, money, mankind, power, history, or social and political systems instead of the God who created them all. The New Testament writers, in ...read more

  • Throughout His Administration, Abraham Lincoln ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,008 views

    Throughout his administration, Abraham Lincoln was a president under fire, especially during the scarring years of the Civil War. And though he knew he would make errors of office, he resolved never to compromise his integrity. So strong was this resolve that he once said, “I desire so to conduct ...read more