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  • Sleeping The Night Before Your ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
     | 3,829 views

    SLEEPING THE NIGHT BEFORE YOUR EXECUTION In 1555, Nicholas Ridley was burned at the stake because of his witness for Christ. On the night before Ridley’s execution, his brother offered to remain with him in the prison chamber to be of assistance and comfort. Nicholas declined the offer and replied ...read more

  • Preachers Who Make You Throw Up!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Aug 12, 2019
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,989 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

  • Brother James Bryan, A Presbyterian Minister In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,579 views

    Brother James Bryan, a Presbyterian minister in Birmingham, Alabama knew this. There were a lot of preachers who could preach better sermons from the pulpit, but none could match the sermons that Brother Bryan preached with his life. Like Jesus, Brother Bryan was known for his compassion and his ...read more

  • Years Ago, I Heard A Story About A Preacher Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,100 views

    Years ago, I heard a story about a preacher who went to a small town to preach a series of gospel sermons. His attempt was to evangelize that little town. He preached for two weeks. During the whole time, only one little girl responded to the invitation at the end of one of his sermons. She ...read more

  • The Law Shows Us The Way Home

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 2,017 views

    THE LAW SHOWS US THE WAY HOME During World War II American planes flew from British airbases to missions over Germany. Finding their way home to base was often difficult because of horrible weather conditions. Churches with tall, stately spires dotted the English landscape. On overcast days the ...read more

  • Fighting ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
     | 3,879 views

    FIGHTING SIN Poet Carl Sandberg once said, "There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud." Colorful, old-time evangelist Billy Sunday said of sin, "I’m against sin. I’ll kick it as long as I’ve got a foot. I’ll fight it as long as ...read more

  • Prayer: Specific ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
     | 3,526 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

  • Shallow ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
     | 1,381 views

    SHALLOW LIVES A few statistics clarify a problem. The figures I have are from five years ago, but I believe the comparisons are still the same. Americans gave $2.9 billion dollars to overseas missions. That sounds pretty good until you find out that we spend $8.4 billion to see movies, $13 billion ...read more

  • Who's Side

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
     | 2,358 views

    WHO'S SIDE During WWII a parade of well-trained soldiers was marching through downtown. The soldiers were trained and now preparing to leave for war. As they marched by one old lady's house she was so proud of the men. She grabbed her broom stick, placed it on her shoulder and started marching ...read more

  • Tenth Hours

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
     | 1,344 views

    TENTH HOURS Napoleon said that in every battle there [is] a period of ten or fifteen minutes which decides the issue of the conflict. Certainly in the battle of life there are moments and hours which, so far as we can tell, determine our history: hours when the spirit in which we lived, the step ...read more

  • African Proverb

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,918 views

    African proverb: If you want to travel fast, travel alone. If you want to travel far, go together. (From a sermon by Anthony ...read more

  • Arnold H. Glasow Said: Some Folks Make You Feel ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 19, 2007
     | 960 views

    Arnold H. Glasow said: Some folks make you feel at home. Others make you wish you were. (Galaxie Software: 10,000 Sermon ...read more

  • Adlai Stevenson Wrote Of Eleanor Roosevelt "She ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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     | 1,962 views

    Adlai Stevenson wrote of Eleanor Roosevelt “She would rather light candles than curse the darkness, and her glow has warmed the ...read more

  • Wayne Smith Tells Of An Ad He Observed In A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 1,202 views

    - Wayne Smith tells of an ad he observed in a southern California newspaper at thanksgiving a few years back… “Divorce: only $25, come in and unload that ...read more

  • Climate At Church Compared To Jewelry Store Grand ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 11, 2009
     | 2,952 views

    Climate at Church compared to Jewelry Store Grand Opening John Bisagno former Pastor of Houston’s First Baptist Church tells the story of his coming as a candidate for the position of pastor many years ago. He said that as he entered the auditorium it was dimly lit, with just a few people huddled ...read more

  • I Heard A Story One Time About A New, Cocky ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,655 views

    I heard a story one time about a new, cocky young preacher, straight out of seminary. He was going to preach his very first sermon in a big, old Presbyterian church. The church had an elevated pulpit with a long flight of stairs leading up to it. This kid was about as prideful as he could be. All ...read more

  • Set Free  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,741 views

    SET FREE A man said to his pastor: “I am a miserable sinner and there is no help available for me. I have prayed to God, I have tried to be good and I have tried to do the right thing at the right time, but I always seem to fail.” The pastor asked him: “Do you believe in the life, the death, and ...read more

  • They Don't But You Do  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,509 views

    THEY DON’T BUT YOU DO Consider the story of Oswald Golter. After ten years service as a missionary in China, Oswald Golter was on His way home. His ship stopped in India, and while waiting for the connecting boat home he found a group of refugees living in a warehouse on the pier. They were ...read more

  • Just As You Are  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,506 views

    JUST AS YOU ARE Jesus affirms that many would come to Him in faith and partake of Him as the Bread of Life, because of the Father. Man’s blindness does not keep God’s grace from working. When they come, they find that God does not turn them away nor cast them away later. CHARLOTTE ELLIOTT learned ...read more

  • One Of My Favorite Stories Is About A Young ...

    Contributed by Blake Inscore on Sep 26, 2008
     | 2,378 views

    One of my favorite stories is about a young seminary student who was terrified of speaking in front of others. He waited until his last semester to taking his preaching class, knowing that he would have to get up and present a sermon. His professor tried to reassure him that God would give him the ...read more

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