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  • John Quincy Adams, The Sixth President Of Our ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
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    John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of our country, once stated: "So great is my veneration for the Bible that the earlier my children begin to read it, the more confident will be my hope that they will prove useful citizens of their country and respectable members of society. I have for many ...read more

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  • Out Of The Darkness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
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    OUT OF THE DARKNESS Phillip Brooks wrote in 1837, "Out of the hillsides of humiliated pride, deep in the darkness of crushed despair, in the fretting and dusty atmosphere of little cares, in the hard cruel contacts that man has with man; wherever souls are being tried and ripened, in whatever ...read more

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  • Great Barrier Reef: Challenges Grow Us

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
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    GREAT BARRIER REEF: CHALLENGES GROW US Australia’s Barrier Reef. The reef has to fight for survival every day of its life. As it is challenged and tested it changes and adapts. It grows healthy and strong. And it reproduces. That is how it is with people too. When challenged and tested, we come ...read more

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  • Liberty = Vigilance  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 24, 2009
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    LIBERTY = VIGILANCE In 1790 John Philpot Curran said, "The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt." Thomas Jefferson condensed Curran’s advice with the ...read more

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  • Never On Guard

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2011
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    NEVER ON GUARD When Fred Mitchell, chairman of the China Inland Mission, died, one of the speakers at his funeral said this about him: "You never caught Fred Mitchell off his guard because he never needed to be on it." (George Duncan, Living the Christian ...read more

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  • In A Hurry

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2011
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    IN A HURRY The American minister and writer Philip Brooks (1835-93); was noted for his poise and quiet manner. However, one day a friend saw him feverishly pacing the floor like a caged lion and asked him what the trouble was. "The trouble is," replied Brooks, "that I’m ...read more

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  • Giving Up The World

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2011
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    GIVING UP THE WORLD A man once said to D. L. Moody, "Now that I am converted, must I give up to the world?" "No," answered the evangelist, "you need not give up the world; if you give a ringing testimony for the Son of God the world will give you up pretty quick. They ...read more

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  • Against The Wind

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2012
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    AGAINST THE WIND There will be challenges and suffering. Kites rise against, not with the wind. It is the winds that oppose it that drive it even higher. When the winds of adversity or criticism blows, allow it to be to you what the blast of wind is to a kite--a force against it that causes it to ...read more

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  • Staring Death In The Face  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2002
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    STARING DEATH IN THE FACE "The first button, the second button, the third button and then we saw the belt." This is what Baruch Neuman said when he realized he was facing a suicide bomber. Is that not how Satan attacks? Once glance, another thought, and then we are in bondage to a sin that we ...read more

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  • There Was This Lady Who Was Visiting A Church One ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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    There was this lady who was visiting a church one Sunday. The sermon seemed to go on forever, and many in the congregation fell asleep. After the service, to be social, she walked up to a very sleepy looking gentleman, extended her hand in greeting, and said, "Hello, I’m Gladys Dunn." And the ...read more

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  • A Three-Year-Old Girl Was Listening Intently To ...  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Feb 26, 2006
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    A three-year-old girl was listening intently to the children’s sermon one Sunday morning at her church. The minister explained that God wants everyone to get along and love each other. He said, “God wants us all to be one.” To which the little girl replied, “But I don’t want to ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • John Wesley Has Been Called A Prophet By Some But ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 22, 2006
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    John Wesley has been called a prophet by some but he never claimed to be one. He was not an advocate of sensationalism in preaching. But on one occasion, he interrupted his own sermon and shouted, "Is James Watson here? If he be, show Thy power!" And James Watson dropped to the floor and began to ...read more

  • Little Emily, The Minister's Daughter, Ran Into ...

    Contributed by James Westmoreland on Oct 23, 2006
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    Little Emily, the minister’s daughter, ran into the house, crying as though her heart would break. "What’s wrong, dear?" asked the pastor. "My doll! Billy broke it!" she sobbed. "How did he break it, Emily?" "I hit him over the head with ...read more

    Denomination: Disciples Of Christ

  • An English Preacher In India Preaching Though An ...

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Nov 3, 2006
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    An English preacher in India preaching though an interpreter once began his sermon on ‘faith’ with the sentence: "Now faith is both abstract and concrete," and he paused for the interpreter. The interpreter translating what had been said replied, "So far the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • A Retired Preacher Was Cleaning Out The Dresser ...  PRO

    Contributed by Darrin Hunt on Feb 19, 2007
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    A retired preacher was cleaning out the dresser when he found 5 eggs and $1K. •He asked his wife and she said she saved 1 egg for every bad sermon. He thought, "5 eggs in all those years. That’s not too bad. But what’s the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • There Is A Story Of A Man Who, Resisting The Cost ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    There is a story of a man who, resisting the cost of oats that he fed his mule, decided to gradually substitute sawdust in its diet. Everything went fine for a while – but by the time the mule was satisfied with sawdust, he died.” When people start feeding themselves on worldly desires and ...read more

  • Do You Remember From Watching Sesame Street "One ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    Do you remember from watching Sesame Street “One of these things is not like the others, One of these things just doesn’t belong, Can you tell which thing is not like the others by the time I finish my song?” If you are a Christ follower and you are in the company of non Christ Followers you are ...read more

  • Pour Cold Water Into Hot Water & Temp Of Water ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    Pour cold water into hot water & temp of water will lower. Similar to if you put hot water in cold water, the temp will rise. What we do as individuals affects the whole body. Either you are a help or a burden. Which are you? After a defeat, don’t blame God, don’t throw in ...read more

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  • Last Saturday, I Was Walking In Our ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    *Last Saturday, I was walking in our neighborhood, and I passed a house where a little girl about 3-years-old accidentally got Mom or older sister wet with the hose. The adult screamed her name and then screamed, “What’s the matter with you?” -I promise you that the scream did a ...read more

  • J. Gordon Once Said, "I Have Long Since Ceased To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    J. Gordon once said, “I have long since ceased to pray, “Lord Jesus, have compassion on a lost world!” I remember the day and the hour when I seemed to hear the Lord rebuking me for making such a prayer. He seemed to say to me, “I have had compassion upon a lost world, and now ...read more