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  • When Roy Delamotte Was Chaplain At Paine College ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 1,157 views

    When Roy DeLamotte was chaplain at Paine College in Georgia, he preached the shortest sermon in the college’s history. However, he had a rather long topic--"What does Christ Answer When We Ask, "Lord, What’s in Religion for Me?" The complete content of his sermon was in one word: "Nothing." He ...read more

  • A Minister Told His Congregation, "Next Week I ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,466 views

    A minister told his congregation, “Next week I plan to preach about the sin of lying. To help you understand my sermon, I want you all to read Mark 17.” The following Sunday, as he prepared to deliver his sermon, the minister asked for a show of hands. He wanted to know how many had read Mark 17. ...read more

  • A Made Up Mind Or "How's Your Mind Wrapped?"

    Contributed by Sharon Cannon on Dec 5, 2006
     | 3,263 views

    "A Made Up Mind" or "How’s Your Mind Wrapped?" (This sermon really focuses on ones mindset, we need the mind of Christ, Jesus himself, through this sermon, shows ...read more

  • Poem On Bearing One Another's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 9, 2009
     | 4,798 views

    Poem on Bearing One Another’s Burdens If you’re feeling low and worthless; there seems nothing you can do, Just take courage and remember, there is someone needing you. You were created for a purpose, for a part in God’s great plan Bear ye one another’s burdens so fulfill Christ’s law to man. Are ...read more

  • Opportunity: Billy Graham

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jan 13, 2008
     | 2,751 views

    Opportunity: Billy Graham In his autobiography, Just as I Am, Billy Graham tells about a conversation he had with John F. Kennedy shortly after his election: “On the way back to the Kennedy house, the president-elect stopped the car and turned to me. ‘Do you believe in the Second Coming of Jesus ...read more

  • Words Of Discouragement From Lucy To Charley ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
     | 6,151 views

    Words of Discouragement from Lucy to Charley Brown Charley Brown says to Lucy, still dispensing sage wisdom for the pre-inflationary price of five cents, "Nobody likes me, Lucy. Everybody hates my guts. Do you see that plane up there, Lucy? It’s a plane full of people going somewhere else. That’s ...read more

  • Missionary Encounters ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
     | 3,872 views

    Missionary Encounters Ants Steven Cook tells of reading an account of a missionary from India: "The Lord must have desired to teach me something through the "ants" because He allowed me to come in contact with enough of them! The encyclopedia says there are more ants than any other insect. It seems ...read more

  • Integrity In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2009
     | 4,855 views

    Integrity in Sports Joseph’s family was certainly blessed because of his Integrity. And yours will be as well! In the end, the greatest success story of Joseph is certainly not his secular achievements as second in command in Egypt. His greatest achievement is his single-mindedness to follow, to ...read more

  • Light Up Your World  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 11,096 views

    LIGHT UP YOUR WORLD There is a mere strip of sand called Castle Island near the eastern end of the Bahamas archipelago. Few people are aware of it - and, as tiny and isolated as it is, Castle Island is important for the lighthouse that is its sole source of humanity! One day, a young man was ...read more

  • Billy Graham: The Irrecoverable Moment

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 13, 2011
     | 2,297 views

    BILLY GRAHAM: THE IRRECOVERABLE MOMENT In his autobiography, Just as I Am, Billy Graham tells about a conversation he had with John F. Kennedy shortly after his election: "On the way back to the Kennedy house, the president-elect stopped the car and turned to me. 'Do you believe in the Second ...read more

  • God's Whispers Are Ours To Hear

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 31, 2011
     | 3,336 views

    GOD'S WHISPERS ARE OURS TO HEAR Bill Hybels' book: The Power of the Whisper: "Throughout history God has spoken. For millennia, he has forged his children’s faith by promising parted waters, empowering unlikely leaders, declaring world-changing prophecies-and imparting last-minute sermons to ...read more

  • Inescapable Judgment

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 28, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,945 views

    INESCAPABLE JUDGMENT During the winter of 1951, a Montana café owner named Clarence Pellett pulled over to pick up a hitchhiker who appeared cold and frozen while walking during a snowstorm. Once in the car, the hitchhiker Frank Dryman pulled out a gun and ordered Pellett to get out of his ...read more

  • If Only I Could Sleep Again

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 1,724 views

    "If Only I Could Sleep Again" Bob Pierce, founder of World Vision had advanced leukemia, but he went to visit a colleague in Indonesia before he died. As they were walking through a small village, they came upon a young girl lying on a bamboo mat next to a river. She was dying of cancer and had ...read more

  • The Origins Of Grandparents' Day  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,375 views

    THE ORIGINS OF GRANDPARENTS' DAY In 1970, a West Virginia housewife, Marian Lucille Herndon McQuade, initiated a campaign to set aside a special day just for Grandparents. Through concerted efforts on the part of civic, business, church, and political leaders, this campaign expanded statewide. ...read more

  • No God At All  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,703 views

    NO GOD AT ALL Trinity Sunday is the day in which we celebrate God the Holy Trinity; the three persons, yet still only one God: the Father-Creator, Jesus the Son-Redeemer; and the Holy Spirit-the Sanctifier. Ever since day one, Christians have grappled in their language to adequately speak and ...read more

  • Hero In Black  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,222 views

    HERO IN BLACK Victor Yap tells this story: A few years ago I saw a truck in front of me roaring fiercely about to turn the corner into the freeway ramp. In the driver’s seat of the humongous truck was a man in his late 20s ramming his engine and blasting his stereo. The guy had dark glasses and ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago Psychologist Ruth W. Berenda And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,090 views

    A few years ago psychologist Ruth W. Berenda and her associates carried out an interesting experiment with teenagers designed to show how a person handled group pressure. The plan was simple. They brought groups of ten adolescents into a room for a test. Subsequently, each group of ten was ...read more

  • Jesus Was Crucified, Not In A Cathedral Between ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,115 views

    Jesus was crucified, not in a cathedral between two candles, but on a cross between two thieves. - George F. MacLeod The cross cannot be defeated, for it is defeat. - Gilbert K. Chesterton There are no crown-wearers in heaven who were not cross-bearers here below. - Charles Haddon Spurgeon We ...read more

  • In The First Church I Served, There Was A Man ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,314 views

    : In the first church I served, there was a man in the community named Lynn. I knew him only in passing. He showed up to church once in a while, but he obviously wasn’t all that interested in “religion” or church. I later found out that Lynn was not somebody you would want to make angry. He had ...read more

  • Two Boys Were Playing In The Snow One Day, When ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,647 views

    Two boys were playing in the snow one day, when one said to the other, "Let us see who can make the straightest path in the snow." His companion readily accepted the proposition, and they started. One boy fixed his eyes on a tree, and walked along without taking his eyes off the object selected. ...read more