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  • Rich As A King

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2003
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    RICH AS A KING History books are filled with wealthy people who were practically destitute compared to me. I have triple-tracked storm windows; Croesus did not. Entire nations trembled before Alexander the Great, but he couldn’t buy cat food in bulk. Czar Nicholas II lacked a compound-miter ...read more

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  • I Know Some Of You Might Have A Hard Time With ...

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Jun 11, 2004
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    I know some of you might have a hard time with it, but I really kind of enjoy living alone. Especially after being a middle-aged dorm student when I was in seminary. But there is one thing that I don¡¦t like. I can¡¦t blame anything on anybody. I mean, I have the dog, but there¡¦s a limit to what I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • As A Pastor I Have Preached Many Times On How ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2004
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    As a Pastor I have preached many times on how much we are loved. I have an illustration that was shared with me that I use quite often as I preach. I would like to share it so that others may see that indeed we are truly loved. We know that no greater love has ever been shown than Jesus giving His ...read more

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  • It Was A Sleepy Spring Afternoon When A Tornado ...

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 29, 2005
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    It was a sleepy spring afternoon when a tornado struck Waco, Texas. It left behind a wake of destruction seldom witnessed: 113 people dead, hundreds more left homeless, and millions of dollars in property damage. Workers commented the buildings had their outside walls and roof completely gone while ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • I Was Filling In As Pulpit Supply Years Ago, When ...

    Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Nov 9, 2009
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    I was filling in as pulpit supply years ago, when I was approached by a man after the service. He looked me straight in the eyes and said, “That has to be worst sermon I’ve ever heard.” Then he turned and stormed out of the church. I felt crushed. I’d worked hard on that sermon; praying that it ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Eddy Stone Lighthouse Rebuilt On Rock And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 10, 2009
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    Eddy Stone Lighthouse Rebuilt on Rock and Survives The first beacon of the Eddy Stone Lighthouse for the English Channel off the coast of Plymouth was placed there over 250 years ago to warn ships of the dangerous reefs. Winstanley, the architect who built it, was so confident of it’s strength ...read more

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  • Disturb Us, O Lord  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 8, 2011
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    DISTURB US, O LORD Sir Frances Drake: "Disturb us, Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves, when our dreams have come true because we have dreamed too little, when we arrive safely because we have sailed too close to the shore. Disturb us, Lord, when with the abundance of things we ...read more

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  • Everything I Need To Know I Learned From Noah  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2011
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    EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED FROM NOAH In 1988, Robert Fulghum published his best-selling book, Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. Recently, somebody suggested another book title: Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Noah. For example... * Don't miss the boat. * Plan ...read more

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  • A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A MIGHTY FORTRESS IS OUR GOD In intense turmoil, Luther wrote his greatest hymn. It was the worst of times -1527-one of the most trying years of Luther’s life. On April 22, a dizzy spell forced Luther to stop preaching in the middle of his sermon. For ten years, since publishing his 95 Theses ...read more

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  • Saturday At About 2:30 A.m., Wade Hawkins, Jr. ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 19, 2007
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    Saturday at about 2:30 a.m., Wade Hawkins, Jr. and his family were sleeping peacefully in their home when a tornado struck. Ogie, as he is commonly called, and his younger son were sleeping in the master bedroom. His wife had fallen asleep on the couch in the living room, while his eight-year-old ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Stop Looking For Reasons, Rest On The Promises

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
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    STOP LOOKING FOR REASONS, REST ON THE PROMISES Pastor and author Warren Wiersbe draws our attention to the 51 references of the writer (psalmist) to himself – his interests, desires, feelings, questions and plans. Wiersbe advises that a healthy antidote to depression is to stop looking at self and ...read more

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  • Depression Antidote

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
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    DEPRESSION ANTIDOTE Pastor and author Warren Wiersbe draws our attention to the 51 references of the writer (psalmist) to himself, his interests, desires, feelings, questions and plans. Wiersbe advises that a healthy antidote to depression is to stop looking at self and look at God; second, to ...read more

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  • Because God Wanted It  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
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    BECAUSE GOD WANTED IT Near the Tower of London there stands an ancient parish church called "All Hallows". Just inside the wall enclosing the graveyard at All Hallows there is a large sign, placed so that tourists leaving the Tower may read it. The sign at "All Hallows" cites a bit of history and ...read more

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  • Forgotten Lifeboat

    Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 3, 2025
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    When the church stops rescuing the lost, it loses its reason to exist. God calls us from comfort back to mission. Years ago, a small village sat along a rocky coastline where shipwrecks often happened. Volunteers built a tiny rescue hut and kept watch, rowing out whenever a distress call came. ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

  • History Of "The Star Spangled Banner"

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2011
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    HISTORY OF "THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER" An American lawyer was dispatched to negotiate for the release of several prisoners, including a civilian named Dr. William Beanes. Although the negotiation for prisoner exchange was initially successful, Francis Scott Key and the American official, Colonel ...read more

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  • One Sunday Evening Years Ago, I Left My Home To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gary Huckaby on Aug 24, 2003
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    One Sunday evening years ago, I left my home to go to our evening services at the Church where I was then Pastor. Only myself, and my little eight year old son was there. No one showed up that Sunday evening, as the weather was quite stormy. We waited until about 7:20 and told my boy that we might ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • He Knows Your Need

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2003
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    HE KNOWS YOUR NEED There was a popular religious movement around the time of the founding of our country called Deism. Deism was opposed to Christianity’s personal idea of God. They believed that God created the world, but that he wound it up like a clock and then left it to attend to other ...read more

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  • The Banyan Tree

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2012
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    THE BANYAN TREE The Banyan is native to India, but they can be found in the United States and other parts of the world, especially Asia. It grows as a young tree and then, as it gets larger, the heavy limbs put forth roots which drop to the ground to form a secondary trunk to support the large ...read more

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  • We Need Hope

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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    WE NEED HOPE Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Dusk was falling on the Saturday before Christmas in 1927 the S-4 submarine (S-class submarines, were the first class of submarines built ...read more

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  • Stuttering  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    STUTTERING A enormously muscular guy with a bad stutter goes to a counter in a department store and asks, "W-w-w-where’s the m-m-m-men’s dep-p-p-partment?" The clerk behind the counter just looks at him and says nothing. The man repeats himself: "W-w-w-where’s the m-m-m-men’s dep-p-p-partment?" ...read more

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