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  • Rome Was Celebrating Its Temporary Victory Over ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2001
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    Rome was celebrating its temporary victory over Alaric the Goth in its usual manner, but watching gladiators fight to the death in the arena, when suddenly there was an interruption. A rudely clad robed figure boldly leaped down into the arena. Telemachus was one of the hermits who devoted ...read more

  • Gladiator  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2002
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    GLADIATOR Rome was celebrating its temporary victory over Alaric the Goth in its usual manner, by watching gladiators fight to the death in the arena, when suddenly there was an interruption. A rudely clad robed figure boldly leaped down into the arena. Telemachus was one of the hermits who ...read more

  • Fox Sports Play Of The Day  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2002
    based on 45 ratings
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    FOX SPORTS PLAY OF THE DAY "Peter replied, 'Repent and be baptized, everyone of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit’" (Acts 2:38). Pat Summerall spent 50 years with the national Football League. He was ...read more

  • A Student Named Steve Winger From Lubbock, Tx Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 20, 2007
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    A student named Steve Winger from Lubbock, TX was taking a challenging class in Logic. The course and teacher were known for exacting and demanding exams. The final exam was looming, and the professor mercifully told the class that each student would be permitted to bring in a single 8.5 x 11 inch ...read more

  • One Day Billy And Ruth Graham Were Driving ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 31, 2004
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    One day Billy and Ruth Graham were driving through a long stretch of road construction. They had numerous slowdowns, detours, and stops along the way. Finally they reached the end of all that difficulty, and smooth pavement stretched out before them. This sign caught Ruth’s attention: "End of ...read more

  • All Of Us Have Cars. In Each One Of Our Cars Is A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Chris Edmondson on May 26, 2007
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    All of us have cars. In each one of our cars is a battery. The battery is indwelt in the car. You have an indwelling of the battery. It is there, it is charged, and it is all the power you need to get to where you are to where you want to go. You do not have a battery problem or a power problem if ...read more

  • What Are We Preaching?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 31, 2011
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    WHAT ARE WE PREACHING? False teachings abound whenever people do not know the truth. Many of our churches today do not teach the truth because many pastors do not know the Bible. In our seminaries, almost 50 percent of professors now teach that there was no virgin birth of Jesus, and that story ...read more

  • A King's Ransom

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 7, 2012
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    A KING'S RANSOM I Timothy 2:6 says Jesus "gave himself as a ransom." A ransom is a price paid to purchase someone's freedom. In 1193, the English King Richard I, also known as Richard the Lionheart, was returning from leading a Crusade to the Holy Land. As he returned through Europe, Leopold V ...read more

  • The Grandfather In The Bones - Humor

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Nov 25, 2025
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    There was a quote from an elderly Christian that hit home for me concerning this battle with sin.... He would say: .... "Kill the old man......Kill him every day." Paul calls it a battle.... A daily battle ... that is fought within. This battle with the old flesh.......is ...read more

  • A View Of God's Glory

    Contributed by N A on Apr 5, 2008
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    QUOTE: Charles Spurgeon, A View of God’s Glory. “Now, what attribute is God about to show to Moses? His petition is, “Show me thy glory.” Will God show him his justice? His holiness? His wrath? His power? No. Hear the still small voice – “I will make all my goodness pass before you.” Ah! ...read more

  • This Religion Of Me And Thee, As George Gallup, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Luthy on Aug 14, 2001
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    This religion of me and thee, as George Gallup, Jr. calls it, along with a hunger for experience over knowledge, has contributed to a tremendous diversity of beliefs, many of which are antithetical to biblical principles. These unhealthy attitudes have crept into the church, as evidenced by the ...read more

  • A Bit Of Advice  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2004
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    A BIT OF ADVICE It took the Church nearly 400 years to decide about Trinitarian orthodoxy, producing the Nicene Creed that many churches say on a Sunday morning. Most preachers would prefer to preach on any other subject than the Trinity. Perhaps we should heed the advice of Brother Elric, a ...read more

  • The Hero Is A Person Who Has The Desire To Go ...

    Contributed by Jerry Pawloski on Mar 9, 2005
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    The hero is a person who has the desire to go after the goal and want to win it. They realize that he may not be able to do everything that the rest of their friends are doing but it is worth it for the crown. They realize that they must get in the race and not just be a spectator. They also know ...read more

  • Someone I Know Who Is Really Struggling With His ...

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Oct 29, 2006
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    Someone I know who is really struggling with his faith stately boldly the other day that he had come to understand that the universe is God and it was clear he thought that was a stunning revelation, a great new and important truth. One of the first things that happens when we go away from the ...read more

  • We Can't Imagine What Our Redeemer Has In Store ...  PRO

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Dec 4, 2007
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    We can’t imagine what our Redeemer has in store for us. The Holy Spirit gives us a few clues, but it is like a person blind from birth trying to comprehend color. Imagine if you lived in a world of darkness – then could suddenly see. Imagine if you lived in a world without taste – and suddenly ...read more

  • The Nicholson Shed

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    THE NICHOLSON SHED William Pattison Nicholson has been called the ’tornado’ of the pulpit. He was mightily used by God in Northern Ireland at the beginning of the 20th century. Nicholson was as Irish as the turf and as rugged as the hills of Donegal. But Holy Ghost power rested upon him. In the ...read more

  • A U.s. Lutheran Bishop Tells Of Visiting A Parish ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Apr 9, 2008
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    A U.S. Lutheran bishop tells of visiting a parish church in California and finding a stirring red and orange banner on the wall. “Come Holy Spirit. Hallelujah!” it declared in words printed under a picture of a fire burning. The bishop was also interested in the sign directly underneath the banner ...read more

  • Nicholson Shed

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2008
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    Nicholson Shed William Pattison Nicholson has been called the 'tornado' of the pulpit. He was mightily used by God in Northern Ireland at the beginning of the 20th century. Nicholson was as Irish as the turf and as rugged as the hills of Donegal. But Holy Ghost power rested upon him. In the ...read more

  • Revivals Are Born After ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
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    REVIVALS ARE BORN AFTER MIDNIGHT A. W. Tozer: "There is considerable truth in the idea that revivals are born after midnight, for revivals (or any other spiritual gifts and graces) come only to those who want them badly enough. It may be said without qualification that every man is as holy and as ...read more

  • True Biblical Worship So Satisfies Our Total ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 17, 2009
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    True biblical worship so satisfies our total personality that we don’t have to shop around for man-made substitutes. William Temple made this clear in his masterful definition of worship: For worship is the submission of all our nature to God. It is the quickening of conscience by His holiness; ...read more