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  • Remembering A Death Warrant  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,446 views

    REMEMBERING A DEATH WARRANT Benjamin Rush to John Adams, July 20, 1811. Dear Old Friend, The 4th of July has been celebrated in Philadelphia in the manner I expected. The military men, and particularly one of them, ran away with all the glory of the day. Scarcely a word was said of the ...read more

  • A Man Named John Came Home From Work One Day And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Evans on Sep 12, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,258 views

    (A man named John came home from work one day and rushing through the door tells his wife of a man who lied to him at work. He said, there was a guy at work who stole my tools and I saw him from a distance. When I confronted him he down and out lied to me. He lied straight through his teeth even ...read more

  • Did You Know That Some Of The Best Business ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joe Fornear on Sep 2, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,583 views

    -Did you know that some of the best business minds in the country are working really hard to get you and your sons hooked on pornography. Some have called it - The Mainstreaming of Pornography – 60 Minutes did a story on this last Sunday night. Consider these facts: *Sales of sexual films in hotel ...read more

  • During The Mau Mau Uprising In Kenya In 1960, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Oct 17, 2004
    based on 33 ratings
     | 2,546 views

    During the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya in 1960, missionaries Matt and Lora Higgens were returning one night to Nairobi through the heart of Mau Mau territory, where Kenyans and missionaries alike had been killed and dismembered. Seventeen miles outside of Nairobi their Land Rover stopped. Higgens ...read more

  • Amazed That Two People Could Be Raised In Same ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 5, 2005
     | 1,261 views

    Amazed that two people could be raised in same household, by same parents, in same town, go to same school, experience much of same life and yet one be so different from the other. The Jews all be religious and seeking God yet some obtained and some became enemies of the gospel. Latter half of ...read more

  • Today We Celebrate Holy Communion. In Our ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Sep 1, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,460 views

    Today we celebrate Holy Communion. In our Methodist and Anglican traditions the spirit of repentance has always been at the heart and center in observing this holy sacrament. Traditionally since the publication of the first BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER in 1549 and John Wesley’s 1784 work THE SUNDAY ...read more

  • D.l. Moody And The Shoes  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 25, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,485 views

    D.L. MOODY AND THE SHOES A large group of European pastors came to one of D. L. Moody’s Northfield Bible Conferences in Massachusetts in the late 1800s. Following the European custom of the time, each guest put his shoes outside his room to be cleaned by the hall servants overnight. But of course ...read more

  • A Better Pitcher

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 28, 2011
     | 3,395 views

    A BETTER PITCHER "There's a story from the late 1800s of English evangelist Henry Moorhouse who made several trips to America to preach. On one of these occasions, he was taking a walk through a poor section of the city when he noticed a small boy coming out of a store with a pitcher of milk. Just ...read more

  • William Randolph Hearst's Fear Of Death

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 7, 2012
     | 6,867 views

    WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST'S FEAR OF DEATH William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) was one of the wealthiest and most powerful men of the 20th century. At the height of his media career he was worth over $500 million. He built an enormous castle in the hills near San Simeon, California. At more than ...read more

  • Ridiculous Gifts  PRO

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Sep 11, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,280 views

    RIDICULOUS GIFTS There is a program in the US called “Good Morning America.” This was about 10 years ago, there was a lady named Joan London, who did a segment on Christmas Gifts and made some suggestions about the list: “You may want to include these in your list: • Jaguar 220 – this is a ...read more

  • The Problem With Church 200 Years Ago

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 11, 2018
     | 1,321 views

    I was recently reading an interesting book about life in America 200 years ago. One intriguing detail that the author shared was that back then most people only bathed once a year. It made me think of how unpleasant it would have been to gather on a sultry August Sunday morning in a sanctuary ...read more

  • Born Losers

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Apr 28, 2009
     | 3,902 views

    BORN LOSERS Susan Boyle has taken the world by storm. Here is this middle aged homely spinster who has never been kissed--and she has won the hearts of not only Britain, but nearly everyone in the world. Why is that? Is it because she is such a fantastic singer? I don’t think so. There are ...read more

  • Miraculous Protection Of Matt And Lora Higgens ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 17, 2009
     | 5,568 views

    Miraculous Protection of Matt and Lora Higgens during the Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya in 1960 in Answer to Prayer In 1960, the Mau Mau uprising gripped Kenya. During that time, missionaries Matt and Lora Higgens had to drive through hostile territory on their way to Nairobi, well aware that many had ...read more

  • Evans On The Virgin Birth

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,287 views

    EVANS ON THE VIRGIN BIRTH Dr. William Evans, who pastored College Church from 1906-1909, was an unusually accomplished man. He had the entire King James Version of the Bible memorized as well as the New Testament of the American Standard Version. Dr. Evans also authored over fifty books. His son, ...read more

  • A Gift Beyond Description  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 15, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,976 views

    A GIFT BEYOND DESCRIPTION A few years ago, on "Good Morning, America," Joan Lunden featured some extraordinary gifts that a person might want to include on their Christmas gift list. One of them was a Jaguar automobile, the Jaguar 220. To purchase one, you first go to your Jaguar dealer and ...read more

  • The Golf Club

    Contributed by Michael West on Dec 20, 2008
     | 2,507 views

    The Golf Club There was a famous golfer who had been invited by the king of Saudi Arabia to play in a tournament. He accepted and was flown there by the King in his own private jet. They played golf, had a good time and the golfer went home. But before he left, the king offered the golfer anything ...read more

  • A Sabbath Miracle  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,344 views

    A SABBATH MIRACLE A Roman Catholic priest, a Pentecostal pastor and a Jewish rabbi were talking one day about their belief in miracles. The Roman Catholic said that he did believe in miracles and illustrated this by telling of a recent incident when he had flown to Durban. As the aircraft began ...read more

  • Chilling Hit-And-Run, June 6, 2008, Hartford, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 1,717 views

    Chilling hit-and-run, June 6, 2008, HARTFORD, CONN. And you probably saw this on the news! SHOCKING! -- A 78-year-old man was tossed like a rag doll in a hit-and-run and stayed there motionless on a busy street as car after car drove by. Pedestrians gawked but did nothing. One driver stopped ...read more

  • Two Babies In The Manger?  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Dec 23, 2002
    based on 38 ratings
     | 2,249 views

    2 babies in the manger? In 1994, two Americans answered an invitation from the Russian Department of Education to teach morals and ethics (based on biblical principles) in the public schools. They were invited to teach at prisons, businesses, the fire and police departments and a large ...read more

  • In 1994, Two Americans Answered An Invitation ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jan 12, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,588 views

    In 1994, two Americans answered an invitation from the Russian Department of Education to teach morals and ethics (based on biblical principles) in the public schools. They were invited to teach at prisons, businesses, the fire and police departments, and a large orphanage. About 100 boys and girls ...read more

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