Finding Famous Speeches

Find a dynamic, compelling expression of ideas, edit it if necessary to ensure it fits within the time limit, then present it with enthusiasm.


Note: Famous Speech is a male only category at conventions using the International Student Convention Guidelines.

BUT WHERE DO I FIND A SCRIPT?
Radio or TV broadcast, book or article, interview or seminar, the world is full of preachers, politicians, educationalists, missionaries, and motivators who have had something worthwhile to say. Here are some suggestions for locating them.

Online bookstores such as http://www.christianbooksdistributors.com give biographical details of authors who are also speakers. Many authors write a book then travel around sharing what’s in it. So get the book, or go to a Christian bookstore, survey the back covers for writer-speakers, then look them up on the Internet (many authors have their own website). There may be published scripts or audio files of their speeches.

Joshua Harris (I Kissed Dating Goodbye; Not Even a Hint)
Eric and Leslie Ludy (When Dreams Come True; When God Writes Your Life Story)
Dannah Gresh
Elisabeth Elliot
Angela Thomas (Do You Think I’m Beautiful?)
Ben Carson (Gifted Hands; Think Big)
Liz Curtis Higgs
Barbara Johnson – known for her humour
Patsy Clairmont – known for her humour
Stormie Omartian
Brigitte Gabriel – public speaker and university lecturer on the Middle East Conflict – her Duke University counter-terrorism speech is posted on this siteMax Lucado
David Wilkerson
Ray Comfort – Kiwi evangelist known for his humour – http://www.wayofthemaster.com/ or http://www.livingwatersnewzealand.com/ (see section below on Christian Book Distributors for more details)
Kirk Cameron – actor and speaker – www.WayoftheMaster.com
Josh McDowell
Philip Yancey
Lee Strobel
Bill Hybels
Ken Ham – http://www.answersingenesis.org
Kent Hovind – Creation Science Evangelism at http://www.drdino.com
Dr. S. M. Lockridge

Buy second-hand books about missionaries and evangelists, abolitionists (British and American) and educators, government leaders, soldiers, and sports heroes, or look them up on the internet. Many new biographies about these people are readily available at Christian bookstores.

Amy Carmichael – missionary
Mary Slessor – missionary
C. T. Studd – missionary
Hudson Taylor – missionary
John and Betty Stam – missionary
Rosalie Harvey – missionary
Generals William and Bramwell Booth – Salvation Army founders
Catherine Booth, Evangeline Booth – Salvation Army founders
Jonathan Edwards – preacher
George Whitefield – preacher
George Mueller
D. L. Moody – evangelist
Oswald J. Smith
Smith Wigglesworth
Billy Sunday – evangelist
Charles Spurgeon – preacher
Reuben A. Torrey – evangelist
Corrie ten Boom – author of “The Hiding Place”
Merlin Carothers – author of “Prison to Praise”
Jean A. Rees
Abraham Lincoln – president
Ulysses S. Grant – soldier and president
Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson – soldier
Brother Andrew – Open Doors, Bible smuggler
Eric Liddell – Olympic athlete and missionary
Michael Jones – All Black rugby hero

CHRISTIAN SECOND-HAND BOOKSTORES
New Zealand

Christian Books (Second Hand)
9 Ellis Avenue, Mt. Roskill, Auckland 1041
Phone 09 626 2256
Fax 09 626 3467
Email: cbooks@xtra.co.nz
Web: www.cbooks.co.nz



Christian Value Books
Unit 6, 14 Acheron Drive
Riccarton, Christchurch
Phone/Fax: 03 343 5929
A/H: 03 343 4969
Email: christianvalue@maxnet.co.nz
Web: http://www.christianvaluebooks.co.nz


If you have other stores to recommend, whether in New Zealand, Australia, or elsewhere, please email the details to kyriellepublishing@xtra.co.nz

CHRISTIAN BOOK DISTRIBUTORS
New Zealand

Christian Books (Online)

Web: www.christian-books.co
Email: patrick@christian-books.co
Facebook: ChristianBooksCo
Based in Albany, Auckland
Christian Resource Centre
Web: www.christianresources.co.nz
 Email: shop@christianresources.co.nz 
323 Queen Street, Auckland City

Oasis Christian Stores
Freephone: 0800 262 747
Main store located in Palmerston North
Fax: 06 357 0281
Email: service@gph.co.nz
Web: http://www.oasis.net.nz/

Manna Christian Stores
Freephone: 0508 4 MANNA (0508 4 62662)
Email: orders@manna.co.nz
Web: http://www.manna.co.nz


If you have other stores to recommend, whether in New Zealand, Australia, or elsewhere, please email the details to kyriellepublishing@xtra.co.nz