In Sermon Illustrations:

Salvation Brings Forgiveness...for You And For ...

Contributed by Vonnie E James on Mar 21, 2010

SALVATION BRINGS FORGIVENESS...FOR YOU AND FOR OTHERS This person was working in a certain company for may years. However for whatever reason, he was unable to get along well with the Supervisor. The relationship was like trying to stick adhesive tape on a bottle covered with grease. He never ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

Denomination: Baptist

Today It A Wonderful Day For Many Of Us Here In ...

Contributed by Vonnie E James on Mar 21, 2010

Today is a wonderful day for many of us here in Grenada and elsewhere in the world, while many over are suffering and are going through trials and time of testing. We look at the Haiti situation where just a some time ago, that 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated the Capital, city Port-Aux-Prince, ...read more

Tags: Death

Denomination: Baptist

I Really Cannot Give You The Formula For Success. ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 19, 2010

I really cannot give you the formula for success. But I can give you the formula for failure. It’s this: ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

Denomination: Baptist

May Not A Single Moment Of My Life Be Spent ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 19, 2010

May not a single moment of my life be spent outside the light, love and joy of God’s presence and not a moment without the entire surrender of my self as a vessel for Him ...read more

Tags: Holiness

Denomination: Baptist

Antivirus: Holy Spirit  PRO

Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Mar 18, 2010

ANTIVIRUS: HOLY SPIRIT Jesus said in verse 7 of John 16, "For if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you." Jesus was God in the flesh, of course. He could have spoken this world out of existence at any given time, but, I would like to use an ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-20

Tags: Holy Spirit, Salvation, Indwelling, Saved, Holy Spirit Attributes  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Praying For The Lost

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Mar 15, 2010

PRAYING FOR THE LOST Lee Thomas is a great teacher on praying for the lost. Here’s part of a testimony from his book: When we begin to pray for someone’s salvation, God seems to draw a circle around that individual and then gets in the circle with him. That is what happened to Ricky Gresham when ...read more

Tags: Evangelism The Lost

Denomination: Baptist

Sola Fide: By Faith Alone

Contributed by Timothy Brown on Mar 14, 2010

SOLA FIDE: BY FAITH ALONE To prove his point Paul includes a quotation from Habakkuk 2:4, "The just shall live by faith." It was this text--quoted by Paul in Romans 1:17--that ultimately shook Martin Luther to the core and brought him to saving faith in Jesus Christ. On this point, I quote from a ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Baptist

Churches And Culture

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 13, 2010

CHURCHES AND CULTURE In survey after survey, researchers find that the lifestyles of born-again Christians are virtually indistinguishable from those of nonbelievers. The divorce rate among Christians is identical to that of nonbelievers. Christian teens are almost as sexually active as ...read more

Tags: Culture

Denomination: Baptist

Sports And Church

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 13, 2010

SPORTS AND CHURCH Football in the fall. Basketball in the winter. Baseball in the spring and summer. This pastor has been an avid sports fan all his life. But I’ve had it! I quit this sports business once and for all. You can’t get me near one of those places again. Want to know why... Every time ...read more

Tags: Church General

Denomination: Baptist

Confession Is Good For You

Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Mar 12, 2010

CONFESSION IS GOOD FOR YOU We’ve all heard the old saying, "Confession is good for the soul." Even in non-Christian and non-spiritual circles, people believe that to be true. Psychologists or psychiatrists would say that when we confess our wrong actions, words, and thoughts, it’s like a burden is ...read more

Tags: Confession Of Sin

Denomination: Baptist

Teens Admire...?

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 10, 2010

TEENS ADMIRE...? Have you thought lately about who teenagers admire? World Almanac and Book of Facts surveyed eight graders a few years ago and discovered that the top thirty names were movie stars and athletes. Not one admired adult was a religious leader, statesman, author, painter, doctor, ...read more

Tags: Culture

Denomination: Baptist

After Buying A $50,000 Insurance Policy Before A ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 10, 2010

After buying a $50,000 insurance policy before a plane trip, the traveler stepped on a nearby scale. Out came one of those fortune-telling cards. The message read, “A recent investment may ...read more

Tags: Money

Denomination: Baptist

Following The Terrible Mexico City Earthquake Of ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 10, 2010

Following the terrible Mexico City earthquake of 1985, live satellite coverage carried the news of Mexico’s anguish to a watching world. A pastor was sitting in front of his television set stunned by the extent of the damage. Mountains of broken concrete filled the screen. Rescue workers dug ...read more

Tags: Sin General

Denomination: Baptist

Every Animal You Can Think Of -- Mammals, Birds, ...

Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Mar 5, 2010

Every animal you can think of -- mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians -- has a brain. But the human brain is unique. It gives us the power to think, plan, speak, imagine... It is truly an amazing organ. The brain performs an incredible number of tasks:­ It controls body temperature, blood ...read more

Tags: Thought

Denomination: Baptist

I Have A Water Filter Attached To My Kitchen Sink ...

Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Mar 5, 2010

I have a water filter attached to my kitchen sink at home. The water normally smells bad, tastes bad, because it has stuff in it. When the water comes into the filter, the filter holds on to all the bad stuff. It doesn’t allow the bad stuff to go on through. I think our brains have a “filter” too. ...read more

Tags: Thought

Denomination: Baptist

Demolish The Old, Build Something New

Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Mar 1, 2010

DEMOLISH THE OLD, BUILD SOMETHING NEW I like watching those video clips of buildings being demolished with dynamite. The people that do that spend hours planning and setting the dynamite in place and wiring everything, so that everything will just kind of fall in on itself, without affecting ...read more

Tags: Born Again

Denomination: Baptist

How Many Of You Still Balance Your Checkbook By ...

Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Mar 1, 2010

How many of you still balance your checkbook by hand every month? How many of you have so little money in your account, you have to balance it every month? How many of you have so much money in the bank, you don’t have to worry about balancing it? Every month the bank sends you a statement that ...read more

Tags: Salvation

Denomination: Baptist

Temptation...means Enticement, Forbidden Fruit, ...

Contributed by Hugh Laing on Mar 1, 2010

TEMPTATION...means Enticement, Forbidden Fruit, Allure, Bait, Desire... and I love this story on temptation. “There is a story told about a little boy in a grocery store that I think illustrates the nature of TEMPTATION. The boy was standing near an open box of peanut butter cookies. “Now then, ...read more

Tags: Temptation General

Denomination: Baptist

C. S. Lewis Made These Insightful ...

Contributed by Hugh Laing on Mar 1, 2010

C. S. Lewis made these insightful observations about temptation: “No man knows how bad he is until he has tried very hard to be good. A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. That is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it ...read more

Tags: Temptation General

Denomination: Baptist

The Sponge

Contributed by Timothy Brown on Feb 28, 2010

THE SPONGE Think a moment about a water-saturated sponge. If we push down with our finger even slightly, water runs out onto the table. We immediately know what fills the interior pockets of the sponge. The same is true of ourselves. We can tell ...read more

Tags: Affliction

Denomination: Baptist