Sermon Illustrations
Free Sermon Illustrations for Preaching :

In Sermon Illustrations: "father" showing 1,121-1,140 of 3,718

Filter Results
Close Filters

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

  • Show more

Category

  • Try PRO

    Confident Preaching

    Try PRO free and preach with confidence when people need it most.
    Free to start now
  • It's Not Always Easy  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jun 4, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,099 views

    Glenda Fulton Davis once said: “It’s not always easy to smile and be nice. When we are called to sacrifice It’s not always easy to put others first Especially when tired and feeling our worst. It’s not always easy to do the Father’s will It wasn’t so easy to climb Calvary’s hill But we as His ...read more

  • B. Charles Francis Adams, The 19th Century ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 16, 2003
    based on 15 ratings
     | 1,431 views

    B. Charles Francis Adams, the 19th century political figure and diplomat, kept a diary. One day he entered: "Went fishing with my son today--a day wasted." His son, Brook Adams, also kept a diary, which is still in existence. On that same day, Brook Adams made this entry: "Went fishing with my ...read more

  • Poem: If We Trust  PRO

    Contributed by Chris Hodges on Jul 30, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,015 views

    Consider this poem entitled “If We Trust”: When the frosts are in the valley, And the mountain tops are grey, And the choicest buds are blighted, And the blossoms die away, A loving Father whispers, “This cometh from My hand, Blessed are ye if ye trust, Where ye cannot understand!” If, after ...read more

  • Elisabeth Elliot, At Urbana 76, Told Of Her ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 28, 2004
    based on 15 ratings
     | 2,053 views

    Elisabeth Elliot, at Urbana 76, told of her brother Thomas Howard. Their mother let him play with paper bags she’d saved if he put them away afterwards. One day she walked into the kitchen to find them strewn all over the floor. Tom was out at the piano with his father singing hymns. When ...read more

  • In The Race Together

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on May 7, 2009
     | 3,267 views

    IN THE RACE TOGETHER Team Hoyt runs in marathons and triatholons. Dick Hoyt pushes his son Rick, who has cerebal palsy, in a wheelchair, rides him on a bike, and pulls him in a boat, but they both experience the thrill of a race. We have a loving Father who carries us through our trials, ...read more

  • Elisabeth Elliot, At Urbana 76, Told Of Her ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 17, 2009
     | 1,427 views

    Elisabeth Elliot, at Urbana 76, told of her brother Thomas Howard. Their mother let him play with paper bags she’d saved if he put them away afterwards. One day she walked into the kitchen to find them strewn all over the floor. Tom was out at the piano with his father singing hymns. When ...read more

  • God's Great Love

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 21, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,482 views

    GOD'S GREAT LOVE One time a father wanted to teach his son the lesson of God's great goodness. He took him to the top of a high hill and pointed northward over Scotland, southward over England, eastward over the ocean, westward over hill and valley, and then sweeping his arm around the whole ...read more

  • Years Ago, A Very Wealthy Man Shared With His ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 20, 2007
     | 2,002 views

    Years ago, a very wealthy man shared with his devoted young son a passion for art collecting. Together they travelled the world, adding only the finest art treasures to their collection. Priceless works by Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet and many others adorned the walls of the family estate. The ...read more

  • I Love The Commercial Where A Daddy Takes His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Damien Spikereit on Mar 2, 2001
    based on 115 ratings
     | 4,349 views

    - I love the commercial where a daddy takes his little girl to a public pool with the purpose of teaching her how to dive off the diving board. Maybe you’ve seen it, I think it is advertising Kodak or something. And so there they are, the day begins with them both having high hopes of a ...read more

  • Tom And Eleanor  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Dec 19, 2001
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,244 views

    Illus.: Tom & Eleanor I’d like to tell you the story of two children. The parents of the first child were somewhat mismatched. His father was unemployed with no formal schooling. His mother was a teacher. This child, born in Port Huron, Michigan, was estimated to have an IQ of 81. He was ...read more

  • What's Going On  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 3, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,793 views

    WHAT'S GOING ON Mother, mother There’s too many of you crying Brother, brother, brother There’s far too many of you dying You know we’ve got to find a way To bring some lovin’ here today - Ya Father, father We don’t need to escalate You see, war is not the answer For only love can conquer ...read more

  • I Came Home One Weekend From College And Found My ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Ingle on Sep 25, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
     | 1,660 views

    I came home one weekend from college and found my father cooking. The reunion was nice and so was the food. However, as hard as we tried, we could not find the right tupperware lid to the container my father had placed the left-overs. First of all, you need to know my mother. This lady is in ...read more

  • One Of The Most Touching Moments In Sports Came ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Oct 12, 2002
    based on 82 ratings
     | 3,527 views

    One of the most touching moments in sports came at the end of the 1980 Winter Olympic Games, in which the US hockey team beat the Russians. It was an incredible feat. All during the games the cameras focused on goalie Jim Craig, one of the heroes of the team and on his father in the stands. Craig’s ...read more

  • It's Amazing You Should Come To Me...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2003
    based on 28 ratings
     | 2,705 views

    IT’S AMAZING YOU SHOULD COME TO ME... A Jewish father was concerned about his son. He had not truly raised him to be grounded in the faith of Judaism… So, hoping to remedy this he sent his son to Israel so the boy could experience his heritage. A year later the young man returned home. He said, ...read more

  • You've Heard Of Self-Defining Moments, I'm Sure. ...

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jan 25, 2007
     | 1,092 views

    You’ve heard of self-defining moments, I’m sure. A self-defining moment occurs when something happens that determines your identity from that instant forward. Because of some event or incident, whatever it may be, you will never be the same again. I had such a moment each time my children were ...read more

  • A Brief Biography Of Karl ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2010
     | 2,503 views

    A Brief Biography of Karl Marx Back in the 1800’s there was a young man who had a profound sense of admiration for his father. His father saw to it that the life of the family revolved around the religious practices of their faith. In his teen years, however, the boy’s family was forced to move to ...read more

  • Called To Testify

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Apr 5, 2011
     | 2,947 views

    CALLED TO TESTIFY In 1981, my father was called as a court witness to testify to a number of thefts that occurred at his employer. Now, we had just moved from Pennsylvania to Minnesota, and dad was brand-new to the job as the corporate purchasing agent. So, dad reports to the CEO on day one, ...read more

  • Bury It Right!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 1, 2011
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,481 views

    BURY IT RIGHT! The story is told of a teenage son who wanted to be Scripturally baptized. His father told him that the sprinkling he got as a baby was sufficient. The son tried to explain that you can only picture the idea of burial by completely being submerged. Angry, the father told him to ...read more

  • Out Of Our Depth

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,567 views

    Out Of Our Depth The 3-year old felt secure in his father’s arms as Dad stood in the middle of the pool. But Dad, for fun, began walking slowly toward the deep end, gently chanting, "Deeper and deeper and deeper," as the water rose higher and higher on the child. The lad’s face registered ...read more

  • A Little Boy Who Was Misbehaving One Night When ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 16, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,348 views

    A little boy who was misbehaving one night when his father was trying to get him to go to bed. The boy’s mother had gone to a meeting and his father was taking care of things at home. Long after the little boy had been tucked in for the night, he was doing the classic drink of water routine: ...read more

  • Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 185
  • 186
  • Next