In Sermon Illustrations: "5 10 11 14"

The Caddy  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 13, 2011

THE CADDY Two golfers stepped up to the first tee on the St. Andrews course in New York. The older golfer was a kindly man who played a thoughtful, deliberate game. The younger golfer was full of pride and impatience. On the first hole he sliced, lost his ball in the tall grass, hit another one, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Tags: Gratitude, New Year

Elijah Cadman

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2011

ELIJAH CADMAN Let me tell you about the six-year-old drunken chimney sweep who went on to become a great leader in our movement. Elijah Cadman was born in Coventry, the youngest of five children of a drunkard father who died when Cadman was three years old. Aged six, Cadman was unusually small ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:11-21

Tags: Becoming A Christian

John Stott, A Humble Man

Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 7, 2011

JOHN STOTT, A HUMBLE MAN I like the way Thomas Carlyle put it some time ago. He said, "One example is worth a thousand arguments." (Thomas Carlyle, quoted in Men of Integrity, July/August 2000; www.Preaching Today.com) In difficult times, we don't need dictators and arguments. We need leaders ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:1-4

Tags: Humility

The Scariest Road  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 7, 2012

THE SCARIEST ROAD Yahoo! Travel has released an article titled America’s Scariest Drives, and the results are frightening. Here is a brief list of some of the roads: Highway One that travels off the Big Sur Coast in California is both beautiful and breath-taking. This 122 mile stretch travels ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:13-14

Tags: Sermon On The Mount

Timothy: Paul Called Him A "Man Of God”

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Jul 3, 2020

Text: 1 Tim 6:11 But thou, O man of God (Timothy), flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Thoughts: we know at least a few things about Timothy, as recorded in the New Testament. He was from Lystra, a city in Asia Minor (Acts 16:1, this city ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:11, Acts 16:1, 2 Timothy 1:7, Hebrews 13:23

Tags: Paul, Man Of God, Timothy

Denomination: Baptist

Easter: New Creation  PRO

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

Easter: New Creation The Easter Story is God taking a life which was being spent on self, the pleasures of this world, blinded by the devil, and turning it around to achieve all of His good purposes. The Word of God has some good news. The "New Creation" is living as a new man in Christ which ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:11

Tags: Easter Resurrection

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Love Your ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008

LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR Fred Douglas Shepard was born on September 11, 1855 in Ellenburg, New York in Clinton County. His father died while he was very young and his mother spent most of her adult life as an invalid. It was probably through this that Fred became associated with illness and caring for ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:28-34

Tags: Neighbor

Lighting Candles On Christmas Eve

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Dec 24, 2008

LIGHTING CANDLES ON CHRISTMAS EVE Every time on Christmas Eve that I light my candle, I catch myself staring into the flame – I can’t seem to help it. There, I hold one small ordinary candle with a small flickering light. In of itself, my little flame doesn’t cast much light, but I don’t know, ...read more

Tags: Christmas Eve

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Tight Economy: Strategy: It's Been Proven Time ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006

Tight Economy: Strategy: It’s been proven time and again, increasing advertising while others cut back earns increases in sales and market share that last much longer then any downturn in the ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Non-Smoking: A Study By The Centers For Disease ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Non-Smoking: A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study found that 20.9% of U.S. adults smoked in ‘04, down from 21.6% in ‘03 and 22.5% in 02. ...read more

Tags: Addiction

Gambling Draws More Money From American Pockets ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Gambling draws more money from American pockets than movies, videos, music and books combined, according to the latest figures from Christiansen Capital Advisors. Americans now lose $68 ...read more

Tags: Sin General

[159]. A Message From A Poem – Good Seed In The Thorny Ground

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 9, 2025

[159]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – GOOD SEED IN THE THORNY GROUND This poem was written for a recent message in a series I am currently doing on the Parables of the Kingdom from Matthew 13. It relates to the third soil type in the parable known as The Sower, {{Matthew 13:22 “The one on whom seed ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:31-34, Ephesians 5:11, Matthew 13:22

Tags: Thorny Ground, Christian Poetry, Christian Poems, Choked, Riches, Priorities, Good Seed, Parable Of The Sower, Worries  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

For The Sake Of Each Of Us He Laid Down His ...

Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Jun 29, 2005

For the sake of each of us he laid down his life—worth no less than the universe. He demands of us in return our lives for the sake of each other. - St. Clement of Alexandria. [Galaxie ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

Denomination: Charismatic

Daily Religion Widespread In The U.s., 9 Out Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

Daily Religion Widespread In the U.S., 9 out of 10 people claim to engage regularly in prayer; and 3 of 4 say they do so on a daily basis. In the 21st century, the pull of religion ...read more

Tags: Character

Job Satisfaction Is Waning. A New Conference ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Job Satisfaction is waning. A new Conference Board survey finds that just 49% of Americans are satisfied with their jobs today versus 58% in ’95. It fell most among workers aged 35 to 54, ...read more

Tags: Workplace Evangelism

Jim Henderson, Author And President Of Off The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Jim Henderson, author and President of Off the Map, placed a winning eBay auction bid of $504 to send a Chicago atheist to church (one visit per $10 bid). Off the Map is ...read more

Tags: Church General

Swindoll Adds,

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 11, 2009

Swindoll adds, “Men and women of God, servant-leaders in the making, are first unknown, unseen, unappreciated, and unapplauded. In the relentless demands of obscurity, character is built. Strange as it may seem, those who first accept the silence ...read more

Tags: David, Character

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

In The Mystery Of His Becoming Man, Christ Showed ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 3, 2010

In the mystery of his becoming man, Christ showed us what humanity was meant to become. He showed us the transcendent dignity and destiny of each human person as a child of God. -- Archbishop Jose Gomez on the ...read more

Tags: Christmas Advent

Denomination: Catholic

The Heart Is Like A Garden  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 25, 2011

THE HEART IS LIKE A GARDEN John Owen: "The hearts of believers are like gardens, wherein there are not only flowers, but weeds also; and as the former must be watered and cherished, so the latter must be curbed and ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 4:23

Tags: Heart

Couch Boomers The Cdc Reports That Among ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

Couch Boomers The CDC reports that among Americans ages 45-60, 65% never get 10 minutes of physical exercise that gets the heart rate up. Just 22% report they achieve this 3+ ...read more