In Sermon Illustrations: "A Good Day"

Hell, About Which Our Fathers Spoke So ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Hell, about which our fathers spoke so fervently, seems to have cooled off so much that it would ...read more

Tags: Hell

A Christian Should Always Remember That The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Posterity You Will Never Know How Much It Has ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Posterity you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

I, Like Every Soldier In America, Will Die For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I, like every soldier in America, will die for the freedom of the press, even for the freedom of newspapers that call me everything ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

Undertake Something That Is Difficult; It Will ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Undertake something that is difficult; it will do you good. Unless you try to do something beyond what you have ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Hard Times Have A Way Of Teaching Us Lessons ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Hard times have a way of teaching us lessons that we refuse to learn in good times. That is the one ...read more

Tags: Endurance

People Always Told Me That My Natural Ability ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"People always told me that my natural ability and good eyesight were the reasons for my success as a hitter. They never ...read more

Tags: Action

America's Abundance Was Not Created By Public ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"America's abundance was not created by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal ...read more

Tags: Workplace

According To Statistics, Its A Lot Easier To ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"According to statistics, its a lot easier to get hit by lightning than to win a Lotto jackpot. The good ...read more

Tags: Statistics

Jas 3:13 Who Is Wise And Understanding Among ...

Contributed by Steven Cannon on Jul 27, 2007

Jas 3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Young Pastor Learns About Rural ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 8, 2010

A Young Pastor Learns About Rural Ministry How I learned about the heartbeat of a good shepherd and how difficult it is to lead and herd sheep. This personal story is drawn from my ministry time in Grygla, Mn. It was my first pastorate – I had just recently graduated from North Central Bible ...read more

Scripture: John 10:1-21

Tags: Pastors

I Am A 52 Year Old Adoptee. I Was Born On ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 11, 2003

I am a 52 year old adoptee. I was born on February 1, 1951 in a Lynchburg, VA hospital. My first two years of life must have been traumatic as my birth mother gave me up when it became apparent that she could not take care of me. She was unmarried at the time and the birth father was a married ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:7

Tags: Abortion, Children

I Met Rosemary When I Was 15 Years Old. Her ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2005

I met Rosemary when I was 15 years old. Her father was the proprietor of a pool hall called El Rancho Grande. He had two rules concerning me and the pool hall. Rule #1 was “If you play and lose, you pay.” Rule #2 was “If you play and win, you play for free.” Needless to say, I got as good as I ...read more

Tags: Evangelism The Lost

Many Years Ago A Senior Executive Of The Then ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

Many years ago a senior executive of the then Standard Oil Company made a wrong decision that cost the company more than $2 million. John D. Rockefeller was then running the firm. On the day the news leaked out most of the executives of the company were finding various ingenious ways of avoiding ...read more

Tags: Anger

A Farmer One Planted Two Fruit Trees On Opposite ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 19, 2005

A farmer one planted two fruit trees on opposite sides of his property. The one he planted to provide a hedge hide the unsightly view of an old landfill; the other to provide shade to rest under near a cool mountain stream which ran down beside his fields. As the two trees grew, both produced ...read more

Tags: Parable General

Callous, Cold And Conniving Or Restored, Revived And Redeemed?

Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 23, 2021

(Presented on weekend of Martin Luther King Jr. Day before the invitation hymn, hymn of decision) Unlike Jesus, David was not sinless on his way to the wilderness or in the wilderness but he is described as a man after God’s own heart. Something David did that was good is that he attended a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:19

Tags: Prophetic Zeal, Culture, Racism, Civil Rights

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Missionary Encounters ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009

Missionary Encounters Ants Steven Cook tells of reading an account of a missionary from India: "The Lord must have desired to teach me something through the "ants" because He allowed me to come in contact with enough of them! The encyclopedia says there are more ants than any other insect. It seems ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 6:1-11

Tags: Missions

Only The Original Builder Can Restore It

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 30, 2010

ONLY THE ORIGINAL BUILDER CAN RESTORE IT In a remote Swiss village stands a beautiful church - Mountain Valley Cathedral. It has high pillars and magnificent stained glass windows, but what makes it special is the most beautiful pipe organ in the whole region. People would come from far off lands ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-5

Tags: Atonement

Leave Room For God To Work

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 20, 2011

LEAVE ROOM FOR GOD TO WORK There was an amazing story recently that took place during the riots in Egypt. As a backdrop remember that on New Year’s Day of this year there was a suicide bombing of a Christian church in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, which killed 23 Christians and wounded 97 ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

Denomination: Methodist

Asking Why

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008

ASKING WHY In his Good Friday sermon for 2005, Dr. Richard Lischer asked these questions: -"Have you ever been tempted? So was (Jesus). Thus your temptations have been redeemed in His. -Have you ever been hated? So was He. You have a place in Him. -Have you ever been lonely, afraid, without a ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life