In Sermon Illustrations: "Absent From The Body"

This Is The Miracle That Happens Every Time To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love: the more they give, the more they possess of that precious nourishing love from which flowers and children have their strength and which ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Nothing Less Than The Highest Ideals, The Most ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Nothing less than the highest ideals, the most scrupulous anxiety to do right, the most accurate knowledge of the problems it has to meet, and a sincere sense of moral responsibility will save journalism from a subservience ...read more

Tags: News

As Followers Of Jesus, We Should Be Seeking ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"As followers of Jesus, we should be seeking Gods perspectiveAre you, like me, overwhelmed and losing perspective? We need to stop and climb the mast of the ship of faith, to see life ...read more

Tags: Thought

Negative Thoughts Breed Doubts And Despair. ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Negative thoughts breed doubts and despair. Such thinking enslaves life and keeps it from reaching out for the best. Such thinking makes life a stranger to possibilityNegative thoughts poison the mind. What a mind poisoned ...read more

Tags: Thought

How An Elevator Operator Shares The Gospel  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2009

How an Elevator Operator Shares the Gospel An elevator operator at a hospital in Nashville once said, "I’m just a nobody telling everybody about somebody who can save ...read more

Scripture: Mark 16:1-6

Tags: Evangelism How To

Havner On How To Move The World

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 21, 2011

HAVNER ON HOW TO MOVE THE WORLD Vance Havner said, "We are not going to move this world by criticism of it nor conformity to it, but by the combustion within it of lives ignited by the Spirit of ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:8

Tags: Holy Spirit In Believers

A U.s. Volunteer Nurse Helps In Haiti After ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 28, 2010

A U.S. Volunteer Nurse Helps in Haiti After Earthquake Gene McCoy is the Sr. Minister of the Memorial Christian Church in Mt. Home, AR. His oldest daughter, Heidi, is a nurse and has gone to Haiti to serve with a medical team. She was written her folks several times, which I have shared via email. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:14

Tags: Compassion

Average Church(Gallup) 17% Say They Tithe But ...  PRO

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 30, 2001

Average church(Gallup) 17% say they tithe but only 3% actually do. 40% will give nothing in a year. 91% say they make more money than they ever have in their life. 71% of pastors ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 5:1-5

Tags: Money, Giving General, Church Practices

Samuel Johnson, The 18th Century Poet And ...  PRO

Contributed by Jim Luthy on Jul 19, 2001

Samuel Johnson, the 18th century poet and essayist, summarized the cause of estrangement this way: "The friendship which is to be practiced or expected by common mortals, must take its rise from mutual ...read more

Tags: Friendship New Friends

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Minister Gave An Unusual Sermon One Day, Using ...  PRO

Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Sep 21, 2001

A minister gave an unusual sermon one day, using a peanut to make several important points about the wisdom of God in nature. One of the members greeted him at the door and said, "Very ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 3:15-19

Tags: Church General, Bible Study

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Unforgivable Sin Of Blasphemy Against The ...  PRO

Contributed by Michael Bird on Jul 13, 2002

“The unforgivable sin of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is an act of resistance which belittles the Holy Spirit so grievously that he withdraws for ever with his convicting power so that we are never ...read more

Tags: Holy Spirit General, Sin General, Trinity

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Greek Word For Grace Is Caris. Its Basic Idea ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Hensley on Jul 20, 2002

The Greek word for grace is caris. Its basic idea is simply “non-meritorious or unearned favor, an unearned gift, a favor or blessings bestowed as a gift, freely and never as merit for work performed.” ...read more

Tags: Grace, Descriptions Of God

Denomination: Baptist

An Old Time Evangelist Passed The Hat For An ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 11, 2002

An old time evangelist passed the hat for an offering, and when it came back it was embarrassingly empty. He shook the hat to make clear it was empty, and then lifted his eyes to heaven and said, ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Henry Ward Beecher Said, "I Think That The Most ...  PRO

Contributed by Bruce Howell on Apr 6, 2004

Henry Ward Beecher said, “I think that the most wonderful book that could be written would be a book in which an angel should write all the thoughts that pass through a faithful ...read more

Tags: Mother's Day

Denomination: Wesleyan

A Minister Gave An Unusual Sermon One Day, Using ...  PRO

Contributed by Georgina Pando-Connolly on Apr 30, 2004

A minister gave an unusual sermon one day, using a peanut to make several important points about the wisdom of God in nature. One of the members greeted her at the door and said, "Very ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Denomination: Methodist

Did You Know That We Spend Roughly 68 Times More ...

Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 22, 2005

Did you know that we spend roughly 68 times more money caring for the average felon than on a church’s ministry to a spiritually hungry child. From George Barna, Transforming ...read more

Tags: Children

Denomination: Charismatic

Gipsy Smith Told Of A Man Who Said He Had ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

Gipsy Smith told of a man who said he had received no inspiration from the Bible although he had "gone through it several times." "Let it go through you once," replied ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

As Luther Wrote, "Christ Could Be Born Twenty, A ...

Contributed by Michael Uebergang on Apr 12, 2006

As Luther wrote, “Christ could be born twenty, a hundred, a thousand times and it would not help us, if the sermon of the angel were not added. Without this message the holy birth would be nothing; it would be as though ...read more

Tags: Christmas Advent

Denomination: Lutheran

There Is A Certain Relief In Change, Even Though ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse; as I have found in traveling in a stage-coach, that it is often a comfort to shift one’s position and be bruised in a new place. ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Adults Online The Number Of Adults Online Has ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

Adults Online The number of adults Online has grown from 9% in ‘95 to 77% in ’06 according to the Harris Poll. As this use rises, the demographic profile of Internet users continues to look more ...read more

Tags: Addiction