In Sermon Illustrations: "All Kinds Of Cuts"

C. F. W. Walther In A Sermon On This Text Called ...

Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jan 17, 2010

C. F. W. Walther in a sermon on this text called the marriage of a Christian a most splendid school of faith, love, humility, patience, gentleness and all Christian virtue. (/Amerikanisch-Lutherische ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Denomination: Lutheran

When John Wesley Lay Dying In 1791, He Roused ...

Contributed by Paul Barreca on Dec 24, 2011

When John Wesley lay dying in 1791, he roused from his sleep long to open his eyes and exclaim, "The best of all is, God is with us!" Then he closed his eyes and died. ...read more

Tags: Christmas

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Road To Character

Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Nov 6, 2019

“Humility is the freedom from the need to prove you are superior all the time, but egotism is a ravenous hunger in a small space – self-concerned, competitive, and distinction hungry. Humility (in contrast) is infused with lovely emotions like ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23

Tags: Humility, Pride

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Martin Luther Makes A Very Important ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Martin Luther makes a very important observation. He says that in Matthew 6:11, daily bread doesn’t just refer to food. It is a symbol for all the things we need for the preservation of our lives: ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To

The Most Beautiful Thing

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Albert Einstein once said: “The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to ...read more

Tags: Creation

Homeschoolers Welcome

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

HOMESCHOOLERS WELCOME In '00, 52% of all U.S. colleges had a formal evaluation policy for homeschooled applicants. In '04 that number had risen to 83% and during that time, 45% of colleges received ...read more

Tags: School

Some Are Honest Like Dennis The Menace. He ...  PRO

Contributed by Greg Yount on Nov 30, 2001

Some are honest like Dennis the Menace. He caught his friend Joey trying to get a paper out of the machine without paying any money. He said, “Wait, Joey. First you have to put ...read more

Tags: Faith, Holiness, Leadership General

Denomination: Baptist

In The Book, "Children's Letters To God: The New ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Larsen on Dec 15, 2001

In the book, “Children’s Letters to God: The New Collection”, a little girl named, Nan, writes this letter: “Dear God, I bet it is very hard for you to love all of everybody in the whole world. There ...read more

Tags: Children, Christian Love

Denomination: Lutheran

When Principles That Run Against Your Deepest ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

When principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then battle is your calling, and peace has become sin; you must, at the price of dearest peace, lay your convictions bare before ...read more

Tags: Doubt, Endurance, Church Purpose Of

I Look At A Stonecutter Hammering Away At A Rock ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Nov 23, 2002

I look at a stonecutter hammering away at a rock a hundred times without so much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the 101st blow it splits in two. I know it was not the one blow that did ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines, Endurance

Denomination: Baptist

If We Discovered That We Had Five Minutes Left To ...

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

If we discovered that we had five minutes left to say all we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people to stammer that they love them. Why wait ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Individuals Are Biggest Donors Foundations ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006

Individuals Are Biggest Donors Foundations account for 7% of all American donations, corporations give 5%, but individuals account for 80% of giving and 57% of those gifts ($66 billion) went to religious non-profits in 1995. ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Ladies Waiting: According To The Centers For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Ladies Waiting: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the average age at which American women are having their first child has climbed to an all-time high of 25.1—up ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Alcohol Is Involved In Fifteen Thousand Homicides ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

Alcohol is involved in fifteen thousand homicides and suicides annually, twenty thousand accidental deaths, plus one-half of all auto accidents and the additional twenty-five thousand deaths they cause. Even 40 percent of ...read more

Tags: Addiction

Ah! If Our Likeness To God Does Not Show Itself ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

Ah! If our likeness to God does not show itself in trifles, what is there left for it to show itself in? For our lives are all made up of trifles. The great things come three or four of them in the seventy ...read more

Tags: Character

Swindoll States, "No Matter How You Really Feel, ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 6, 2007

Swindoll states, “No matter how you really feel, regardless of the truth, if you become skilled at hiding behind your guard, you don’t have to hassle with all the things that come with ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Many Of Us Are Like The Little Boy ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007

Illustration: Many of us are like the little boy who told his mom he was going to grow up to be a preacher. He said, “I figure I’ll have to go to church all my ...read more

When Nothing Seems To Help, I Go And Look At A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and ...read more

Tags: Endurance

They Who Have Lost An Infant Are Never, As It ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"They who have lost an infant are never, as it were, without an infant child. Their other children grow up to manhood and womanhood, and suffer all the changes of mortality; but this one is rendered an immortal child, for death has arrested it with ...read more

Tags: Death

In The Central Place Of Every Heart There Is A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"In the central place of every heart there is a recording chamber; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, and courage, so long are you young. When the wires are all down and your heart is covered with the snows ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life