Plan for: Thanksgiving | Advent | Christmas

Sermon Illustrations
Free Sermon Illustrations for Preaching :

In Sermon Illustrations: "ask" showing 1,061-1,080 of 8,298

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
  • A Pastor Entered A Class As The Lesson Was In ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Buchanan on Sep 12, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,966 views

    A pastor entered a class as the lesson was in progress and asked, "Who broke down the walls of Jericho?" A lad answered, "Not me, sir." The pastor turned to the teacher and asked, "Is this the usual behavior in this class?" The teacher replied, "I believe this boy is an honest boy, and I really ...read more

  • In The Novel Moby Dick Captain Ahab Is ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 19, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,166 views

    In the novel Moby Dick Captain Ahab is frightened by what he sees in himself. He asks the question that many of us have asked: “What is it, what nameless, inscrutable, unearthly thing is it; what cozening, hidden lord and master, and cruel, remorseless emperor commands me; that against all natural ...read more

  • This Being Easter Our Leadership Met And Decided, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ken Kersten on Jan 22, 2004
    based on 140 ratings
     | 2,980 views

    This being Easter our leadership met and decided, "You know, we want to get a really special speaker. Why don’t we call the best preacher in the world and ask him to speak." And they did and he said "No". So they said, "Well if we can’t have the best speaker, as least we can get the smartest ...read more

  • We Can Be Assured That God Answers Every Prayer ...

    Contributed by Tom Doubt on Mar 26, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,781 views

    We can be assured that God answers every prayer in a merciful manner. The answer comes in one of four ways: No, Slow, Grow, Go. Your daughter asks you if she can have some candy. You might say “No” because there is a reason you do not want her to have the candy. A “Slow” may be the response to ...read more

  • A Man And His Wife Were Taking A Tour Through The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jul 5, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,422 views

    A man and his wife were taking a tour through the smelting plant of the U.S. Mint. One of the workers told them that if they would dip their hand in cold water, he could then pour the liquid metal over their hands without hurting them. He asked the man if he wanted to try it and the man said he ...read more

  • A Friend Told Me About A Man Who Had Come To Him ...

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Nov 1, 2004
     | 2,280 views

    A friend told me about a man who had come to him with a prayer request. He had purchased a lottery ticket that would pay him $100,000 if it turned out to be the "lucky" one. He asked my friend, who was a pastor, to pray that his number would be picked so he could give one-tenth of his winnings to ...read more

  • James Duncan, Preaching With Great Unction And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Malone on Mar 1, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,005 views

    James Duncan, preaching with great unction and power, was asked what was the secret of such powerful preaching. "The secret," he said, was "thirteen hours of consecutive prayer." When asked the secret of his spiritual power, Charles Spurgeon said: "Knee work! Knee work!" Livingston of Shotts, on ...read more

  • A Mother Was Putting Her Little Four-Year-Old ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Aug 8, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,190 views

    A mother was putting her little four-year-old daughter to bed for the night. The child was afraid of the dark, and the mother, on this particular occasion, with her husband away, was fearful also. When the light was out, the child caught a glimpse of the moon outside the window. “Mommy,” she ...read more

  • I Was Officiating At A Wedding In The Niagara ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Oct 2, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,071 views

    I was officiating at a wedding in the Niagara region on Friday, and an older man - a friend of the bride’s family - spoke to me about his spiritual journey. At one point he said, “I know the first thing that I’d like to ask God when I see him face to face”. I thought he might say that he wanted to ...read more

  • A Dirty Dog  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,397 views

    John Barrymore once played the role of a father who disapproved of the man his daughter planned to marry. In one scene, the daughter had to ask Barrymore what he thought of her fiancé, who had just exited. Barrymore was supposed to answer, “I think he’s a dirty dog.” One night, when the ...read more

  • Women Avoid Negotiating: These Figures Are Taken ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,445 views

    Women Avoid Negotiating: These figures are taken from Women Don’t Ask, Negotiation and Gender Divide. 2.5 times more women than men feel “a great deal of apprehension” about negotiation. Men initiate negotiations about 4 times as much as women. When asked to pick metaphors for negotiations, men ...read more

  • Confusing Beliefs: Although A Statement Passed By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
     | 2,365 views

    Confusing Beliefs: Although a statement passed by the Presbyterian Church (USA) 2001 General Assembly affirmed salvation through Jesus, recent survey results from the denomination reveal some puzzling beliefs among its clergy and laity. The survey found that at least 70% of members, elders and ...read more

  • An Ethics Book From 1973 Cites "Playboy" ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 13, 2006
     | 712 views

    an ethics book from 1973 cites “Playboy” magazine. A woman from Wichita had written in to “Playboy” to get the opinion of its readers on mate swapping. So, “Playboy” published her question as a poll. She asked, “When both partners consent, is adultery immoral?” One Dion O’Glass of New York ...read more

  • I Met A Man Who Told Me He Was Celebrating His ...

    Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on Apr 10, 2009
     | 1,980 views

    I met a man who told me he was celebrating his birthday this month. I asked him what day. He replied, "I don’t know what day my actual birthday is on." He said that he was so old that when he was born there was no such thing as a birth certificate and that he had so many siblings his parents just ...read more

  • Getting Organized  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,871 views

    GETTING ORGANIZED In a Peanuts cartoon, Lucy demands that Linus change TV channels and then threatens him with her fist if he doesn’t. "What makes you think you can walk right in here and take over?" asks Linus. "These five fingers," says Lucy. "Individually they are nothing, but when I curl ...read more

  • Dad, Are You God?

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on May 20, 2009
     | 2,531 views

    DAD, ARE YOU GOD? One day after church, the pastor asked his little boy what he learned in Sunday school. The lad said, "I learned that God loves me more than anything else in the whole world." "What else did you learn?" asked his dad. "I learned that when I’m bad, He spanks real hard." "What ...read more

  • Your Secret Sins Will Come To ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 11, 2009
     | 1,936 views

    “Your Secret Sins Will Come to Light” The newspapers of Cincinnati recorded that a poorly dressed woman went to Dr. George Herman asking him to make an X-ray examination of her heart free of cost. She claimed that she was very poor and couldn’t pay. The doctor consented to do the work. But when ...read more

  • Revenge Vs. Bearing A Grudge

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 30, 2009
     | 2,522 views

    REVENGE VS. BEARING A GRUDGE Tractate Yoma, Chapter 2 (aka, 23a): "What is called revenge, and what is called bearing a grudge? Revenge is such a case: When one comes to the other, and asks him to lend a sickle to him, he says: Nay. On the morrow, the second comes to the first, and wants to borrow ...read more

  • A Flattered Pastor Becomes ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 14, 2009
     | 2,956 views

    A Flattered Pastor Becomes Proud A pastor received a Christmas card with a note in it, from a lady in his congregation. He said she was very complimentary about his preaching and compared him with Chuck Swindoll. She finished by writing, "I think you are one of the really great preachers of all ...read more

  • Ok Here, Banned Overseas

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Jun 2, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,164 views

    OK HERE, BANNED OVERSEAS When I was a child, this advertisement would not have had a dog's show of making it onto the tele. It's a picture of this young lady on an Australian beach, saying "We've saved a spot on the beach," and I think there's a bit that says, "We've had the camels shampooed." We ...read more

  • Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 414
  • 415
  • Next