In Sermon Illustrations: "Baby Boomers"

You Need Someone, Someone Needs You

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Sep 16, 2011

YOU NEED SOMEONE, SOMEONE NEEDS YOU A rooster minus a hen equals no baby chicks. Kellogg’s minus a farmer equals no corn flakes. If the nail factory closes what good is the hammer factory? Beethoven’s genius wouldn't have amounted to much if the piano tuner hadn't showed up. A cracker maker will ...read more

Tags: Friendship General

Denomination: Brethren

That Great Getting' Up Morning...

Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Oct 30, 2024

And now O Lord – When I’ve done drunk my last cup of sorrow— When I’ve been called everything but a child of God— When I’ve done travelling up the rough side of the mountain— O – Mary’s baby— When I start down the steep and slippery steps of death— When this old world begins to rock beneath my ...read more

Scripture: John 11:25, 1 Corinthians 15:20-26

Tags: Death, Resurrection, Hope, Dying, Funeral  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Abound, Then Rebound

Contributed by Danny Presswood on Jan 26, 2009

ABOUND, THEN REBOUND Abundant Love must REBOUND. Rebounding, as every good basketball team knows, is the cutting edge between defense and offense. Whichever team rebounds most successfully becomes the team in control of the ball. The team that rebounds becomes the offense, goes on the move and ...read more

Tags: Christmas

Denomination: Baptist

I Didn’t Do It My Way

Contributed by James Snyder on Oct 23, 2021

I don’t think I’ve learned very much during my life. I just bounce from day to day and take what comes. The one thing I did learn as I look back is, for the most part, I didn’t do it my way. Remember Frank Sinatra and his song, “I Did It My Way?” I would have liked to ask him, how’s that been ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:21

Tags: Surrender, Aggression

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Robert Fulghum In It Was On Fire When I Lay Down ...  PRO

Contributed by Scott Sharpes on Dec 18, 2001

Robert Fulghum in It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It, tells a story involving his daughter, Molly. One day, as Fulghum was ready to leave for work, Molly handed him two brown paper sacks. In one was his lunch. What was in the other was a mystery. When Fulghum asked Molly what was in the mystery ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:1-7

Tags: Birth Of Jesus

Denomination: Nazarene

Sexuality Teens And Sex / Research Review

Contributed by David Kim on Jan 23, 2005

SEXUALITY TEENS AND SEX / RESEARCH REVIEW Pauley, J. (1995). Sex, teens, and public schools. NBC. One million U.S. teenagers become pregnant each year. U.S. has highest rates for teenage pregnancies, abortions, and child bearing in the industrialized world. In 1970, 70% of U.S. teenage ...read more

Tags: Sexuality, Abortion

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

God Uses Tragedy To Draw Couple To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2010

God Uses Tragedy to Draw Couple To Himself Cathy’s story: A few years ago a woman and a man who were living together started coming to the church I pastor. She had gotten pregnant and was expecting. Though they weren’t saved, they were beginning to seek the Lord. I was much in prayer for them. When ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:21-22

Tags: Tragedy, God's Sovereign Will

Jesus: Soft To Us

Contributed by Greg Nance on Dec 20, 2012

Why did Jesus come to us as a baby? To fulfill prophecy? To be one with us, one of us, one we could know and understand, one we could see and believe in, one who takes away our sins through his own body and blood? All this and much more! Let me share an insight from Brisa, my three year old ...read more

Tags: Christmas, Incarnation

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

There Was A Art Contest Held In A Local School ...  PRO

Contributed by Kyle Meador on Dec 18, 2000

There was a art contest held in a local school one Christmas season a few years ago in East Texas. One of the prize winners was a picture drawn by a nine year old boy showing three men, offering gifts to the baby Jesus in his manger. What made the picture unique is how the three gift presenters ...read more

Scripture: John 1:14-18, Matthew 2:1-2

Tags: Christmas, Communication General, Communication, Birth Of Jesus

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

One Night A Wife Found Her Husband Standing Over ...  PRO

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 14, 2001

One night a wife found her husband standing over their infant’s crib. As she watched him looking down at their very first baby, she saw on his face a mixture of emotions: …disbelief, doubt, delight, amazement, enchantment, skepticism. Touched by this unusual display and the deep emotions it ...read more

Tags: Thought, Romantic Love, Mind, Marriage Obligations, Dealing With Conflicts  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

More Government Procreation Policies: In ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001

More Government Procreation Policies: In September, a pro-population town council member in Inari, Lapland (Finland), vowed to give up his political career if only the town’s women produced at least 80 babies next year and 85 the year after. At the other end of the spectrum, India’s Health Minister ...read more

Tags: Marriage General, Television And Movies, Sexuality

What Children Hear  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2002

WHAT CHILDREN HEAR I was reading the story of Jesus’ birth to my day-care children one morning. As usual, I stopped to see if they understood. "What do we call the three wise men?" I asked. "The three maggots," replied a bright 5-year-old. "What gift did the MAGI bring baby Jesus?" ...read more

Tags: Birth Of Jesus, Christmas

A Small But Growing Number Of Parents Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

A small but growing number of parents are getting domain names for their young kids, some before taking their newborn home from the hospital. It’s not known exactly how many, but the practice is no longer limited to “tekky” parents. They worry that the name of choice might not be available by the ...read more

Tags: Internet, Identity

Longer Life

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009

LONGER LIFE Average U.S. life expectancy has risen to an all-time record of 78.1 years for babies born in 2006, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. What’s more, the death rate for 11 of the top 15 causes of death (including heart disease, cancer and stroke) slowed in 2006. White ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 16:31

Tags: Aging

It's All His!

Contributed by David Tack on Jul 6, 2009

IT'S ALL HIS! We’ve charted at least 100,000 light years (186,282 mps) from rim to rim of world! - 600 million billion miles of stars...all His! In the midst of the millions of galaxies, we have one galaxy called Milky Way. In the midst of which we have one star (we call sun), with its baby ...read more

Tags: God's Omnipotence

Denomination: Baptist

Mother Switches Daughter's Musical Instrument To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 16, 2009

Mother Switches Daughter’s Musical Instrument to Keep Her from Singing I read the true story about a woman who bought her daughter a really nice Baby Grand Piano for her birthday. A few weeks later, one of her friends asked her how her daughter was doing. “Oh,” she said, “I persuaded her to switch ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:19

Tags: Music

We Christians Are As G.k.chesterton Put It,

Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Jan 12, 2010

We Christians are as G.K.Chesterton put it, "the most materialistic of religions". When we reject a crude hedonism that is never satisfied with the material goods it has, it is because we think the things we already have are such wonderful gifts that we should treasure them rather than lusting ...read more

Tags: Materialism

Denomination: Anglican

To Realize The Value Of One Year, Ask A Student ...

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jul 26, 2010

To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a grade. To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby. To realize the value of ONE HOUR, ask the businessman whose flight was delayed an hour. To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask the man who had ...read more

Tags: Time

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Creche And The Second Coming

Contributed by Tim Smith on Aug 13, 2017

Marques Silva writes, “In college I was surprised when a close friend explained her family crèche. It wasn’t the style or the model that caused me to pause. It was the addition of a figurine that I had neither seen nor considered before. This particular set included not only the baby Jesus but an ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1

Tags: Second Coming, Creche

Denomination: Methodist

For When They Shall Say, Peace And Safety; Then ...  PRO

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Nov 24, 2003

For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 1 Thessalonians 5:3 Babies arrive at their own schedule. I learned that when our firstborn (Jennifer) came. Elizabeth had gone into labor and I ...read more

Tags: Second Coming

Denomination: United Methodist