In Sermon Illustrations: "Bad Mood"

A Woman Drove Her Pickup Truck To The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

A woman drove her pickup truck to the fairgrounds pulling a horse trailer. She was trying to back into a space. On one side was a ditch and it was a very narrow space she was trying to back into. She would pull up and then back up. Soon people began to stand around watching her. She was getting ...read more

Tags: God's Omnipotence

Vance Havner Said, "At The Nicene Council, An ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Vance Havner said, "At the Nicene Council, an important church meeting in the 4th century A.D., of the 318 delegates attending, fewer than 12 had not lost an eye or lost a hand or did not limp on a leg lamed by torture for their Christian faith." Oswald Chambers in Christian Discipline said, ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

A Man Is As Good As He Has To Be, And A Woman ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as ...read more

Tags: Men And Women

Creative Minds Have Always Been Known To Survive ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Creative minds have always been known to survive any ...read more

Tags: Art

Ever Once In A While Some Feller Without A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Ever once in a while some feller without a single bad ...read more

Tags: Character

Good Manners Sometimes Means Simply Putting Up ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other ...read more

Tags: Hospitality

Ready For More Good  PRO

Contributed by S Henriques on Jan 27, 2003

READY FOR MORE GOOD God will not turn away from doing you good. He will keep on doing good. He doesn’t do good to his children sometimes and bad to them other times. He keeps on doing good and he never will stop doing good for ten thousand ages of ages. When things are going "bad" that does not ...read more

Tags: Promises Of God, Knowing God's Will, God's Provision

Denomination: Baptist

Little Pigs, Little Pigs Let Me In. Not By The ...

Contributed by Matthew Koscielski on Jun 23, 2007

Little pigs, little pigs let me in. Not by the hair of our chiny, chin, chin. Then I’ll huff and puff and blow your house in. So the big bad wolf huffed and puffed, and blew the house of the second pig in. So off they ran......... I give you this question. “My little pigs, when the Big Bad Wolf, ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Simpson's Cocoa Powder

Contributed by Jason Albertson on Nov 8, 2014

There was a little boy once who was reading an advertisement for Simpson’s cocoa powder and asked his mother, “Mom, what does ‘100% pure’ mean?” “It means completely clean, with nothing bad in it.” Later, as she knelt by him as he prayed before going to bed, she heard him say the words, “Dear ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:8

Tags: Purity, Personal Holiness

Denomination: Methodist

Conscience Is The Small Clear Voice Deep Down ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Conscience is the small clear voice deep down inside of you, where the ...read more

Tags: Character

If We Want To Go Somewhere Intensely Enough, We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If we want to go somewhere intensely enough, we call the ...read more

Tags: Creation

Pornography Addiction — Did You Know?  PRO

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 25, 2005

Pornography Addiction - Did you know? a. ...that pornography consumption can be as mood altering and as addictive as narcotics? (Richard Drake, assistant professor at Brigham Young University College of Nursing) In fact, some studies have indicated that pornography can have the same effect on the ...read more

Tags: Addiction, Pornography, Sin Bondage To

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

There Is Another Thing You Need To Know About The ...

Contributed by Chris Edmondson on May 26, 2007

There is another thing you need to know about the inspiration of the Bible: It is objective truth. What do I mean. It is true whether you like it or not. It is true whether you feel it or not. It is truth whether you experience it or not. It is truth whether you’re in the mood for it or not. It is ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Magic Of The Family Meal, Time Magazine ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 14, 2009

The Magic of the Family Meal, Time Magazine Article Check out these words from an article in TIME magazine called, “The Magic of the Family Meal” (www.time.org, 6/4/06): “…There is something about a shared meal--not some holiday blowout, not once in a while but regularly, reliably--that anchors a ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:7-9

Tags: Parenting

Don't Worry Be ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2012

DON’T WORRY BE HAPPY The song Don’t Worry Be Happy was a late 80’s chart buster as it gained phenomenal success for such a simple song. The lyrics written by Bobby McFerrin were copied from original Indian sage from the late 1800’s whose mantra was one of peace. I remember the first time I heard ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:25-34

Tags: Worry

One Day God Was Looking Down At Earth And Saw All ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005

One day God was looking down at Earth and saw all of the evil that was going on. He decided to send an angel down to Earth to check it out. So he called one of His best angels and sent the angel to Earth for a time. When the angel returned she told God, yes it is bad on Earth, 95% is bad and 5% ...read more

Tags: Sin General

Children, Like Dogs, Have So Sharp A Scent That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Children, like dogs, have so sharp a scent that they detect everythingthe ...read more

Tags: Children

Give To A Pig When It Grunts And To A Child ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Give to a pig when it grunts and to a child when it cries, and youll have a ...read more

Tags: Children

Your Wife Needs To Hear Your Heart, She Already ...

Contributed by Mike Gilbert on Jan 30, 2008

Your wife needs to hear your heart, she already knows your ...read more

Tags: Cabbage

Denomination: Baptist

Pete And Tony Were Great Baseball Fans. They Were ...  PRO

Contributed by Rich Young on Jan 18, 2001

Pete and Tony were great baseball fans. They were talking about baseball one day & Pete says, “I wonder if there is baseball in heaven.” Tony replies, “I don’t know.” Soon after, Tony dies. One day he calls Pete from heaven and they’re talking and Pete says, ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 39:4-7, Psalm 39:1-12

Tags: Funerals Non-Christian, Heaven, Death Nearness

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed