In Sermon Illustrations: "Bad water" showing 201-220 of 3,492

Helen Keller Once Said, "To Be Blind Is Bad, But ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

HELEN KELLER ONCE SAID, "TO BE BLIND IS BAD, BUT IT IS WORSE TO HAVE EYES AND NOT TO SEE." SOMETIMES WE ...read more

Tags: Heaven

Bad Judges Have Highlighted The News More Than ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Bad judges have highlighted the news more than ever the last few months as investigations into rulings doled out to child predators have revealed so many judges exercising extreme lenience that is not helping our kids safety. It’s one thing for a judge to be merciful, but quite another thing to ...read more

Tags: Parable Widow

Recognising Conflict, Where An Enemy Sowing Bad Seed

Contributed by Gordon Mcculloch on Jul 24, 2017

1. Be Perceptive to the enemy. The first way to deal with conflict is to be perceptive to the enemy. Verse 25 “but while everybody was asleep, an enemy, (that is Satan), came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then went away”. Notice he went away, he was sly; he did not stay to watch, or say, “I ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:25

Tags: Satan's Deception, Bad Seed, Satans Tactics

Denomination: Episcopal

Too Much Like Hell

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 22, 2011

TOO MUCH LIKE HELL A young American lawyer boasted that he was going West to find some place where there were no churches, no Sunday schools, no Bibles. Before the year was over, he wrote to a classmate, a young minister, begging him to come out where he was and start a Sunday school and preach, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16

Tags: Christian Witness

Let God Do The Watering!" Mark 4: 1-20: Key ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Aug 4, 2004

“Let God Do the Watering!” Mark 4: 1-20: Key verse(s): 11-12 “He told them, ‘The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables so that “‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and every hearing but never understanding; ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:10-20

Tags: Evangelism Fear Of, Evangelism How To

Denomination: Lutheran

Hold Up A Glass Of Water. How Heavy Do You Think ...

Contributed by Sherry Proskine on Nov 21, 2007

Hold up a glass of water. How heavy do you think this glass is? The total weight isn’t so important, it’s how long you try to hold it. If I hold it for a minute--not a problem. An hour--my ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Top 10 Ways You Know You’re In A Bad ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2001

Top 10 Ways You Know You’re In A Bad Church 10. The church bus has gun racks. 9 . The church staff consists of Senior Pastor, Associate Pastor and Socio-pastor. 8. The Bible they use is the "Dr. Seuss Version." 7. There’s an ATM in the lobby. 6. The choir wears leather robes. 5. Worship ...read more

We Have All Heard The "Good New!"..."Bad News!" ...

Contributed by Byron Maynard on Apr 9, 2005

We have all heard the "Good New!"..."Bad News!" aphorisms. Here’s one with a little different twist. I have some "Bad News!...Good News!...Best News!" for you... The bad news, you are dying! It’s no joke, biologist tell us that every day, to some extent, each of us are dying...The cells and atoms ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17

Tags: Easter Resurrection

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Good News/Bad News: Researcher Thomas Rainer Has ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Good News/Bad News: Researcher Thomas Rainer has found that people over 50 years of age are more likely to go to church, but they’re also more “resistant” to the gospel. He says younger people are “much more likely to have an interest in spiritual ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

Good Things Happen Only When Planned. Bad Things ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Good things happen only when planned. Bad things ...read more

Tags: Church Practices

I Dont Know Where Speculation Got A Bad Name, ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I dont know where speculation got a bad name, since I know of no forward leap which ...read more

Tags: Cynicism

Too Often Man Handles Life As He Does Bad ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Too often man handles life as he does bad weather. He whiles away the time ...read more

Tags: Learning

Too Bad That All The People Who Know How To Run ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Its Far Too Late And Things Are Far Too Bad For ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Its far too late and things are far too ...read more

Tags: Cynicism

Once A Lady I Knew Told Me About A Bad ...

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on May 13, 2010

Once a lady I knew told me about a bad experience she had in church. She had grown up in a very legalistic church and had been away from church for a long time. Under the conviction of the Holy Spirit she knew she needed to get back in church, and so she went back to the church she had grown up in. ...read more

Tags: Law

Denomination: Methodist

The Bad News Is, Time Flies. The Good News Is, ...

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Apr 20, 2008

"The bad news is, time flies. The good news is, you're the pilot." ...read more

Tags: Time

Denomination: Salvation Army

What Happens When We Learn About A Really Bad ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

What happens when we learn about a really bad guy repenting? It happens all the time in prison ministry, yet many of us think those people aren’t worth saving. They had more chances than most of us are willing to give them, yet God hasn’t given up on them. Jeffrey Dahmer was a convicted murderer ...read more

Tags: Commitment To Christ

I Have An Old Tape By A Group Called One Bad Pig, ...

Contributed by Pat Cook on Oct 21, 2003

I have an old tape by a group called One Bad Pig, a Christian thrash-metal group. About the most obnoxious kind of music available. Anyway, there’s one song on it called "Man in Black", with Johnny Cash being the guest vocalist. It’s quite a blend of country and metal. At the very end of the ...read more

Tags: Unity, Church General

Denomination: Baptist

Top Ten Ways You Know You're In A Bad Church  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2004

TOP TEN WAYS YOU KNOW YOU’RE IN A BAD CHURCH 10. The church bus has gun racks. 9. The church staff consists of Senior Pastor, Associate Pastor and Socio-pastor. 8. The Bible they use is the "Dr. Seuss Version." 7. There’s an ATM in the lobby. 6. The choir wears leather robes. 5. Worship ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42

Tags: Church General

Everybody Should Have A Few Bad Habits So He'll ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Everybody should have a few bad habits so he'll have something he can ...read more

Tags: Character