In Sermon Illustrations: "Being Different"

Boy Eating Apple

Contributed by John Bright on Jan 17, 2021

A four-year-old boy was eating an apple in the back seat of the car, when he asked, "Daddy, why is my apple turning brown?" "Because," his dad explained, "after you ate the skin off, the meat of the apple came into contact with the air, which caused it to oxidize, thus ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:28

Tags: Bible, Understanding

Denomination: Methodist

Judgement And Mercy - 2 Sides Of The Same Coin

Contributed by John Bright on Apr 27, 2021

Mercy and Judgement are two sides of the same coin – We often put different parts of God’s character (attributes) into conflict. If we declare God as merciful, can He still bring righteous judgement? Let me share an example to help you understand the connection between mercy and judgment. If you ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46, Matthew 7:13-14

Tags: Mercy, Judgment, Attributes Of God

Denomination: Methodist

If I Had But One Sermon To Hear

Contributed by David Parks on Jun 16, 2021

IF I HAD BUT ONE SERMON TO HEAR In 1906 Charles Reynolds Brown was preaching in the San Francisco Bay area of California. That spring, on the Sunday generally designated as Easter, he and the other preachers of the region spoke to full houses. Years later, he mentioned that particular Sunday in his ...read more

Scripture: James 4:13-14

Tags: Death, Decision, Judgment, Natural Disasters

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Stop Talking About Evangelism And Just Do It!

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 20, 2022

While D. L. Moody was attending a convention in Indianapolis on mass evangelism, he asked his song leader, Ira Sankey, to meet him at six o'clock one evening at a certain street corner. When Sankey arrived, Mr. Moody asked him to stand on a box and sing. Once a crowd had gathered, Moody spoke ...read more

Tags: Hypocrisy, Good Samaritan, Evangelism, Gospel

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Reveal Your True Colors

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 10, 2023

TO SHOW YOUR TRUE COLORS DATES BACK TO THE 1700s. Ships were required to fly flags at sea. These flags would identify where the ship was from and the type of cargo. PIRATES OFTEN HID THEIR REAL IDENTY BY FLYING FALSE FLAGS. By doing doing this the PIRATES WOULD DECEIVE OTHER SHIPS TO NOT RAISE ...read more

Scripture: James 1:3

Tags: Faith, Flag

Denomination: Assembly Of God

When The Church Stops Looking Out For The ...  PRO

Contributed by Steve Malone on Apr 5, 2004

“When the church stops looking out for the little guys or caring for the bottom heap or specializing in the forgotten, the freaks, and the ...read more

Tags: Church Purpose Of

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Recent Pew Research Center Polling Finds 96% Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

Recent Pew Research Center polling finds 96% of the public believes in God or some form of Supreme ...read more

Tags: Apologetics God

Recent Pew Research Center Polling Finds 96% Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007

Recent Pew Research Center polling finds 96% of the public believes in God or some form of Supreme ...read more

Boomers See Themselves In Middle Age, With "Old ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007

Boomers see themselves in Middle Age, with “Old Age” being something that starts in one’s ...read more

The Job Of A Football Coach Is To Make Men Do ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The job of a football coach is to make men do what they don't want to do, in order to achieve ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

I, Like Every Soldier In America, Will Die For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I, like every soldier in America, will die for the freedom of the press, even for the freedom of newspapers that call me everything ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

When We Let Somebody Else Decide What Our ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When we let somebody else decide what our reaction shall be, we are no longer free persons, ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

I Believe No Challenge Is More Important To The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I believe no challenge is more important to the character of America than restoring the right to life to all human beings. ...read more

Tags: Learning

That Friendship Only Is, Indeed, Genuine When ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"That friendship only is, indeed, genuine when two friends, without speaking a word to each other, can, ...read more

Tags: Compassion

A Guest Should Be Permitted To Graze, As It ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A guest should be permitted to graze, as it were, in the pastures of his host's kindness, left even to his own devices, like ...read more

Tags: Hospitality

Be Not Afraid To Pray To Pray Is Right Pray If ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Be not afraid to pray to pray is right Pray if thou canst with hope, but ever pray, Though hope be weak or sick with long delay; ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To

How Can They Say My Life Isn't A Success? Have I ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

How can they say my life isn't a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

Hugh Evan Hopkins Said

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Oct 12, 2009

Hugh Evan Hopkins said “One reason sin and suffering flourish results from sin’s being treated like a ...read more

Tags: Sin Deceptive

Denomination: Pentecostal

Making Service A Joy

Contributed by David Parks on Sep 2, 2011

MAKING SERVICE A JOY An amusing story was told to me by the manager of a New York hotel. The great Paderewski occupied a suite there a number of years ago during one of his seasons at Carnegie Hall. It was the master’s custom to practice for a couple of hours every morning on the magnificent ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:9-11

Tags: Servanthood

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Is Venom In Our Veins

Contributed by Matt Neace on Oct 5, 2018

Describing the new movie, Venom, Greg Morse writes: He was a journalist once. Eddie Brock investigated corruption, fought on behalf of the oppressed, and tried to make a difference in the world. He was trying to take down evil - until he was "taken" by it. An alien, a symbiote, a hungry beast ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:15-20, Romans 8:20-21, John 1:5

Tags: Human Condition, Human Nature, Sin Nature, Sin, Evil, Satan, Devil, Spiritual Warfare, Temptation  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist