In Sermon Illustrations: "Believe"

To Me, My Son Didn't Diehe's More Alive Than ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"To me, my son didn't diehe's more alive than ever. Each of us has to keep a rendezvous with deathbut I believe ...read more

Tags: Death

Almost No One Is Foolish Enough To Imagine That ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Far Away There In The Sunshine Are My Highest ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe ...read more

Tags: God Brings Hope

C.h. Spurgeon Defines Faith This Way, "Faith Is ...

Contributed by Mark Armstrong on Apr 26, 2009

C.H. Spurgeon defines faith this way, "Faith is believing that Christ is what He is said to be, and that he will do what He has ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:2-5

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Eight In Ten Americans Have No Doubt God Exists. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

Eight in ten Americans have no doubt God exists. Prayer is an important part of their lives, and they believe "we will all be called before ...read more

Tags: Faith

If The Numbers Are Correct In A Recent Poll ...

Contributed by Andrew Chan on Apr 28, 2006

If the numbers are correct in a recent poll (Apr. 2006) conducted by Ipsos Reid, CanWest News, already one in 5 Canadians ...read more

Tags: False Teaching

Denomination: Evangelical Free

The Greatest Proof Of Christianity For Others ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"The greatest proof of Christianity for others is not how far a man can logically analyze his reasons for believing, but how far in ...read more

Tags: Basics Of Christianity

If The Stars Should Appear But One Night In A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If the stars should appear but one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore and preserve for many generations the ...read more

Tags: Creation

Many Of Gods People, Like The Nation Of Israel, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Many of Gods people, like the nation of Israel, waste 40 years out in the desert of life because they do not believe God. Far ...read more

Tags: Faith General

I Often Wonder Whether We Do Not Rest Our Hopes ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon laws and upon courts. These are false ...read more

Tags: Law

I Think The Most Important Thing Of All For Any ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I think the most important thing of all for any team is a winning attitudeIf you have dedicated players who believe in ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

The Sages Do Not Consider That Making No ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The sages do not consider that making no mistakes is a blessing. They believe, rather, that the great virtue of man lies in his ability to correct his ...read more

Tags: Mistakes

John Macarthur: "Godly, Biblical Church Growth ...

Contributed by Shawn Rose on May 19, 2009

John MacArthur: "Godly, Biblical church growth results from every member of the body fully using his spiritual gift, in submission to the Holy ...read more

Tags: Gifts General

Denomination: Baptist

Unity Is A Heart Condition Of A Regenerated ...

Contributed by Gary Kelly on Nov 16, 2011

Unity is a heart condition of a regenerated believer that is empowered by the Holy Spirit and bears the fruit of kindness, compassion, peace-making, forgiveness, humbling ...read more

Tags: Unity

Denomination: Apostolic

Former President Clinton Says To A Student Body ...

Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jan 3, 2009

former President Clinton says to a student body at Harvard… “You’re at a university which basically believes that no one ever has the truth…we ...read more

Tags: Truth Absolute

Denomination: Baptist

Faith

Contributed by John Hardwick on Aug 1, 2015

Faith, as a mustard seed, is when it’s raining enough to need the windshield wipers once a minute, but not enough to set it on auto. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Tags: Faith, Amazing Love

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Moses, Aaron And Hur Went To The Top Of The Hill. ...  PRO

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Aug 14, 2003

Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill. 11 As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. 12 When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 5:11

Tags: Jesus Christ, Lordship Of Christ

Denomination: Lutheran

What Is ...

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

WHAT IS TRUTH? There was a man nearly two millennia ago who asked this lofty philosophical question. His name was Pontius Pilate. God’s Word records this dramatic interchange in the book of John, Chapters 18 and 19. Jesus, speaking to Pilate, said “For this I have come into the world, to bear ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:13

Tags: Truth

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

We Went To Disneyland A Few Weeks Ago And Stood ...  PRO

Contributed by Brad Froese on Aug 30, 2004

We went to Disneyland a few weeks ago and stood in line together for the 3-D movie, “Honey, I Shrunk the Audience.” I promised my son there was nothing in there that could hurt him when we walked in to sit down, because he was afraid of the dark and unfamiliar theater. When we sat down, I noticed ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 3:10

Tags: Faith General

Denomination: Assembly Of God

A Parable Of Parables  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010

A PARABLE OF PARABLES The content of belief is important: Jonathan Whitfield was preaching to coal miners in England. He asked one man, "What do you believe?" "Well, I believe the same as the church." "And what does the church believe?" "Well, they believe the same as me." Seeing he was ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:15, Luke 22:24-27

Tags: Doctrine