In Sermon Illustrations: "Bible Study"

Song - Jesus Loves Me, Senior Version *author ...  PRO

Contributed by William Akehurst on Jun 28, 2007

SONG - JESUS LOVES ME, Senior Version *Author Unknown* Jesus loves me, this I know, Though my hair is white as snow. Though my sight is growing dim, Still He bids me trust in Him. (CHORUS) YES, JESUS LOVES ME... YES, JESUS LOVES ME... YES, JESUS LOVES ME FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO. ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

By Life Or By Death

Contributed by Steve Smith on Jul 16, 2007

ILLUSTRATION: BY LIFE OR BY DEATH John Piper, in his book, “Future Grace”, reprinted a letter by Carl Lundquist, former president of Bethel College and Seminary. In 1988, the doctors told him he had a rare form of cancer which invaded the skin over his entire body and ended his life three years ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Three Chefs Were Working In A Restaurant One Day, ...

Contributed by Richard Sharp on Nov 9, 2007

Three chefs were working in a restaurant one day, when their kitchen supervisor approached them with an order, and instructions on how to properly prepare it. The first chef looked at the instructions, and said "You can show a recipe to 100 different people, and each of them get a different ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Listen To The Description Of A Spirit-Filled Life ...

Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 17, 2008

Listen to the description of a spirit-filled life by the ’Sunday Times’ journalist Matthew Parris – a man, who is by his own confession, not a Christian. “The New Testament offers a picture of God, who does not sound at all vague. He has sent His Son to earth. He has distinct plans for each of us ...read more

Denomination: Church Of God

I Can Face Anything

Contributed by Bruce Montgomery on Apr 17, 2008

I CAN FACE ANYTHING In a gruesome Nazi prison camp in WWII, Corrie ten Boom and her sister Betsie had just arrived at Ravensbruck, where new prisoners were being searched. Corrie was hiding a Bible under her dress. It did bulge out obviously through my dress; but I prayed, "Lord, cause now ...read more

Tags: Fear And Worry

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Lo! I Am With Thee

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 18, 2008

LO! I AM WITH THEE David Livingstone had spent sixteen years in Africa. The white man was surrounded by hostile, angry natives in the heart of Africa. He was in danger of losing his life and contemplated fleeing in the night. But something happened that changed his mind and gave him peace in his ...read more

Tags: Peace

Denomination: Other

Breakfast, Lunch, And Dinner Are A Normal Part Of ...

Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on Jun 26, 2008

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are a normal part of the day. We all revolve our days around eating food. You probably wouldn't think of going without physical food for a week or even a day, would you? Food is necessary for physical life. Without food, we become weakened and eventually become ill. ...read more

Tags: Food

Denomination: Baptist

Sunbeam  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008

SUNBEAM This illustration concerns an incident one day when C.S. Lewis was in the tool shed in his garden. He noticed a sunbeam shining across the shed. It was showing up the dust particles. He must have seen the same thing many times before, but this time he was captivated by it. He traced the ...read more

Tags: Glory

In The 1500s, Martin Luther Wrote "The Bondage Of ...

Contributed by Glenn Durham on Sep 30, 2008

In the 1500s, Martin Luther wrote "The Bondage of the Will" to defend the Biblical teaching of the depravity of our nature and our slavery to sin. Luther's work was in answer to the writings of Erasmus on free will. Of Erasmus' defense of free will, Luther wrote: "Your book struck me as so ...read more

Tags: Calvinism

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

I Collected A Few Quotes From Our Nation's ...

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Oct 17, 2008

I collected a few quotes from our Nation’s Founders that illustrate how much they expected Christians to influence the nation. (These are just a few of the many quotes I could have used!) Benjamin Franklin wrote, “Whoever shall introduce into the public affairs the principles of primitive ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Make Sure We Were Abiding

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009

MAKE SURE WE WERE ABIDING Stuart Briscoe, author and long-time pastor of Elmbrook Church in Brookfield, Wisconsin, tells about the time he traveled to Poland during the cold war. He was involved in several weeks of itinerant ministry, and one winter day his sponsors drove him in the dead of night ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:13

Tags: Jesus Teachings

Answered Prayer On A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009

ANSWERED PRAYER ON A PLANE WELLINGTON, New Zealand--Grant Stubbs and Owen Wilson were flying up the sloping valley of Pelorus Sound in New Zealand, admiring the beautiful panoramic view. Then there was a cough. "Bless you, Owen." "For what, Grant?" "Your cough." "I didn’t cough." "Oh." Then ...read more

Tags: Prayer Answered

On December 7, 1941, A Japanese War Plane Piloted ...

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jan 13, 2010

On December 7, 1941, a Japanese war plane piloted by Mitsuo Fuchida took off from the aircraft carrier Akagi. Fuchida led the surprise attack on the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Through the war years to follow, Fuchida continued to fly—often narrowly escaping death. At war’s end, he ...read more

Tags: Peace

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Claiming ...

Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Jan 18, 2010

Claiming Forgiveness How do we know our sins are gone in God’s sight? Most of us know we have been born again. We see the difference. But how do we know we are forgiven? We know it only by taking God at His word and claiming it by faith. Emperor Napoleon, riding through his ranks fell ...read more

Tags: Assurance Of Salvation

Denomination: Baptist

Don't Just Know Scripture—let It Change You

Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Feb 16, 2010

DON'T JUST KNOW SCRIPTURE--LET IT CHANGE YOU A father shared an experience he and his wife had with their young children. They began as a family to memorize Scripture, one verse a week. They kept the verses on cards in the middle of the table, and discussed their meanings when they recited the. ...read more

Tags: Doing God's Will

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Mom-Isms From Biblical ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 14, 2010

Mom-isms from Biblical moms: a. There has been some commonality through the years when it comes to motherhood let’s look at just a few Bible mom’s and imagine what they had to deal with and how they handled raising their children. ILL Notebook: Mother (Great Sayings of Biblical Mothers). In fact, ...read more

Tags: Mothers

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

In A Turning Point Daily Devotional, David ...

Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 22, 2010

In a Turning Point Daily Devotional, David Jeremiah related this story: During the mid-twentieth century, one of the most recognizable brand icons in America was a dog sitting in front of an old-time gramophone, head cocked, listening to the sound. That iconic image, owned by the RCA Victor record ...read more

Tags: Revelation

Denomination: Pentecostal

Moody's Servant's Heart  PRO

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010

MOODY'S SERVANT'S HEART A large group of European pastors came to one of D. L. Moody’s Northfield Bible Conferences in Massachusetts in the late 1800s. Following the European custom of the time, each guest put his shoes outside his room to be cleaned by the hall servants overnight. But of course ...read more

Scripture: John 13:13-15, Luke 14:16-24, 1 Samuel 18:8-11, Luke 14:49-53

Tags: Celebration, Salvation, Servant, Humble, Servanthood  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Brethren

Many Clearly Biblical, Crucial Beliefs Are Under ...

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 3, 2011

Many clearly Biblical, crucial beliefs are under assault these days. One of those beliefs is our conviction that Christ died as our substitute, that he took our sins upon himself when he died on the cross, and that he paid the penalty for our sins and offered himself as a sacrifice to the Father, ...read more

Tags: Atonement

Denomination: Independent/Bible

How Many Will Be Saved?

Contributed by Michael Walther on May 20, 2011

HOW MANY WILL BE SAVED? There was a debate between two famous rabbis about this. One said that the number saved would be one third of the world. To support this he pointed to the ancient Flood in which Noah and his three sons and their families were saved. But of these three sons, Shem, the ...read more

Tags: Salvation

Denomination: Lutheran