In Sermon Illustrations: "Blessings Of God"

Barnabas Was Seeing So Many People Come To Jesus ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 21, 2008

-Barnabas was seeing so many people come to Jesus that he knew he needed more help. So, he set out for Tarsus (probably on foot) to find Saul. Tarsus was 100 miles around the NE corner of the Mediterranean Sea from Antioch. It probably took him a few days to get there. Why did he go to all that ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

I'm A Pretty Technically Minded Guy, And I Like ...

Contributed by Bruce Pratt on Feb 11, 2008

I’m a pretty technically minded guy, and I like gadgets as much as the next person. But I just don’t seem willing or able to embrace the technology that has sprung up around cell phones. They make me feel positively old-fashioned. Maybe it’s just that when I hear the word phone, I assume that the ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Mortification  PRO

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

Mortification Romans 8:13 says, "For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live." (King James) Mortification is the special ministry that enables the child of God to overcome those evil desires that could destroy the ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:13

Tags: Holiness

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Peace Child  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008

Peace Child In 1962, missionaries named Don and Carol Richardson went to New Guinea to bring the Good News of Christ to a group of people known as the Sawi. The Sawi was a headhunting, cannibalistic tribe who used the skulls of their victims as pillows. He wrote a book about his experience called ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:14

Tags: Atonement

In 1962, Missionaries Named Don And Carol ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008

In 1962, missionaries named Don and Carol Richardson went to New Guinea to bring the Good News of Christ to a group of people known as the Sawi. The Sawi was a headhunting, cannibalistic tribe who used the skulls of their victims as pillows. He wrote a book about his experience called "Peace ...read more

Tags: Christmas

I Don't Remember  PRO

Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Dec 31, 2008

"I DON'T REMEMBER." Some will accept that they are going to heaven but not that they are forgiven while they still live on this earth. Bruce Larson tells the true story of a Catholic priest living in the Philippines, a much-loved man of God who once carried a secret burden of long-past sin buried ...read more

Tags: Inconsistency, Forgiveness General, Expectation

Denomination: Pentecostal

Why Blood?  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008

WHY BLOOD? On February 16, 1989 the lives of George and Vera Bajenksi of Ontario, Canada were changed forever. It was a very normal Thursday morning. The phone rang at 9:15 a.m. There was an accident involving their son Ben. As they approached the intersection of Adelaide and Simcoe Streets near ...read more

Tags: Atonement, Sacrifice, Cross, Blood Of Christ

Hope In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009

HOPE IN PERSECUTION Hope is a strange thing. It will give you confidence in the bleakest of times. But hope is not any good unless you have your hope in someone that will not let you down. There are a lot of things that we hope for, and a lot of things that we wish for. The hope I am talking about ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:1-37

Tags: Trials And Difficulties

Sanctity Of Life Sunday. Life, Every Life, Is A ...

Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jan 30, 2009

Sanctity of life Sunday. Life, every life, is a miracle. No matter what you’ve been through. No matter what your parents have said about you or failed to say, you are God’s miracle. I showed you one baby picture… here is one where you are at three days old. At this point you have 16 cells. You ...read more

Tags: Miracles General

Denomination: Church Of God

The Stewardship Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009

THE STEWARDSHIP OF TIME John Taylor recently invented a clock called the chronophage. Literally it means "time eater." It was donated to Corpus Christi College at Cambridge. It combines the Greek word for time, "chronos," and the word "phageo," meaning "to eat". A monster-looking grasshopper with ...read more

Tags: Time

Washing Dishes For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009

WASHING DISHES FOR GOD Brother Lawrence, a 17th century lay brother and a good cook, spent most of his years in a monastery as a cook. He did not have the education necessary to become a cleric and his mundane duties included cooking meals, running errands and scrubbing pots, anything but changing ...read more

Tags: Servanthood

You Have To Love Him Into It

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 1, 2010

"You Have To Love Him Into It"--A Stock Assistant Learns a Big Lesson A stock assistant was working at a grocery store on Christmas Eve. One of the things he was responsible for was the display in one of the aisles which was a pyramid of canned products. He had to rebuild this display many times ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-20

Tags: Unconditional Love

Oscar Greene Learns About Compliance And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2010

Oscar Greene Learns About Compliance and Exercising Due Diligence As I start to sit down, now, listen to the story of the African-American Episcopalian lay leader, Oscar Greene, of West Medford, Massachusetts! One day, he was invited to serve as a Bank Director! He was hesitant to accept the ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 20:7

Tags: Christian Values

Intending To Grow

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 19, 2011

INTENDING TO GROW In the 1920s there was a young African American child who was growing up in Cleveland. One day a famous athlete named Charlie Paddock, came to his school to speak to the students. At the time Paddock was considered "the fastest human being alive." He told the children, "Listen! ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 4:6-10

Tags: Growth In Christ

Responsible For What We Overhear

Contributed by Davon Huss on May 9, 2011

RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT WE OVERHEAR Matt Proctor in a recent Christian Standard said, "My wife, Katie, and I have 6 children- ages 16, 14, 11, 9, 7, and 3. We're not a family; were a small town! As sheriff of this community, I (with my deputy, Katie) enforce certain rules, one of which we call ...read more

Tags: Law

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Obedience Of Gladys Aylward

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 23, 2013

THE OBEDIENCE OF GLADYS AYLWARD Gladys Aylward, missionary to China, during the 1930s as a young woman she left her home in England and sailed to China. Here she opened a home for orphaned children who'd been left to starve or wander the streets. When the Japanese invaded China, Gladys was forced ...read more

Tags: Obedience

Denomination: Brethren

Beauty

Contributed by Tim Smith on Sep 25, 2016

Pastor Randy Kanipe tells the story of a Sabbath time away from his church while he was struggling with failure. He happened to be walking by a cow pasture and stopped to gaze over the fence, pondering the ’green pastures’ that he imagined God leading him through - my attention was drawn down to a ...read more

Scripture: James 3:2, John 1:5

Tags: Failure, Failures, Poop

Denomination: Methodist

Tommy's Story  PRO

Contributed by Kent Wise on Mar 25, 2007

TOMMY'S STORY Father John Powell, professor at Loyola University in Chicago, writes about a student in his Theology of Faith class named Tommy: Some twelve years ago, I stood watching my university students file into the classroom for our first session in the Theology of Faith. That was the day ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-20, Acts 10:34-43, John 27:27

Tags: Home, Humility, Listen, Love, Joy, Memorial, Ministry, Relationships, Root, Prayer, Saved, Money, Mother's Day, Mothers, Mothers Day, Youthful, Success, Trust, Unconditional Love, Understanding, Untimely, Forgiveness, Fruit, Giving, Examples Of Faith, Faith, Death, Discipleship, Ascension, Appear, Acceptance  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Methodist

Last Week, Bernie Came To The Church Door. He ...  PRO

Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Oct 9, 2002

Last week, Bernie came to the church door. He showed up about five minutes before I was getting ready to leave for an appointment, and my first response to his arrival was, oh, no, not now. Bernie had been drinking – I could smell it on his breath. He was sweating profusely and was a little bit ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:13-20

Tags: Fellowship

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Don Richardson, In His Book Eternity In Their ...  PRO

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 11, 2005

Don Richardson, in his book Eternity in Their Hearts, tells an amazing story of spiritual harvest. In an area once called Burma, which is now modern Myanmar, lying between China and Thailand, and touching the border of Laos, there lived about a quarter-million tribal people called the Lahu. For ...read more

Tags: Love Of The Disciples

Denomination: Methodist