In Sermon Illustrations: "Books And Literature"

Doctor And Patient Saved From Hell

Contributed by Josh Hunt on Oct 13, 2012

In Beyond Death’s Door, Rawlings shares how his view of the afterlife forever changed on the day one of his heart patients “died” in his office. During a routine stress test on a treadmill, the man’s heart stopped and he collapsed. Immediately, Rawlings and his staff began emergency resuscitation ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:22-31

Tags: Hell

Denomination: Baptist

True ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009

TRUE WORSHIP I want to read to you an excerpt from James Montgomery Boice’s book, "Whatever Happened to the Gospel of Grace?" to preface my opening statements. This is from his chapter entitled, "Reforming Our Worship". In it he cites two sources from which he got his information. I cite my ...read more

Scripture: John 4:23-24

Tags: Worship, Worship Definition

Tryvertising Is A New Breed Of Product Placement ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Tryvertising is a new breed of product placement in the real world, integrating goods and services into daily life in a relevant way, so that consumers can make up their minds based on their experience, not your message. It includes everything from traditional supermarket product sampling and free ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Don't Miss This: Not Even Good, Humanitarian ...

Contributed by Randall Bergsma on Dec 26, 2006

Don’t miss this: not even good, humanitarian performance fills up the soul! Bob Geldof was a British rock musician who decided to do something about the famine in Ethiopia during the early 1980’s. He put his own career on the back-burner and spent an entire year of his life organizing fund-raising ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Lewis Smedes, A Seminary Professor And Author Of ...

Contributed by Jim Kane on Oct 3, 2002

Lewis Smedes, a seminary professor and author of the book "Shame and Grace," tells in the opening chapter of that book of two different events, close in time that opened him to the reality of shame in his life. The first event was a conversation with a close friend who, in response to Smedes’ ...read more

Tags: Guilt, Sin General

Denomination: Church Of God

The Author Will Make Things Clear  PRO

Contributed by Rich Young on Jan 18, 2001

THE AUTHOR WILL MAKE THINGS CLEAR Author Marshall Shelley, who suffered the deaths of two of his children, writes in Leadership: "Even as I child, I loved to read, and I quickly learned that I would most likely be confused during the opening chapters of a novel. New characters were introduced. ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:28-29

Tags: Faith, God In The Hardships, Trust

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Back In The Ninth Century, The Very Powerful ...

Contributed by Warren Lamb on Jan 7, 2008

Back in the ninth century, the very powerful Roman emperor Charlemagne made an unusual request with regard to his burial. He asked to be buried sitting upright on his throne with his crown on his head, his scepter in his hand, his royal cape draped around his shoulders and with an open book placed ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

I Remember A Young Couple, They Joyfully ...

Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on May 10, 2008

I remember a young couple, they joyfully discovered, after years of trying, they were going to have a baby. However, they were both perfectionists They did what a lot of expectant parents do, they purchased books on how to raise a child. But they went over board. They read every book they could ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Denomination: Methodist

We Read In The Papers, We Hear On The ...

Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Jun 16, 2008

We read in the papers, we hear on the air, Of killing and stealing, and crime everywhere. We sigh, and we say, as we notice the trend, "This young generation! Where will it all end?" But can we be sure that it’s their fault alone? That maybe most of it isn’t really our own ? Too much money to spend ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Denomination: Baptist

Martha Ballard: Revolutionary Helper

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 30, 2009

MARTHA BALLARD: REVOLUTIONARY HELPER Historian Laurel Ulrich received a Pulitzer Prize for her book The Midwife's Tale. The book was based on the diary of Martha Ballard, who lived during the American Revolution. Martha was a midwife who traveled by canoe, horse, or sometimes on foot to assist ...read more

Scripture: John 3:5-8

Tags: Holy Spirit In Believers

Have You Ever Seen A Billy Mays Commercial? He ...

Contributed by Sterling Franklin on Jul 2, 2010

Have you ever seen a Billy Mays commercial? He has unfortunately passed away, but he was known for endorsing a lot of products, always keeping a loud voice volume, and enthusiastically selling some of the most ridiculous items on the market. One of the items he endorses is called the Awesome ...read more

Tags: Power

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Bible Found Me

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010

THE BIBLE FOUND ME G. Campbell Morgan had already enjoyed some success as a preacher by the time he was 19 years old. But then he was attacked by doubts about the Bible. The writings of various scientists and agnostics disturbed him (e.g., Charles Darwin, John Tyndall, Thomas Huxley, and Herbert ...read more

Tags: Doubt

Denomination: Brethren

The Bible Found Me

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 18, 2011

THE BIBLE FOUND ME G. Campbell Morgan had already enjoyed some success as a preacher by the time he was 19 years old. But then he was attacked by doubts about the Bible. The writings of various scientists and agnostics disturbed him (e.g., Charles Darwin, John Tyndall, Thomas Huxley, and Herbert ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:19-21

Tags: Doubt, Warning

Taste Is All Wrong

Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Nov 29, 2011

TASTE IS ALL WRONG I remember one of the stories from the Chronicles of Narnia from the book "The Last Battle." It was the story of a number of dwarfs who just didn't believe in Aslan (who represented Jesus Christ in all the books). They were blind to reality refusing to be "taken in" by those ...read more

Scripture: John 12:39-40

Tags: Sin Deceptive

Denomination: Lutheran

The Difference Between Life And Death  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2012

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH In his book Winning Life’s Toughest Battles, psychologist Julius Segal wrote about the 25,000 soldiers who were held by the Japanese in POW camps during World War II. "Forced to exist under inhumane conditions, many of them died. Others, however, survived and ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:1-11

Tags: God Brings Hope

Praying For Change  PRO

Contributed by Rick Sunstrom on Mar 8, 2006

PRAYING FOR CHANGE “To pray is to change. Prayer is the central avenue God uses to transform us. If we are unwilling to change, we will abandon prayer as a noticeable characteristic of our lives. The closer we come to the heartbeat of God the more we see our need and the more we ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

There Is No Mention Of Jesus Being Married) In ...

Contributed by John Harvey on May 10, 2006

“(There is no mention of Jesus being married) in the four gospels and not in Paul’s writing. And Paul writes about marriage. If Jesus were married, you would certainly think that Paul would at least mention it since he addresses marriage in the book of 1 ...read more

Tags: False Teaching

Denomination: Baptist

A Mother Was Asked By A Neighbor, "Do You Do Any ...  PRO

Contributed by Manuel Amparo on May 10, 2006

A mother was asked by a neighbor, “Do you do any literary work?” “Oh, yes,” replied the mother, “I’m writing two books.” “What are their titles?” asked the surprised neighbor. Replied the mother, “John and Mary. My business is to write on the mind and heart of ...read more

Tags: Children

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Quote: "Jesus Hung Around With Sinners, And If ...

Contributed by C Jordan on Aug 29, 2006

QUOTE: “Jesus hung around with sinners, and if we’re too holy to allow people to blow smoke in our faces, then we’re holier than Jesus was… Love acceptance, forgiveness. Those three things are absolutely essential to any ministry that will consistently bring ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Denomination: *other

Christian Counselor, Gary Collins Writes, "[anger ...

Contributed by John Shearhart on Sep 22, 2006

Christian counselor, Gary Collins writes, “[Anger can] be constructive if it motivates us to correct injustice…” and again, “Human beings created in the image of God, were given emotions, including anger. Such anger is a useful and necessary reaction which was seen in Jesus and is not sinful in ...read more

Tags: Communication General