In Sermon Illustrations: "Brennan Manning"

We Love Peace, But Not Peace At Any Price. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We love peace, but not peace at any price. There is a peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive ...read more

Tags: Peace

The Prospect Of Success In Achieving Our Most ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The prospect of success in achieving our most cherished dream is not without its terrors. Who is more deprived and ...read more

Tags: Dreams

Guilt Is Never A Rational Thing; It Distorts ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Guilt is never a rational thing; it distorts all the faculties of the human mind, it perverts them, it leaves a man no longer in the free ...read more

Tags: Guilt

Consider Carefully Before You Say A Hard Word ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Consider carefully before you say a hard word to a man, but never let a chance to say a good one go by. Praise ...read more

Tags: Friendship General

By All Means Marry. If You Get A Good Wife, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"By all means marry. If you get a good wife, youll be happy. If you get a bad one, youll become a ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

It Is Not Said That After Keeping Gods ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It is not said that after keeping Gods commandments, but in keeping them, there is great reward. God has linked these two things together, ...read more

Tags: Commandments General

Clarence Darrow, The Agnostic, Once Said, "I Have ...

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Mar 30, 2009

Clarence Darrow, the agnostic, once said, "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great ...read more

Tags: Anger

Denomination: Baptist

Worship Is The Lost Chord Of Evangelicalism. ...

Contributed by Tony Abram on May 7, 2009

1. Worship is the lost chord of evangelicalism. Howard Hendricks 2. When men stop worshipping God, they promptly start ...read more

Tags: Worship Definition

Our Plans Miscarry Because They Have No Aim. When ...

Contributed by Jeremy Lane on May 15, 2010

Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the ...read more

Tags: Endurance

Denomination: Independent/Bible

True Spiritual Experience Involves The Whole ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

"True spiritual Experience involves the whole man. The MIND must understand Spiritual Truth, the HEART must love and appreciate ...read more

Tags: Worship Benefits

Misapplied Scriptures: Genesis 6:3

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Sep 14, 2023

Introduction: There is any number of Scriptures that have been used out of context or simply misapplied over the years. A Christian magazine listed about a dozen of these back in the early 1980’s and, I must say, some of the author’s insights were something I had never thought of before. Maybe I ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 6:1-8

Tags: Flood, Noah, Misapplied Scripture

Denomination: Baptist

Living On The Mountain  PRO

Contributed by Darren Ethier on Mar 22, 2002

LIVING ON THE MOUNTAIN Listen to one man’s remarkable discovery at Smokey Mountain near the Philippine capital of Manila: "A gigantic man-made mound, perhaps 100 feet high, ran on before us for a mile or more. Wisps of smoke rose from fissures all over the sides and top of this municipal dump and ...read more

Tags: Fulfillment, Christian Disciplines, Love Of The Disciples

Denomination: Pentecostal

May 26, 2002, Memorial Day Weekend, A Barge Pilot ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 16, 2005

May 26, 2002, Memorial day weekend, a barge pilot passed out and hit a bridge span of I-40 over the Arkansas river. This accident dropped a 600 foot span of the bridge 62 feet into the swift flowing river below. Eleven people (and a trailer full of show horses) died as their cars and 18-wheelers ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To, Evangelism Urgency

There Was A Merchant Who Had Identical Twin Sons. ...  PRO

Contributed by Johanna Radelfinger on Feb 2, 2003

There was a merchant who had identical twin sons. The boys worked for their father in the department store he owned and, when he died, they took over the store. Everything went well until the day a dollar bill disappeared. One of the brothers had left the bill on the cash register and walked ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

Denomination: Adventist

Eating A Bald Eagle  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2011

EATING A BALD EAGLE A forest ranger is making rounds in a remote part of the wooded reserve when he comes across an unkempt man, sitting at a make-shift campfire, and, to the ranger's astonishment, eating a fish and a bald eagle. The man is consequently put in jail for the crime. He was soon ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:9-10

Tags: Hypocrisy

A Confident Faith  PRO

Contributed by David Parks on Apr 2, 2013

A CONFIDENT FAITH Jesus indicted the Pharisees saying: "All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 23:2-3

Tags: Bible Truth

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Do Not Keep On ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009

DO NOT KEEP ON BABBLING Dr. Clarence Bass, professor at Bethel Theological Seminary, early in his ministry preached at a church in Los Angeles. He thought he had done quite well as he stood at the door greeting people as they left the church. The remarks about his preaching were complimentary. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:5-15

Tags: Prayer How To

The Bottle That Didn’t Take The Heat!

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Jul 5, 2024

Text: 1 Corinthians 3:12-15, KJV: 12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:12-15

Tags: Rewards, Tests, Plastic Bottles

Denomination: Baptist

The King Who Humbled Himself

Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Dec 1, 2025

In John's Gospel, Jesus shared these words: BIBLE "If I your Lord and Teacher have washed your feet, you also should wash each other's feet." Jesus did this as an example. Then Jesus took the bread and the cup and set another example. "Do this, in remembrance of me." ...read more

Scripture: John 13:14, Luke 22:19-20, 1 Corinthians 11:27

Tags: Blood, Body, King, Visit, Humbled  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Anglican

Sin Compared To Poison  PRO

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 2, 2002

Sin Compared to Poison Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman told of a distinguished minister, Dr. Howard, from Australia who preached very strongly on the subject of sin. After the service, one of the church officers came to counsel with him in the study. “Dr. Howard,” he said, “we don’t want you to talk as ...read more

Tags: Sin Deceptive, Sin Exposed

Denomination: Baptist