In Sermon Illustrations: "Call To Action"

From "The Quickening"

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 16, 2005

Opening Illustration: From the Quickening Our clip illustrates from history and current day stories the power of revival to transform individual people and who in turn then help transform an entire nation from ungodly nations to godly nations. Clip is 35 minutes long covers the history of Revival ...read more

Tags: Becoming A Christian, Sharing My Testimony

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God Cares For The Birds

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2011

GOD CARES FOR THE BIRDS Several years ago I was mowing the yard on my lawn tractor and I came across a killdeer bird which many call a kill dare bird.. A Kill dare for those who don’t know is a small bird that lays its eggs on the ground usually near rocks, and when any other animal approaches it ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:29-31

Tags: Compassion

Golf Is Not Just Exercise; It Is An Adventure, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Golf is not just exercise; it is an adventure, a romance...a Shakespeare play in which disaster and comedy are intertwined [and] you ...read more

Tags: Sports

Let The Past Sleep, But Let It Sleep On The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Let the past sleep, but let it sleep on the bosom of Christ, and go out into the irresistible future with HimNever let the ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

There Is No Man So Good, Who, Were He To Submit ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:22-29

Tags: Law

The Blame Game

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 18, 2011

THE BLAME GAME Wayne Dyer writes: "All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you...You may succeed in making another feel guilty of something by blaming him; you won't succeed in changing whatever it ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:8-13

Tags: Guilt

Set Your Expectations High; Find Men And Women ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Set your expectations high; find men and women whose integrity and values you respect; get their agreement on a course of ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Friends Are An Aid To The Young, To Guard Them ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Friends are an aid to the young, to guard them from error; to the elderly, to attend to their wants and to supplement their failing power of action; to those ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Vacillating People Seldom Succeed. They Seldom ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Vacillating people seldom succeed. They seldom win the solid respect of their fellows. Successful men and women are very careful in reaching decisions and ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

Microsoft Has Formally Launched The Final ...  PRO

Contributed by Ryan Johnson on Mar 6, 2002

Microsoft has formally launched the final revision of its Windows operating system for PCs. It’s called Windows "Me"—short for Windows Millennial Edition. One feature of Windows Me that has caused a stir is its new "system restore" feature. How does it work? Suppose you suffer a system crash on ...read more

Tags: God's Provision, God's Forgiveness

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Visions Of Glory

Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 9, 2011

VISIONS OF GLORY Chan Gailey, who just began his second season as head coach for the Buffalo Bills, got his start coaching football at Alabama's Troy State University. In 1984, with a 12-1 record, he led the Troy State Trojans to a Division II NCAA national championship. A week before the big ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:5-6

Tags: Pride

Great Ambition Is The Passion Of A Great ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. He who is endowed with it may perform very good or very bad actions; all ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-7, 1 Thessalonians 4:11, 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12

Tags: Ambition

Great Ambition Is The Passion Of A Great ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. He who is endowed with it may perform very good or very bad actions; all ...read more

Tags: Ambition

We Must Reject The Idea That Every Time A Law ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We must reject the idea that every time a law is broken, society is guilty, rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept ...read more

Tags: Law

Somewhere In Your Make-Up There Lies Sleeping ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Somewhere in your make-up there lies sleeping the seed of achievement which, if aroused and put into action, would carry you to ...read more

Tags: Truth

George E. Mendenhall, Associate Professor Of ...

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Apr 26, 2010

George E. Mendenhall, associate professor of religious studies at Harwick in New York, defines repentance as “a reorientation of a value system and a ...read more

Tags: Repentance

Denomination: Salvation Army

There Are Big Men, Men Of Intellect, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There are big men, men of intellect, intellectual men, men of talent and men of action; but the great man is difficult to find, and it needs apart ...read more

Tags: Greatness

The Law Of Love Will Keep Us From Doing A Great ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The law of love will keep us from doing a great many things which mere impulse would often do, and will make us ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Your Beliefs Determine Your Attitudes

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 4, 2008

YOUR BELIEFS DETERMINE YOUR ATTITUDES Gary Smalley tells us "I can hardly overstate how life-changing it was to find that my beliefs, not my circumstances, determined my attitudes and actions. When I took my beliefs seriously and began to examine and change them, it did wonders for me by giving me ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Forgiveness Works In The Aussie Open

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009

FORGIVENESS WORKS IN THE AUSSIE OPEN Who here is a tennis fanatic? This time of the year is dreadful for sleep; The Australian Open interferes in our life. But the other night something interesting happened. Jelena Dokic publicly asked for forgiveness, said sorry for being a pain to the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 2:5-11

Tags: Forgiveness For Others