In Sermon Illustrations: "Caught Up"

The Postal Service Is Expected To Handle 20 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

The Postal Service is expected to handle 20 billion pieces of mail between Thanksgiving and Christmas, up slightly from last year. ...read more

Tags: Christmas

Write Only What You Love, And Love What You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

Peace Does Not Mean The End Of All Our Striving; ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Peace does not mean the end of all our striving; Joy does not mean the drying of our tears; Peace is the power that comes to souls ...read more

Tags: Peace

You Dont Ever Want To Sleep When Youre ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"You dont ever want to sleep when youre enthusiastic. If you cant wait to get up until tomorrow to get back to work on ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Perseverance Gives Power To Weakness, And Opens ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Perseverance gives power to weakness, and opens to poverty the world's wealth. It spreads fertility over the barren landscape, and bids the choicest fruits and flowers ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 35:6-7

Tags: Desert, Endurance

Serious Sport Has Nothing To Do With Fair Play. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules, and sadistic pleasure in witnessing ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

I Can't Think Of A Better Place For A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I can't think of a better place for a non-Christian to sit down and light up a cigarette than in the home of a Christian where he ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Obstacles Dont Have To Stop You. If You Run ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Obstacles dont have to stop you. If you run into a wall, dont turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb ...read more

Tags: Endurance

Life Is Not A Journey To The Grave With The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly used up, ...read more

Tags: Learning

The People Im Furious With Are The Womens ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The people Im furious with are the womens liberationists. They keep getting up on soapboxes and proclaiming that women are brighter than men. Thats true, but it ...read more

Tags: Men And Women

It Is Good To Have Money And The Things That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but its good too, to check up once in a while and make sure ...read more

Tags: Money

Dont Forget That You Are, Or Ought To Be, Your ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Dont forget that you are, or ought to be, your childrens ideal of all that is perfection, and that it is your duty to live up to those ideals in every ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Demonstrate The Value Of Contentment. Sheryl ...

Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Jul 23, 2008

Demonstrate the value of contentment. Sheryl Crow sings in her song “Soak up the Sun”, “It’s not having what ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Denomination: Wesleyan

Fans Often Confuse Their Admiration For ...

Contributed by Kevin Karhoff on Feb 11, 2013

"Fans often confuse their admiration for devotion. They mistake their knowledge of Jesus for intimacy with Jesus. Fans assume their good intentions make up ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:18-25

Tags: Jesus Christ

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Eschatology Is Like Golf

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jun 23, 2018

Eschatology or the study of the end times is like golf, it’s fun it gives you something to do but in the long run it you end ...read more

Tags: Revelation, End Times, Second Coming

Denomination: Wesleyan

When I Told The People Of Northern Ireland That ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001

"When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, ’Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the ...read more

Tags: Compassion, Lordship Of Christ, Unity

Calvin: "People Think It Must Be Fun To Be A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001

Calvin: "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don’t realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world. " Hobbes: ...read more

Tags: Temptation Pride, Humility, Emotions

More Than 80 Percent Of Pregnant Girls Under Age ...  PRO

Contributed by Sol Madlambayan on Dec 2, 2002

More than 80 percent of pregnant girls under age 17 who give birth and keep their babies end up on welfare, costing society a ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Denomination: Methodist

American Consumers Spent About $585 Billion In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006

American consumers spent about $585 billion in ’00 on all kinds of items for their homes, up nearly 27% over ’97. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment

64% Of All Network Tv Shows Have Some Sexual ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

64% of all network TV shows have some sexual content, up from 56% of all shows 4 years ago. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Television And Movies