Sermon Illustrations
Free Sermon Illustrations for Preaching :

In Sermon Illustrations: "Character Development"

showing 1,781-1,800 of 2,302
Filter Results
Close Filters

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

  • Show more

Category

  • Try PRO

    Confident Preaching

    Try PRO free and preach with confidence when people need it most.
    Free to start now
  • Joke: You Can't Believe A Word He Says  PRO

    Contributed by John Raulerson on Oct 6, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 24,663 views

    Joke: You Can’t Believe a Word He Says A guy sees a sign in front of a house: "Talking Dog for Sale." He rings the bell and the owner tells him the dog is in the backyard. The guy goes into the backyard and sees a black mutt just sitting there. "You talk?" he asks. "Yep," the mutt replies. "So, ...read more

  • Once I Was Walking Through A Store When A Little ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Jun 22, 2006
     | 1,215 views

    Once I was walking through a store when a little statue of Jesus caught my attention. Actually, it wasn’t a statue, it was a dash ornament called Buddy Jesus. The statue portrayed Jesus grinning like an infomercial host, with one hand thumbs up and one hand doing a phony Hollywood "Bang-bang" ...read more

  • How Many Of You Remember The Carole King Song, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 15, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,259 views

    How many of you remember the Carole King song, You’ve Got a Friend? You just call out my name, and you know wherever I am, I’ll come runnin’, to see you again. Winter, Spring, Summer, or Fall, all you got to do is call, and I’ll be there, yes I will. You’ve got a friend. The idea of the song is ...read more

  • On October 8,1918 Sergeant Alvin C. York Single ...  PRO

    Contributed by Keith Andrews on Jun 5, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
     | 2,566 views

    On October 8,1918 Sergeant Alvin C. York single handedly capture 132 German soldiers which earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor. Definitely, he was a hero to be honored. In this battle he displayed courage and selflessness that is required of heroes. Today’s society doesn’t know truly ...read more

  • Several Years Ago Now There Was A Television Show ...

    Contributed by Joe La Rue on Mar 11, 2008
     | 1,292 views

    Several years ago now there was a television show called That Seventies Show. Perhaps some of you have seen it. While the credits ran each week as the show opened, the cast was shown sitting in the car that belonged to the main character on the show. And the entire cast sang a song about hanging ...read more

  • Several Years Ago Now There Was A Television Show ...

    Contributed by Joe La Rue on Mar 11, 2008
     | 1,207 views

    Several years ago now there was a television show called That Seventies Show. Perhaps some of you have seen it. While the credits ran each week as the show opened, the cast was shown sitting in the car that belonged to the main character on the show. And the entire cast sang a song about hanging ...read more

  • One Of The Things I Enjoy Most About The Movies ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Mar 24, 2008
     | 941 views

    One of the things I enjoy most about the movies made from Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” is the camaraderie among the various groups of friends and traveling partners as the character, Frodo, made his way to the mountain where he was to destroy the powerful, evil ring that was a threat to all ...read more

  • Down Through The Years We've Discovered That ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. David Hart on Mar 26, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,470 views

    Down through the years we’ve discovered that many people try to keep you the way that you were. They would say that “A leopard cannot change it spots” and “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” And they believe that there is a slight chance for us changing. It reminds me a of my favorite comic ...read more

  • Pastor John Ortberg Once Gave Us This Wake Up ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,871 views

    *Pastor John Ortberg once gave us this wake up call: “I look in on my children as they sleep at night, [and] I think of the kind of father I want to be. I want to create moments of magic, I want them to remember laughing until the tears flow . . . I want to have slow, sweet talks with them as ...read more

  • According To Tradition, This Is How An Eskimo ...

    Contributed by Jonathan Campbell on Oct 13, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,962 views

    According to tradition, this is how an Eskimo hunter kills a wolf. First, the Eskimo coats his knife blade with animal blood and allows it to freeze. He then adds layer after layer of blood until the blade is completely concealed by the frozen blood. Next, the hunter fixes his knife in the ...read more

  • Why Fruit?  PRO

    Contributed by John Tung on Feb 12, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,280 views

    WHY FRUIT? Why are these character traits called fruit of the spirit? Why not other food groups: like meat of the spirit or bread of the spirit or dairy of the spirit? There are four reasons why it’s called fruit of the spirit: because fruit is healthy, sweet, living and whole. Fruit is healthy ...read more

  • Sharpen The Ax

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Jun 5, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,847 views

    SHARPEN THE AX Back in the 1800’s a young man was looking for a job and went to the local logging company to apply for a job. The foreman asked him if he could cut a tree down with an ax. The young man said yes, and proceeded to take his ax, walk over to a tree and drop it like an old pro. The ...read more

  • The Difference Between Knowing About And ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 9, 2009
     | 2,038 views

    The difference between knowing about and knowing: I’ve read several books about Winston Churchill … but of course, I never met the man. I admire him and appreciate him, but can’t say that I know him in the way that I know my own father. The difference lies in the fact that I have been around my ...read more

  • He Lay In A Bed Seat, Slightly Twisted And ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Aug 12, 2010
     | 1,589 views

    He lay in a bed seat, slightly twisted and looking at me with one eye half open. I was finishing a small Bible study devotional with a group of aged people on a passage from the book of Job in the Bible, telling them that God loves them and still has a purpose for their lives, to look UPWARD NOT ...read more

  • Bible Riddles

    Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Jan 17, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,716 views

    BIBLE RIDDLES Q. What kind of man was Boaz before he married Ruth? A. Ruthless. Q. What do they call pastors in Germany? A. German Shepherds. Q. Who was the greatest financier in the Bible? A. Noah He was floating his stock while everyone else was in liquidation. Q. Who was the greatest ...read more

  • Let Me Relate A Bizarre Yet True Story, Before I ...

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Oct 25, 2011
     | 1,694 views

    Let me relate a bizarre yet true story, before I get started with my main theme. Before that… those of us who don’t know about, Charlie Chaplin, let’s put up our hands? Well, not many hands would go up, for most of us know that he was a huge movie star in the silent-picture era sending many (and ...read more

  • On Habits

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 7, 2012
     | 4,499 views

    ON HABITS Someone Once Said... * Thoughts produce acts, acts produce habits, and habits produce character.--Anonymous * If we realize the extent to which we are mere walking bundles of habits, we would give more heed to their own formation.--William James* * First we ...read more

  • The Focus Of The Prayer Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,917 views

    THE FOCUS OF THE PRAYER OF JABEZ In the year 2000, Bruce Wilkinson of Walk Through the Bible Ministries turned the obscure character in 1 Chronicles 4:9-10 into an international phenomenon with his little book, The Prayer of Jabez. Not only did it become a runaway hit and a longtime New York Times ...read more

  • Abandoned At Seventeen

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Dec 8, 2014
     | 5,516 views

    One of the characters in Kent Haruf’s novel Plainsong, is Victoria, a seventeen-year-old girl who is four months pregnant. When her boyfriend finds out about her condition, he breaks up with her. And when her mother finds out, she kicks her out of the house and says to her, “You got yourself into ...read more

  • Humpty Dumpty

    Contributed by Roger Hasselquist on Sep 18, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,591 views

    I am sure that you all know the nursery rhyme about Humpty Dumpty. I think you can all say it with me. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again. So what was Humpty Dumpty? Everybody knows ...read more