In Sermon Illustrations: "Children Of The King"

Frances Ridley Havergal Made An Interesting ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Frances Ridley Havergal made an interesting comment on this rest: Begin at once, before you venture away from this quiet moment, ask your King to take you wholly into his service, and place all the hours of this day quite simply at his disposal, and ask him to make and keep you ready to do just ...read more

Tags: Salvation

Michael Jackson's Funeral

Contributed by Fran Van Hoven on Nov 13, 2010

MICHAEL JACKSON'S FUNERAL On July 7, 2009 a private service was held at Forest Lawn cemetery at 8 a.m. for Michael Jackson also called the "King of Pop." The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) blocked all traffic as the motorcade proceeded from Forest Lawn to the Staples Center where the public ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Expectations Of The Messiah

Contributed by Tim Smith on Aug 13, 2017

Reza Aslan writes in his book “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth”: “The Jews of Jesus’ time had conflicting views about the role and function of the messiah….Some believed the messiah would be a restorative figure who would return the Jews to their previous position of power and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:1

Tags: Messiah, Expectations

Denomination: Methodist

Order Of The Wooden Cross! ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Oct 9, 2005

Order of the Wooden Cross! (10.11.05--Sacrifice!--1 Chronicles 21:22-24) Recently I was asked this question: “What have you sacrificed lately in light of all the sorrow, desolation and bloodshed that have gripped the world?” It was a challenge from a friend of mine who regularly gives to ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:17-19, 1 Chronicles 21:22-24

Tags: Giving General

Denomination: Lutheran

63% Of College-Educated Women With Infant ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

63% of college-educated women with infant children are in the labor force. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Parenting

In '06 The National Norm For The Number Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007

In ’06 the national norm for the number of children per U.S. household is ...read more

Neal Postman, Culture Critic For N.y.u., Said, ...

Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 25, 2008

Neal Postman, Culture Critic for N.Y.U., said, “Children are the living messages we ...read more

Denomination: Church Of God

One Nice Thing About Growing Older Is That You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

One nice thing about growing older is that you and your children eventually wind up on the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:1-14, 2 Timothy 2:5-14

Tags: Hardship Of Life, Doubting

As Great Scientists Have Said And As All ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by the imagination that we achieve ...read more

Tags: Thought

If Nature Had Arranged That Husbands And Wives ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If Nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

The World Is A Fairly Untidy Place And The Most ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The world is a fairly untidy place and the most valuable thing one can give to ones children ...read more

Tags: Creation

Parental Affection, When Carried To Excess And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Parental affection, when carried to excess and unrestrained by reason and piety, is the ruin of children, and renders ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Erma Bombeck In Her Book, "Motherhood The Second ...  PRO

Contributed by Steve Malone on Apr 3, 2001

Erma Bombeck in her book, "Motherhood the second Oldest Profession" writes; "I have always felt that too much time was given before birth, which is spent learning things like how to breathe in and out with your husband (I had my baby when they gave you a shot in the hip and you didn’t wake up ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 31:7-13

Tags: Mothers Day, Mother's Day, Parenting

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

82% Of The U.s. Population Increase Between 2005 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

82% of the U.S. population increase between 2005 and 2050 will be due to immigrants and their U.S. ...read more

Tags: America

Parents Are Always Trying To Teach Their ...

Contributed by Bill Burress on May 16, 2008

Parents are always trying to teach their children by by example. Then when one child hits another they smack the ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Just 37% Of People Who Were Jehovah's Witnesses ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009

Just 37% of people who were Jehovah’s Witnesses as children remain so as ...read more

Tags: Evangelism The Lost

There Is Too Much Stress Today On Material ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

There is too much stress today on material things. I try to teach my children not so much the ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

The Golf Links Lie So Near The Mill That Almost ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The golf links lie so near the mill That almost every day The laboring children can look ...read more

Tags: Sports

The Commonest Fallacy Among Women Is That Simply ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The commonest fallacy among women is that simply having children makes one a motherwhich is as absurd as believing ...read more

Tags: Parenting

The Car Trip Can Draw The Family Together, As ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The car trip can draw the family together, as it was in the days before television when parents and ...read more

Tags: Family