In Sermon Illustrations: "Christ Love"

[196]. A Message From A Poem – Not Worthy To Be Compared

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 12, 2025

[196]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – NOT WORTHY TO BE COMPARED This poem has its basis in a few scriptures. This is one of them – {{Romans 8:18 “for I consider that the sufferings of this present time ARE NOT WORTHY TO BE COMPARED with the glory that is to be revealed to us.”}} Those who are like me ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:14-15, Philippians 3:12, Philippians 3:8, Romans 8:18

Tags: Christian Poems, Golf, Rubbish, Comparison, Press On, Goal, Christian Poetry, Glory, Worthy, Loss  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

There Is Nothing More Poignant Than Considering ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

There is nothing more poignant than considering the end of things. Whenever we experience the end of things it helps us consider what is really important. I was struck this week by John Piper’s journal entry: He recounted as he sat beside the bed of his father keeping a vigil. He monitored his ...read more

Tags: Second Coming, Hopeless

In Communist Romania There Was A Very Young Man ...

Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 8, 2009

In communist Romania there was a very young man named Matchevici who had been put into prison because of his faith at the age of 18. Because of the tortures, he was very sick with tuberculosis. Somehow his family found out that he was sick and sent him a hundred bottle so streptomycin, which could ...read more

Tags: Persecution

Denomination: Church Of God

Un Amigo Que Dura (Translation Follows)

Contributed by Rolando Delgado on Sep 22, 2010

UN AMIGO QUE DURA (Translation follows) Una Señorita tenía un perro al que quería mucho; pero un día el animal enfermó y al poco tiempo murió. La muchacha se puso muy triste ; se sentía muy sola sin su perro, pero en eso llego una amiga a quien ella amaba con todo su corazón, y en su compañía se ...read more

Tags: Friendship General

Denomination: Pentecostal

Thom Rainer And The Unchurched Next Door

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2011

THOM RAINER AND THE UNCHURCHED NEXT DOOR Thom S. Rainer has written a book entitled "The Unchurched Next Door". He wants people to understand the unchurched in order to better reach them. The premise is that we do not invite our neighbors for all the wrong reasons. He encourages Christians to make ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:1-24, Luke 14:1-14

Tags: Evangelism How To

Wesley: God's Will For Marriage

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2011

WESLEY: GOD'S WILL FOR MARRIAGE When John Wesley was thirty-two years old, he was a bachelor missionary in the colony of Georgia. While he was serving a church in Savannah, he met a young woman named Sophia Christian Hopkey. She was pretty and intelligent, and Wesley fell head over heels in love ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6

Tags: Knowing God's Will

[079]. A Message From A Poem – Faithful, Lord, You Are To Me And Us

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Apr 12, 2025

[079]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – FAITHFUL, LORD, YOU ARE TO ME AND US [THIS IS WHAT I WROTE IN 2022]. Recently I had to go to Townsville for a major ear operation to address a problem I have had for over a year and which would not be treated at the local Queensland State hospital because they ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 25:20, Romans 8:27-28

Tags: Problem, Ear Operation, Townsville, Caring God, Faithful, Victory, Help, Poetry, Poem  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

[094]. A Message From A Poem – Forgetting The Past, Look Ahead

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on May 1, 2025

[094]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – FORGETTING THE PAST, LOOK AHEAD Someone posted to a Christian forum I was on, a four line stanza once, that in effect said that you can not go back and fix the past, i.e. to go back and alter the beginning but you can start from here and make a brand new end. I ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:16, Matthew 11:28-30

Tags: Regret, Hope, Past, End, Failure, Start, Look Ahead  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jesus Issues The Same Call To All, But To ...  PRO

Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Mar 24, 2001

Jesus issues the same call to all, but to different tasks. Someone put it rather quaintly: "to some, Christ calls ’leave boat and bay, and white-haired Zebedee.’" To ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines, Call Of The Disciples, Workplace

Denomination: Baptist

Slightly More Than Half Of All Born Again Adults ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

Slightly more than half of all born again adults shared their faith in Christ with others during the past 12 months, or roughly 43 million ...read more

Tags: Sharing My Testimony

Christian College: In Favor Since '97, Enrollment ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Christian College: In Favor Since ’97, enrollment in the nation’s 104 Christ-centered colleges has risen 27% vs. 9% for all 4-year ...read more

Tags: Wisdom

John Wesley Said: "If I Had 300 Men Who Feared ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

John Wesley said: “If I had 300 men who feared nothing but God, hated nothing but sin, and determined to know nothing among men but Christ, ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

It Is Hard To Understand How God The Father ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

It is hard to understand how God the Father could abandon his only begotten Son, but “the only solution of the mystery is this, Jesus Christ was forsaken of God ...read more

Tags: Cross Agony

Do Little Things As Though They Were Great, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Do little things as though they were great, because of the majesty of Jesus Christ who does them in us, and who lives our life; and do the greatest things as ...read more

Tags: Faith

Christians Are To Be Good News Before They Share ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Christians are to be good news before they share the good news. The music of the gospel must precede the words of the gospel and prepare the context in which there will be a hunger for those words. What is the music of the gospel? ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Success Is The Satisfaction Of Knowing That You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Success is the satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best in presenting to those around you a unique balance in your Christian life through total faith in Christ encompassed ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

I ...

Contributed by Mark Pierce on May 25, 2010

I Surrender In his book I Surrender, Patrick Morley writes that the church’s integrity problem is in the misconception “that we can add Christ to our lives, but not subtract ...read more

Tags: Change, Sin General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Blaise Pascal Observed, "Truth Is So Obscure In ...  PRO

Contributed by Mary Lewis on Aug 6, 2003

Blaise Pascal observed, “Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless ...read more

Tags: Truth, Truth Absolute

Denomination: Baptist

As The Grace Of God Changes A Mans Heart, This ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"As the grace of God changes a mans heart, this is the great evidence of the change; that he begins to grow in love, to lay ...read more

Tags: Grace

The Happiest People Are Rarely The Richest, Or ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The happiest people are rarely the richest, or the most beautiful, or even the most talented...Their eyes are turned outward; they are ...read more

Tags: Joy