Plan for: Thanksgiving | Advent | Christmas

Sermon Illustrations
Free Sermon Illustrations for Preaching :

In Sermon Illustrations: "Civil Obedience" showing 421-440 of 983

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
  • Company Changes Cake Mix Recipe That Was Too Easy ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 29, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,247 views

    Company Changes Cake Mix Recipe That Was too Easy in order to Increase Sales Years ago a cake mix company put together a cake mix that was a big flop. The instructions said all you had to do was add water and bake. The company couldn’t understand why it didn’t sell, until their research discovered ...read more

  • Misunderstanding

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 23, 2021
     | 3,195 views

    A woman was trying hard to get the ketchup out of the jar. During her struggle the phone rang so she asked her 4-year-old daughter Amanda to answer the phone. And kids view the world differently sometimes. Literally. She answered the phone obediently, "Hello, this is Amanda. Mommy can't ...read more

  • The Late Great United States Supreme Court ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
     | 2,537 views

    The late great United States Supreme Court Associate Justice, Mr. Justice Thomas Campbell Clark (1899 - 1977), in the case of Abington vs. Schempp, wrote: "...it might well be said that one’s education is not complete without a study of comparative religion or the history of religion and its ...read more

  • Have You Noticed How Much Praying For Revival ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,785 views

    "Have you noticed how much praying for revival has been going on of late - and how little revival has resulted? I believe the problem is that we have been trying to substitute praying for obeying, and it simply will not work. To pray for revival while ignoring the plain precept laid down in ...read more

  • Philip Yancey, In His Book, The Jesus I Never ...  PRO

    Contributed by Floyd Johnson on Mar 18, 2003
    based on 33 ratings
     | 2,159 views

    Philip Yancey, in his book, The Jesus I Never Knew, suggests that each temptation parallels the expectation of 1st century culture for the coming Messiah: A People’s Messiah could feed the multitudes A man who would be King not just of Israel but of the whole world A King who is rooted in the ...read more

  • One Blistering Hot Day When They Had Guests For ...

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Nov 8, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,380 views

    One blistering hot day when they had guests for dinner, Mother asked 4-year old Johnny to return thanks. “But I don’t know what to say!” the boy complained. “Oh, just say what you hear me say” his mother replied. Obediently the boy bowed his head and mumbled, ...read more

  • The Most Tragic War In American History Was The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,267 views

    The most tragic war in American History was the Civil war, sometimes referred to as the War Between the States. As you know it began in 1861 and lasted until 1865. More American’s lost their lives during the Civil War than in all of the other wars we have fought put together. And one of the real ...read more

  • To Avoid Offending Anybody, The School Dropped ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,597 views

    To avoid offending anybody, the school dropped religion altogether and started singing about the weather. At my son’s school, they now hold the winter program in February and sing increasingly nonmemorable songs such as “Winter Wonderland,” “Frosty the Snowman” and—this is a real song—”Suzy ...read more

  • It Is A Fearful Thing To Lead This Great ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,018 views

    "It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our heartsfor ...read more

  • Grant's Focus

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Apr 8, 2011
     | 4,790 views

    GRANT'S FOCUS One of the great personalities to come out of the American Civil War was Ulysses S. Grant. One of his strong qualities was his ability to focus. One story is told about him doing some paper work in his tent, and a document he needed was on the other side of tent. So he waddled across ...read more

  • Jesus The Rosetta Stone

    Contributed by Stephen Collins on Dec 11, 2008
     | 2,270 views

    JESUS THE ROSETTA STONE Do remember the Rosetta Stone from history class in school? What was it? It was a tablet that was discovered that allowed archeologists to translate ancient, Egyptian hieroglyphics to modern-day languages. Without the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, all the ancient ...read more

  • Rawlins Kept U.s. Grant On His Horse

    Contributed by David Owens on Oct 19, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,473 views

    RAWLINS KEPT U.S. GRANT ON HIS HORSE Ulysses S. Grant was a 4 star general of the union forces during the Civil War and became the 18th President of the United States. John A. Rawlins was Grant’s friend and fellow general, who became Grant’s chief of staff. During the Civil War, no one was closer ...read more

  • There Is Nothing So Hardening As Delay. When ...  PRO

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jun 22, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,100 views

    “There is nothing so hardening as delay. When God speaks to us, He asks for a tender heart, open to the whispers of His voice of love. The believer who answers the ‘today’ of the Holy Ghost with the ‘tomorrow’ of some more convenient season, knows not how he is hardening his heart; the delay, ...read more

  • The Late Vance Havner's Wife Was Also Named ...  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Black on Feb 2, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,531 views

    The late Vance Havner’s wife was also named Sarah. Shortly after her untimely death, Warren Wiersbe met him at Moody Bible Institute, and expressed his condolences with the simple words, "I’m sorry to hear you lost your wife." Dr. Havner smiled and replied, "Son, when you know where something is, ...read more

  • There's A Story About An Old Cherokee Chief ...

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Oct 13, 2007
     | 1,645 views

    There’s a story about an old Cherokee chief sitting before a flickering fire with his grandson. The boy had broken a tribal taboo, and his grandpa wanted to help him understand what made him do it. "It’s like we have two wolves inside us," said the chief. "One is good, the other is bad. Both ...read more

  • Dietrich Bonheoffer Who Wrote , "It Is Infinitely ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Nov 23, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,181 views

    Dietrich Bonheoffer who wrote , “It is infinitely easier to suffer in obedience to a human command than to accept suffering as free, responsible men. It is infinitely easier to suffer with others than to suffer alone. It is infinitely easier to suffer as public heroes than to suffer apart and in ...read more

  • Unfinished Business  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,124 views

    John Quincy Adams held more important offices than anyone else in the history of the U.S. He served with distinction as president, senator, congressman, minister to major European powers, and participated in various capacities in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and events leading to the ...read more

  • As I Mentioned At The Outset, "Pride Is A ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 18, 2004
     | 3,697 views

    As I mentioned at the outset, “Pride is a killer.” One man in history learned that lesson the hard way. During the Battle of the Wilderness in the Civil War, Union general John Sedgwick was inspecting his troops. At one point he came to a parapet, over which he gazed out in the direction of the ...read more

  • John Quincy Adams

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jan 19, 2008
     | 1,652 views

    John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams held more important offices than anyone else in the history of the U.S. He served with distinction as president, senator, congressman, minister to major European powers, and participated in various capacities in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and ...read more

  • Fact Or ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
     | 1,825 views

    FACT OR FICTION? The London Daily Mail reports that one in four Britons don’t believe Prime Minister Winston Churchill actually existed. They suspect he is a mythical character rather than a historical one. Likewise, they think historical figures such as Florence Nightingale, Sir Walter Raleigh, ...read more

  • Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 49
  • 50
  • Next