In Sermon Illustrations: "Climate Change"

This Past Week I Was Getting My Oil Changed And ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Connelly on Jul 31, 2003

This past week I was getting my oil changed and I had a chance to present the gospel to the guy in the waiting room with me. For me, waiting rooms are the best places for evangelism because the people are sitting there with nothing to do. The oil change waiting room has been particularly fruitful ...read more

Tags: Sharing My Testimony, Evangelism How To

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Book That Has Changed My Life Is What's So ...  PRO

Contributed by Pat Cook on Aug 26, 2003

A book that has changed my life is What’s So Amazing About Grace? In it the author, Philip Yancey quotes Mark Twain. Apparently Twain used to say he put a dog and a cat in a cage together as an experiment, to see if they could get along. They did, so he put in a bird, pig and goat. They, too, got ...read more

Scripture: John 11:45-56

Tags: Unity

Denomination: Baptist

As We Fall In Love With Jesus, Our Hearts Change ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

As we fall in love with Jesus, our hearts change and we WANT to keep His commandments. Paul calls this the “obedience of faith” (Romans 1:5) Tim Keller puts it this way: "Religion is — I obey ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

I Want To Share A Story That Has Changed The Way ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

I want to share a story that has changed the way I view compassion. If I was a Hollywood film producer, I would make a movie out of it. It is a true story about a man named Bulus Tsetu. He and his family felt the call of God to start a Bible school in Nigeria, Africa. So after they had been there ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

Other Things May Change Us, But We Start And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Other things may change us, but we start and ...read more

Tags: Family

In Youth We Want To Change The World; In Old Age ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

In youth we want to change the world; in old age we ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Why Does A Woman Work Ten Years To Change A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Why does a woman work ten years to change a man, and then complain that ...read more

Tags: Men And Women

A Fanatic Is One Who Cant Change His Mind And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A fanatic is one who cant change his mind and wont ...read more

Tags: Cults

Its In Changing The Way People Work That I Think ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Its in changing the way people work that I think the answers to ...read more

Tags: Productivity

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

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 29, 2009

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

Scripture: 2 Kings 5:1-15

Tags: Business, Business And Marketplace

We Learn An Impt Lesson About Change In General ...

Contributed by John Perry on May 11, 2010

We learn an impt lesson about change in General Stonewall Jackson's famous valley campaign. Jackson's army found itself on one side of a river when it needed to be on the other side. After telling his engineers to plan and build a bridge so the army could cross, he called his wagon master in to ...read more

Tags: Action

Denomination: Pentecostal

Our Destiny Changes With Our Thoughts; We Shall ...

Contributed by Jeremy Lane on May 15, 2010

Our destiny changes with our thoughts; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thoughts ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Maybe We Should Change The Marital Vows To Pledge ...

Contributed by Allan Kircher on Jan 16, 2012

Maybe we should change the marital vows to pledge ...read more

Tags: Money

Denomination: Baptist

Little Things Can Change The Direction Of Big Things

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2014

Tim George gave the example of two warships that had the largest full-load displacement in the world: U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. The USS Nimitz and Dwight D. Eisenhower each weigh about 91,000 tons. They are over 1,000 feet long and can travel over 30 knots per hour, powered by engines that can ...read more

Scripture: James 3:1-12

Tags: Ship, Tongue

[068]. A Message From A Poem – Established Now And Changed

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 28, 2025

[068]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – ESTABLISHED NOW AND CHANGED This poem is made up of couplets and each couplet is a contrast. What we were, to what God has made us to become. For example, in the first stanza, a member of the world system, but now, a member of the Body of Christ. The last two ...read more

Scripture: Romans 16:25

Tags: Poetry, Poem, Established, Changed, Rhyming Couplets  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

We Missed Him. Our Chance To Change Things Came ...

Contributed by Guy Glass on Aug 5, 2005

We missed him. Our chance to change things came and passed and we did not know it was there. A dark-skinned little boy sat through Sunday School classes for three years at a great Baptist Church (First Church, San Antonio) but some one missed him. His name was Sirhan Sirhan, and at age 24 he shot ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

Denomination: Baptist

Lina Joy, 43, Lost The Court Battle To Change Her ...

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 25, 2007

Lina Joy, 43, lost the court battle to change her religion from Islam to Christianity on Wednesday when the Malaysian Federal Court ruled she should seek permission to officially change her religion from Islam to Christianity at Islamic Shariah courts. Joy had been engaged in a legal battle for six ...read more

Denomination: Other

Times Change. God Doesn't But Times Do. We ...

Contributed by Charles Whitmire on Nov 30, 2008

"Times change. God doesn't but times do. we learn and grow, and the world around us shifts, and the Christian faith is alive only when it is listening, morphing, innovating, letting go of whatever has gotten in the way of Jesus and embracing whatever will help ...read more

Tags: Basics Of Christianity

Denomination: Baptist

If We Dont Change, We Dont Grow. If We Dont ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If we dont change, we dont grow. If we dont grow, we are not really living. Growth demands a ...read more

Tags: Growth In Christ

One Good Wish Changes Nothing. One Good Decision ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

One good wish changes nothing. One good decision ...read more

Tags: Leadership General