In Sermon Illustrations: "Coming Home"

Not My Job  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008

NOT MY JOB The names in this story have been changed out of respect for their privacy. Julie W told her family's story in a magazine article. [My daughter], Allison, came home for the weekend. She opened the door, didn't speak, and dropped her duffel bag. Smudges of mascara circled her eyes. I ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 15:20, Philippians 4:6-7, 2 Corinthians 10:1-18

Tags: Addiction

Wheat ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2012

WHEAT HARVEST I grew up in Wellington, Kansas which is a small farm town of about 8,000 people located 30 miles south of Wichita, Kansas. Wellington’s big claim to fame is being the Wheat Capitol of the World. The farmers of my home town produce more wheat per capita than anywhere else in the ...read more

Scripture: John 4:34-38

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

Illustration] Some Of You Are Aware That Robin ...

Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 3, 2008

-[Illustration] Some of you are aware that Robin and I are in the middle of a house hunt. We would like to buy a house, and live there for quite awhile, if the Lord is willing. We have wanted to buy a home all along, but I just always assumed that we did not really have the buying power to purchase ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

[206]. A Message From A Poem – Opposition Is Here So Be Committed

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 20, 2025

[206]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – OPPOSITION IS HERE SO BE COMMITTED There are two things I say over and over, that are expected from a Christian in these last days. One is FAITHFULNESS, and the other is COMMITMENT. In this poem the emphasis is on both. Too many Christians are “fair weather ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:10, Matthew 16:24

Tags: Commitment, Faithful, Faithfulness, Opposition, Dark Days, Christian Poems  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

You Can't Move People To Action Unless You First ...  PRO

Contributed by David Insell on May 5, 2003

"You can’t move people to action unless you first move them with emotion. The heart comes ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Tom Clegg States In His Book, Lost In America, ...

Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Jun 25, 2003

Tom Clegg states in his book, Lost in America, “People come to earth with three fundamental ...read more

Tags: Apologetics God, Apologetics General

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

It Is An Undoubted Truth That Every Doctrine ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 9, 2006

“It is an undoubted truth that every doctrine that comes from God, leads to God; and that which doth not tend to promote ...read more

Tags: Truth

A Child At Birth Has The Capacity To Become ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

A child at birth has the capacity to become original. Or you can put him in a mold so that he ...read more

Tags: Children

Children Want Some Honest Direction. They Want A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Children want some honest direction. They want a set of sensible rules to live by. The time ...read more

Tags: Children

Of All The Systems Of Morality, Ancient Or ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Of all the systems of morality, ancient or modern, which have come under my observation, none ...read more

Tags: Jesus Christ

Remember That If The Opportunities For Great ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Remember that if the opportunities for great deeds should never come, the opportunities for good deeds are renewed day by day. The thing ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

When We Speak Of Joy, We Do Not Speak Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When we speak of joy, we do not speak of something we are after, but of something that will come to ...read more

Tags: Joy

Open The Door, Let In The Air; The Winds Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Open the door, let in the air; The winds are sweet and the flowers are fair. Joy is abroad in the world today; If ...read more

Tags: Joy

You Need To Feel Good About Yourself, The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"You need to feel good about yourself, the motivation has to come from within. You have nobody ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

There Is No Pleasure To Me Without ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

There is no pleasure to me without communication; there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind but I ...read more

Tags: Communication General

Persistent Failure Of One Sort Or Another Job ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Persistent failure of one sort or another job failure among them is, we have come to recognize, a not ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

We Sleep, But The Loom Of Life Never Stops; And ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We sleep, but the loom of life never stops; and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is ...read more

Tags: Learning

One Has To Distinguish Between Two Forms Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"One has to distinguish between two forms of intelligence, that of the brain and that of the heart, and I have come to ...read more

Tags: Thought

We Do Not Learn To Know Men Through Their ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We do not learn to know men through their coming to us. To find out what sort of people ...read more

Tags: Human Life

We Are Shut Up In Schools And College ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a ...read more

Tags: School