In Sermon Illustrations: "Common Sense"

Before The Birth Of Christ, No Royalty Would Ever ...  PRO

Contributed by Alan Tison on Dec 7, 2005

Before the birth of Christ, no royalty would ever show their humility. That would be too human, too common. Kings have parades & entourages to draw the focus toward them. When Queen Elizabeth last visited America, she brought with her the following items • 4000 pounds of luggage – 4 outfits for ...read more

Tags: Humanity Of Christ

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Rude Awakening: "People Have No Tolerance Or ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Rude Awakening: “People have no tolerance or compassion anymore,” says Lori Vitto, USAirways. Service industry customer complaints are way up and road rage is common. Incivility is on the rise and almost the norm in some parts of the culture. Some see all this as the dark side of the New Economy. ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

What Bricks And Mortar Are To A Building, A ...

Contributed by W F on Jul 3, 2006

What bricks and mortar are to a building, a marriage is to a community in which it lives and loves. There can be no doubt that a community will crumble and collapse if marriage is allowed to crumble and collapse. And history is strewn with example after example of this. The Roman empire is just ...read more

Tags: Divorce

Denomination: *other

Let Me Throw A Question At You And Get Some ...

Contributed by Don Jaques on May 29, 2007

Let me throw a question at you and get some responses from you as I get started. What are you afraid of? I’m amazed at some of the things people are really afraid of. There’s things that are more common like… • Claustrophobia: fear of enclosed spaces. • Coulrophobia: fear of ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Lucian Of Samosata [115-200 Ad]: Then Proteus Was ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008

Lucian of Samosata [115-200 AD]: Then Proteus was apprehended as a Christian and thrown into prison.... The Christians, regarding the affair as a great misfortune, set in motion every effort to rescue him. Then, when this was impossible, every other attention was paid him, not cursorily but ...read more

William Gladstone, In Announcing The Death Of ...

Contributed by Brien Sims on Jun 17, 2008

William Gladstone, in announcing the death of Princess Alice to the House of Commons, told a touching story. The little daughter of the Princess was seriously ill with diphtheria. The doctors told the princess not to kiss her little daughter and endanger her life by breathing the child’s breath. ...read more

Tags: Sacrifices

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Alan Peters ...

Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jan 29, 2009

Alan Peters explains: Whenever Christian believers gather together to worship, they create the opportunity for a miracle to occur. Worshippers who have experienced this miracle describe it in a number of ways: • “We all seemed to be thinking and feeling the same things.” • “There was such ...read more

Tags: Worship Definition

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Word "Baptize" Comes From The Greek Word ...

Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 25, 2009

The word “baptize” comes from the Greek word baptizo. It is just a common, ordinary, household word in the Greek language, which has been in use through the centuries. In Greek literature there are some typical examples of the use of the ordinary Greek word baptizo. Aristotle, who lived 384-322 ...read more

Tags: Baptism

Denomination: Pentecostal

Sociological Community

Contributed by Troy Borst on Mar 5, 2009

SOCIOLOGICAL COMMUNITY I would like to begin this morning with the definition of the word community. A community is "a local grouping within which people carry out a full round of life activities." A community includes: (1) a grouping of people (2) within a geographical area (3) with a ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Wisdom Literature

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 23, 2011

WISDOM LITERATURE Wisdom not valued much in modern society, so wisdom literature not popular in our culture; In the past, Aesop's fables--which are amazing--used to be a common resource for popular wisdom. But in the ancient near east, wisdom literature abounded. Shortly before Solomon, an ...read more

Tags: Wisdom

Denomination: Independent/Bible

God Is Not An Editor

Contributed by David Tack on Oct 17, 2012

GOD IS NOT AN EDITOR "God is looking for common ordinary people like you and me who are willing to let Him use as He sees fit. He wants to write our story, He doesn’t want to be our editor. But, we want to write the story and then we call God in as our editor. When the story gets messy then we ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:23

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Baptist

Value And Service = Design

Contributed by Michael Dean on Jan 26, 2013

VALUE AND SERVICE = DESIGN "For there are those who, giving the name of atoms to certain imperishable and most minute bodies that are supposed to be infinite in number, allege that these atoms, as they were carried along by chance in the void, all clashed fortuitously against each other in an ...read more

Tags: Creation

Denomination: Mennonite

Is The Bible Relevant?

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 19, 2013

IS THE BIBLE RELEVANT? "As far as reliability is concerned, it's only fair to note that the Bible contains the best documented text of any volume in human history. Perhaps the most amazing support comes from the Dead Sea scrolls which were discovered in 1947 after lying in the Qumran caves for ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Cheating

Contributed by David Parks on Jan 23, 2023

Cheating now more common Once upon a time in a tiny French village, the townspeople decided to honor their parish priest by each bringing a bottle of wine the following Sunday for the pastor’s empty wine barrel. The pastor was delighted, and he asked all in attendance to join him for a glass of ...read more

Scripture: James 5:12, Matthew 5:37

Tags: Truth, Integrity, Honesty, Cheating, Lying  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

#8230; The Assertion [that Human Brings ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 3, 2001

“… the assertion [that human brings were made in the image of God] confirms the genuineness of each man’s freedom. Experience tells us that we are free, in the sense that we make real choices between alternatives and could have chosen differently, and theology agrees. Self-determining freedom of ...read more

On 21 February A German Newspaper -- Badische ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Kallan on Feb 22, 2003

On 21 February a German Newspaper -- Badische Zeitung -- carried a story of a group of people in Freiburg who started a social help initiative to help the retired people who suffer from extreme sense of loneliness. This group organises for such people memory training, various games, ...read more

Tags: Sharing Your Faith

Denomination: Catholic

History Records A Remarkable Account Of The ...  PRO

Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 29, 2004

History records a remarkable account of the destruction of an ancient town. The watchmen on the walls would call out whenever they thought they saw a foe approaching. Sensing that the people had begun to resent them for giving these false alarms, they decided to remain quiet. Regrettably, not long ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 33:6

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

When Doubts Filled My Mind  PRO

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Oct 21, 2006

Psalm 94:19 - When doubts filled my mind The doubts of this verse concern a multitude of realities as offered by John Gill. There are thoughts of the majesty of God and how we relate to him. It is offered that we sense security yet an uncertainty at the same time. We believe we have hope but are ...read more

Denomination: Salvation Army

Advice And Instructions Taken From Actual ...

Contributed by Davon Huss on May 26, 2008

Advice and instructions taken from actual military sources. Some of these guys must have had a sense of humor. "When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend." --U.S. Marine Corps "Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate. The bombs are guaranteed to always hit the ground." ...read more

Tags: America

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Unknown Is An Adventure

Contributed by Dave Kinney on Mar 15, 2009

THE UNKNOWN IS AN ADVENTURE Stanley Jones writes, "Many live in dread of what is coming. Why should we? The unknown puts adventure into life; it gives us something to sharpen our souls on. The unexpected around the corner gives a sense of anticipation and surprise. If we saw all the good things ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 27:1

Tags: Future

Denomination: Baptist