In Sermon Illustrations: "Crucify Him"

Humphery The Whale

Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Sep 6, 2017

Remember Humphrey the humpback whale? Humphrey became a national celebrity in 1985 when he made his way into the San Francisco Bay and headed up the Sacramento River into fresh water which, of course, could have been fatal for him. Each evening a large local television audience would tune in for ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:15-19

Tags: God Is Personal, God Communicates

Denomination: Lutheran

Humphery The Whale

Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Sep 6, 2017

Remember Humphrey the humpback whale? Humphrey became a national celebrity in 1985 when he made his way into the San Francisco Bay and headed up the Sacramento River into fresh water which, of course, could have been fatal for him. Each evening a large local television audience would tune in for ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-5

Tags: Original Sin, False Beliefs

Denomination: Lutheran

Taking Out A Loan To Pay God

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 13, 2023

There was an older man in my church in Texas who came to me with tears in his eyes after a sermon I preached on tithing. He said, "Pastor, thank you for telling our people the truth about how God can bless you when you are obedient to His Word." He wiped a tear and said, "Pastor, I ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 3:10-11, 1 Corinthians 16:1-2, Proverbs 3:9-10, 1 Timothy 6:10

Tags: Stewardship, Repentance, Tithing, Brokenness, Forgivness, Loans, Giving  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

[119]. A Message From A Poem – He Gave His All For Me

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jul 2, 2025

[119]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – HE GAVE HIS ALL FOR ME I wrote this short poem at a time when I heard a News report on the radio. I include that report underneath - [[A Saudi-Arabian woman loved her husband so much that she donated one of her eyes so that he could see. The operation was a ...read more

Scripture: John 20:27, 1 Timothy 2:5-6

Tags: Saudi Arabia, Christian Poetry, Christian Poems, Scars, Hands And Feet, He Gave Himself, Wounds Of Christ  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The More We Know Of God, The More Unreservedly We ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Mar 10, 2002

The more we know of God, the more unreservedly we will trust him; the greater our progress in theology, the simpler and more ...read more

Tags: Faith General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Prayer Is Communicating With God For The ...  PRO

Contributed by Joseph Rodgers on Dec 15, 2003

Prayer is communicating with God for the purposes of knowing Him, seeking His heart, and doing His will. It is putting your ear ...read more

Tags: Prayer Adoration, Prayer How To

Denomination: Baptist

If Anyone Would Like To Acquire Humility, I Can, ...  PRO

Contributed by Mike Quinn on Jan 18, 2006

If anyone would like to acquire humility, I can, I think, tell him the first step. The first step is to ...read more

Tags: Humility

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Do Not Have Your Concert First, And Then Tune ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer, and get first ...read more

Tags: Prayer Adoration

God Expects Of Us The One Thing That Glorifies ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"God expects of us the one thing that glorifies Himand that is to remain absolutely confident in Him, remembering what He has said ...read more

Tags: Confidence

Guilt Is Never A Rational Thing; It Distorts ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Guilt is never a rational thing; it distorts all the faculties of the human mind, it perverts them, it leaves a man no longer in the free ...read more

Tags: Guilt

The Only Wayof Really Finding Out A Mans True ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The only wayof really finding out a mans true character is to play golf with him. In no other walk of life does ...read more

Tags: Sports

How Often We Recall, With Regret, That Napoleon ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"How often we recall, with regret, that Napoleon once shot at a magazine editor and missed him and killed a publisher. But we ...read more

Tags: Workplace

No Student Ever Attains Very Eminent Success By ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

Man Cannot Be Satisfied With Mere Success. He Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Man cannot be satisfied with mere success. He is concerned with the terms upon which success comes to him. And very often the ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

As Grace Is First From God, So It Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"As grace is first from God, so it is continually from him, as much as light is all day long from the sun, as ...read more

Tags: Grace

What Refuge Is There For The Victim Who Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"What refuge is there for the victim who is oppressed with the knowledge that there are a thousand new books he ought to read, while life is only ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

Even Very Young Children Need To Be Informed ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Even very young children need to be informed about death. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make ...read more

Tags: Children

For The Rest Of My Life Im Going To Trust That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"For the rest of my life Im going to trust that God is always at work in all things, and give Him thanks long ...read more

Tags: Joy

Billy Sunday Said,

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Oct 30, 2009

Billy Sunday said, "I know the devil is real for two reasons: #1, because the Bible says so, and #2, ...read more

Tags: Satan

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Bill Hybels Writes In "Fit To Be Tied", God ...

Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Oct 2, 2007

Bill Hybels writes in “Fit to be Tied”, God knows “unless we give Him the place of preeminence he deserves, we ...read more

Denomination: Wesleyan