In Sermon Illustrations: "Cut It Out Right"

I Was Talking To A Man On Friday About Our ...

Contributed by Ross Cochrane on May 17, 2010

I was talking to a man on Friday about our Church. He said he didn’t like our way of doing Church. I asked him what he meant and he said that he could not see how a Church could have a band out the front and what appeared to him to be a concert going on and so many people. He said "That’s not my ...read more

Tags: Finances, Sharing Your Faith

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Demolition Derby And The Surrender Stick

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2011

DEMOLITION DERBY AND THE SURRENDER STICK Lydia and I went to the Demolition Derby at the 4-H Fair this past week and had a blast. I loved watching drivers take aim at each other with the attempt to demolish or disable one another. We saw some great smash ups and did a lot of laughing. I don't know ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10

Tags: Trials And Difficulties

Inescapable Judgment

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 28, 2012

INESCAPABLE JUDGMENT During the winter of 1951, a Montana café owner named Clarence Pellett pulled over to pick up a hitchhiker who appeared cold and frozen while walking during a snowstorm. Once in the car, the hitchhiker Frank Dryman pulled out a gun and ordered Pellett to get out of his ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 16:4-7

Tags: Judgment

An Invalid Was Told That She Could Never Escape ...  PRO

Contributed by Tim Zingale on Dec 11, 2000

"An invalid was told that she could never escape from his prison of pain and weakness. ’Oh, well,’ she replied, ’there is a lot of living to be found within your ...read more

Tags: Endurance, Joy

Denomination: Lutheran

A Lady And Her Husband Were Playing The Slots ...  PRO

Contributed by Mike Richardson on May 16, 2001

A lady and her husband were playing the slots side by side. The lady’s husband had a heart attack. The lady pushed her husband out of the way, straddled both machines and ...read more

Tags: Addiction

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Introductions Please  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 11, 2001

INTRODUCTIONS PLEASE A 1980 Gallup poll indicated that out of all evangelical, American believers, "only two percent had introduced another person to Christ." SOURCE: J.K. ...read more

Tags: Great Commission, Evangelism How To, Church Purpose Of

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

It Is Easy To Determine When Something Is Aflame. ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 20, 2001

It is easy to determine when something is aflame. It ignites other material. Any fire that does not spread will eventually go out. A church without evangelism is a contradiction in terms, just as a fire that does not ...read more

Tags: Great Commission, Sharing My Testimony

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

41% Of 1st Births To Women Ages 15 To 29, Between ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2006

41% of 1st births to women ages 15 to 29, between ’90 and ’94 were by out-of-wedlock mothers. 70% of Americans favor prayer in public schools. ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Some People Do Not Like To Hear Much Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 9, 2006

“Some people do not like to hear much of repentance; but I think it is so necessary that if I should die in the pulpit, I would desire to die preaching repentance, and if out of the ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

I Think We Delight To Praise What We Enjoy ...

Contributed by John Shearhart on Aug 5, 2006

I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment. It is not out of compliment that lovers keep on telling one another how beautiful they ...read more

You Cant Wait For Inspiration, You Have To Go ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"You cant wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club. An absolutely necessary part of a writers equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

Some People Like To Take The Simple And Make It ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Some people like to take the simple and make it complex. Someone said, “My neighbor’s car has on it a bumper sticker that says, ‘Eschew obfuscation.’ After about a half-hour with the ...read more

Tags: Faith General

I Thought Yesterday When You Heard All This ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I thought yesterday when you heard all this unnecessary spouting about each man nominated, what their wives must have thought of all these men that they were married to all ...read more

Tags: Government

One's [old] Age Should Be Tranquil, As ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"One's [old] age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity of life seems out of place. At mid-day the sun may burn, and men labor under it; ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

To Think Is To Meander From Highway To Byway, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"To think is to meander from highway to byway, and from byway to alleyway, till we come to a dead end. Stopped dead in our alley, we think what a feat it would be to get ...read more

Tags: Thought

The Predator

Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 13, 2019

: He’s out there, just beyond your field of vision, He’s stalking you. He’s looking for a sign of weakness, He’s ready to pounce and devour. He ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:8-9

Tags: Satan, Roaring Lion

Denomination: Pentecostal

Frequently In The Wedding Service We Have The ...  PRO

Contributed by Gene Barron on Feb 2, 2001

Frequently in the wedding service we have the ceremony of lighting the unity candle by the bride and groom. The couple each takes a small burning candle, representing their solitary life thus far, and together they light the large, center, wedding candle. When they put their small candles back ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:6-9

Tags: Marriage, Marriage Commitment, Marriage Obligations, Unity, Wedding  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

In 1992, A Los Angeles County Parking Control ...  PRO

Contributed by James Wilson on Mar 2, 2001

“In 1992, a Los Angeles County parking control officer came upon a brown El Dorado Cadillac illegally parked next to the curb on street-sweeping day. The officer dutifully wrote out a ticket. Ignoring the man seated at the driver’s wheel, the officer reached inside the open car window and placed ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 12:10-31

Tags: Sin Separates From God, Forgiveness In Jesus, Lordship Of Christ

Denomination: Baptist

You May Have Heard About The Two Guys From Texas, ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 6, 2001

You may have heard about the two guys from Texas, from down around College Station, who went up north to do some ice fishing. They made the long trip but before they did their ice fishing they stopped by a store near the lake for some supplies. They asked the merchant if he had any ice picks and ...read more

Tags: Endurance, Miracles Of Jesus, Peace

Young William Wilberforce Was Discouraged One ...  PRO

Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 26, 2002

Young William Wilberforce was discouraged one night in the early 1790s after another defeat in his 10 year battle against the slave trade in England. Tired and frustrated, he opened his Bible and began to leaf through it. A small piece of paper fell out and fluttered to the floor. It was a letter ...read more

Tags: God's Provision, Descriptions Of God, Racism

Denomination: Wesleyan