In Sermon Illustrations: "Death, Grieving,"

Tommy's Story  PRO

Contributed by Kent Wise on Mar 25, 2007

TOMMY'S STORY Father John Powell, professor at Loyola University in Chicago, writes about a student in his Theology of Faith class named Tommy: Some twelve years ago, I stood watching my university students file into the classroom for our first session in the Theology of Faith. That was the day ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-20, Acts 10:34-43, John 27:27

Tags: Faith, Death, Love, Ministry, Forgiveness, Examples Of Faith, Unconditional Love, Home, Saved, Root, Appear, Youthful, Untimely, Mother's Day, Success, Relationships, Listen, Memorial, Ascension, Joy, Fruit, Prayer, Understanding, Mothers Day, Mothers, Money, Acceptance, Trust, Humility, Discipleship, Giving  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Methodist

Capitol Punishment

Contributed by James Tidwell on Aug 7, 2005

Illustration: News story on Sunday, January 12, 2003; CHICAGO, Jan. 11 -- Illinois’s outgoing Republican Gov. George Ryan commuted the death sentences of 167 people to life in prison today after concluding that the capital punishment system was "haunted by the demon of error." Friends and foes of ...read more

Tags: Sin Punishment Of

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Talk To Jesus Like Your Daughter

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009

TALK TO JESUS LIKE YOUR DAUGHTER I was reading about a grieving woman. She went to the Rev. F. B. Meyer looking for help. She said, "Pastor, my daughter died last year. I miss her so much. I made breakfast for her every morning. And even when I had to go to work, I knew that she would be there ...read more

Scripture: John 11:35

Tags: God In The Hardships

Where Is The Church When It Hurts?

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 13, 2012

WHERE IS THE CHURCH WHEN IT HURTS? Where is God in the midst of the storm? One author answered that question with this incident: "In Washington and Chicago, as I talked about the special edition of Where Is God When It Hurts?, inevitably the interviewer would turn the question back on me. 'Well, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:22-36

Tags: Comfort

A Friend Convinced Phil To Go Deep-Sea Fishing, ...

Contributed by Glenn Durham on Mar 25, 2008

A friend convinced Phil to go deep-sea fishing, something he had never done before. Now that he was in the middle of the ocean, he felt sure this was the dumbest thing he had ever done. Who would have believed that seasickness could be so awful? With every pitch and roll, Phil wondered if he could ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Philip Yancey's Book The Jesus I Never Knew ...  PRO

Contributed by Andrew Chan on Mar 5, 2004

Philip Yancey’s book The Jesus I Never Knew (1995,p.188) picked up on this, and he noted, of the many biographies he had read, “few devote more than ten percent of their pages to the subject’s death – including biographies of men like Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi, who died violent and ...read more

Tags: Easter Resurrection

Denomination: Evangelical Free

According To The Talmud, "Michael [reaches His ...

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 31, 2007

According to the Talmud, "Michael [reaches his goal] in one [flight], Gabriel in two, Elijah in four, and the Angel of Death in eight. In the time of plague, however, [the Angel ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Persecution Shouldn't Come As A Shock To Us. ...

Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jul 23, 2006

Persecution shouldn’t come as a shock to us. Jesus forewarned His followers that they would be mistreated and even killed. Listen to how several of the disciples of Jesus died. According to church tradition … • Matthew suffered martyrdom by being slain with a sword in Ethiopia. • Mark expired ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Big Church And Famous Preacher - Texas, Looking ...

Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Jul 29, 2008

Big church and famous preacher - Texas, looking good on TV... Sermon title: “Why We Don’t Have to Be Afraid of Death”… And for about 20 minutes he was repeating this… we don’t have to be afraid, we don’t have… bla-bla… At the very end, as usual for those tele-preachers, he was keeping his best shot ...read more

Tags: Second Coming

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Alcohol Is Involved In Fifteen Thousand Homicides ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

Alcohol is involved in fifteen thousand homicides and suicides annually, twenty thousand accidental deaths, plus one-half of all auto accidents and the additional twenty-five thousand deaths they cause. Even 40 percent of ...read more

Tags: Addiction

Worry Is The Most Popular Form Of Suicide. It ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Worry is the most popular form of suicide. It impairs appetite, spoils digestion, disturbs sleep, irritates disposition, weakens mind, warps character, saps bodily strength and stimulates disease. Worry is the real cause of death in ...read more

Tags: Guilt

Hell: A Doctor's Testimony  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009

HELL: A DOCTOR’S TESTIMONY Dr. Maurice Rawlings, a cardiologist and professor of medicine at the University Of Tennessee College Of Medicine, was also a devout atheist. But in 1977, while trying to resuscitate a man who had been screaming in terror, something happened that changed his thinking. He ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:5, Luke 12:49-50, Luke 12:49-53

Tags: Hell

Moral Decision

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2003

What would be your moral decision on this? Updated 6:33 AM ET May 29, 2003 - Sometimes crime can pay, even on death row, if you’re in need of a new kidney. Thanks to the state of Oregon, a law-abiding citizen in need of a kidney transplant may have to die so that death-row prisoner Horacio ...read more

John Bevere Notes: That When Adam Sinned In The ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 22, 2007

John Bevere notes: That when Adam sinned in the Garden he not only became subject to decay and death all of creation itself suffered the consequence of Adams choice to sin. i. “Consequently, not only Adam but all creation he was placed over immediately took the nature of death. Prior to Adam’s ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Atheistic French Philosopher Voltaire Declared, ...

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 31, 2008

Atheistic French philosopher Voltaire declared, "Christianity win be non-existent 100 years after my death." But exactly 100 years after his death, the European Bible Society bought his house and turned it into the continents' largest ...read more

Tags: Atheism

In A.d. 398 John Chrysostom Was Appointed ...

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 1, 2007

In A.D. 398 John Chrysostom was appointed patriarch of Constantinople, where his zeal for reform antagonized the Empress Eudoxia, who had him exiled. Allowed to return after a short time, Chrysostom again infuriated Eudoxia, who sent him away again. How did Chrysostom respond to such persecution? ...read more

Denomination: Other

A Funeral And The Burial Or Cremation That Goes ...  PRO

Contributed by Chris Appleby on May 21, 2002

A funeral and the burial or cremation that goes with it is a vital part in the process of mourning isn’t it? It provides a sense of finality that’s important in coming to terms with loss. You often hear about people who have been lost and assumed dead but their bodies are never found. And their ...read more

Denomination: Anglican

Not Only Do We Know God By Jesus Christ Alone, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2006

“Not only do we know God by Jesus Christ alone, but we know ourselves only by Jesus Christ. We know life and death only through Jesus Christ. Apart from Jesus Christ, we do not know what is our ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:17-23

Tags: God's Provision

Comparing Cain And Abel

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jun 26, 2023

"Physically, Cain still lived, while spiritually he was dead. Physically, Abel was dead, but spiritually, he gloriously lived. You can think of Abel in death, but you can also think of Cain in death. The sinner is dead, while he lives. The ...read more

Tags: Sin, Murder, Adam, Hate, Cain, Abel, Eve  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

I Find It Fascinating That There Is Universal ...  PRO

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 17, 2009

I find it fascinating that there is universal agreement among the ancients that the hill on which Abraham tried to sacrifice Isaac, Mt. Moriah, is identified with the area in which the Temple of Jerusalem, and Calvary, were positioned. So in the very spot where God vowed to Abraham to bless him ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 22:1-19

Tags: Crucifixion

Denomination: Catholic