In Sermon Illustrations: "Death Grieving"

Who Is The Worst Sinner You Know?

Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 16, 2009

WHO IS THE WORST SINNER YOU KNOW? "Who is the worse sinner you know? Are you more aware of your own sin or those sins of others? Because of God’s amazingly gracious heart toward those who thoroughly deserve only His wrath, He both planned for and provided this mediator to resolve the divine ...read more

Tags: Justification

Denomination: *other

What Is Heaven?

Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Oct 26, 2009

What Is Heaven? By Terry Barnhill What is heaven, and why such hope upon it? Heaven is already here By faith in Christ who brought His kingdom near. "Carpe diem," said ancient Horace, "quam minimum credula postero." "Seize the day trusting not in tomorrow." Our hope is in the promises of ...read more

Tags: Heaven

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

John Kevin Hines Is One Of A Handful Of People ...

Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 25, 2010

John Kevin Hines is one of a handful of people who have survived an attempted suicide jump off the Golden Gate Bridge. He claims to have told himself that if any one of the people he rubbed shoulders with on the way to the bridge noticed he was distraught, and asked him what was wrong, he wouldn’t ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:11

Tags: Encouragement

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Newton's Last Breath

Contributed by John Fallahee on Jun 23, 2010

NEWTON'S LAST BREATH Many of you know the story of John Newton and the song he penned "Amazing Grace." You know of his conversion to Christ and how he left the slave trade. He went on to pastor for 40 years. What you may not know that even at 82 years of age, he never ceased to marvel at the grace ...read more

Tags: Worship General

Denomination: Baptist

Need Or Greed

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jun 2, 2011

NEED OR GREED Clovis Chappel in his book "Feminine Faces," wrote that when the Roman city of Pompeii was being excavated, the body of a woman was found mummified by the volcanic ashes of Mount Vesuvius. Her position told a tragic story. Her feet pointed toward the city gate, but her out ...read more

Tags: Greed

Denomination: Baptist

The Martyrs For Christ

Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 1, 2011

THE MARTYRS FOR CHRIST James the son of Zebedee was beheaded in Jerusalem, the first of the apostles to die, during the Easter season in about the year A.D. 44. Matthew was slain with the sword in a city in Ethiopia. Mark was dragged through the streets of Alexandria until he expired. Luke was ...read more

Tags: Persecution

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Where's The Baby?

Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 24, 2011

WHERE'S THE BABY? Luis Palau tells of a wealthy European family that decided to have their newborn baby baptized in their enormous mansion. Many people were invited, it was an elegant and elaborate affair. They took off their coats and laid them on the bed in a designated room and soon the time ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:21-40, Matthew 2:2

Tags: Christmas

Denomination: Baptist

Alcohol Use

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 12, 2012

ALCOHOL USE According to MSNBC, “Alcohol abuse kills some 75,000 Americans each year and shortens the lives of these people by an average of 30 years, a U.S. government study suggested Thursday. Excessive alcohol consumption is the third leading cause of preventable death in the United States ...read more

Tags: Alcohol

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Satisfaction

Contributed by Shine Thomas on Nov 9, 2018

Michael Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer, dubbed the "King of Pop.” He was one of the most popular entertainers in the world and one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Thriller is the best-selling album of all time, with estimated sales of over 66 million copies ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 2:17

Tags: Riches, Contentment, Satisfaction

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Eternal Life

Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 1, 2020

The eternal life I am talking about is best described by Thomas Guthrie: "Eternal life is deliverance from eternal death, deliverance from the curse of breaking God’s law, and deliverance from the doom of a burning hell. Eternal life is eternal blessedness- the pardon from sin’s guilt, and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:12

Tags: Perfect, Eternal Life

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Compassion Of Jesus Makes A Funeral A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2010

The Compassion of Jesus Makes a Funeral a Celebration When I was in the 5th grade and we lived above the funeral home in Pawnee, there was no street celebration, no brass band or snare drum or festive umbrellas but the funeral for Rev Sonious’ wife was something to behold. Just months before she ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Tags: Funerals Christian

Fredrick The Great Of Germany, Was A Scoffer, But ...  PRO

Contributed by Bruce Howell on May 30, 2002

Fredrick the Great of Germany, was a scoffer, but his great general, Von Zealand, was a devout Christian. One day at a gathering, the king was making coarse jokes about Jesus and the whole place was ringing with laughter. Von Zealand arose stiffly and said, “Your majesty, you know I have not ...read more

Tags: Apologetics Jesus

Denomination: Wesleyan

During The Second World War A Certain City Church ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2002

During the second world war a certain city church in London was all set out for harvest thanksgiving. In the center of the gifts was a sheaf of corn. The service was never held, for, on the Saturday night, a savage air raid laid the church in ruins. The months passed and the spring came, and ...read more

The Children Of A Well-To-Do Family Decided To ...  PRO

Contributed by Dana Visneskie on Feb 13, 2004

The children of a well-to-do family decided to give their father as a birthday present a book containing their family’s history. They commissioned a professional biographer to write the book, carefully cautioning him about the family’s “black sheep”—their Uncle George had been executed in the ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Pentecostal

One Day, In 1888, Alfred Nobel Picked Up The ...  PRO

Contributed by David Yarbrough on Mar 15, 2002

One day, in 1888, Alfred Nobel picked up the morning newspaper and read his obituary. It was his brother who had passed away, but an over-zealous reporter, who had failed to check the facts, wrote that the world saw Alfred Nobel as the inventor of dynamite, an armaments manufacturer, a merchant of ...read more

Tags: Love Of The Disciples, God Brings Purpose

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Great British Baptist Pastor Alexander ...  PRO

Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Apr 15, 2007

The great British Baptist pastor Alexander McClaren reminds us, “Only he who can say, ‘The Lord is the strength of my life,’ can say, ‘Of whom shall I be afraid?’” [--Alexander McClaren, Christian Reader, Vol. 32, no. 3. Thomas a Kempis, the 14th century German Catholic monk, wrote in The ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

The Great British Baptist Pastor Alexander ...

Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Apr 16, 2007

The great British Baptist pastor Alexander McClaren reminds us, “Only he who can say, ‘The Lord is the strength of my life,’ can say, ‘Of whom shall I be afraid?’” [--Alexander McClaren, Christian Reader, Vol. 32, no. 3. Thomas a Kempis, the 14th century German Catholic monk, wrote in The ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

To Trap A Wolf, The Eskimos Used To Take A ...  PRO

Contributed by Roger Roark on May 19, 2007

To trap a wolf, the Eskimos used to take a hunting knife, and dip it in animal blood, and freeze it, then put another layer of blood, and freeze it again, and then bury the knife in the snow with the blade exposed . A wolf would come by and start licking the blood off of the blade of the ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Before World War Ii, Nora Waln Wrote A Book ...

Contributed by Bruce Howell on Aug 9, 2007

Before World War II, Nora Waln wrote a book exposing Hitler and his Nazi plotters. The book, Reaching for the Stars, was intercepted in the German mails on its way to an American publisher. She fled to London, rewrote the book from memory and sent copies to Heinrich Himmler, the Nazi hangman. He ...read more

Denomination: Wesleyan

One Of My Pastors As A Young Man Used This ...

Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 21, 2007

One of my pastors as a young man used this illustration. A guy was asking another guy about his plans for the future. He asked him what are your plans. The guy responded, "I plan on graduating from college and getting a good job." The first guy said, "and then what?" The second guy said, "I’ll ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran