In Sermon Illustrations: "Death"

Peter  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002

Peter Among many other saints, the blessed apostle Peter was condemned to death, and crucified, as some do write, at Rome; albeit some others, and not without cause, do doubt thereof. Hegesippus saith that Nero sought matter against Peter to put him to death; which, when the people perceived, they ...read more

Tags: People In The Gospel, Disciples, Apostles Peter

Small Words, Profound Effect  PRO

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Jan 12, 2003

SMALL WORDS, PROFOUND EFFECT "The tongue has the power of life and death . . . " That may sound a bit extreme to you; a bit exaggerated. How could mere words kill anyone? But consider this. You’re probably familiar with Karen Carpenter, the popular singer from the seventies who died in 1983 of ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines, Communication General

Denomination: Baptist

What Is The Church?  PRO

Contributed by Troy Borst on May 28, 2003

What is the church? Russ Blowers is a minister who is active in his local Indianapolis Rotary club. At club meetings each week a member gives a brief statement about his job. When it was his turn, Russ said: "I’m with a global enterprise. We have branches in every country in the world. We have ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ, Church General

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Daniel Meyers Speaks About A Book Written By A ...  PRO

Contributed by Corey Arnold on Nov 17, 2003

Daniel Meyers speaks about a book written by a cardiologist at the University of Tennessee that corroborates an important aspect of the biblical message. In the course of their emergency room work, Dr. Maurice Rawlings and his colleagues interviewed more than 300 people who claimed near-death ...read more

Tags: Hell

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Pornography Now Nets Over $40 Billion A Year ...  PRO

Contributed by Tom Lovorn on Jul 26, 2004

Pornography now nets over $40 billion a year selling 400 porno magazines openly. The 3rd largest grossing industry in the US is illegal drug sales. 15 million alcoholics cause over half of our traffic deaths, and that number increases by 1500 every day. Shoplifting losses net over $30 billion a ...read more

Tags: Sin General, Sin Exposed

Denomination: Baptist

While I Was In Bible College I Worked Part Time ...  PRO

Contributed by Dan Cormie on Feb 28, 2005

While I was in Bible College I worked part time on the side for a construction company as a laborer. One day I was given the job of moving the 2 x12 planks the brick layers use on their scaffolding from one job site to another across town. This was supposed to be a two or three trip job as the ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

Denomination: Mennonite

Ready Or Not, Here I Come!

Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 2, 2007

Ready Or Not, Here I Come! As children we used to play a game called “Hide and Seek.” The object of the game was for someone to be “It” while the others ran to hide. Whoever was “It” had to hide their eyes, count to a predetermined number, and then go and find all the hiders. The hiders, meanwhile, ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

There Is A True Story About The Great ...

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 14, 2008

• There is a true story about the great scientist, Michael Faraday, when he was taken ill. When it became evident that the sickness that had fastened itself upon him would soon result in his death, a group of fellow scientists came to see him--not so much to talk about science as to talk about ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Worst Industrial Accident In History ...

Contributed by Wayne Presnell on Feb 10, 2009

"The worst industrial accident in history occurred on April 26, 1986, in the town of Chernobyl in north central Ukraine of the former Soviet Union. It was caused by two electrical engineers who were playing around with one of the nuclear reactors. They were conducting an unauthorized experiment ...read more

Tags: Warning, Sin Wages Of

Denomination: Baptist

The Secret Garden Is A Fascinating Children's ...

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jun 20, 2009

The Secret Garden is a fascinating children’s classic. It is the story of a British child, Mary Lennox, who lived in India but is orphaned because of her parents’ death due to a cholera breakout. They send her to England to live with her only surviving relative, her uncle who is still mourning the ...read more

Tags: Love For God, Love God

Denomination: Salvation Army

The Impact Of Optimism

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2011

THE IMPACT OF OPTIMISM Just a few years ago (2004), Fox News reported on a study that came from the Archives of General Psychiatry. Researchers studied 1,000 people aged 65-85 trying to determine the importance of a positive attitude in dealing with life. After almost 10 years of follow-up, these ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-5

Tags: Attitude General

Things That Happened At Midnight In The Bible

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 12, 2022

"MIDNIGHT" — Did you ever notice how many things in the Bible took place at midnight?   A. It was at midnight that the Lord God passed through Egypt, killed all the firstborn, and brought Israel out of the land of bondage with his mighty hand and stretched out arm (Ex. 11:4; ...read more

Tags: Parables, Lord's Prayer, Persistence, Midnight, Prayer  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

There Was A Law In Tokyo Around The Year 1900 ...  PRO

Contributed by Evie Megginson on Apr 5, 2001

There was a law in Tokyo around the year 1900 that no foreigner could take up residence there unless he had a "substitute." There were natives who hired themselves out for this purpose. If the foreigner broke any law, the substitute suffered the penalty for it, even if the penalty was death. ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness In Jesus, Cross Agony

Denomination: Baptist

Biochemist, Dr. Duane Gish, Notes, "Evolution Is ...  PRO

Contributed by Dana Chau on Sep 9, 2002

Biochemist, Dr. Duane Gish, notes, "Evolution is the most wasteful, inefficient and cruel method that could ever be devised to create living things ... mutations (the process of evolution) leads almost always to bad outcomes: crippling, sickness, disfigurements and deaths. Good mutations are rare ...read more

Tags: Evolution

Denomination: *other

How Good Are The Facts?  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2005

HOW GOOD ARE THE FACTS? I claim to be an historian. My approach to Classics is historical. And I tell you that the evidence for the life, the death, and the resurrection of Christ is better authenticated than most of the facts of ancient history . . . ~E. M. Blaiklock, Professor of Classics at ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:1-15

Tags: Apologetics Jesus, Easter Resurrection

I Hope It Helps To Remember That We Are Never ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I hope it helps to remember that we are never closer to God than when we grieve. Faith is tested in suffering. And faith is often born in suffering, for that is when we seek the hope we most need. That is when we awaken to the greatest hope there is, that is when we look beyond our ...read more

Tags: Disappointment

Jesus Is A Special Delivery From Heaven A ...

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 12, 2007

Jesus is a special delivery from heaven a parcel of love being delivered to your home with your name upon it for salvation and nothing in the world could stop the arrival of His parcel of love - not the world - not Satan - not death - not hell because it was signed sealed and delivered ...read more

Tags: Alcohol

Denomination: Baptist

Heroic Virtue

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 10, 2009

HEROIC VIRTUE St. Maximilian Kolbe, languishing in a Nazi prison camp, offered his life for a man who was condemned to death. Even the religious world would counsel against this act as rash. After all, a priest is more valuable to the kingdom of God than any layperson, right? But God’s ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Denomination: Catholic

The Koran

Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Aug 29, 2010

THE KORAN For Muslims the answer is simple, Mohammed recited the Koran to his followers. Mohammed died in 632 AD. Ali a disciple of Mohammed compiled the first Koran after Mohammed’s death. In 650AD the Islamic ruler Uthman ordered a standard version of the Koran to be created and all ...read more

Tags: Islam

Denomination: Baptist

Not Witnessing To The Lost Is Like Telling A ...

Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Nov 8, 2011

Not witnessing to the lost is like telling a person who is sick with appendicitis to just relax, think positive thoughts, listen to some nice music and everything will be fine. No it won’t! He needs to see a doctor, realize that he’s going to die unless he has surgery and has that appendix removed. ...read more

Tags: Christian Witness

Denomination: Lutheran