In Sermon Illustrations: "End Of The World"

Texas Longhorn Sermons

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Oct 16, 2023

Being from Dallas, Texas, I am pretty used to seeing the Texas Longhorns football games and also driving in the huge Texas countryside and seeing the big Texas Longhorn bulls in large, open pastures. But did you know that some pastors actually preach Texas Longhorn sermons? What is that?? A ...read more

Tags: Pastors, Texas, Jokes, Sermons, Teaching, Preaching  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Where Does Your Ministry Rely Upon God's Power?

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 15, 2023

David Platt in his book Radical has a chapter entitled "Beginning at the End of Ourselves -- The Importance of Relying on God's Power (Subsection entitled - “Dependent on Ourselves or Desperate for His Spirit”) Platt went on to say, "This is where I am most convicted as a pastor. I ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:8-11, Ephesians 5:18

Tags: Power, Repentance, Pastors, Church, Holy Spirit, Pentecost  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The ‘detonator’ That Churches ...  PRO

Contributed by David Dewitt on Jan 8, 2001

“The ‘detonator’ that churches lack today is prayer. It has the power to ignite the dynamite of the Gospel and ...read more

Tags: Prayer General, Prayer Adoration

Denomination: Church Of God

George Macdonald Wrote, "Half The Misery In The ...

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 11, 2002

George Macdonald wrote, “Half the misery in the world comes from trying to look, instead of ...read more

Tags: Leadership General, Faith, Giving Yourself

Denomination: Congregational

For The First Time In A Decade, The Number Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

For the first time in a decade, the number of hungry people in the world is on the rise. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

Never Buy A Portable Tv Set On The Sidewalk From ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

Never buy a portable TV set on the sidewalk from a man who’s out of breath. ...read more

Tags: Money

What We Have Done For Ourselves Alone Dies With ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us. What we have done for others and the ...read more

Tags: Death

Little Children Are The Most Lovely Flowers This ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Little children are the most lovely flowers this side of Eden; they bring with them into this hapless world the aroma and ...read more

Tags: Children

Happy Child The Cradle Is Still To Thee A Vast ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Happy child The cradle is still to thee a vast space; but when thou art a man the boundless ...read more

Tags: Children

I First Gave It A Dose Of Castor Oil, And Then ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"I first gave it a dose of castor oil, and then I christened it; so now the poor ...read more

Tags: Children

Nations Have No Existence Apart From Their ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Nations have no existence apart from their people. If every person in the world loved ...read more

Tags: Peace

The German Scholar, Goethe, Said, "If I Were ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

The German scholar, Goethe, said, “If I were God, this world of sin and suffering would ...read more

Tags: Divinity Of Christ

Mark Twain Once Said That A Lie Could Travel ...

Contributed by Tony Abram on Nov 9, 2007

Mark Twain once said that a lie could travel half way around the world while the ...read more

As The Family Goes, So Goes The Nation And So ...

Contributed by Larry Vinson on Jul 24, 2008

"As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in ...read more

Tags: Family

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

What I Admire Most About Columbus Is Not His ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

What I admire most about Columbus is not his having discovered a world but his having gone to search ...read more

Tags: Discovery

There Are Some People Who Live In A Dream ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there ...read more

Tags: Dreams

To Hoard The Message Of Salvation And Refuse To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

To hoard the message of salvation and refuse to share it with an expanding world population of four billion souls is ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

My Grandkids Believe Im The Oldest Thing In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"My grandkids believe Im the oldest thing in the world. And after two or three hours ...read more

Tags: Family

We May Not Be In The Slightest Danger Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We may not be in the slightest danger of invasion, but if in an armed world we disarm, we shall count less ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

God Proved His Love On The Cross. When Christ ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God ...read more

Tags: God The Father