In Sermon Illustrations: "Exodus 14 10 31 15 20 21"

Every Year The Average Teen Spends 900 Hours In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

Every year the average teen spends 900 hours in school and 1,500 watching TV; and only 39 minutes talking with his or her parents. ...read more

Tags: Children

Contraceptives For Women Must Now Be Covered By ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006

Contraceptives for women must now be covered by group health plans of business that employ 15 or more people, according to 6/12 Federal District Court ...read more

Tags: Workplace

70% Of Halloween Shoppers Start Contemplating ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

70% of Halloween shoppers start contemplating their costumes as early as August claims buycostumes.com®.(Foster ...read more

Tags: Paranormal

President George W. Bush Regularly Reads The One ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

President George W. Bush regularly reads the One Year Bible published by Tyndale. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Bible Study

2 Billion Of The Worlds 6.3 Billion People Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

1.2 billion of the worlds 6.3 billion people are ages 10 to 19. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Children

Goodness That Lasts  PRO

Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Dec 20, 2001

GOODNESS THAT LASTS A little girl said she liked Santa Claus better than Jesus because "you have to be good for Santa only at Christmas but for Jesus you have to be good all the time." Much of the Christmas observance at church is not far removed from that attitude. ...read more

Tags: Discipleship, Christmas, Birth Of Jesus

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Several Years Ago, James Eads Built The First ...  PRO

Contributed by Jim Kane on Nov 9, 2002

Several years ago, James Eads built the first steel bridge in America. It spanned the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri. No one believed that it would support its own weight. Eads ordered 14 locomotives to stop on the bridge at the same time. The people then trusted the ...read more

Tags: Doubt

Denomination: Church Of God

Called Pay By Touch, A New Technology Lets ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Called Pay By Touch, a new technology lets consumers pay for purchases with a finger scan linked to their financial accounts. The technology eliminates the need to carry credit or loyalty cards, checks or cash for purchase. A few southern Piggly Wiggly stores are already using ...read more

Tags: Money

The Knowledge Of God Is The Cause Of Things. For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

The knowledge of God is the cause of things. For the knowledge of God is to all creatures what the knowledge of the artificer is to things made by his art. Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274), Italian philosopher, theologian. trans. by Anton C. Pegis, The Basic ...read more

Tags: Apologetics God

Some Of You May Know Of Fiona Coote. At The Age ...  PRO

Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Jun 8, 2008

Some of you may know of Fiona Coote. At the age of 14 she became youngest heart transplant recipient in Australia. However Fiona has another claim to fame: She has received not just one heart transplant but three. On three occasions she ...read more

Tags: Heart

Denomination: Lutheran

Shakespeare's Mistake

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 18, 2010

SHAKESPEARE'S MISTAKE In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Act II, Scene II, Caesar asks Brutus, "What is't o'clock?" Brutus replies, "Caesar, 'its strucken eight." The great Bard had forgotten that mechanical clocks were not invented until 14 ...read more

Tags: Mistakes

Denomination: Brethren

Jesus' Fulfillment Of Prophecy

Contributed by Allan Kircher on Nov 26, 2011

JESUS' FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY Let’s take it up a notch and calculated/probability/one person fulfilling 48/300 Messianic predications/OT would be: one in a trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, ...read more

Tags: Prophecy

Denomination: Baptist

Dirty Clothes

Contributed by John Bright on Feb 2, 2025

Have you ever been working outside, gotten your clothes all dirty, then put clean clothes on top of those to go somewhere? Of course not! If we are going to put on Christ (Romans 13:12-14), we need to remember to take off the old ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:1, Romans 13:12-14

Tags: Christ, Gossip

Denomination: Methodist

Nuns In Crisis: According To A ‘04 Survey, The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Nuns In Crisis: According to a ‘04 survey, the number of nuns in the U.S. has dropped by 50% from the 60s. Adding to the crisis, the average age of the nuns today is ...read more

Tags: Church General

When Lord Nelson Reported To The British ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

When Lord Nelson reported to the British admiralty his great victory over the French fleet in the Battle of the Nile, he said that "victory" was not a large enough word to ...read more

Tags: God Brings Purpose

Dumb Crooks

Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jul 3, 2008

DUMB CROOKS 1.) A Circle-K convenience store was patronized by man requesting change for a twenty dollar bill. As soon as the register drawer was opened, the man pulled a gun and demanded it contents. He fled with all dollars of it, but left his original twenty lying on the counter. 2.) A guy ...read more

Tags: Ignorance

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Unlocking Your Godly Potentials

Contributed by Godsgift Bee Willie on Feb 13, 2025

Deus Vocatio (Called of God) and the Mission Idea of The Called of God and God's Mission However; The idea of the called of God in systematic theology by Louis Berkhof point it out clear that "Calling precedes or predate regeneration; this mean calling go back to Jeremiah 1:5 that reveals ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 1:5, Isaiah 61:1-7

Tags: Potential, Unlock, The Call Of God

Denomination: Pentecostal

Undefiled Ears  PRO

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

"Undefiled Ears" The church that prolongs the proclaiming of the gospel of Jesus Christ has Christians who long to have undefiled ears. Isaiah 50:4-5 says, "The Sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He awakens me morning by morning, wakens my ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 50:4-5, Isaiah 50:4-10

Tags: Holiness

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

We Are Biologically Wired To Trust

Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Apr 20, 2023

Henry Cloud in his book, Trust, talks about how we are hard-wired to trust. If you have ever been around a newborn, you may have noticed that newborns do not do much due diligence when they're hungry. They scream with all their might and basically say, "Bring it to me now!" The human ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 13:12

Tags: Trust, Mothers, Infants, Neuroscience

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Heart Of ...

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

Heart of Temptation “When tempted, no one should say, ‘God is tempting me.’ For God… does [not] tempt anyone; but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives ...read more

Scripture: James 1:13-15

Tags: Temptation General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational