In Sermon Illustrations: "Experience"

Moral Erosion Continues In America, ...  PRO

Contributed by Dennis Marquardt on Jan 23, 2001

ILLUS: Moral erosion continues in America, according to James Patterson and Peter Kim. They report that 74 percent of Americans will steal from those who won’t miss it, and 64 percent will lie for convenience as long as no one is hurt. Most Americans (93 percent) say they alone decide moral issues, ...read more

Tags: Faith, Leadership General, Truth

Denomination: Assembly Of God

An Intriguing Sociological Study Asked Fifty ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 23, 2001

"An intriguing sociological study asked fifty people over the age of ninety-five one question: ’If you could live your life over again, what would you do differently? Three answers continually emerged and dominated the results of the study: · If I had to do it over again, I would reflect ...read more

A Twelve Year Old Boy Became A Christian During ...  PRO

Contributed by Jon Sigler on Jun 20, 2001

A twelve year old boy became a christian during a revival. The next week at school his friends questioned him about the experience. "Did you see a vision?" asked one friend. "Did you hear God speak?" asked another. The youngster answered no to all these questions. "Well, how did you know you were ...read more

Scripture: John 6:41-51, John 6:44-47

Tags: Assurance Of Salvation, Lordship Of Christ, Promises Of God

Denomination: Holiness

George Barna Does A Great Deal Of Research In ...  PRO

Contributed by Martin Wiles on Apr 29, 2002

George Barna does a great deal of research in religious circles. In surveys taken a few years ago (1996 and 1997), he found some amazing facts. Most Americans, including many professing Christians, believe that people are inherently good and that there primary purpose is to enjoy life as much as ...read more

Tags: Apologetics General, Truth, Misconceptions

Denomination: Baptist

For Many Years British Author C.s. Lewis ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 29, 2002

ILL: For many years British author C.S. Lewis had such a great difficulty in becoming a Christian. Religion in his culture was “faith without power”. A blind religion that required learning without questioning and without a personal experience with the risen Savior. According to his brother ...read more

I Was Eating In A Restaurant When Mike Croel, A ...  PRO

Contributed by Stan Rodda on Oct 19, 2004

I was eating in a restaurant when Mike Croel, a linebacker for the Denver Broncos walked in. I was so excited because he played for the Nebraska Cornhuskers in college and I had followed his career closely. I happened to be wearing Huskers stuff and went and got his autograph right there at the ...read more

Tags: Worship Definition

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Charlotte Elliott Learned An Important Lesson ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Charlotte Elliott learned an important lesson about Jesus one sleepless night in 1834. She was an invalid, so when her family held a bazaar in Brighton, England, to raise money to build a school, she could only watch from afar. That night she was overwhelmed by her helplessness and could not ...read more

Tags: Commitment To Christ

Hope Is A Powerful Thing….

Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Oct 31, 2007

Hope is a powerful thing…. A number of years ago researchers performed an experiment to see the effect hope has on those undergoing hardship. Two sets of laboratory rats were placed in separate tubs of water. The researchers left one set in the water and found that within an hour they had all ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran

Ben Franklin  PRO

Contributed by Kelly Fellows on Dec 7, 2007

Ben Franklin -Probably the most popular story of lightning involves old Ben Franklin. -Benjamin Franklin is credited with testing and discovering the effects of electricity through his historic kite flying experiment in Philadelphia in 1752. -The problem he and others had with lightning was ...read more

Denomination: Foursquare

In Bear Gryll's Show "Man Vs. Wild." Bear Is ...

Contributed by Todd Pugh on Jan 14, 2008

In Bear Gryll’s show “Man Vs. Wild.” Bear is constantly dropping himself into life and death scenarios in order to show you how to survive in the harshest environments. He strands himself in popular wilderness destinations where tourists often find themselves lost or in danger and he tells the ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

It Is Sometimes Hard To Imagine The Wrath Of God ...

Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 3, 2008

It is sometimes hard to imagine the wrath of God because most (if not all) of our experience with wrath and anger has been selfish anger. The two hundred pound man who flings the hundred pound woman across the room in a drunken rage. The mother of the four-year-old boy that flies off the handle ...read more

Denomination: Church Of God

Neglect Of Community

Contributed by Bret Toman on Jun 15, 2009

NEGLECT OF COMMUNITY "If God designed the Church to function like a body with every member ministering in the power of the Holy Spirit to other members, in regular interpersonal relationship, then would it be surprising to find that the neglect of this regular interpersonal, spiritual ministry ...read more

Tags: Church Small Groups

Denomination: Baptist

Truth

Contributed by Akinsanya Adubi on Sep 28, 2009

TRUTH I had a terrible experience with an advert on the television, I woke up and they told me that I can get one type of car for $100 and later they said I can get one house for $1000 but I have to join their group. The membership fee according to them is $99, but if I can call at that minute, ...read more

Tags: Truth

Denomination: Pentecostal

Consult ...

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jul 7, 2010

CONSULT GOD A group of engineering students who were given the problem, “How long should a 1 kg beef roast stay in a 160-degree oven for the centre to reach a temperature of 65 degrees?” They had to do these projects at school. One kid did this series of experiments. Another kid went out and ...read more

Tags: Prayer Supplication

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Edison Burns All His Mistakes  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2011

EDISON BURNS ALL HIS MISTAKES Thomas A. Edison's plant was on fire. As he helplessly watched it burn, taking his costly experiments up in flames, he called his son Charles. "Come!" he said. "You'll never see anything like this again!" Then he called his wife. As the three stood gazing, Edison ...read more

Scripture: James 1:2-4, Psalm 31:1-24

Tags: Trust, Action, Need, Trials And Difficulties

Impersonal America

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 14, 2011

IMPERSONAL AMERICA Here is how Max Lucado rates us as a society: "Call us a fast society, an efficient society, but don’t call us a personal society. Our society is set up for isolation. We wear ear buds when we exercise. We communicate via e-mail and text messages. We enter and exit our house ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 4:7-12

Tags: Friendship General

We Study The Bible To Listen To His Voice

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jan 14, 2013

WE STUDY THE BIBLE TO LISTEN TO HIS VOICE "We study the Bible to listen to His voice that comes from outside our experience, not to listen to our own voice that is crying from within. "His Word is not one of many. It is the only Word that has been there from all eternity because it comes from ...read more

Tags: Bible Study

Denomination: Independent/Bible

I Read About A Person Who Went To A Concert At A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008

I read about a person who went to a concert at a beautiful old theatre. At the end of the concert, this person noticed two ushers standing near his seat who were applauding harder than anybody else in the whole place. The man said that he was thrilled with this concert because of the talent of the ...read more

Tethered To God's Sovereignty

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 19, 2022

Let’s do a math problem. If a sheep was tethered to a pole on a rope that was 25 feet long, how many square feet would he have to graze? p r² . Let’s begin by squaring 25, we end up with 625. Multiplying by an approximation of p as 3.14, we end up with 1,962.5 square feet. We are ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:28

Tags: Suffering, Sovereignty, Trial, Trials, Tribulations, God's Permissive Will  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Leave Your Guilt Behind—communion Meditation  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2002

LEAVE YOUR GUILT BEHIND--COMMUNION MEDITATION In their book Fearfully and Wonderfully Made, Dr. Paul Brand and Philip Yancey write: "Amputees often experience some sensation of a phantom limb. Somewhere, locked in their brains, a memory lingers of the nonexistent hand or leg. Invisible toes curl, ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General, Forgiveness For Others, God's Forgiveness