In Sermon Illustrations: "Experience"

Romeo Dallaire Wrote The Account Of His ...

Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Feb 21, 2005

Romeo Dallaire wrote the account of his experiences in Rwanda in the book “Shake Hands With the Devil” Excerpt from Shake Hands with the Devil My story is not a strictly military account nor a clinical, academic study of the breakdown of Rwanda. It is not a simplistic indictment of the many ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 1:1

Tags: Sin Exposed, Sin General

Denomination: *other

The Making Of Me  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2005

THE MAKING OF ME Thomas Edison once said, “I did not have my mother long, but she cast over me an influence which has lasted all my life. The good effects of her early training I can never lose. If it had not been for her appreciation and her faith in me at a critical time in my experience, I ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 31:11-31, Proverbs 31:11-31

Tags: Parenting, Mother's Day

Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf Describes His ...

Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Jun 7, 2005

Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf describes his experience at West Point: When I began as a plebe, “Duty, Honor, Country” was just a motto I’d heard. By the time I left, those values had become my fixed stars. It was a tremendous liberation. The Army, with its emphasis on rank and medals and efficiency ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Harry Emerson Fosdick Once Suggested That There ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Harry Emerson Fosdick once suggested that there are three kinds of people in the world. First are the proud and self-satisfied, the impenitent (feeling no sorrow or regret) who do not even realize the mess they are in. Second, there are the penitint who are so crushed by their contrite ...read more

Tags: Repentance

In His Book, An Anthropologist On Mars, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

In his book, An Anthropologist on Mars, neurologist Oliver Sacks tells about Virgil, a man who had been blind from early childhood. When he was 50, Virgil underwent surgery and was given the gift of sight. But as he and Dr. Sacks found out, having the physical capacity for sight is not the same as ...read more

Tags: Cross Agony

Have You Experienced The People With A Self ...

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 1, 2007

Have you experienced the people with a self righteous diet plan? In my experience it is usually, but not always, a self proclaimed vegetarian. Years ago Katie and I had a little dinner get together at our house. We had some Christian friends over, and a friend brought a date with him, a woman we ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

I Met A Man Who Told Me He Was Celebrating His ...

Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on Apr 10, 2009

I met a man who told me he was celebrating his birthday this month. I asked him what day. He replied, "I don’t know what day my actual birthday is on." He said that he was so old that when he was born there was no such thing as a birth certificate and that he had so many siblings his parents just ...read more

Tags: Salvation

Denomination: Baptist

Hey, I Can Hear ...

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Sep 2, 2009

"Hey, I can hear you!" The other day, Susan and I were eating out and some guys at a nearby table were talking about some of their experiences with women. They were getting louder and louder, and it seemed like they were trying to one-up each other with who could say the most inappropriate thing. ...read more

Tags: God's Omniscience, Prayer Persistence

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Franklin Roosevelt's Grandmother

Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Sep 14, 2009

FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT’S GRANDMOTHER The story is told of American President Franklin Roosevelt, who often endured long receiving lines at the White House. He complained that no one really paid any attention to what was said. One day, during a reception, he decided to try an experiment. To each person ...read more

Tags: Preaching

Denomination: Anglican

Freedom To Choose One's ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 8, 2009

FREEDOM TO CHOOSE ONE’S ATTITUDE There is a book called, “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Victor Frankl. Frankl was a Holocaust survivor who wrote about his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp. Everything was taken away from these prisoners. They were stripped of their clothing, their pictures, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:17

Tags: Thought

Well, In The Bible, Names Are Very Significant ...

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Dec 2, 2009

Well, in the Bible, names are very significant and they are significant in other cultures as well. Talking about the Mexican Indians, and somehow or another something of their culture comes up, and the face is very important to an Indian, just as it is in the Orient, we know of course that face is ...read more

Tags: Christmas Advent

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Power Of Hope

Contributed by Gary Birch on Dec 6, 2009

THE POWER OF HOPE I read that a few years ago some researchers performed an experiment to see the affect 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

Tags: God Brings Hope

Your Pain In My Heart

Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Dec 7, 2009

YOUR PAIN IN MY HEART Until we walk where others walk, we usually don’t care much about what they are going through. This is why so many people who experience tragedy, start support groups to help others like themselves. Until we hurt we are not much help. We are like the Queen, who, when told ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Denomination: Baptist

The Importance Of Genuine Relationships

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 5, 2010

THE IMPORTANCE OF GENUINE RELATIONSHIPS Bill Hybels states, "…Community is loving and being loved. Unless you are exchanging deeply committed levels of love with a few people, you will die slowly on the inside. This is precisely why so many people feel almost nothing at all. Through the whole ...read more

Tags: Friendship General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What Was The Point?

Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Apr 1, 2010

WHAT WAS THE POINT? Alan Scholes, a former agnostic, testifies from his experience: "I had often heard my religious friends say, 'Jesus died for our sins' or 'Jesus died to save the world.' I could see how the good example of Jesus’ actions might possibly influence some men and women to live ...read more

Tags: Atonement

Denomination: Baptist

His Loneliness For Yours

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 13, 2010

HIS LONELINESS FOR YOURS Here is the good news for us this morning. Each of us, every one of us received in that moment of time a great and precious gift. It is the gift of the presence of the Father – the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Jesus paid the price for your sin and you do not ...read more

Tags: Cross Agony

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Dr. H. Norman Wright Shares Of A Friend Who Once ...

Contributed by Frederick Baker Ii on Apr 20, 2010

Dr. H. Norman Wright shares of a friend who once told about these experiences in a yearly family newsletter: That year, her father died. Two friends died of cancer and she knew of seven others who received a cancer diagnosis. She and her husband were in a head-on-car crash. Her husband had ...read more

Tags: Trials And Difficulties

Denomination: *other

Love Is The Greatest

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 7, 2011

LOVE IS THE GREATEST George Sweeting – Love is the Greatest - page 122: "God’s love is not cheap or sentimental. It is priceless and incomparable. The way of love is God’s way, and His way is the only way to abundant and victorious living. It is the best way. Life apart from God's love is ...read more

Tags: Love For God

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Joyce Meyers: Addicted To Peace

Contributed by Evangelist Kelly J Farner on Mar 26, 2011

JOYCE MEYERS: ADDICTED TO PEACE "It sounds strange but when I started learning to be peaceful, I was bored at first. I was so accustomed to having something major go on in my life all the time that I wondered what am I supposed to do with myself. That describes how my life used to be. I had no ...read more

Tags: Peace

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Heartwarming  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2011

HEARTWARMING Vance Havner put it best when he wrote, "We need a heart warming...The early Christians did not need a shot in the arm every Sunday to keep them going. They knew Jesus and they upset the world and worried the devil and gave wicked rulers insomnia and started something the jails ...read more

Tags: Heart