In Sermon Illustrations: "Facts"

Have You Tasted Jesus?  PRO

Contributed by Jan Spencer on Mar 19, 2002

Have you tasted Jesus? One divinity school hosted an annual picnic, to which they invited one of the greatest minds to lecture in the theological education center. One year, the guest lecturer was a professor, who spoke for two and one-half hours "proving" that the resurrection of Jesus was ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 34:8

Tags: Divinity Of Christ

Denomination: Pentecostal

Abraham Lincoln Said Of The War In His 2nd ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2002

Abraham Lincoln said of the war in his 2nd inaugural address in 1865 only weeks before his assassination: “Neither party expected for the war, the magnitude, or the duration, which it has already attained… Each looked for an easier triumph… Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and ...read more

Scripture: Romans 6:1-23

Living Unaware Of Our Vast Fortune  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002

Living Unaware of Our Vast Fortune Come with me into West Texas during the Depression. Mr. Ira Yates was like many other ranchers and farmers. He had a lot of land, and a lot of debt. Mr. Yates wasn’t able to make enough on his ranching operation to pay the principal and interest on the mortgage, ...read more

Tags: Kingdom Of God

Did You Know There's A Company Called "The Alibi ...  PRO

Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 8, 2002

Did you know there’s a company called “The Alibi Agency.” This London based agency’s slogan is: “We serve those who stray.” Here’s what’s on their web site: “With the pressures of modern life many of us have occasion to stray from our long term partners & dally with a brief sexual relationship with ...read more

Tags: Divorce, Faith, Marriage Commitment

Denomination: Christian Church

While Lonely People Shake Their Fists At Heaven ...  PRO

Contributed by Rex S. Wignall on Oct 25, 2002

While lonely people shake their fists at heaven and angrily ask, “God why have You forsaken me? Where are you?” we Christians often forget one central fact about God’s personal experience with loneliness. Charles Swindoll reminds us in his eloquent way: God knows, my friend and He does care. ...read more

Tags: Disappointment, Compassion

Denomination: United Methodist

Hope And A Prayer  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2002

HOPE AND A PRAYER 50 Christian truckers got together to pray to pray that somehow the sniper terrorizing the Washington, DC area would be caught. Ron Lantz would be retiring as a driver in a few days and didn’t even live in the area, but he felt sure that God would answer their prayers. In fact, ...read more

Tags: Prayer General, Prayer Answered, Prayer Of Faith

The Empty Gift  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 10, 2002

THE EMPTY GIFT "I was enjoying 1st grade to the fullest until one day in December when the little girl behind me set "it" on her desk. It was the tiniest Christmas present imaginable, less than an inch on each side with white glossy paper tied up with a sliver of red cellophane. Immediately I was ...read more

Tags: Christmas, Humanity Of Christ

Personal Truth To The Resurrection  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2002

PERSONAL TRUTH TO THE RESURRECTION Christian author and activist Chuck Colson draws evidence for the resurrection for personal experience. Colson was a part of the Nixon Whitehouse during the Watergate scandal of seventies. He writes: Watergate involved a conspiracy to cover up, ...read more

Charles Swindoll's Book, Living Above The Level ...  PRO

Contributed by Dawn Marie Turner on Jan 25, 2003

Charles Swindoll’s book, Living Above the Level of Mediocrity Imagine, if you will, that you work for a company whose president found it necessary to travel out of the country and spend an extended period of time abroad. So he says to you and the other trusted employees, “Look, I’m going to leave. ...read more

Tags: Bible Study

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

In 1953 In Grimes Iowa, Violet Cross Was Getting ...  PRO

Contributed by Guy Caley on May 25, 2003

In 1953 in Grimes Iowa, Violet Cross was getting sicker by the day. Finally her eldest son Frank insisted she go to the doctor. Eventually they ended up at the large teaching hospital in Iowa City. The diagnosis was devastating. Though Violet had never smoked she was dying of Lung cancer. One ...read more

Tags: God's Forgiveness

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Deception Of Effective Leadership  PRO

Contributed by Dana Visneskie on Feb 9, 2004

Research from Barna concerning Leadership: The Deception of Effective Leadership Most pastors are content with the way things are going in their ministry. A national survey among pastors revealed that a majority feel they are doing an excellent or good job in leading people spiritually in ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Denomination: Pentecostal

I Have A Friend Back Home Named Alison. I've ...

Contributed by Mary Lewis on Jun 11, 2004

I have a friend back home named Alison. I’ve known Alison for several years now, and I’ve noticed something. In fact its hard to help noticing if you’re around her a lot. She loves birthdays. You see, Alison will turn 16 this year. And though her birthday isn’t ‘til August, she’s been talking about ...read more

Tags: Joy

Denomination: Baptist

Gabrielle Carey Is An Australian Author Most ...

Contributed by W F on Oct 31, 2004

Gabrielle Carey is an Australian author most widely known for the movie Puberty Blues, based upon the book of the same title. In a later book, In My Father’s House Carey relates an incident that led to her conversion to Christ. Carey was raised in an atheist humanist household. Her father was a ...read more

Tags: God's Forgiveness, God's Provision

Denomination: *other

I Wanted To Tell You Men About A Story That Some ...

Contributed by Richard Scoggins on Jan 28, 2005

I wanted to tell you men about a story that some of you may be able to relate to. I used to love to squirrel hunt. As a matter of fact I preferred it over just about any other kind of hunting. Well one day when I was about 19 while attending Southwest a friend of mine said that he had found the ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Denomination: Baptist

Just Off The Shore Of North Carolina On The ...

Contributed by Todd Stiles on May 2, 2007

Just off the shore of North Carolina on the island of Cape Hatteras is a village known as Nag’s Head, a small shoreline town where, back in the 1800’s, the “wreckers” lived. These “wreckers” made their living gathering up parts and cargo from ships that had run aground in the night. But these ships ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

In 1989 The Sf Bay Area Suffered A Great ...

Contributed by Peter Loughman on May 18, 2007

In 1989 the SF Bay Area suffered a great earthquake. Katie and I were living there at the time. Growing up there, I had experienced many, many earthquakes – this was the first earthquake where I was truly frightened. After the earthquake I heard many stories about different people’s experiences. ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Centuries Ago On The South Coast Of China, High ...

Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 6, 2007

Centuries ago on the South Coast of China, high up on a hill overlooking the harbor of Macao, Portuguese settlers built an enormous cathedral. They believed it would weather time, and they placed upon the front wall of this cathedral a massive bronze cross that stood high into the sky. Not too ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Tags: Cross, Sufficiency

Denomination: Pentecostal

Did You Know That The United States Once Had A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Did you know that the United States once had a king? Actually, he wasn’t a king—he was an emperor. During the gold-rush days of the 1800s in San Francisco, a man named Joshua A. Norton lost everything he had in market speculation. When that happened, something happened to his mind. He declared ...read more

Tags: Descriptions Of God

You Are Way Too Christian For Us

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Sep 2, 2007

YOU ARE WAY TOO CHRISTIAN FOR US Greg graduated with me from Seminary with his Masters and went on to a major University to work on his PhD in theology. Greg is a very gifted and intelligent man and he did extremely well in his studies, pretty much at the top of his class in every area of study. So ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Have You Ever Seen A Young Boy Learning To Use A ...

Contributed by Chris Surber on Oct 6, 2007

Have you ever seen a young boy learning to use a hammer and nails? My 2 year old son Sebastian loves to help me whenever I am working around the parsonage. He even has his own little plastic hammer that he uses as I use the real one. Sometimes I will let him try to hit the nail with his plastic ...read more

Denomination: Christian Church