Sermon Illustrations
Free Sermon Illustrations for Preaching :

In Sermon Illustrations: "Family Relationships"

showing 2,321-2,340 of 5,150
Filter Results
Close Filters

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

  • Show more

Category

  • Try PRO

    Confident Preaching

    Try PRO free and preach with confidence when people need it most.
    Free to start now
  • Has It Come To That?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,163 views

    Preacher Vance Havner once told a story about an elderly lady who was greatly disturbed by her many troubles--both real and imaginary. Finally, someone in her family tactfully told her, "Grandma, we’ve done all we can for you. You’ll just have to trust God for the rest." A look of absolute despair ...read more

  • Vance Havner Told A Story About An Elderly Lady ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 31, 2007
     | 1,148 views

    Vance Havner told a story about an elderly lady who was greatly disturbed by her many troubles—both real and imaginary. Finally, someone in her family tactfully told her, “Grandma, we’ve done all we can for you. You’ll just have to trust God for the rest.” A look of absolute despair spread over ...read more

  • L.r. Agnew, A Professor At Ucla Medical School, ...

    Contributed by Daniel Owens on Jan 8, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,226 views

    L.R. Agnew, a professor at UCLA Medical School, gave his students this scenario: "Consider this family history: • The father has a venereal disease • The mother has tuberculosis • They have had 4 children: The first of whom was blind The second died as an infant The third is deaf The fourth has ...read more

  • The Planting Story : A Little 8 Year Old Boy Was ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 26, 2008
     | 1,227 views

    The planting story : A little 8 year old boy was learning in school how plants grow, he was intrigued how a tiny seed can germinates in the ground and later burst through the ground, that week he attended a funeral where the pastor talked about the final resurrection of our bodies. Several days ...read more

  • The Uss New York, It's A New Powerful Class Of ...

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jan 27, 2008
     | 1,188 views

    The USS New York, it’s a new powerful class of warship just being delivered to the Navy. It is designed for missions that include special operations against terrorists. It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700 combat-ready Marines to be delivered on shore by helicopters and assault craft. But ...read more

  • Active Father Figures Play A Key Role In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 2,974 views

    ACTIVE FATHER FIGURES play a key role in reducing behavior problems in boys and psychological problems in young women, according to the peer-reviewed journal Acta Paediatrica. Swedish researchers found regular positive contact reduces criminal behavior among children in low-income families and ...read more

  • More Give While Living Americans Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,468 views

    More Give While Living Americans are increasingly giving their money away while they are still alive, often by creating private foundations and hiring their children to run them or serve on the boards. The number of independent foundations has swelled by 77% in the past 10 years to 63,059, and 9 ...read more

  • Irritated By The 1971 Canadian Census Form ...

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Nov 19, 2008
     | 1,254 views

    Irritated by the 1971 Canadian census form defining the husband as the Head of the household, I wrote in the space marked Householder comments: “In this family my husband and I definitely share the household equally, and I wish to register my complaint at your archaic wording.” Several days later, ...read more

  • Pg ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 950 views

    PG PROFITS A Nielsen study finds PG-rated movies with less profanity made more money at U.S. box offices. The study cross-referenced box office figures for 400 films in wide release from the fall of 2005 to the fall of 2007. More parents are choosing PG films with extremely low levels of profanity ...read more

  • A Little Girl Had Been Baptized Following The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,605 views

    A little girl had been baptized following the morning message. She went home and the family had a huge get-together. The little girl was so happy and joyful and skipping around the house. She came by her grandfather and he snapped at her for being so joyful. The little girl, saddened by her ...read more

  • Let Me Share A Story I Recall From My Short Time ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 22, 2010
     | 2,573 views

    Let me share a story I recall from my short time as a religious. One of the young brothers came from a large family. He was a little downbeat in his approach, but seemed happy in his own way. His director called him in one day and, in the course of direction, suggested that he challenge his ...read more

  • There Was A Missionary In China Who Rode The Bus ...

    Contributed by Rick Boyne on Oct 9, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,048 views

    There was a missionary in China who rode the bus everyday with the people. She was very friendly and open with her faith and dearly loved the Chinese. Trying to obey the oppressive Chinese law, she wouldn’t pass out Bibles indiscriminately, but always give one to someone who asked her, usually ...read more

  • In Donald Miller's Book "Blue Like Jazz," He Has ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Aug 4, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,001 views

    In Donald Miller’s book “Blue Like Jazz,” he has a chapter called “Love: How to Really Love Other People” He was at a lecture by Greg Spencer that talked about the metaphors that we use around (amongst other things) relationships. We talk about how we value people, invest in people, how we say ...read more

  • The Story Deals With A Rather Old Fashioned Lady, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kraig Pullam on Oct 22, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,773 views

    The story deals with a rather old fashioned lady, who was planning a couple of weeks vacation in Florida. She also was quite delicate and elegant with her language. She wrote a letter to a particular campground and asked for reservations. She wanted to make sure the campground was fully equipped ...read more

  • Hot-Sync Your Marriage!

    Contributed by Mike Fox on Feb 23, 2008
     | 1,851 views

    Hot-Sync Your Marriage! "Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof." Proverbs 18:21 We used to have just PDA’s. Now, like most, we’ve updated to PDA Phones, mainly for business. But when we had our PDA’s, we had a feature called "Hot-Sync". The ...read more

  • So,... You Say You ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 2,382 views

    SO,... YOU SAY YOU BELIEVE? A. W. Tozer wrote, “Fortunately only a few things are matters of life and death, such as a compass for a sea voyage or a guide for a journey across the desert. To ignore these things is not to gamble or take a chance; it is to commit suicide. Here it is either be ...read more

  • Curse Turned Blessing

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Dec 7, 2022
     | 1,785 views

    Sometimes missing a flight turns into a blessing. My older son was flying from Little Rock to Kansas City through Dallas but missed his connection because the flight was late leaving Little Rock. He called from the airport bemoaning his fate but said that there was another flight he could book ...read more

  • Who Would Ever Dream Of Amputating His Own Leg? ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Haines on Jan 20, 2001
    based on 77 ratings
     | 4,799 views

    Who would ever dream of amputating his own leg? Nobody-- unless that person had lost his mind or was faced with the grim choice of losing either his leg or his life. That was Bill Jeracki’s terrible predicament, according to The Denver Post, when he was out fishing alone in the foothills of the ...read more

  • Professional Golfer Paul Azinger Was Diagnosed ...  PRO

    Contributed by Todd Randolph on Jun 30, 2001
    based on 74 ratings
     | 3,107 views

    Professional golfer Paul Azinger was diagnosed with cancer at age 33. He had just won a PGA championship and had ten tournament victories to his credit. He wrote, "A genuine feeling of fear came over me. I could die from cancer. Then another reality hit me even harder. I’m going to die eventually ...read more

  • Sent By God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2002
    based on 15 ratings
     | 2,969 views

    SENT BY GOD Bill Bright, the founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, in a recent interview told of his most memorable occasion to share the gospel. "I remember as a young believer I felt impressed to call on a man who was a CEO of one of the great fortune 500 companies. As presumptuous as it ...read more