In Sermon Illustrations: "Fathers Day Funny"

Take Me Home

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Sep 23, 2019

Take Me Home I've been everything that I want to be. I've seen everything that I want to see. All over this world I did roam. Now, I'm asking you, Jesus, please take me home. I can hear my spirit within me groan. I wan to be sitting at the foot of Your throne. I've had my fill ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 19:13-14, Philippians 1:23-24

Tags: Success, Failure, Loneliness, Sorrow, Despair, Homesick  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Why Its Called An Idiot Light

Contributed by Larry Hinkle on Jun 12, 2020

Six months after I bought my first car, the "service engine" light came on. I called my dad from college, "What does that service engine light mean? Can I still drive it, or do I need to fix something?" He chuckled and said, it was an idiot light, "It is set to trigger ...read more

Scripture: John 16:8, Acts 2:38

Tags: Maintenance, Discipleship, Warning, Conscience, Conviction  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Methodist

Four Descriptions Of A Life Without Christ

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 2, 2023

Satan hates God and everything and everyone in the Kingdom of God. He fights the Kingdom on a daily basis and will continue to try to stop the Gospel from spreading (I Thess. 2:18, Ephesians 6:11-12). Paul described the condition of all of those who are unbelievers and living in the Kingdom of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:10, 2 Corinthians 3:12-18, Acts 16:31, 1 Corinthians 1:23, 2 Corinthians 4:1-4  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Satan, Salvation, Gospel, Lost, Unsaved, Spiritual Blindness, Unbelievers, Perishing  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Three Levels Of Fruit Bearing

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 2, 2023

Galatians 5:19-23 describes the fruit of the Spirit. The fruit described by Paul in Galatians 5 is not something that is a goal for Christian living produced by the ability of the believer. No, it is the very character of Christ produced within us by the presence and power of the Holy Spirit. In ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:19-23

Tags: Fruit Of The Spirit, Spiritual Maturity, Leaders, Spirit Filled Life, Fruit Bearing, Holy Spirit  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Five Finger Prayer Formula

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 10, 2024

Prayer is a conversation with God, not a formula. Yet sometimes we might need to use a “method” to freshen up our prayer time. We can pray the Psalms or other Scriptures (such as The Lord’s Prayer), or use the ACTS method (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and Supplication). I recently came ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 33:3

Tags: Faith, Worship, Praise, Prayer, Hearing God, Receiving, Asking, Needs  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Worship Jesus For The Cross

Contributed by Samuel M on Dec 18, 2024

Worship is not something that we should give to God, but something we owe God. We are worshipping God because we owe God our worship rather than free will. For all that Jesus has done and accomplished on the Cross, we owe Jesus our worship. Even if we repay every second from now by our praise and ...read more

Tags: Faith, Cross

The Pit

Contributed by John Bright on Jan 18, 2026

The Pit man fell into a pit and couldn't get himself out. A subjective person came along and said: "I feel for you down there." An objective person came along and said: "It's logical that someone would fall down there." A Pharisee said: "Only bad people fall into ...read more

Scripture: James 1:22-27

Tags: Jesus, Helping Others

Denomination: Methodist

Understanding

Contributed by Larry Grant on Jan 21, 2025

In 1988 at the Democratic National Convention the Reverend Jesse Jackson gave a speech called “Common Ground” in which he challenged us to never give in to demagoguery. He said, Don't you surrender and don't you give up. Don't surrender and don't give up! Why cannot I challenge you ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 4:7

Tags: Ronald Reagan, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama, Jesse Jackson

Denomination: Baptist

The Meaning Of The Cross

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011

THE MEANING OF THE CROSS In the 19th century, Armenian Christians, under a Turkish Muslim government, experienced a tremendous amount of persecution. The government lifted the ban on Muslims converting to Christianity in 1856. Then just eight years later, they began arresting these Muslim converts ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:12-19

Tags: Persecution

The Power Of Prayer

Contributed by Larry Grant on Jan 12, 2025

Luke 18:1-8 “The Power of Prayer” January 5, 2025 All of us have prayed about serious problems that God has not or did not seem to give us an answer to. Every one of us has had an issue that we have brought before the Lord and it seems as if He did nothing. Most of us have suffered some type of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:1-8

Tags: Power, Refine, Redirect, Plans, Petitions  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

The Average American Watches An Equivalent Of 52 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

The Average American watches an equivalent of 52 days of TV a year. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Television And Movies

Relying On God Has To Begin All Over Again Every ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing yet had ...read more

Tags: Faith General

It Is The Studying That You Do After Your School ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

It is the studying that you do after your school days that really counts. Otherwise you know ...read more

Tags: Bible Study

Wiccans, Witches, Druids And Satanists Celebrate ...

Contributed by Cris Willis on Dec 27, 2007

Wiccans, Witches, Druids and Satanists celebrate Halloween as a special day in their calendar where some even ...read more

Denomination: Church Of God

John Maxwell Rights The Following In His Book, ...

Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Oct 8, 2008

John Maxwell rights the following in his book, “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership”: “Leadership ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Denomination: Wesleyan

Critics Are Like Eunuchs In A Harem; They Know ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how its done, theyve seen it done every day, but ...read more

Tags: Dealing With Conflicts

A Newspaper Is Lumber Made Malleable. It Is Ink ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A newspaper is lumber made malleable. It is ink made into words and pictures. It is conceived, born, ...read more

Tags: Culture

The Golf Links Lie So Near The Mill That Almost ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The golf links lie so near the mill That almost every day The laboring children can look ...read more

Tags: Sports

The Car Trip Can Draw The Family Together, As ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The car trip can draw the family together, as it was in the days before television when parents and ...read more

Tags: Family

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, Old Age ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life