In Sermon Illustrations: "Fear Failure"

A Friend Sent Me An Email That Teaches ...  PRO

Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 25, 2001

A friend sent me an email that teaches thankfulness to its recipients: If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of this world. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace, you ...read more

Tags: Money, Joy

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Fact Is, The Mayo Clinic Claims 80-85% Of Total ...  PRO

Contributed by Craig Simonian on Jun 8, 2001

Fact is, the Mayo Clinic claims 80-85% of total caseload due directly to worry and anxiety. - Many experts say that coping with stress is the #1 health priority of our day. o One leading physician has stated that, in his opinion, 70% of all medical patients could cure themselves if only they got ...read more

Tags: Workplace, Guilt

Back In 1995 In Christianity Today - Harold ...  PRO

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 8, 2001

Back in 1995 in Christianity Today - Harold Miller told of the change that God brought to the natives in the Peruvian Amazon. He wrote: “Just one generation ago these were fearful, aggressive, and animistic people; all their contacts with outsiders were marked by violence. But now they’ve been ...read more

Tags: Growth In Christ, Evangelism The Lost, Call Of The Disciples

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Juan Carlos Was A Famous Pirate. He Was Notorious ...  PRO

Contributed by Eric Snyder on Oct 22, 2001

Juan Carlos was a famous pirate. He was notorious for his thievery, and it was rumored that he had a very large amount of plunder buried. One day he was in Mexico and a man came up to him, pushed him to the ground and said “Juan Carlos tell me where all your money is buried or I will shoot you ...read more

Tags: Faith, Truth

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

One Afternoon My Wife And I Arrived Home To ...  PRO

Contributed by Daniel Birchfield on Nov 27, 2001

One afternoon my wife and I arrived home to discover that the bird feeder hanging beside our carport had been taken over by a large blacksnake. My wife and I stared for a few moments at the large snake which had coiled itself around the feeder and finally she said, "Well, we are going to have to ...read more

Tags: Overcome

Denomination: Baptist

In Answer To William Ernest Henley's "Invictus", ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 15, 2002

In answer to William Ernest Henley’s "Invictus", charging that he is the captain of his soul, leaving no room for Christ’s work on the cross, Dorothea Day answers him in her poem, "My Captain". What a great comparison between the heresy of salvation by works and salvation by grace: Out of the ...read more

I Read A Fable About A Man Who Was Browsing In A ...

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jun 18, 2007

I read a fable about a man who was browsing in a store when he made the shocking discovery that God was behind a sales counter. So the man walked over and asked, "What are You selling?" God replied, "What does your heart desire?" The man said, "I want happiness, peace of mind, and freedom ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

California's Most Colorful Stagecoach Robber, ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

California’s most colorful stagecoach robber, “Black Bart.” For 6 years starting in 1877, Black Bart committed 28 robberies wearing a flour sack over his head, brandishing a shotgun demanding, “Will you please thrown down your treasure box, sir?” He was wounded in his last robbery, dropping a ...read more

Tags: Apologetics The Bible

New Every Morning

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 13, 2007

New Every Morning Yea, “new every morning,” though we may awake, Our hearts with old sorrow beginning to ache; With old work unfinished when night stayed our hand With new duties waiting, unknown and unplanned; With old care still pressing, to fret and to vex, With new problems rising, our minds ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Norman Rockwell Painted Another Famous Picture ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 26, 2007

Norman Rockwell painted another famous picture which revealed the value of being able to go and worship God freely in America. The two Big Wars during Norman’s lifetime helped him to be reminded of how blessed we were to worship God freely. i. He painted this picture along with three others after ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

There's A Device Invented Some Time Back Commonly ...

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Dec 31, 2007

There’s a device invented some time back commonly called a “fuzzbuster.” Its purpose is simple – to alert car drivers when a police radar gun is being used in the area. In other words, it’s to help you break the speed limit. Otherwise, you will worry a lot, looking over your shoulder and ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Fdny Captain Jay Jonas And Five Other ...

Contributed by Matthew Mobley on Mar 28, 2008

FDNY Captain Jay Jonas and five other firefighters from Ladder 6 responded immediately to the attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11. When they entered the lobby of the north tower, the south tower was hit. Carrying 100 pounds of gear, they began to ascend the stairwell of the south tower. When ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

Edward Scissorhands: Get Sculpting!

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 4, 2008

EDWARD SCISSORHANDS: GET SCULPTING! Edward Scissorhands – A 1990 film about a man created by a scientist. Edward has scissors and shears for hands. He was certainly a misfit in the colorful portrayal of a typical suburban community. He stood out, his scars ran deeper than his face, and he was ...read more

Tags: Stewardship

Denomination: Salvation Army

Solong's Faith

Contributed by Anne Benefield on Feb 4, 2009

SOLONG'S FAITH I gave blood on Friday. A lovely woman named Solong sampled my blood to insure that I had enough iron. We struck up a conversation, and it turns out she is a Christian. She told me that in 2006 she felt God calling her to go back to school. She didn't have enough money to go, but ...read more

Tags: Examples Of Faith

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Founding Fathers' Faith

Contributed by Jeffrey Powell on May 25, 2009

FOUNDING FATHERS' FAITH John Adams once remarked, "It is the duty of the clergy to accommodate their discourses to the times, to preach against such sins as are most prevalent, and recommend such virtues as are most wanted. For example, if exorbitant ambition and venality are predominant, ought ...read more

Tags: America

Denomination: Baptist

H. G. Wells On The Value Of Humans

Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Jun 29, 2009

H. G. WELLS ON THE VALUE OF HUMANS Can we doubt that presently our race will more than realise our boldest imaginations, that it will achieve unity and peace, and that our children will live in a world made more splendid and lovely than any palace or garden that we know, going on from strength to ...read more

Tags: Grace

Denomination: Baptist

Warning Against Gossip, Suspicion And Mistrust

Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 18, 2009

WARNING AGAINST GOSSIP, SUSPICION AND MISTRUST Charles Spurgeon, in his lecture titled "The Blind Eye and the Deaf Ear" warns of the effect that suspicion has on a person and on the church. "Avoid with your whole soul that spirit of suspicion which sours some men’s lives, and to all things from ...read more

Tags: Communication General

Denomination: *other

A.w. Tozer And Andrew Murray On ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 22, 2009

A.W. Tozer and Andrew Murray on Humility Humility and dying to myself are inseparable. A.W. Tozer nailed the nail on the head, saying, “In every Christians heart there is a cross and a throne and the Christian is on the throne till he puts himself on the cross; if he refuses the cross he remains on ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:5-11

Tags: Humility

In The 1940's There Was Race, A Race To Get The ...

Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jun 6, 2010

In the 1940’s there was race, a race to get the mightiest weapon this world had yet seen. The United States had the Manhattan Project. Hitler had his heavy water experiments. After the war it was learned that Hitler was much farther away from developing the atomic bomb than some had feared. But ...read more

Tags: Power

Denomination: Lutheran

Heaven To Earth, East To West  PRO

Contributed by John Fallahee on Jun 23, 2010

HEAVEN TO EARTH, EAST TO WEST 11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; 12 as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. Two distances are described here: heavens above the earth and East ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

Denomination: Baptist