Plan for: Thanksgiving | Advent | Christmas

Sermon Illustrations
Free Sermon Illustrations for Preaching :

In Sermon Illustrations: "First Day Of The Week" showing 1,141-1,160 of 15,519

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
  • But, I Was Playing Cards  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,459 views

    BUT, I WAS PLAYING CARDS During the Revolutionary War, a loyalist spy appeared at the headquarters of Hessian commander Colonel Johann Rall, carrying an urgent message. General George Washington and his Continental army had secretly crossed the Delaware River that morning and were advancing on ...read more

  • The Story Is Told About "New Year's Day, 1929, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 4,547 views

    The story is told about “New Year’s Day, 1929, Georgia Tech played UCLA in the Rose Bowl. In that game a young man named Roy Riegels, Team Captain, recovered a fumble for UCLA, that had been fumbled by Stumpy Thomason from Georgia Tech. Picking up the loose ball, he lost his direction and ran ...read more

  • On New Year's Day, 1929, Georgia Tech Played ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,457 views

    On New Year’s Day, 1929, Georgia Tech played UCLA in the Rose Bowl. In that game a young man named Roy Riegels recovered a fumble for UCLA. Picking up the loose ball, he lost his direction and ran sixty-five yards toward the wrong goal line. One of his teammates, Beeny Lom, ran him down and tackled ...read more

  • Hey Bob! Building Margin In Your Life

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 27, 2010
     | 2,559 views

    "HEY BOB!" BUILDING MARGIN IN YOUR LIFE In his book, The Short List: In A Life Full of Choices, There Are Only Four That Matter, Butterworth tells of the time when he came home to his family after another weekend speaking engagement when his then youngest son decided to start talking at the Monday ...read more

  • When Youre My Age, Its As If Youre A Car. First ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,019 views

    "When youre my age, its as if youre a car. First a tire blows, and you get that fixed. Then a headlight goes and you get that fixed. And then one day you drive into a garage and the ...read more

  • A Young Girl's Aunt Took Her Out For The Day And ...

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Jan 13, 2007
     | 1,185 views

    A young girl’s aunt took her out for the day and they went to a great cathedral. It was the first time the girl had ever visited such a magnificent place and she sat gazing in wonder at the sunlit beauty of the large stained glass windows. “Auntie, who are those people in the windows?” she ...read more

  • Mother's Day Is Fast Approaching And My Mind Went ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2007
     | 2,660 views

    MOTHER’S DAY IS FAST APPROACHING and my mind went back many years ago to a TV program called, I Remember Moma (I guess I’m showing my age now). It was broadcast from 1949 to 1957 on CBS. It was a 30 minute show in black and white about a Norwegian-American family living in San Francisco in ...read more

  • One Day A Little Girl Went Shopping With Her ...

    Contributed by Georgina Pando-Connolly on Apr 30, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,068 views

    One day a little girl went shopping with her mother. Her Daddy had given her a couple of dollars to but whatever she wanted and she chose a shiny necklace with shiny beads that looked like pearls. The little girl put on her pearls and wouldn’t take them off. She slept, bathed etc. Her daddy was ...read more

  • I Read A Story The Other Day. Once, A Boy And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,775 views

    I read a story the other day. Once, a boy and his sister were spending a week with their grandparents on their farm. And grandpa gave the boy a slingshot to play with out in the woods. One day the boy saw Grandpa’s pet duck. And just out of impulse, he let the slingshot fly, and hit the duck square ...read more

  • Mom Stats  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on May 12, 2012
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,822 views

    MOM STATS These statistics are from Moms on their most difficult moments. These results were taken from a nation wide survey of moms with children under six. The "Worst place to have to change a diaper" 47% said a public restroom with no changing table 27% said the worst place to change a ...read more

  • Not If Jesus Is Like Dad  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 21, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,637 views

    NOT IF JESUS IS LIKE DAD Some months ago I heard a touching story about a humble, consecrated pastor whose young son had become very ill. After the boy had undergone an exhaustive series of tests, the father was told the shocking news that his son had a terminal illness. The youngster had accepted ...read more

  • Elizabeth Griscom: Freedom Creates Courage  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,591 views

    ELIZABETH GRISCOM: FREEDOM CREATES COURAGE On January 1, 1752, Samuel and Rebecca Griscom gave birth to a baby girl they named Elizabeth. Elizabeth grew up a Quaker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After completing her formal education, Elizabeth went on to work as an apprentice to John Webster, a ...read more

  • Everybody Hates Chris: Right Day, Wrong Year

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Nov 23, 2009
     | 2,900 views

    EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS: RIGHT DAY, WRONG YEAR Once there was a covenant with Noah, with Abram, with Moses, and with David, but now there is a NEW covenant written in the blood of Jesus. That promise, that contract, never expires. It is guaranteed by God's action, not our actions. The word often ...read more

  • I Was In High School, Either A Junior Or Senior, ...

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Dec 15, 2009
     | 1,737 views

    I was in high school, either a junior or senior, I can’t remember which. My dad and step-mom were out of town, leaving my older step-brothers and me to have the house to ourselves. As was our custom, we partied. Lots of people, lots of alcohol, and even some pot. While I was drunk one of those ...read more

  • I Received A Letter From A Single Mother Who Had ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,157 views

    I received a letter from a single mother who had raised a son who was about to become a dad. Since he had no recollection of his own father, her question to me was "What do I tell him a father does?" When my dad died in my ninth year, I, too, was raised by my mother, giving rise to the same ...read more

  • Daughter Of A Jew-Catcher

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 21, 2011
     | 3,621 views

    DAUGHTER OF A JEW-CATCHER I recently read an article by a minister who had been invited to preach to a church Congregation in Holland. His visit coincided with the Dutch Day of Remembrance, held each year on the anniversary of Holland’s liberation from the Nazis. His talk was preceded by several ...read more

  • St. Pixels, The World's First Online 3d Church, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
     | 1,411 views

    St. Pixels, the world’s first online 3D church, was created by UK Christian webzine shipoffools.com and is sponsored by the Methodist Church of Great Britain. During it‘s pilot run it had as many as 41,000 attempts to log in to the church and averaged over 7,300 visits per day. More than half the ...read more

  • St. Pixels, The World's First Online 3d Church, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,046 views

    St. Pixels, the world’s first online 3D church, was created by UK Christian webzine shipoffools.com and is sponsored by the Methodist Church of Great Britain. During it‘s pilot run it had as many as 41,000 attempts to log in to the church and averaged over 7,300 visits per day. More than half the ...read more

  • I Think Of A Young Man Named Adrian Who Was In My ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jun 7, 2008
     | 1,956 views

    I think of a young man named Adrian who was in my Youth Group back in a former church. Adrian’s dad --- who had, unfortunately, never been much of a dad to Adrian --- decided to move to Mexico right before Adrian’s senior year of High School. A family in our church took Adrian in to live with ...read more

  • Rooting For You

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2010
     | 4,394 views

    ROOTING FOR YOU Zig Ziglar tells of the time he took his young son golfing. The boy was still relatively new to the game, so Zig was very impressed by his son’s performance on one of the par 4 holes. At the tee, the boy lifted the ball straight and true down the fairway. A second shot got him ...read more

  • Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 775
  • 776
  • Next