In Sermon Illustrations: "First Great Awakening"

Jingle Bells  PRO

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Dec 23, 2006

JINGLE BELLS The two of them were best friends in seminary, studying together, helping each other financially when one or the other got in a pinch, they stood by each other through thick and thin. When they graduated from seminary both coincidentally received a church call within the same state: ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-6, John 14:1-3

Tags: Death

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How Many Of You Have Heard About The Book And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

How many of you have heard about the book and movie called “The Secret”? 1. Here is some of the verbiage being used to advertise “The Secret”: “The Secret is released to the world This ground-breaking feature length movie presentation reveals The Great Secret of the universe. It has been passed ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

Power Of The Word Of God-----A Friend Of Mine, ...

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 16, 2010

POWER OF THE WORD OF GOD-----A friend of mine, Bill, was a bible translator for Wycliff Bible Translators in some very remote mountains in Bolivia. Bill was on the second Wycliff team. The first Wycliff team went into the most prominent village in the area and learned the local Bolivian language. ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Power Of The Translated Word Of God  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010

POWER OF THE TRANSLATED WORD OF GOD This is a strategy still used today, because it works and this is how it is still used today: A friend of mine, Bill, was a bible translator for Wycliff Bible Translators in some very remote mountains in Bolivia. Bill was on the second Wycliff team. The first ...read more

Scripture: Acts 12:24, Acts 12:1-25

Tags: Bible Influence

The "Regard For Others" Ethic

Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Jan 24, 2012

THE "REGARD FOR OTHERS" ETHIC John Sommerville currently teaches history at the University of Florida. He has been carrying out an exercise with his students for years. He challenges his students with the following thought experiment. Imagine that you see a little old lady coming down the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Tags: Neighbor

Denomination: Baptist

Both Life And Death Are Parts Of The Same ...  PRO

Contributed by Sean Smuts on Jan 29, 2003

"...both life and death are parts of the same Great ...read more

Tags: Death

Denomination: Mennonite

Give A Little Love To A Child, And You Get A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Give a little love to a child, and you get a ...read more

Tags: Children

Meekness Is The Cherish'd Bent Of All The Truly ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Meekness is the cherish'd bent Of all the truly great ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Enthusiasm Is The Inspiration Of Everything ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

You Know What A Womans Curiosity Is. Almost As ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

You know what a womans curiosity is. Almost ...read more

Tags: Curiosity

He Who Has Never Failed Somewhere, That Man ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"He who has never failed somewhere, that man ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

There Is Something Magnificent, A Contagion Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is something magnificent, a contagion of enthusiasm, in the sight ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

The Lure Of The Distant And The Difficult Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great ...read more

Tags: Opportunity

Whatever Happened To "My Space”

Contributed by James Snyder on May 10, 2025

When I was young, one of my life priorities was “My Space.” I defended it with everything I had. In school, I had to defend “My Space.” Several times, I even had to go to the principal’s office and explain what “My Space” was all about. He didn’t seem to understand, and I had to explain it several ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 91:1

Tags: Space, Violations

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Playing With Beethoven  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001

PLAYING WITH BEETHOVEN A college girl visited the home of Beethoven. She slipped under the rope and began playing Beethoven’s piano. She said to the one in charge, "I suppose every musician who comes here wants to play this piano." He explained to her that recently the great Paderewski was ...read more

Scripture: Song of Songs 3:1, Ecclesiastes 3:1, Luke 7:36-50, Hebrews 1:1, Hebrews 1:1  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Humility, Emotions

John N. Oswalt, Professor Of Old Testament And ...

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 24, 2006

John N. Oswalt, professor of Old Testament and Semitic languages, Asbury Theological Seminary (Wilmore, Kentucky): “Isaiah calls to mind historic events which would give credence to the eschatological [last times, end times, judgement] hope. Gideon and his people, faced by an oppressive horde, ...read more

Tags: God The Father

Denomination: Salvation Army

Right After The 9/11 Attacks, The President ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Right after the 9/11 attacks, the president addressed the nation. He said, “A great people have been moved to defend a great nation. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot shake the foundation of America” In other words, “even though we just ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

In The Days Of The Roman Emperor Nero, There ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

In the days of the Roman Emperor Nero, there lived and served him a band of soldiers known as the "Emperor’s Wrestlers." Fine, stalwart men they were, picked from the best and the bravest of the land, recruited from the great athletes of the Roman amphitheater. In the great amphitheater they ...read more

Tags: God's Omnipotence

Old Fat Bald Hero

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Sep 3, 2009

OLD FAT BALD HERO One of the great sports stories of the decade of the 1990’s was of George Foreman regaining the heavyweight boxing championship of the world. At age 45, George Foreman, more than a decade past the prime of most fighters, knocked out his opponent, Michael Moore, and regained the ...read more

Tags: Aging

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Americanism Means The Virtues Of Courage, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity and hardihood the virtues that made America. The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of ...read more

Tags: America