In Sermon Illustrations: "First Great Awakening"

The Story Of George Beverly Shea

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 17, 2012

THE STORY OF GEORGE BEVERLY SHEA George Beverly Shea was a young man in the late 1920s aspiring to become a well-known singer. He entered Houghton College in New York in 1928 to get some good music training, but family financial problems caused him to leave after only one year. He found a job as a ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15-17

Tags: Commitment To Christ

The Concept Of Grace

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2022

There is a great article that illustrates the concept of grace written by Charles Stanley. It reads: One of my more memorable seminary professors had a practical way of illustrating to his students the concept of grace. At the end of his evangelism course, he would distribute the exam with the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:8-9

Tags: Grace, Forgiveness

The Power Of Giving Thanks  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 17, 2002

THE POWER OF GIVING THANKS Something to reflect on as you sit down to your Thanksgiving dinner: If you had been a Pilgrim, would you have given thanks? Consider what they had been through, the men and women who broke bread together on that first Thanksgiving in 1621. They had uprooted ...read more

Tags: Joy, Thanksgiving Holiday

A Change Of Policy

Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 19, 2012

A CHANGE OF POLICY Last June, the city of Alameda, California immediately changed its policies after its first responders stood by and watched a man drown in the San Francisco Bay. The first responders didn’t venture out into the muddy waters of the bay, even as the man started treading water and ...read more

Tags: Law

The Love Of God  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

THE LOVE OF GOD The love of God is one of the great realities of the universe, a pillar upon which the hope of the world rests. But it is a personal, intimate thing too. God does not love populations, He ...read more

Tags: Promises Of God, People In Acts

I Heard Of A Mother Who Was Asked By Her Three ...

Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Aug 8, 2007

I heard of a mother who was asked by her three children what she would like for her birthday. She answered, "Three well-behaved children." One of the children thought about her words for a moment ...read more

Tags: Children

Denomination: Charismatic

I Will Always Regard It As An Example Of Gods ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

I will always regard it as an example of Gods great mercy and inexhaustible creativity that so unpromising a creature [as I] might begin to turn her life to the good. And not only that: the very things that had ...read more

Tags: Becoming A Christian

Let Us Keep Untarnished, Unstained, The Honor ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Let us keep untarnished, unstained, the honor of the flag our fathers bore aloft in the teeth of the wildest storm, the flag that shall float above the solid files of a united people, a people sworn to the great cause of ...read more

Tags: Government

The Time Of Business Does Not With Me Differ ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The time of business does not with me differ from the time of prayer, and in the noise and clatter of my kitchen, while several persons are at the same time calling for different things, I possess God in as ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To

There Is Never An Open Road, Except The Road ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is never an open road, except the road that leads to failure. Every great success has always been achieved by fight. Every winner has scars....The men who succeed are the efficient few. They ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

The Perfect Bond

Contributed by John Rollyson on Mar 27, 2009

The Great philosopher Plato: "Two things cannot be held together without a third; they must have some bond of union. And the fairest bond is that which most completely fuses and is fused into the things which ...read more

Tags: God's Love

Denomination: Baptist

Commentator William Barclay Told A Story Of A ...

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Oct 27, 2009

Commentator William Barclay told a story of a person chatting with a great scholar about a younger man. He said, "So and so tells me that he was one of your students." The teacher answered, "He ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Salvation Army

Quotes On Discipleship

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Feb 2, 2013

QUOTES ON DISCIPLESHIP It's been said, 'A student learns what his teacher knows, but a disciple becomes what his master is.” One great writer on discipleship put it this way: ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Brethren

A Divided House Makes A Happy Home

Contributed by James Snyder on Feb 6, 2021

Never has our world been more divided than today. Politics, religion, sports and on and on I could go. For the most part, so many people think being divided is a negative thing. And for many people it is. However, after being married to the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage for almost 50 years, I ...read more

Scripture: Amos 3:3

Tags: Happy Home, Pastor Cave, Divided Home

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

As Luck Would Have It

Contributed by James Snyder on Dec 17, 2022

Quite frankly, I do not believe in luck in any degree. Once in a while, I will say it, but I don't believe it. Luck has no place in my wallet. Sometimes things happen that you can't plan for, which turns out to be rather good. Luck has nothing to do with it. This past week my ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 17:6

Tags: Humor, Luck, Choice

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

1 In 5 Sixteen Year-Olds Crash Their Cars Within ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

1 in 5 sixteen year-olds crash their cars within the first year of driving. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Children

If Thou Faint In The Day Of Adversity, Thy ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small too small to be worth talking about, for the day of ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Among The Natural Rights Of The Colonists Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, thirdly to property; together with the ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

It Is, I Think, Pertinent To Recall That The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It is, I think, pertinent to recall that the achievement of the Christians of the first century was due to the fact that their faith was so exceptional as ...read more

Tags: Faith General

There Is No Slippery Slope Toward Loss Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is no slippery slope toward loss of liberty, only a long staircase where each step down must first be tolerated ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom