In Sermon Illustrations: "First Love"

Closer Than Our Problems  PRO

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 28, 2002

CLOSER THAN OUR PROBLEMS In reflecting on Handel’s Messiah, Joseph E. McCabe wrote: “Never again are we to look at the stars, as we did when we were children, and wonder how far it is to God. A being outside our world would be a spectator, looking on but taking no part in this life, where we try ...read more

Tags: Christmas, Emmanuel, Incarnation, Provision

Denomination: Baptist

A Remarkable Work  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2004

A REMARKABLE WORK When Benjamin Franklin was the Ambassador to France, he occasionally attended the Infidels Club -- a group that spent most of its time searching for and reading literary masterpieces. On one occasion Franklin read the book of Ruth to the club, but changed the names in it so it ...read more

Tags: Ruth

Closer Than Our Problems  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2006

CLOSER THAN OUR PROBLEMS In reflecting on Handel’s Messiah, Joseph E. McCabe wrote: “Never again are we to look at the stars, as we did when we were children, and wonder how far it is to God. A being outside our world would be a spectator, looking on but taking no part in this life, where we try ...read more

The Teacher By Leslie Pinckney Hill

Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 15, 2009

The Teacher by Leslie Pinckney Hill Lord, who am I to teach the way To little children day by day, So prone myself to go astray? I Teach them KNOWLEDGE, but I know How faint they flicker and how low The candles of my knowledge glow. I teach them POWER to will and do, But only now to learn ...read more

Tags: Father's Day

Denomination: *other

What's Your Motivation?

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2012

WHAT'S YOUR MOTIVATION? Suppose someone were to offer me a thousand dollars for every soul I might earnestly try to lead to Christ. Would I endeavor to lead any more souls to him than I am endeavoring to do now? Is it possible that I would attempt to do for money, even at the risk of blunders or ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:22-23

Tags: Great Commission

Have You Ever Gone To Some Of The Older Members ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Have you ever gone to some of the OLDER MEMBERS and ask them why TRADITION is so important to them? Have you ever asked what is of UTMOST important to them in their WORSHIP? Have you ever asked them why they so enjoy some of the OLDER SONGS that you can hardly bear singing? Ask one of the WIDOWS ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

Heart Prints

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Heart Prints Whatever our hands touch We leave fingerprints On walls, on furniture On doorknobs, dishes, books. There’s no escape. As we touch we leave our identity. Oh God, wherever I go today Help me leave heartprints Heartprints of compassion Of understanding and love. Heartprints ...read more

Tags: Faith General

It Reminds Me Of A Poem Sent Me Over Five Years ...  PRO

Contributed by Greg Buchner on Mar 28, 2005

It reminds me of a poem sent me over five years ago. Written by a poet named Joann VanDomelen, etntitled "Birth to Rebirth"... This is a story about a boy who was born on Christmas Day, A story of love, pain, sacrifice and what he gave away. As a child he laughed, he played, As all we children ...read more

Scripture: John 4:25-26

Tags: Humanity Of Christ

Denomination: Methodist

I Want To Close By Sharing Something Gary Gunn ...

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jun 11, 2010

I want to close by sharing something Gary Gunn told us about at our last Men’s Prayer Breakfast. Several years back, Steven, a young man with AIDS started attending our church. (This was back in the time when AIDS was scary to most people and we didn’t know a lot about it.) The sickness slowly ...read more

Tags: Action

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Why Did He Do That?

Contributed by Danny Presswood on Jan 26, 2009

WHY DID HE DO THAT? In his book "Evidence that demands a Verdict," Josh McDowell describes what Jesus went through on our behalf. It started with "a sleepless night with no food. Then Jesus endured the mockery of two trials; He was slapped, mocked, spat upon, and ridiculed with a robe, a ...read more

Tags: Easter Good Friday

Denomination: Baptist

Would Your Child Write ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009

WOULD YOUR CHILD WRITE THIS? Bub Roussel was only 17 on Sunday morning in 1941, when Pearl Harbor was bombed. A few weeks later, he was drafted and ended up in the Army Air Corps, assigned as a radio operator on a B-29 bomber. The youngest in his crew, Bub and many like him had to grow up fast ...read more

Tags: Parenting

How Much Coffee Is Too Much Coffee?

Contributed by James Snyder on Oct 15, 2022

I will be the first to confess that I love my coffee, especially in the morning. When anybody asks how much coffee is enough, I usually say, “Just one more cup.” My day cannot get started until I’ve had a sufficient amount of coffee. If I don’t have enough coffee when I meet somebody, they will ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 34:8

Tags: Serial, Coffee

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

We Have An Anchor...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Johns on Jun 15, 2002

We have an anchor that keeps the soul Steadfast and sure while the billows roll, Fastened to the Rock which cannot ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 6:19

Tags: Descriptions Of God

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

John Huss (C. 1370-1415) Who Said, "Seek The ...  PRO

Contributed by Michael Gibney on Aug 7, 2002

John Huss (C. 1370-1415) who said, “Seek the truth, Listen to the truth, Teach the truth, Love the truth, Abide by ...read more

Tags: Apologetics The Bible, Bible Truth

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Lord, Give Me Firmness Without Hardness, ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005

Lord, give me firmness without hardness, steadfastness without dogmatism, and love without weakness. Jim Elliot, quoted in ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To

Revival Is The People Of God Living In The Power ...  PRO

Contributed by John Shearhart on May 24, 2006

“Revival is the people of God living in the power of an ungrieved, unquenched Spirit.” - James A. Stewart “Revival is the church falling in ...read more

Tags: Church General

True Humour Springs Not More From The Head Than ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"True humour springs not more from the head than from the heart; it is not contempt, its essence is love; it issues not in ...read more

Tags: Doubt, Humor

You Dont Have To Go To Heathen Lands Today To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

You dont have to go to heathen lands today to find false gods. America is full of them. Whatever ...read more

Tags: World Religions

Property Is Dear To Menbecause It Is The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Property is dear to menbecause it is the bulwark of all they hold dearest on earth, and above all else, because it is the safeguard of those they ...read more

Tags: Property

If You Make People Think They're Thinking, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you. If you really make ...read more

Tags: Thought