In Sermon Illustrations: "Free Moral Agency"

Easter, Redemption

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

Easter, Redemption The apostle Paul wrote about this redemptive work of Christ upon the Cross and victory that is available to the children of God through the resurrection of Christ. He writes, "So you are no longer a slave..." (Galatians 4:7) Jesus said, "So if the Son sets you free, you will ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 4:7

Tags: Easter Resurrection

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

People In The Baby Bust Generation Are More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

People in the Baby Bust generation are more inclined than any other group to support behaviors that conflict with traditional Christian morals. ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

If This Country Had A National Psychologist, Im ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If this country had a national psychologist, Im afraid the Democratic Party would be diagnosed with terminal projection. They have done nothing except accuse their opponents ...read more

Tags: Government

Two Things Fill The Mind With Ever-Increasing ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Two things fill the mind with ever-increasing wonder and awe, the more often and the more intensely the mind of thought is drawn to them: the ...read more

Tags: Thought

At Least 75 Christians Killed In Manila Hotel ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 29, 2001

At Least 75 Christians Killed In Manila Hotel Fire August 20, 2001 By: Stefan J. Bos Eastern Europe Correspondent for ASSIST News Service MANILA, PHILIPPINES -- (ANS) -- An early morning fire that swept through a suburban Manilla hotel Saturday has killed at least 75 people, mostly participants at ...read more

Tags: Sermon On The Mount, Christian Disciplines, Attributes, Doubt

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Giving To Missions  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 26, 2001

GIVING TO MISSIONS Americans give $700 million per year to mission agencies. However, they pay as much for pet food every 52 days. A person must overeat by at least $1.50 worth of food per month to maintain one excess pound of flesh. Yet $1.50 per month is more than what 90 percent of all ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines, Forgiveness General, Evangelism Urgency

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Through His Blood

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010

THROUGH HIS BLOOD In 1927, in West Africa, a blood specimen was taken from a native man named Asibi, who was sick with yellow fever. A vaccine was made from the original strain of virus obtained from this man. In fact, all the vaccine manufactured since 1927 by the Rockefeller Foundation and ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness In Jesus

Denomination: Brethren

As We Paid Nothing For God's Eternal Love And ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 19, 2007

As we paid nothing for God’s eternal love and nothing for the Son of His love, and nothing for His Spirit and our grace and faith, and nothing for our eternal rest...What an astonishing thought it will be to think of the unmeasurable difference between our deservings and our receivings. O, how free ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Abortion Views Changing: A New Gallup Survey Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Abortion Views Changing: A new Gallup survey of 13 to 17 year olds finds their views on abortion significantly more conservative than their parents’ generation: Abortion is morally wrong, Teens: 72% Adults: 26%; Abortion should be legal in all circumstances, Teens: 19% Adults: 26%; Abortion should ...read more

Tags: Abortion

A. M. Hills (From Backsliders And Worldly ...  PRO

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Aug 31, 2009

A. M. Hills (From Backsliders and Worldly Christians): "It is doubtful if a moral fall is ever abrupt. People decline in religion and backslide gradually. ...read more

Tags: Apostasy

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Prodigal Son Came To His Father And Said, "I ...

Contributed by Ray Searan on Feb 21, 2007

The prodigal son came to his father and said, "I want to be free. Give me what is mine." Then he wandered into the far country, saying, "I’m free! I’m free!" However, his freedom was brief. His friends left him when his money ran out, and he found himself enslaved to a Gentile taskmaster and to a ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Famous Authors Who Mocked God

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 9, 2023

Ernest Hemingway became famous for snubbing his nose at morality and at God, declaring that his own life proved a person could do anything he wanted without paying the consequences. Like many others before and after him, he considered the ideas of the Bible to be antiquated and outdated, ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 6:7

Tags: Truth, Judgment, Lost, Sowing, Infidels, Reaping, Spiritual Blindness, Irreverence, Mocking God, Unbelievers, Atheists  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Dianne Odell's Attitude Remained Positive, Even ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 7, 2010

Dianne Odell’s Attitude Remained Positive, Even in an Iron Lung I read once of Dianne Odell of Jackson, Tennessee. She was quite a lady. Her life story received nation-wide attention. Dianne graduated from high school and college, she was involved with her church, and wrote her autobiography. ...read more

Scripture: John 8:34-36

Tags: Disability

One Of The Greatest Single Needs In Our World ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"One of the greatest single needs in our world today is men and women who manifest a strong moral fibre day to day whose lives are clean and sharp, with a cutting ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

According To Dr. Howard Marcuse, A Philosopher Of ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 24, 2009

According to Dr. Howard Marcuse, a philosopher of the radical left, "No society can survive a disintegration of its moral standards." Jerry Vines, Interviews With ...read more

Tags: Apostasy

Denomination: Baptist

Webster’s Ii New Riverside Dictionary Pg. ...  PRO

Contributed by Troy Borst on Feb 5, 2001

Webster’s II New Riverside Dictionary pg. 383 & 762 1) justice- the principle of ideal or moral rightness, fairness, and administrating law 2) vengeance- The act of ...read more

Tags: God's Judgment, Forgiveness General

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

No Man Who Continues To Add Something To The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"No man who continues to add something to the material, intellectual, and moral well-being of the place in which he lives is long left without proper reward. This is ...read more

Tags: Miscellaneous

Of All The Lessons History Teaches This One Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Of all the lessons history teaches this one is plainest: the person who tries to achieve ends through force is always unscrupulous and is always cruel. We should remember this in an age where ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

The Power Of Love A Force From Above ...

Contributed by Richard Francis on Dec 17, 2012

The power of love a force from above that’s cleanses your soul, that’s saves and restores that opens the eyes of the blind, that gives the deaf hearing and free’s the ...read more

Tags: Salvation

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Someone Has Pictured Legalism And Libertinism As ...

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 8, 2009

Someone has pictured legalism and libertinism as two parallel streams that run between earth and heaven. The stream of legalism is clear, sparkling, and pure; but its waters run so deep and furiously that no one can enter it without being drowned or smashed on the rocks of its harsh demands. The ...read more

Tags: Christian Liberty

Denomination: Other