Sermon Illustrations
Free Sermon Illustrations for Preaching :

In Sermon Illustrations: "Getting Worse"

showing 4,361-4,380 of 8,971
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
  • Worship At A Garbage Dump

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 21, 2012
     | 6,027 views

    WORSHIP AT A GARBAGE DUMP Imagine a town built atop an active landfill. That is "Garbage City" in Cairo, Egypt, longtime home to an impoverished, marginalized community of Coptic Christians for whom life is only going to get harder. The so-called Zabbaleen have been the trash collectors of Cairo ...read more

  • Uncle Otto Calls In The Cows

    Contributed by Paul Steen on Dec 9, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,971 views

    “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them,” (John 10:4 paraphrase) When I was growing up, my uncle Otto was my favorite uncle. He lived on a big farm and milked about 100 cows every morning and evening. One day he had all the cows out in the far back pasture he called the “back forty.” It was the ...read more

  • The Ugliest Suit Ever

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 11, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,400 views

    Note: this story is told from my perspective - Jim Butcher of Madison WV. When I was at Southern Seminary in Louisville, there were a few days in the spring when they offered official photos. It was a professional photographer with a nice backdrop and the prices were reasonable. The seminary ...read more

  • Not Enough Salt

    Contributed by David Ward on Sep 12, 2019
     | 7,190 views

    Dennis Kinlaw, former Asbury Seminary professor and Asbury College president, tells a story about growing up in rural Lumberton, North Carolina, during the depression. It was Dennis’ job, as a young boy, to rub salt into the meat his father brought home from hunting. He would rub salt into the meat ...read more

  • Living Or Dead

    Contributed by Max Furman on Dec 24, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,508 views

    On Easter Sunday, religious leaders and the disciples had all witnessed the same event. However, both saw something differently. A few years ago, I was getting ready to leave the house for a run and as my wife and I talked, I learned that she was soon going to run an errand. Jokingly, I told her ...read more

  • "grudgitis" Killer Disease

    Contributed by David Parks on Jan 14, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,402 views

    "GRUDGITIS" ... KILLER DISEASE "Fret not thyself because of evildoers..." (Psalm 37:1). A grizzly bear lumbered into a clearing where garbage had been dumped. Tourists noticed that there was only one animal the grizzly would permit to eat with him - a skunk. Doubtless he ...read more

  • I Love The 23rd Psalms Where It Says "Surely ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Hines on Jun 12, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,829 views

    I love the 23rd Psalms where it says "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me. all the days of my life." I imagine two angels, one named goodness and one named mercy, and everywhere I go they follow me, and protect me. I had the chance to experience this first hand. I was travelling to ...read more

  • God's Grace Sets You Free To Be Yourself And Not ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,895 views

    God’s grace sets you free to be yourself and not compromise to please people. God’s grace also sets you free from legalism. One of the black marks on so called Christians is legalism. Legalism is having a critical and judgmental attitude toward others. It is having spiritual pride and a superior ...read more

  • Tennessee Three-Kick Rule

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,788 views

    Tennessee Three-Kick Rule A NYC lawyer went duck hunting in the mountains of East Tennessee. He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer’s field on the other side of the fence. As the lawyer climbed over the fence, an elderly farmer drove up on his tractor and asked him what he was ...read more

  • From A Strictly Mathematical Viewpoint

    Contributed by Fran Van Hoven on Jun 29, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,965 views

    From a strictly mathematical viewpoint: What Equals 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been in situations where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving 101%? What equals 100% in life? ...read more

  • A Christian Steamship Captain, A Contemporary Of ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 17, 2007
     | 1,642 views

    A Christian steamship captain, a contemporary of George Mueller, once told of an experience involving Mueller’s great faith. While sailing off the coast of Newfoundland in extremely heavy fog, Mueller came to him and said, “Captain, I need to tell you that I must be in Quebec on Saturday ...read more

  • Our Community Recently Suffered A Devastating ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 1, 2007
     | 1,187 views

    Our community recently suffered a devastating flood. Area churches have partnered with the Salvation Army to pool donated goods for disater victims at a warehouse. I pastor one of the churches involved in the disaster relief. "I was told first-hand by a Salvation Army worker who helped a lady who ...read more

  • Walker Percy, In His Book Lost In The Cosmos, ...

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Sep 18, 2007
     | 1,069 views

    Walker Percy, in his book Lost in the Cosmos, describes a scenario that can help us be a little more introspective. Imagine you’re bringing your garbage can out one evening. You roll it down your driveway, out to the street and you see your neighbor, John. You say hi, and he says hi. Then he ...read more

  • Have You Ever Seen A Young Boy Learning To Use A ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Oct 6, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,182 views

    Have you ever seen a young boy learning to use a hammer and nails? My 2 year old son Sebastian loves to help me whenever I am working around the parsonage. He even has his own little plastic hammer that he uses as I use the real one. Sometimes I will let him try to hit the nail with his plastic ...read more

  • I Remember One Day When I Was About 10 Or 11 ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Oct 31, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 817 views

    I remember one day when I was about 10 or 11 years old and I had decided to go all the way across town to my grandmother’s house one summer afternoon. It was a scorching hot day in Northern California and I had about 6 miles to walk to my grandmother’s house because my bicycle had a flat tire. I ...read more

  • God Knows Our Needs And We Can Simply Trust Him ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 5, 2007
     | 1,878 views

    God knows our needs and we can simply TRUST Him to take care of all our needs, day by day. I thought of an example that happened a couple of weeks ago after a Bible Study Group that met at our house. George and Jeni, one of our young couples, were ready to go and Jeni realized she didn¡¦t ...read more

  • Speaking About Balance, Yesterday I Read About A ...  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Jan 27, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,526 views

    Speaking about balance, yesterday I read about a 28 year old woman in Sacramento who died last week from drinking too much water! The woman had entered a competition on a radio station and the idea was to see who could drink the most water without having to go to the bathroom. The comp was called, ...read more

  • Most If Not All Of Us Have Seen A Large Domino ...

    Contributed by Darren Mccormick on Feb 26, 2008
     | 1,473 views

    Most if not all of us have seen a large domino display set off. And we know that once you knock down that first domino there’s a chain reaction that takes place. This verse is talking about our actions having a spiritual domino effect. God doesn’t want us to worship Him in the wrong way because ...read more

  • Her Husband Had Skillfully Amassed A ...

    Contributed by Darren Mccormick on Feb 26, 2008
     | 1,641 views

    Her husband had skillfully amassed a multi-million dollar fortune. When her husband learned that he was dying he asked only one thing of her---he told her the entire fortune is yours but please do this one thing, have a will drawn up. He said something to the effect----Since we have no children ...read more

  • Sid Caesar In Early 1950s – Carl Reiner, As An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
     | 1,612 views

    Sid Caesar in early 1950s – Carl Reiner, as an airport reporter, is interviewing Sid Caesar as Professor Von Houdinoff, an expert on magicians. Reiner: As I understand what you’re trying to explain, your book is saying there is a connection between the illusions of magicians and what happens to ...read more