In Sermon Illustrations: "Go"

Master And Commander: Hold Fast

Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Jan 28, 2011

MASTER AND COMMANDER: HOLD FAST You may have seen that Russell Crowe film, Master and Commander, Now there’s a battle scene in it, (pp) where one of the old salts just prior to boarding the enemy ship puts his knuckles out in front of him and the young midshipmen looking on is greatly encouraged ...read more

Tags: Doing God's Will

Denomination: Salvation Army

About The Tongue

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2011

ABOUT THE TONGUE There's an old story that the Jewish rabbis tell. As the story goes, one day a rabbi asked his servant to go and buy some good food for him in the market. When the servant returned home, he presented the rabbi with a tongue. The next day, the rabbi told the servant to go the ...read more

Scripture: James 3:1-12

Tags: Tongue

Are You Prepared?

Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Sep 25, 2011

ARE YOU PREPARED? One day, a king died. His servants spread the unbelievable news all over the palace. He had died in his bed of natural causes. "Where has he gone?" asked one of the king's wisest counselors "Why, to Heaven of course!" answered all the others. "No", said the other gravely, "I ...read more

Tags: Heaven

Denomination: Baptist

Don't Try To Stop Me

Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 28, 2011

"DON'T TRY TO STOP ME" A teenage boy told his parents he was going to run away from home. "Listen," he said, "I'm leaving home. There is nothing you can do to stop me. I want excitement, adventure, beautiful women, money, and fun. I'll never find it here, so I'm leaving. Just don't try to stop ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:13

Tags: Finding Fulfillment

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Are You Tied To This World?

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2012

ARE YOU TIED TO THIS WORLD? Moody said that some people are trying to live by faith as though they are paddling hard in a row boat, while all along their tie-down is still fastened securely to the dock. He declared, "They are tied to this world. Cut the cord! Set yourself free from the clogging ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15-17

Tags: Worldliness

Heaven And The Post Office

Contributed by Ken Henson on Jul 5, 2012

HEAVEN AND THE POST OFFICE When I was a teenager, we went to a meeting with Billy Graham in a high school football stadium. There were probably 20,000 people sitting in the bleachers in the cold of the morning to hear Billy Graham. And he related a story about how he arrived in a small village ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:1-9

Tags: Children, Heaven, Preaching, Billy Graham

Denomination: *other

Grace The Free Gift

Contributed by Pastor Norman Bailey, Overseer on Aug 11, 2018

If you went to work everyday and did the job that was required of you, you could demand a paycheck. You can go to your supervisor, and payroll to find out what is going on because you earned the pay that you worked so hard for. We can never work so hard to demand that God save us from sin. It was ...read more

Tags: Grace Gift, Love Life

Denomination: Pentecostal

Jesus Is The Answer To Our Dilemma

Contributed by Bokang Abednego Nkhahle on Oct 7, 2019

The Angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon while he was busy threshing wheat to hide it from the midianites. And said to Gideon, the Lord is with you mighty man of Valour. The one who reside in you is bigger that your dilemma. Gideon did not realise his potential until the angel appeared to him and ...read more

Scripture: Judges 6:12

Tags: Power, Authority, Be Courageous

Jesus, Hand Me That Can Of Tomato Soup!

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 2, 2020

5-year old Johnny was in the kitchen as his mother made supper. She asked him to go into the pantry and get her a can of tomato soup, but he didn't want to go in alone. "It's dark in there and I'm scared." She asked again, and he persisted. Finally she said, "It's ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:7, Joshua 1:9, Isaiah 43:1-2

Tags: Faith, Fear, Children, Humor, Presence Of God  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Sheep Who Went "moo"

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 22, 2025

A flock of sheep are grazing in a field, happily going "baa baa" to one another and discussing life as usual when suddenly they hear a "moo mooooooooooo!" They look around &see only sheep. They carry on grazing as before. "Moo moo!" One sheep can hear it all too ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:26-31, 1 Corinthians 9:19-22, Nehemiah 8:8, Acts 2:5-13

Tags: Language, Midrash, Reading, Paraphrasing, Translating  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Independent/Bible

God The Holy Ghost Calls For Crusaders… How Many ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 9, 2006

"God the Holy Ghost calls for crusaders… How many ministers would be in church if it were not their job? The answer will be found in the number who ...read more

Tags: Revival

There Isnt Any Doubt About It, The Human Soul ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"There isnt any doubt about it, the human soul cannot go on forever in sin without some desire to free ...read more

Tags: Becoming A Christian

To Insure Victory In Combat, Soldiers Need ...  PRO

Contributed by Joel Santos on Sep 24, 2004

"To insure victory in combat, soldiers need confidence in their leader with a felling that when they go out in the battlefield, they have great chances ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

For Example: A 2006 Gallup Poll Found That 78% ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

FOR EXAMPLE: A 2006 GALLUP POLL FOUND THAT 78% OF AMERICANS EXPECT TO GO TO HEAVEN WHEN THEY DIE, BUT ONLY 31% SAID THEY EVER ...read more

Tags: Heaven

Not Only Did God Cause The Enemy To Fight Each ...

Contributed by Bode Ayodele on Sep 5, 2007

Not only did God cause the enemy to fight each other He made them go to war with all of their jewelry so that at the end ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

Hold Fast To Dreams For If Dreams Die Life Is A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams ...read more

Tags: Dreams

One Of The Best Ways To Get Yourself A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

One of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our Founding ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

A Man Can Never Be The Same After Hearing Gods ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A man can never be the same after hearing Gods truth spoken in the power of Gods Holy Spirit; he will either obey and ...read more

Tags: God The Father

Political Ability Is The Ability To Foretell ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Political ability is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ...read more

Tags: Government

The Pioneer Spirit Is What America Has, Over ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The pioneer spirit is what America has, over and above any country. If we ever lose that spirit, we shal stop ...read more

Tags: Endurance