In Sermon Illustrations: "Go"

Jail-Time Repentance

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2012

JAIL-TIME REPENTANCE I want to share with you a small auto-biographical story that I believe illustrates the type of repentant heart needed to continue in getting rid of guilt. She had always been a good girl so finding herself in this place was unimaginable to her. How was she going to survive ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 7:10

Tags: Repentance

Story: Excerpt From ¨loving Mercy" By Simon Ponsonby

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Aug 12, 2012

Story: When Maddy and I were in Oxford at Wycliffe Hall, we used to go to Church in St Aldates. About 11 years after leaving Wycliffe, I was in Oxford one Sunday and so I decided to go to the evening service at St Aldates (08-07-2012). As I walked in. I looked at the bookrack in the entrance and ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-19

Tags: Forgiveness, Christian Love

Denomination: Anglican

Some Christians Spend The First Six Days Of Each ...  PRO

Contributed by Steven Chapman on Mar 26, 2001

"Some Christians spend the first six days of each week sowing their wild oats, then they go to church on Sunday and pray for a crop failure." There is a myth that exists that says we can live comfortably in our world ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 6:7

Tags: Holiness, Faith, Discipleship, Call Of The Disciples, Body, Attendance, Apologetics General  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Play Michael W. Smith Worship Cd Track 7 ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 30, 2004

Play Michael W. Smith Worship CD track 7 “Breathe”: Listen and hear God is speaking to you about what He wants you to do with your life in 2004. i. Open your hearts ...read more

Tags: God The Father

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Billy Sunday, The Great Evangelist Of Yesteryear ...  PRO

Contributed by John Young on Nov 23, 2004

Billy Sunday, the great Evangelist of yesteryear wrote, “I am a Christian because God’s Word says so, and I did what He told me to do, and I stand on ...read more

Tags: Apologetics The Bible

Denomination: Baptist

Gipsy Smith Told Of A Man Who Said He Had ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005

Gipsy Smith told of a man who said he had received no inspiration from the Bible although he had “gone through it several times.” “Let it go through you once,” replied ...read more

Tags: Bible Study

Conflict Makes Me A More Interesting Actress To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Conflict makes me a more interesting actress to watch. The places I go to to pull emotions from, I think if you have a perfect, happy life, you just dont have those ...read more

Tags: Dealing With Conflicts

And I Said To The Man Who Stood At The Gate Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year: Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown And he replied: Go out into the darkness and put thine hand into the hand of God. ...read more

Tags: Love Of The Disciples

One Well-Cultivated Talent, Deepened And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"One well-cultivated talent, deepened and enlarged, is worth 100 shallow faculties. The first law of success in this day, when so many things are clamoring for attention, is concentration to bend all the energies to one point, ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

Eph 4:18 Says…they Are Darkened In Their ...

Contributed by Allan Kircher on May 31, 2009

Eph 4:18 says…they are darkened in their understanding… You see we can get to the point where we fell like little hamsters on that wheel, continually going nowhere in ...read more

Tags: Trials And Difficulties

Denomination: Baptist

God Put A Cross Between You And Hell. If You ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Nov 8, 2011

"God put a cross between you and hell. If you want to go to hell, you will have to crawl over the cross of Jesus." ("Adrianisms: The Wit and Wisdom of Adrian Rogers, (Memphis TN: ...read more

Tags: Cross

Denomination: Baptist

Christmas Season Makes Us Think Of Shopping. ...

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 4, 2012

Christmas season makes us think of shopping. That brings to mind an older couple who are always holding hands. When I asked him why he always holds ...read more

Tags: Christmas

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Judas Had The Best Pastor, The Best Leader, The Best Advisor

Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Mar 27, 2022

Judas had the best pastor, the best leader, the best advisor, and the best counsellor. Yet he failed. The problem may not be the leadership or the church you go to. If your attitude or character ...read more

Tags: Betrayal, Character, Transformation, Judas

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

When S. M. Lockridge Received The Outstanding ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

When S. M. Lockridge received the Outstanding Alumni Award from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in June, 1980, he said, “With this honor comes a new surge of desire for ...read more

Tags: Faith

If You Can't Run With The Big Dogs, Stay On The ...  PRO

Contributed by Arliss Beavers on Jan 31, 2008

If you can’t run with the big dogs, stay on the porch. Our forefathers taught us how to discipline and run our homes as the priest of the home. If we cannot immitate them, we will have to go hide in ...read more

Denomination: Church Of God

When Seeking Inspirational Guidance, People ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

When Seeking Inspirational Guidance, people prefer to consult the following sources: 23% talk or listen to an inspirational person, 27% read an inspirational book, 17% go to church, 4% watch an inspirational ...read more

Tags: Disciplines General

I Was Talking With The Guys Installing My ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009

I was talking with the guys installing my satellite. Knowing that I was a preacher, one asked, "Can you be saved and not go to church?" I said, "Sure, the same way that you can be a soldier and not be in the ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:24-25

Tags: Church Purpose Of

Ignorance Is Bliss! Maybe I Should Say Innocence ...

Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Nov 4, 2004

Ignorance is bliss! Maybe I should say innocence is bliss. A world of rich possibilities and dreams carry many young people from high school graduation to attend college and eventually a career. These innocent minds leave home and if they aren’t already, they are seduced into allowing their ...read more

Tags: Homosexuality

Denomination: Baptist

Unintentionally Humorous Texts: The "Bad Axe” Incident

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on May 3, 2024

Introduction: This is a follow up to the story of Elisha being asked, maybe as an afterthought?, to go with student prophets as they built a new facility. One of these men had borrowed an axe but something awful happened. By the way, this story has nothing whatsoever to do with the city of Bad ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 6:1-7

Tags: Elisha, Jordan River, Sons Of The Prophets, Axes

Denomination: Baptist

Waiting For God Is Not Laziness. Waiting For God ...  PRO

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Nov 11, 2002

Waiting for God is not laziness. Waiting for God is not going to sleep. Waiting for God is not the abandonment of effort. Waiting for God means, first, activity under command; second, readiness for any new command that may come; ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 40:27-31

Tags: Wait, Disciplines General, God's Provision

Denomination: Baptist