In Sermon Illustrations: "God Keeps Us"

Preaching To The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008

PREACHING TO THE HEATHEN Gordon Hall’s selfless motto: "Duty is ours, consequences God’s." When offered an attractive pastorate his reply came, "No... Others will be left whose health or pre-engagement requires them to stay at home, but I can sleep on the ground, can endure hunger and hardship. ...read more

Tags: Missions

Beautiful And Stupid At The Same Time  PRO

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 2, 2014

BEAUTIFUL AND STUPID AT THE SAME TIME A husband and wife were having an argument. Finally, out of sheer frustration, the husband blurted out, "Honey, I don’t know why God made you so beautiful...and, yet, so stupid, at the same time!" The woman stared at her husband and said, ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:18-25

Tags: Marriage, Husband, Wife

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Why There Is Delay Or Struggle In Fulfilment Of Our Prayer Request?

Contributed by Samuel M on Jul 6, 2024

In solving Hannah's prayer request for a kid, God solved his own need for a prophet. Samuel was the fulfillment of Hannah's prayer request and who became the greatest prophet(fulfillment of God's need) of Isreal. So many times our prayer requests are delayed(appears to be delayed) and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 1:20

Tags: Faith, Hope

Mold

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Nov 2, 2025

Rom 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1-2

Tags: Conformed, Transformed

Denomination: Baptist

Mr. Holland’s Opus": Leaving A Legacy, ...  PRO

Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jun 15, 2001

["Mr. Holland’s Opus": Leaving a Legacy, Citation: Mr. Holland’s Opus, (Hollywood Pictures, 1995), rated PG, written by Patrick Sheane Duncan, directed by Stephen Herek; submitted by Greg Asimakoupoulos, Naperville, Illinois] Mr. Holland’s Opus is a movie about a frustrated composer in Portland, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:2-3

Tags: Family, David, Fulfillment, Gifts General, Jonathan, Legacy, Leadership General  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Moment We Begin To Tread Upon The Thin Ice ...  PRO

Contributed by Bart Leger on Sep 24, 2001

"The moment we begin to tread upon the thin ice of our own abilities, we have traveled beyond the realm of God’s ...read more

Tags: Humility

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Per Bible Scholar James Smith, "The Deeper Our ...  PRO

Contributed by Clarence Clough on Feb 6, 2005

Per Bible scholar James Smith, "The deeper our experience is of the greatness of God’s grace, the more generous and attentive shall we be to those ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

Denomination: Church Of God

David Prior Wrote, Justice And Kindness Are ...

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Mar 27, 2007

David Prior wrote, Justice and kindness are essential qualities of the nature of God Himself. They do not come down from heaven wrapped in parcels. They are ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

When We Do Our Duty, Not For Duty's Sake, But ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When we do our duty, not for duty's sake, but because we believe that God is engineering our circumstances in that way, then at the very point of ...read more

Tags: Faith

In John 9, The Creator Of The Universe Spits In ...

Contributed by Tim White on Jun 19, 2009

In John 9, the creator of the universe spits in the dirt and plays in the mud. Why? Because He was here to give God the glory. To give God the glory, ...read more

Tags: Humility

Denomination: Baptist

Martin Luther: I Have Held Many Things In My ...

Contributed by Nathan Ingram on Nov 30, 2009

Martin Luther: I have held many things in my hands and I have lost them all; But whatever I have placed ...read more

Tags: Possession

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Justice And Kindness

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

David Prior wrote, Justice and kindness are essential qualities of the nature of God Himself. They do not come down from heaven wrapped in parcels. They are ...read more

Tags: Faith General

What Strikes Me About Joseph Is That He Appears ...

Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 24, 2007

What strikes me about Joseph is that he appears to never lose his sense of who’s he is, God’s, ...read more

Tags: Creation, Patriarchs Joseph

Denomination: Church Of God

The Great Violinist, Niccolo Paganini Willed His ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Hensley on May 31, 2001

The great violinist, Niccolo Paganini willed his marvelous violin to city of Genoa on condition that it must never be played. The wood of such an instrument, while used and handled, wears only slightly, but set aside, it begins to decay. Paganini’s lovely violin has today become worm-eaten ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 3:13

Tags: Love Of The Disciples, Servanthood, Christian Disciplines

Denomination: Baptist

The Wrong Virgin  PRO

Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Nov 21, 2001

[The Wrong Virgin] A minister had run out of time to prepare for a sudden funeral. Using the latest technology, he went to his computer and found the funeral service he had used last, and doing a global "search and replace," had the computer put in the name of the newly deceased, "Edna," as a ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Mega Churches: How Big? More Than 1.7 Million ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

Mega Churches: How Big? More than 1.7 million Protestants in the U.S. now attend mega-churches (churches that have a weekly attendance of 2,000 plus). That’s out of a pool of 105 to 111 million people who attend Christian churches weekly. Since 1970, the ...read more

Tags: Church General

New Alliance: Church Leaders From 30 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

New Alliance: Church leaders from 30 denominations have agreed on a proposal to create the broadest alliance of Christians ever formed in the U.S. It would represent 5 segments of U.S. Christianity (Evangelical/ Pentecostal, Historic Protestant, Orthodox, Racial/Ethnic and Roman Catholic). The ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

Prison Population

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

PRISON POPULATION The Pew Charitable Trust reports that by 2011 the U.S. prison population will grow 12% retain, 1.7 million men and women and cost American taxpayers an additional $27.5 billion. That’s more than the population of Atlanta, Baltimore and Denver combined. Every year ...read more

Tags: Sin General

Hispanic Online Community Profile: • Size: 16.5 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008

Hispanic Online Community Profile: • Size: 16.5 million (37% of total population). • Growth rate (new users coming online): 12% per year vs. US overall: 1%. • Median income: $40,000. • Hours spent online: 9.2/week vs. US overall: 8.5/week. • Language ...read more

Tags: Internet

Something Seems To Be Missing

Contributed by James Snyder on Apr 10, 2021

Did you ever have a week when it felt like something was missing, but you didn't quite know what it was? I had that kind of a week this past week. It felt like something was missing, and I could not figure out what it was. The past week was typical in many regards. Everything seemed to be ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:9

Tags: Missing, Filling, Empty

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance