In Sermon Illustrations: "God Of All Comfort"

One Of The All-Time Greats In Baseball Was Babe ...  PRO

Contributed by James May on Apr 19, 2001

One of the all-time greats in baseball was Babe Ruth. His bat had the power of a cannon, and his record of 714 home runs remained unbroken until Hank Aaron came along. The Babe was the idol of sports fans, but in time age took its toll, and his popularity began to wane. Finally the Yankees traded ...read more

Tags: Unconditional Love, Faith, God's Provision

Denomination: Independent/Bible

God Has Given Us All A Sweet Spot—in Fact, ...  PRO

Contributed by Bruce Emmert on May 29, 2001

God has given us all a sweet spot—in fact, Paul says that God has given us the gift of a sweet spot so that we could serve God and produce the maximum result and maximum satisfaction both for God and for us. Mark McGwire said, “When I feel the ball hit right on the sweet spot, a home run is ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:7, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Tags: Field, Gifts General

Denomination: United Methodist

Becoming All Things To All People Entails A ...

Contributed by Tony Klinedinst on Aug 29, 2002

"Becoming all things to all people entails a giving of oneself which falls just short of compromising our Christian faith. We need to ask ourselves what is nessecary and what is sacrificable. Imagine walking into the home of a Chinese family. If you step to the door and they ask you to remove ...read more

Tags: Sharing My Testimony

Denomination: Baptist

Have Patience With All Things, But First Of All ...

Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 29, 2003

Have patience with all things, but first of all with ...read more

Tags: Peace, Christian Disciplines

Denomination: Church Of God

Victory At All Costs, Victory In Spite Of All ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for ...read more

Tags: Lordship Of Christ

I Dont Think Of All The Misery, But Of All The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I dont think of all the misery, but of all the beauty ...read more

Tags: Romantic Love

While All Deception Requires Secrecy, All ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is ...read more

Tags: Secrets

Not All Readers Become Leaders. But All Leaders ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Not all readers become leaders. But all leaders ...read more

Tags: Gifts Leadership

We May Let Go All Things Which We Cannot Carry ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

We may let go all things which we cannot carry ...read more

Tags: Kingdom Of God

We Have No Sufficient Strength Of Our Own… All ...  PRO

Contributed by Donn Heinrich on Mar 4, 2002

“We have no sufficient strength of our own… All our sufficiency is of God… We should stir up ourselves to resist temptations in a reliance upon God’s ...read more

Tags: God's Omnipotence, Temptation Resisting

Denomination: Baptist

God Is A Jealous God

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009

GOD IS A JEALOUS GOD A few years ago, I was working in Qatar installing a newsroom set for Al-Jazeera TV. I’d been there for nearly a month and was ready to go home. I can’t describe for you how badly I missed my family. We were nearly finished with the set, and the last thing to be done was to ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:5

Tags: Idolatry, Generation

God's Will Is God's Word

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009

GOD’S WILL IS GOD’S WORD Jimmy is a professional fisherman. He makes his living fishing on the BASS (Bass Angler Sportsman Society) circuit. He is also a devout Christian and belongs to the FBC Keys, Oklahoma. This year, BASS made a ruling that to be eligible for the fisherman of the year award ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will

The Purpose Of Preaching

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 25, 2021

Warren Wiersbe, "Preaching must be marked by three elements: conviction, warning, and appeal ("reprove, rebuke, exhort"). To quote an old rule of preachers, "He should afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted." If there is conviction but no remedy, we add to ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-17, 2 Timothy 4:1-3

Tags: Comfort, Preaching, Pastors, Conviction, The Word Of God  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Christian Man Is The Most Free Lord Of All, ...  PRO

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Apr 3, 2001

"A Christian man is the most free lord of all, and subject to none; a Christian man is the most dutiful servant of all, and subject to every one." ...read more

Tags: Love Of The Disciples, Kingdom Of God, Christian Disciplines

Denomination: Baptist

F.b. Meyer Wrote, "All Other Life, From The ...

Contributed by Joel Preston on Nov 15, 2002

F.B. Meyer wrote, “All other life, from the aphid on the rose leaf to the archangel before the throne, is dependent and derived. All others waste and grow old; He only is unchangeably the same. All others are fires which he ...read more

Tags: God's Provision, Finding Fulfillment

Denomination: Baptist

Trust In The Lord To Fix It

Contributed by James Ledbetter on Feb 3, 2015

A friend pastor of mine once told me a story about trusting in the Lord to fix what is broken. A certain man and his pastor traveled to preach a sermon at another church. And when finished they went to a store to look around. The man bought a doll for his daughter and took it home and gave it to ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 40:1-4, Psalm 40:1-40

Tags: All-Powerful God, Book Of Psalms, Trust Jesus

Denomination: Apostolic

God Is

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008

GOD IS Ann Kimball had a marvelous way of talking about Jesus. She was the dean of women at Eastern Nazarene College in Boston, and she would speak all over the country. She was flying from Boston to San Francisco to speak, and she said she was just so tired from the week that she sat down in her ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Quote: "Do All The Good You Can, To All The ...  PRO

Contributed by Manuel Amparo on May 10, 2006

Quote: “Do all the good you can, to all the people you can, in all the ways you can, as often as you can, and as ...read more

Tags: Basics Of Christianity

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

You Can Fool All The People All Of The Time If ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

You can fool all the people all of the time if the advertising is right ...read more

Tags: Business And Marketplace

All Wars Are Civil Wars, Because All Men Are ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.... Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the ...read more

Tags: Family