In Sermon Illustrations: "Godly Thoughts"

Mystery

Contributed by Roy Fowler on Jun 19, 2020

Paul talks about a Mystery hidden in God. Let me tell you about a great mystery story: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior, was a doctor. As such he was very interested in the use of ether. In order to know how his patients felt under its influence, he once had a dose administered to himself. As he was ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:26-27

Tags: Mystery Hidden, Mystery Found

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Mystery

Contributed by Roy Fowler on Sep 13, 2020

Paul talks about a Mystery hidden in God. Let me tell you about a great mystery story: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior, was a doctor. As such he was very interested in the use of ether. In order to know how his patients felt under its influence, he once had a dose administered to himself. As he was ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:26-27

Tags: Mystery, Mystery Found

Denomination: Independent/Bible

It Is Dangerous To Base Our Salvation Experience ...  PRO

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Jun 26, 2006

It is dangerous to base our salvation experience entirely upon feeling. Knowing that, and acting upon it, are still sometimes strangers. Like the psychiatrist who took on a very disturbed man as a patient. The man thought he was dead. No matter what techniques the doctor tried, the man still ...read more

Tags: Assurance Of Salvation

Denomination: United Methodist

Drive-Thru Fellowship  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 21, 2014

DRIVE-THRU FELLOWSHIP This week I read a story about a pastor traveling with a Brazilian seminary student. Along the way the pastor asked the student if he would like to stop for a cup of coffee. The student said, "I would be honored." So he swung into a Starbucks, went through the drive-thru. ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

Tags: Fellowship, Sharing Life

If You Read History, You'll Find That The ...  PRO

Contributed by Don Hawks on Apr 13, 2002

“If you read history, you’ll find that the Christians who did most for the present world were those who thought ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines, Heaven

Denomination: Methodist

Boy Confessing : Bless Me Father For I Have ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2004

BOY CONFESSING : Bless me Father for I have sinned... Father, I had bad thoughts... PRIEST : Did you entertain them? BOY : No Father... ...read more

Tags: Temptation Resisting

I Want To Know How God Created This World. I Am ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2006

“I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His ...read more

Tags: Evangelism The Lost

I Never Liked The Atmosphere Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"I never liked the atmosphere of Washington...[T]he leaders were spending most of their time, thought and energy in trying to get into ...read more

Tags: America

All Noise Is Waste. So Cultivate Quietness In ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"All noise is waste. So cultivate quietness in your speech, in your thoughts, in your emotions. Speak habitually low. Wait attention and ...read more

Tags: Disciplines Silence

Mankind Might Be Divided Between The Multitude ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Mankind might be divided between the multitude who hate to be kept waiting because they get bored and the happy few who rather ...read more

Tags: Human Life

Heaven Is A Permanent Residence … A Place Where ...

Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 15, 2009

"Heaven is a permanent residence … a place where we unpack our bags and stay forever ... What a glorious thought to wake up in ...read more

Tags: Heaven

Denomination: *other

C.s. Lewis Said, "If You Read History You ...  PRO

Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 13, 2001

C.S. Lewis said, “If you read history you will find that the Christians who did the most for the present world were ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 5:1-7

Tags: Heaven, Doing God's Will, What Is Evangelism?

Denomination: Wesleyan

We Need Never Shout Across The Spaces To An ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

We need never shout across the spaces to an absent God. He is nearer than our own soul, closer than our most ...read more

Tags: Descriptions Of God, Promises Of God

At The Height Of The Civil War Conflict When ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 2, 2002

At the height of the civil war conflict when asked if he thought he would succeed or fail, Lincoln said, "Without God I ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

As I Go Along Through Life, I See More And More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"As I go along through life, I see more and more that honesty in word, thought and work means success. It spells a life ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

In A Culture Of So Much Media, Do We Risk ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 10, 2010

“In a culture of so much media, do we risk becoming people who can no longer stand to be alone with our thoughts, a people with an almost ...read more

Tags: Prayer Hardship

Denomination: Catholic

The Relationship Is What Counts  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 24, 2011

THE RELATIONSHIP IS WHAT COUNTS Wayne Cordeiro, a preacher in Honolulu, HI writes: Some time ago some wonderful people in our church gave Anna, my wife, and me a dinner certificate to a nice restaurant for $100. We thought, Wow, a hundred bucks. Let's go for it. We found a free evening. We ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:1-7

Tags: Basics Of Christianity

A Woman Who Lived In A Plush Suburb One Day ...

Contributed by Dr. Wheeler Jones on Oct 18, 2004

A woman who lived in a plush suburb one day decided to go shopping one day. She put on a fashionable outfit and her favorite perfume and headed out the door to catch the bus. As she hurried out the back door, she picked up a small sack of garbage in the kitchen so she could toss it in the garbage ...read more

Tags: Character

Denomination: Church Of God

Pride At The Donut Shop

Contributed by Brad Henry on Jul 29, 2011

PRIDE AT THE DONUT SHOP I was living in Phoenix at the time and on my way to work I stopped at a Dunkin Donuts drive through. I said to the woman at the window, "I'll have 3 cake donuts and a cup of coffee." She started mumbling something that I couldn't hear. I thought she may be able to hear me ...read more

Tags: Pride

Fred Somebody, Thomas Everybody, Susan Anybody, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Fred Somebody, Thomas Everybody, Susan Anybody, and Joe Nobody were neighbors and they all went to the same church. They were odd people and most difficult to understand. The way they lived was a shame. Even though all four belonged to the same church, you probably would not enjoy worshiping with ...read more

Tags: Friendship New Friends