In Sermon Illustrations: "Going Home"

God Has A Plan

Contributed by Paul Wallace on Apr 23, 2008

GOD HAS A PLAN A eleven-year-old boy passed tracts out with his pastor father on Sunday afternoons, but it was pouring down rain so he told his son he wasn't going. The boy asked, "Aren't people still going to hell when it's raining?" So the boy went alone. The next Sunday, an elderly lady ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

Denomination: Wesleyan

God Can Change Your Attitude

Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 27, 2008

God Can Change Your Attitude We live in an angry world, surrounded by angry people. We can give all kinds of excuses for being an angry person, but none of them really make an angry attitude the only option. I went out to visit our friend Bruce Thursday. If you remember he had surgery for a ...read more

Tags: Attitude General

Denomination: Wesleyan

Addicted To Unkind ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009

Addicted to Unkind Words Joseph Telushkin, author of Words That Hurt, Words That Heal, lectures throughout our country on the powerful and often negative impact of words. He often asks those in his audience if they can go 24 hours without saying any unkind words about or to another person. ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:29

Tags: Words

Years Ago In California There Was An Ag Minister ...

Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 23, 2010

Years ago in California there was an AG minister named Ralph Mahoney, who was the head of World Missionary Assistance Plan. Also, every summer he ran camp meetings in California and Oregon. A group of people would register for a week’s meetings, which were financed by receiving offerings each ...read more

Tags: Leadership Listening

Denomination: Pentecostal

Freedom In Marriage Lies In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 3, 2010

Freedom in Marriage Lies in Submission In the movie The Poseidon Adventure, the ocean liner S.S. Poseidon is on the open sea when it hits a tidal wave and tips over. Because of the air trapped inside the ocean liner, it floats upside down. In the confusion, the survivors can’t figure out what’s ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:21-24

Tags: Marriage Obligations

Who Will Do The Need-Meeting?

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2011

WHO WILL DO THE NEED-MEETING? One preacher told of shopping at the supermarket when a lady came down the aisle heading straight for him. She screeched to a halt within a few feet of him, wagged her finger, and said, "I left your church. I left your church". So I said, "Well, if it’s my church, I ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:1-5

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

Rescue Effort

Contributed by Michael Walther on May 25, 2011

RESCUE EFFORT On August 30, 2005 Coast Guard Lieutenant Iain McConnell was ordered to fly his H46 helicopter to New Orleans and to keep that machine flying around the clock for what would turn out to be a heroic rescue effort. None of his crew were prepared for what they were about to see. They ...read more

Tags: Unbelief

Denomination: Lutheran

Authority Vs. Power  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2014

AUTHORITY VS. POWER There's a difference between power and authority. If you have authority, but no power, your authority is useless. A government man was taking geological readings for the Department of the Interior. He approached one farmer and said, "I've been authorized by the government to ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:1-8

Tags: Great Commission, Authority

Two Men And A Truck

Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Sep 3, 2023

I reworked this old joke and used two of my men. Always ask the permission of those you intend to us, since we know some are thin-skinned. I hope it will put a smile on your lips. HUMOR: Two Men and a Truck Ottis and Carolyn just got settled in his new house this past year. Ottis wanted to do a ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:23

Tags: Humor, Labor Day, Laughter, Projects

Denomination: Baptist

A Good Novel Is Possible Only After One Has ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

A good novel is possible only after one has ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

Todays Youngsters Are Precocious. They Start ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Todays youngsters are precocious. They start going steady with the opposite sex as ...read more

Tags: Children

If There Are No Dogs In Heaven, Then When I Die ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to ...read more

Tags: Family

Being Easygoing When You Have A Goal To Reach ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Being easygoing when you have a goal to reach seldom ...read more

Tags: Goals

It Must Be Pleasant To Reach That Age When One ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It must be pleasant to reach that age when one can go to the ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

I Cannot Conceive Of Getting Old. I Have A Life ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I cannot conceive of getting old. I have a life that is ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Eternity Is Not Something That Begins After You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Eternity is not something that begins after you are dead. It is going on all ...read more

Tags: Kingdom Of God

A True Friend Never Gets In Your Way Unless You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A true friend never gets in your way unless you ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Its In Changing The Way People Work That I Think ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Its in changing the way people work that I think the answers to ...read more

Tags: Productivity

Time Is Like Money; The Less We Have Of It To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Time is like money; the less we have of it to spare, the ...read more

Tags: Time

In August Of 1983, I Started My Sophomore Year ...  PRO

Contributed by John Harvey on Apr 28, 2004

In August of 1983, I started my sophomore year in high school. At that time I made the conscious decision not to be the good little girl anymore. I had a crush on someone I had known for the past 3 years and I was going to date him. Well, not only did he become my boyfriend, before long he had ...read more

Tags: God's Forgiveness, God's Provision

Denomination: Baptist