In Sermon Illustrations: "Good And Evil"

On Anger

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 11, 2009

ON ANGER The late great writer, Bede Jarrett (1881 - 1937), once wrote: "The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn’t angry enough." The late great Indian political and spiritual leader, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 - 1948), once said, "Man should forget ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:25-27

Tags: Anger

I Was Reading A Book Called

Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 21, 2009

I was reading a book called "Scared" the other day by Ken Davis. It is the story about a journalist in Africa and his encounter with an orphan girl who is starving. Although it is a novel, as I sat in the loungeroom reading, I felt a deep sorrow for the tragedy of her situation, and I could not ...read more

Tags: Repentance

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Occasionally I Meet Christians Who Say

Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 8, 2010

Occasionally I meet Christians who say “God is telling me to go and do this or that” and then the next minute God seems to have changed His mind. I remember one guy who made God look like He didn’t know how to make up His mind at all! One day it was “God wants me to do this.” and the next day it ...read more

Tags: Words, Oath

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jeep Gets Stuck In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2010

Jeep Gets Stuck in the Sand There are vast numbers of people - today - who are defeated in their lives! Their conqueror may be some wrong action or some mental evil such as fear or worry! I am convinced that nobody need be defeated by anything - Jesus, the Christ, is the answer! The story is told ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:8

Tags: Holy Spirit In Believers

Fallen Human Nature  PRO

Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Feb 20, 2011

FALLEN HUMAN NATURE The fate of the women from Judges 19 touches the most troubling question of our modern time. Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel describe the most traumatic memory of his life, a scene from the year 1945, when he and his family were sent to the concentration camp by the German ...read more

Tags: Apologetics God

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

The Love Of A Sister

Contributed by Rev.james Kelly on Aug 15, 2011

THE LOVE OF A SISTER What is love? This story was found while watching Crime Investigation Channel in our home here in the Philippines: Kip Kinkel was a troubled young men and at the time of this story I am about to tell you happened when Kep was seventeen. Kip lived with his parents, Faith and ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 103:13-17

Tags: Christian Love

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Can You See It?

Contributed by John Bright on Feb 24, 2021

We are surrounded by things we can’t see, so are they real? It was really windy here this week. Did you see it? Of course not! We can’t see the wind. I saw the trees moving. I heard the wind chimes on the porch. I felt it on my skin. I never saw it… so is the wind real? Last week, during ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:35

Tags: Physics, Light, Demons, Wind, Invisible, Gravity  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Methodist

When The Devil Showed Up At Church

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Oct 15, 2024

A few minutes before the services started, the townspeople were sitting in their pews and talking. Suddenly, Satan appeared at the front of the church. Everyone started screaming and running for the front entrance, trampling each other in a frantic effort to get away from evil incarnate. Soon ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:7-9

Tags: Church, Satan, Devil, Spiritual Warfare, Temptation, Humor, Sermon Introductions  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

My Tok Doesn’t Always Tik

Contributed by James Snyder on Feb 15, 2025

Dr. James L. Snyder Throughout my life, I have always lived on a schedule. Every day is devoted to certain tasks, and it has worked for me so far. I know what day it is by what I am doing that day. Unlike The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage, I cannot multitask. I have to do one thing at a ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:15-16

Tags: Schedule, Planning

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

A Child Is A Person Who Can't Understand Why ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

A child is a person who can’t understand why someone would give away a perfectly ...read more

Tags: Children

I Believe In The Sacredness Of A Promise, That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I believe in the sacredness of a promise, that a mans word should be as good as his bond; that characternot wealth ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Regret For Time Wasted Can Become A Power For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Regret for time wasted can become a power for good in the time that remains, if we will only stop the ...read more

Tags: Emotions

No Resolutions Have I Made As Folks Are Wont To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

No resolutions have I made As folks are wont to do The ones I made this time last ...read more

Tags: New Year's Day

I Have Ever Deemed It More Honorable And More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Fortune Knocks At Every Mans Door Once In A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Fortune knocks at every mans door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in a ...read more

Tags: Money

Power Will Intoxicate The Best Hearts, As Wine ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good ...read more

Tags: Power

Tis A Plague, A Mischief, A Violent Purger Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"'Tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health; hellish, devilish and damned tobacco, ...read more

Tags: Addiction

The Man Who Has Nothing To Boast Of But His ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potatothe only good ...read more

Tags: Family

Christ Is No Moses, No Exactor, No Giver Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Christ is no Moses, no exactor, no giver of laws, but a giver of grace, a Savior; he is infinite mercy and ...read more

Tags: Grace

Charles Haddon Spurgeon:

Contributed by Rev Dr Randall M Deal Sr on Jun 7, 2009

Charles Haddon Spurgeon: "I cannot tell you how much I owe to the ...read more

Tags: Mothers

Denomination: Baptist