In Sermon Illustrations: "Gospel Presentation"

When A Man Retires And Time Is No Longer A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When a man retires and time is no longer a matter of urgent importance, his colleagues ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Speaker Newt Gingrich Says That What Is Wrong ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Speaker Newt Gingrich says that what is wrong with the present system is not that people abuse ...read more

Tags: Money

There Were Two Seven Year Old Girls That Could ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

There were two seven year old girls that could not wait for Christmas. You remember that time in your life when you didn’t sleep much the week before Christmas because of the excitement. These girls felt that excitement, they couldn’t wait to open their presents from the mom and dad. The Christmas ...read more

Tags: Ot Prophets

Most Evangelistic Funding, Events And Programs ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Most evangelistic funding, events and programs emphasize reaching adults with the gospel. (Foster ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

In Other Words, We Begin Our Christian Life In ...  PRO

Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Jul 11, 2001

In other words, we begin our Christian life in God’s grace, and then quickly abandon grace, and try to live our life, and almost to continue to earn our salvation, - by what we do, by our works. Author Jerry Bridges puts it like this: "We tend to give an unbeliever just enough of the gospel to get ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30

Tags: Character, Faith Vs. Works, Grace, Judgment, Sowing, Tares, Weeds  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Wineskins

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 7, 2009

Snyder notes: "What did Jesus mean? Certainly he did not mean everything that Christians through the ages have taken from these words. Jesus distinguishes here between something essential and primary (the wine) and something secondary but also necessary and useful (the wineskins). Wineskins would ...read more

Tags: Church General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Augustine Said, Trust The Past To God's Mercy, ...

Contributed by Don Jones on Sep 26, 2007

Augustine said, Trust the past to God’s mercy, the present to God’s love and the ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

To Be Able To Fill Leisure Intelligently Is The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very ...read more

Tags: Enjoyment

In Rivers, The Water That You Touch Is The Last ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that ...read more

Tags: Time

Bill Gothard Said, "Contentment Is Realizing ...

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Dec 15, 2009

Bill Gothard said, "Contentment is realizing that God has already provided everything we ...read more

Tags: Joy

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Patrick Henry On The Founding Of Our Nation

Contributed by Tim Najpaver on Oct 23, 2004

Patrick Henry said, It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians, ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

Denomination: Baptist

650 Million Around The World Can Now Hear The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

650 million around the world can now hear the gospel via radio in a language they can ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

As Soon As We Renounced The Precepts Of The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"As soon as we renounced the precepts of the Gospel, we renounced all interior discipline. The new generation is not even ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines

In No Way Can The Church Restrict Her Pastoral ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 14, 2012

In no way can the Church restrict her pastoral work to the "ordinary maintenance" of those who already know the ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

Denomination: Catholic

Years Ago, I Heard A Story About A Preacher Who ...  PRO

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 29, 2001

Years ago, I heard a story about a preacher who went to a small town to preach a series of gospel sermons. His attempt was to evangelize that little town. He preached for two weeks. During the whole time, only one little girl responded to the invitation at the end of one of his sermons. She ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:13

Tags: God's Omniscience, Faith General, Evangelism Fear Of

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Stolen Art  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2011

STOLEN ART I was surprised to learn that if you had a museum that contained the world’s stolen art, it would be one of the biggest in the world. It would contain 174 Rembrandt’s, 43 Van Gogh’s, over 500 Picassos, and works by Renoir and da Vinci. You may remember that a few years back someone ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:23

Tags: Surrender, Jesus Christ, Right, Caesar, Render, Don't Give Up  (view more)  (view less)

I've Got Two Rings On My Hand Today. This One ...  PRO

Contributed by Kevin Malone on Aug 26, 2007

I’ve got two rings on my hand today. This one is my wedding ring- 24 karat gold, very pure. The other is one my daughter got out of a gumball machine. It looks kind of gold but it is tin at best. The stone is pretty but I’m sure it’s made of plastic. Now which one of these is going to stand up ...read more

Tags: Righteousness

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Gordon Hugenberger (Of Park St Church, Boston) ...  PRO

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 6, 2002

Gordon Hugenberger (of Park St Church, Boston) calls this petition ("Thy Kingdom come") a "request for ...read more

Tags: God The Father

Denomination: Congregational

We Are Always Looking To The Future; The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We are always looking to the future; the present does not satisfy us. Our ideal, ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will

Dont Ask Too Much Of Any Set Of Rules. Think Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Dont ask too much of any set of rules. Think of how long it is taking to put ...read more

Tags: Commandments General