In Sermon Illustrations: "Great Comission"

The Powerhouse

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

“The memory of Charles Haddon Spurgeon has been cherished among evangelical Christians for over the past 100 years. Many Christian leaders consider him to be the greatest preacher England ever produced. He is commonly hailed as the "Prince of Preachers". Over 63 volumes of published sermons still ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

There Was A Little Old Church Out In The ...

Contributed by Jerry Hillyer Ii on Jul 7, 2008

There was a little old church out in the countryside: painted white and with a high steeple. One Sunday, the pastor noticed that his church needed painting. He checked out the Sunday ads and found a paint sale. The next day, he went into town and bought a gallon of white paint. He went back out to ...read more

Tags: Sin General

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

F ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2008

FLEA-FLICKERS One of the great ways to win a battle or a game is called "misdirection." You make your opponent think you are doing one thing, but do another. In football, they are called "gadget plays" or "flea-flickers." One of my favorite memories of this is in Super Bowl XV. Being a huge ...read more

Tags: Knowing God's Will

What You Believe About Jesus Mattters

Contributed by John Hamby on Jun 1, 2026

Does it matter WHAT You Believe about Jesus? C.S. Lewis very wisely wrote, “I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people say about Him: I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept His claim to be God.’ That is the one thing that we must ...read more

Scripture: John 11:26

Tags: Belief, Saving Faith

Denomination: Baptist

Good Soldiers

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2008

GOOD SOLDIERS I am told as a young man Winston Churchhill was in a heated battle. The war planes were dropping bombs all around the soldiers assignments. Several died, but many were running away and hiding and not following commands. One soldier ran past Winston Churchhill. The soldier asked if ...read more

Tags: Endurance

Invisible In His Own Nature [god] Became Visible ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

Invisible in His own nature [God] became visible in ours. Beyond our grasp, He chose to come within ...read more

Tags: Humanity Of Christ, Forgiveness In Jesus, Trinity

If There Is One Characteristic More Than Others ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

If there is one characteristic more than others that contemporary public worship needs to recapture it is this awe before the surpassingly great ...read more

Tags: Worship General, God's Holiness, Church Practices

As The Grace Of God Changes A Mans Heart, This ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"As the grace of God changes a mans heart, this is the great evidence of the change; that he begins to grow in love, to lay ...read more

Tags: Grace

Good Sense Travels On The Well-Worn Paths; ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Good sense travels on the well-worn paths; genius never. And that is why the crowd, not altogether without reason, is ...read more

Tags: Thought

The Whole Difference Between A Man Of Genius ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The whole difference between a man of genius and other menis that the former remains in great part a child, seeing with the ...read more

Tags: Thought

A Blind Mans World Is Bounded By The Limits Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A blind mans world is bounded by the limits of his touch; an ignorant mans world by the limits of his knowledge; a ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

One Man May Hit The Mark, Another Blunder; But ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"One man may hit the mark, another blunder; but heed not these distinctions. Only from the alliance of the one, working with ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

It Was Not The Matter Of The Work, But The Mind ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It was not the matter of the work, but the mind that went into it, that countedand the man who was not content to do small ...read more

Tags: Fear And Worry

Like Dogs In A Wheel, Birds In A Cage, Or ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and ...read more

Tags: Poverty

Prayer Is The Most Important Thing In My Life. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Prayer is the most important thing in my life. If I should neglect prayer for a single day, I should ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To

I Am Much Afraid That Schools Will Prove To Be ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I am much afraid that schools will prove to be the great gates of hell unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy ...read more

Tags: School

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button. A Movie ...

Contributed by Chuck Gohn on Jun 23, 2011

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. A movie about a man who was born old. It is a great opening for a sermon ...read more

Tags: Born Again

Denomination: Christian Church

I Heard Jesus Has Been Coming Back Since My ...

Contributed by Torri Evans on Sep 16, 2007

I heard Jesus has been coming back since my great-grandmother’s day and ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

Unless God Intervenes  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2002

UNLESS GOD INTERVENES Henry Blackaby - the author of “Experiencing God" writes: “We should attempt things so great that they ...read more

Tags: God's Omnipotence, Faith General

A Famous Missionary By The Name Of C. T. Studd ...  PRO

Contributed by Martin Wiles on May 8, 2002

A famous missionary by the name of C. T. Studd said; “If Jesus Christ be God, and died for me, then no sacrifice ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Denomination: Baptist