In Sermon Illustrations: "Great Supper"

Playing With Beethoven  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001

PLAYING WITH BEETHOVEN A college girl visited the home of Beethoven. She slipped under the rope and began playing Beethoven’s piano. She said to the one in charge, "I suppose every musician who comes here wants to play this piano." He explained to her that recently the great Paderewski was ...read more

Scripture: Song of Songs 3:1, Ecclesiastes 3:1, Luke 7:36-50, Hebrews 1:1, Hebrews 1:1  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Humility, Emotions

John N. Oswalt, Professor Of Old Testament And ...

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 24, 2006

John N. Oswalt, professor of Old Testament and Semitic languages, Asbury Theological Seminary (Wilmore, Kentucky): “Isaiah calls to mind historic events which would give credence to the eschatological [last times, end times, judgement] hope. Gideon and his people, faced by an oppressive horde, ...read more

Tags: God The Father

Denomination: Salvation Army

Right After The 9/11 Attacks, The President ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Right after the 9/11 attacks, the president addressed the nation. He said, “A great people have been moved to defend a great nation. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot shake the foundation of America” In other words, “even though we just ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

In The Days Of The Roman Emperor Nero, There ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

In the days of the Roman Emperor Nero, there lived and served him a band of soldiers known as the "Emperor’s Wrestlers." Fine, stalwart men they were, picked from the best and the bravest of the land, recruited from the great athletes of the Roman amphitheater. In the great amphitheater they ...read more

Tags: God's Omnipotence

Old Fat Bald Hero

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Sep 3, 2009

OLD FAT BALD HERO One of the great sports stories of the decade of the 1990’s was of George Foreman regaining the heavyweight boxing championship of the world. At age 45, George Foreman, more than a decade past the prime of most fighters, knocked out his opponent, Michael Moore, and regained the ...read more

Tags: Aging

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

In Genesis, It Says That It Is Not Good For A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 2, 2002

"In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone; but sometimes it is a ...read more

Tags: Marriage Commitment, Unconditional Love, Divorce

Compromise, If Not The Spice Of Life, Is Its ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations ...read more

It Is A Source Of Consolation To Look Back Upon ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It is a source of consolation to look back upon those great ...read more

Tags: Disappointment

A Multitude Of Laws In A Country Is Like A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A multitude of laws in a country is like a great number of physicians, a ...read more

Tags: Law

In True Love The Smallest Distance Is Too ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"In true love the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Take Hold Lightly; Let Go Lightly. This Is One ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Take hold lightly; let go lightly. This is one of the great ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

We Are All Continually Faced With A Series Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We are all continually faced with a series of great opportunities, brilliantly ...read more

Tags: Opportunity

A Retentive Memory May Be A Good Thing, But The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the ...read more

Tags: Thought

The Whole Canon Of Bible Teaching Is To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The whole canon of Bible teaching is to illustrate the great truth that ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To

The Simple Act Of Paying Positive Attention To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal ...read more

Tags: Productivity

In Gods Wilderness Lies The Hope Of The World ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"In Gods wilderness lies the hope of the world the great fresh ...read more

Tags: Satan

Why Palm Sunday Is Important

Contributed by Richard L. Brown on Mar 26, 2024

In 1997 I traveled to Pittsburgh to attend a Promise Keepers Meeting at Three Rivers Stadium. Men from the Ashland Area Churches rented a bus and traveled there together. Promise Keepers was created to issue a calling to men to live up to their biblical responsibilities to be good Husbands, ...read more

Scripture: Mark 11:1-11, Isaiah 50:5-7

Tags: Faith, Palm Sunday

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Rust Frets Even Men Of Iron!" Judges 15: 11-20 ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jul 22, 2004

“Rust Frets Even Men of Iron!” Judges 15: 11-20 Key verse(s): 18 “Because he was very thirsty, he cried out to the Lord, ‘You have given your servant this great victory. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?’” Though writing more than a hundred years ago, ...read more

Scripture: Judges 15:11-20

Tags: Disappointment, Emotions

Denomination: Lutheran

[011] A Message From A Poem - A Very Present Help In Times Of Trouble

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jun 14, 2024

[011] A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - A VERY PRESENT HELP IN TIMES OF TROUBLE Stanza 1 - Psalm 54:1-4 Stanza 2 - Psalm 56:3-4 Stanza 3 - Psalm 50:15,23 Stanza 4 - Psalm 55:22 This poem of four stanzas has a stanza dedicated to each of four verses in the Psalms. I love the Psalms and at times of ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 54:1-4, Psalm 56:3-4, Psalm 50:15, Psalm 55:22, Psalm 50:23  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Help, Burden, Deliverer, A Present Help, Save Me, The Day Of Trouble  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Listen To This News Clipping. "Gambling, ...  PRO

Contributed by Douglas Vincent on May 28, 2004

Listen to this news clipping. “Gambling, robbery, sexual immorality, and violence is prevalent. Half of all children are born out of wedlock; purity and fidelity to the marriage vow are sneered out of fashion. Corruption in politics is rampant. The world is broken.” This clipping is from 1694. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:13

Tags: Brokenness, Church Small Groups

Denomination: Methodist