In Sermon Illustrations: "Great White Throne"

Protectors

Contributed by Bruce Montgomery on Apr 17, 2008

PROTECTORS In 1956 during the Mau Mau uprisings in East Africa, a band of roving Mau Maus came the village of Lauri, surrounded it, and killed all 300 inhabitants - including all the women and children. Armed with spears, bows and arrows, clubs and torches they next went three miles away to the ...read more

Tags: Angels

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Obama Is Not The Messiah  PRO

Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Apr 4, 2009

OBAMA IS NOT THE MESSIAH President Barack Obama arrived at Stansted airport last week from America, complete with armoured limousines, helicopters, 200 US Secret Service staff and a six-doctor medical team. More than 500 officials and staff accompanied Obama, along with a mass of high-tech ...read more

Tags: Easter Palm Sunday

Denomination: Anglican

I Am His!

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009

"I AM HIS!" President Theodore Roosevelt, was a charismatic figure who made quite an impression on people. One journalist, William Allen White, wrote of his first meeting with Roosevelt in 1897: "He sounded in my heart the first trumpet call of the new time that was to be... I had never known ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:20

Tags: Discipleship

Avoiding The Rocks

Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011

AVOIDING THE ROCKS Alan was my prayer partner at a previous church and he tells the story of going white water rafting on a Christian retreat. He said he always got stuck being the captain of the boat and sure enough for the 4th year in a row, he was named captain. So his job was to direct the men ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Methodist

Sabbath Sympathy

Contributed by Nickolas Kooi on Jun 1, 2018

Never one to back down from a fight, Jesus takes the bait, and summons the man. He literally says, “Rise in the midst of the group.” And there are two reasons for this request. He wants everyone to see and witness this event. He wants him up and in the middle. The second is this. As a ...read more

Scripture: Mark 3:3-5

Tags: Sabbath, Pharisees, Sympathy, Sabbath Controversy, Healing By Jesus  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Lutheran

Complaints -- Duh!

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 11, 2025

These are actual complaints received from dissatisfied customers by Thomas Cook Vacations (based on a Thomas Cook/ABTA survey): a. "It's lazy of the local shopkeepers in Puerto Vallarta to close in the afternoons. I often needed to buy things during 'siesta' time -- this should be ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 11:1, Colossians 3:13, Philippians 2:14

Tags: Wisdom, Contentment, Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction, Sense, Complaints  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Who's Watching You?

Contributed by Paul Clemente on Jan 5, 2009

WHO’S WATCHING YOU? Years ago, my brother and I were fishing off a pier with four other people. It was so hot that the fish (white bass) were just floating on the surface of the water and had no interest in biting any bait. Those of us on the pier all decided just to snag the fish with treble ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Denomination: Independent/Bible

If Jesus Christ Be God And Died For Me, Then No ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to ...read more

Tags: Divinity Of Christ

Little Progress Can Be Made By Merely Attempting ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil; our great hope ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

John Osteen On Dreams

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

John Osteen said “It’s great to be young and dream the dream, but it’s better to be old and ...read more

Tags: God's Forgiveness

Concentrations Of Wealth Will Never Be A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Concentrations of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for ...read more

Tags: Envy

Old Age, Especially An Honored Old Age, Has So ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Old age, especially an honored old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Hand Grasps At Hand, Eye Lights Eye In Good ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Hand Grasps at hand, eye lights eye in good friendship, And great hearts expand And grow one ...read more

Tags: Compassion

We Are Much Harder On People Who Betray Us In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

We are much harder on people who betray us in small ways than on people who ...read more

Tags: Friendship General

In The End Youve Got To Be Productive. Thats ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

In the end youve got to be productive. Thats what made this country greatand thats ...read more

Tags: Productivity

It Is Difficult To Make A Man Miserable While He ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims ...read more

Tags: Self

Self-Love Is A Cup Without Any Bottom; You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Self-love is a cup without any bottom; you might pour all the great lakes ...read more

Tags: Self

We Must Never Delude Ourselves Into Thinking ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We must never delude ourselves into thinking that physical power is a substitute for moral power, which is ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Mary Illustrates

Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 4, 2012

Mary illustrates that hungry heart that wants to understand the depth of this great salvation. --John ...read more

Tags: Christmas

Denomination: Baptist

Understanding

Contributed by Larry Grant on Jan 21, 2025

In 1988 at the Democratic National Convention the Reverend Jesse Jackson gave a speech called “Common Ground” in which he challenged us to never give in to demagoguery. He said, Don't you surrender and don't you give up. Don't surrender and don't give up! Why cannot I challenge you ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 4:7

Tags: Ronald Reagan, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama, Jesse Jackson

Denomination: Baptist