In Sermon Illustrations: "Great Women"

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

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

Beware Of Little Expenses; A Small Leak Will Sink ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ...read more

Tags: Money

Character Is A By-Product; It Is Produced In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily ...read more

Tags: Character

Snatching The Eternal Out Of The Desperately ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Snatching the eternal out of the desperately fleeting is the great magic ...read more

Tags: Kingdom Of God

Absence Is To Love What Wind Is To A Fire; It ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Absence is to love what wind is to a fire; it puts out the ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

I Have Decided To Stick With Love. Hate Is Too ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

From A Worldly Point Of View There Is No Mistake ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

From a worldly point of view there is no mistake so great as that ...read more

Tags: Mistakes

Journalism Justifies Its Own Existence By The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Journalism justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of ...read more

Tags: News

The Repetition Of Small Efforts Will Accomplish ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The repetition of small efforts will accomplish more than the ...read more

Tags: Action

If Virtue And Knowledge Are Diffused Among The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If virtue and knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslaved. This ...read more

Tags: Security

Most People Would Succeed In Small Things If ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not ...read more

Tags: Ambition

Its Not A College Degree That Makes A Writer. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Its not a college degree that makes a writer. The great thing is ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

He Was Dull In A New Way, And That Made Many ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"He was dull in a new way, and that made many ...read more

Tags: Productivity

Trust Men, And They Will Be True To You; Treat ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Trust men, and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they ...read more

Tags: Faith