In Sermon Illustrations: "Grow Up"

David And His Men - Once You Slay A Giant You ...

Contributed by David Ibeleme on Jul 8, 2008

David and his Men - Once you slay a giant you lift up a standard for people to do the same e.g. 5 stones = 5 giants: David slew 1 giant ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Pacific Hurricanes Or Typhoons Are Classified By ...

Contributed by Sidney Sumida on Sep 15, 2009

Pacific Hurricanes or Typhoons are classified by the speed and intensity of the wind. It starts with a Category One type which has winds between 74 to 95 miles an hour and progresses up to a Category Five type which is 156 ...read more

Tags: Trials And Difficulties, Trials Of Life

Denomination: Charismatic

Devout Vs. Righteous

Contributed by Chris Gowen on Dec 29, 2009

DEVOUT VS. RIGHTEOUS A person might be devout, but not necessarily righteous. During the Christmas season of 2009 a Nigerian terrorist attempted to blow up a plane in Detroit, Michigan. His attempts failed. He was devoted to his ...read more

Tags: Commitment To Christ

Denomination: Baptist

On Their 50th Wedding Anniversary, A Couple ...

Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jun 23, 2010

On their 50th wedding anniversary, a couple summed up the reason for their long and happy marriage. The husband said, “I have tried never to be selfish. After all, there is no “I” in the word marriage.” The wife ...read more

Tags: Marriage Commitment

Denomination: Baptist

He Didn't Bring Us This Far To Leave ...

Contributed by Perry Greene on Oct 16, 2012

He didn't bring us this far to leave us; He didn't teach us to swim to let us drown. He didn't build his home in us to move away; He ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Faith, Feeling And Fact

Contributed by Richard Stevens on Mar 20, 2018

Feeling, Faith and Fact Three were walking on a wall, Feeling, Faith, and Fact. When Feeling took an awful fall and Faith was taken back. So close was Faith to Feeling that Faith stumbled and fell down too. But ...read more

Tags: Faith, Feelings, Fact

Denomination: Baptist

A Lady Once Came To Billy Sunday And Tried To ...

Contributed by John Harvey on Feb 23, 2006

A lady once came to Billy Sunday and tried to rationalize her angry outbursts. "There’s nothing wrong with losing my temper," she said. "I blow up, and then it’s all over." "So does a shotgun," ...read more

Tags: Anger

Denomination: Baptist

A Lady Once Came To Billy Sunday And Tried To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

A lady once came to Billy Sunday and tried to rationalize her angry outbursts. "There’s nothing wrong with losing my temper," she said. "I blow up, and then it’s all over." "So does a shotgun," Sunday ...read more

Tags: Anger

Taxpayers Overpaid Their Federal Income Taxes By ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

Taxpayers overpaid their federal income taxes by a record 29% in both ‘03 and ‘04. That has pushed refunds above $200 billion a year. Final ’05 figures aren’t in, but the average ...read more

Tags: Money

Home Broadband- A Pew Internet & American Life ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Home Broadband- A Pew Internet & American Life Project report finds 84 million Americans connected via broadband in March ‘06-up 40% from 60 million one year ago. In ‘02, just 10% of ...read more

Tags: Workplace

When They First Manufactured Golf Balls, They ...  PRO

Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jan 3, 2001

When they first manufactured golf balls, they made the covers smooth. Then they discovered that after a ball had been roughed up one could get more distance out of it. So they started manufacturing them with dimpled ...read more

Tags: Endurance, Growth In Christ, Trials Mature Us

Denomination: Wesleyan

A Lady Once Came To Billy Sunday And Tried To ...  PRO

Contributed by James Dunn on Feb 3, 2002

A lady once came to Billy Sunday and tried to rationalize her angry outbursts. "There’s nothing wrong with losing my temper," she said. "I blow up, and then it’s all over." "So does a shotgun," ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines, Anger, Dealing With Conflicts

Denomination: Baptist

A Lady Once Came To Billy Sunday And Tried To ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

A lady once came to Billy Sunday and tried to rationalize her angry outbursts. "There’s nothing wrong with losing my temper," she said. "I blow up, and then it’s all over." "So does a shotgun," Sunday ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines, Anger

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What Keeps Us From Evangelizing?  PRO

Contributed by Timothy Grayless on Feb 15, 2003

What keeps us from evangelizing? We fear rejection - 1 in 25 repent and believe. It takes 24 no’s to get a YES. But all 25 are important and we shouldn’t take it personally. Look at the ...read more

Tags: Rejection, What Is Evangelism?, Evangelism How To

Denomination: Methodist

Executive Search Firms Report '07 As Their ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

Executive Search firms report ’07 as their biggest revenue year ever, up 17% over ’06, which was a great year itself. Despite the success of web sites like Monster.com and HCareers, never have search firms been ...read more

Tags: Workplace Unemployment

Waiting For Gabriel  PRO

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 7, 2009

WAITING FOR GABRIEL I was picking up my son at a youth event, and I saw Darl, who was doing the same. Darl’s oldest son is Gabriel. I asked him how he was, and Darl said, ...read more

Tags: Angels

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Temptation Is Oh So Tempting

Contributed by James Snyder on Aug 7, 2021

At the beginning of the week, the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage informed me that she and some of her friends would be going thrift store shopping on Thursday. I nodded my head and smiled, not knowing where she was going with this. “Now,” she said, “you will have to take care of your lunch. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:13

Tags: Humor, Temptations, Yielding

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Why God Gave Me A Tongue

Contributed by James Snyder on Oct 1, 2022

One thing about getting older is that you begin to understand the old saying that you don’t know what you don’t know. It has been so true for me. When I think I know everything, something comes up that I never even thought about. Sometimes The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage brings up something ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 15:4

Tags: Blessing, Tongue, Curse

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Another Jingle Bell Christmas In The Tree

Contributed by James Snyder on Dec 23, 2023

It doesn't seem possible another Christmas has come and gone. They come and go so fast that I'm not sure I can keep up with all of this. Every year, our family has more people, which is never bad. One thing we do is gather as a family around the Christmas tree and enjoy a wonderful time of ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 32:23

Tags: Christmas, Jingle Bell

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Soap Isn’t Always Soap

Contributed by James Snyder on May 16, 2026

After several months of mayhem in our house, things began to quiet down. It was beginning to get back to our normal way of life. Of course, because of the mayhem, many things that needed to be done did not get done. That made The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage jump in line to try to catch up ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 27:14

Tags: Helping, Washing

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance