In Sermon Illustrations: "He Is Coming"

[062b]. A Message From A Poem – Does Suffering Cancel Out A God Of Love?

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 14, 2025

[062B]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – DOES SUFFERING CANCEL OUT A GOD OF LOVE? THE POEM AS IT IS WILL NOT FIT IN THE ILLUSTRATION SPACE AVAILABLE. I HAVE SPLIT IT INTO THREE PARTS. THIS IS THE SECOND PART THE INTRODUCTION FOR THE POEM IS IN PART 1. PART 2 SECTION B - PART 1 (THE CHRISTIAN ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 45:6-7, John 3:16, Exodus 34:6-7

Tags: Hurt, Pain, Love, Compassion, Comfort, Suffering, Tragedy, God Of Comfort, God Of Love  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Sowing Seeds Of Peace  PRO

Contributed by David Yarbrough on Feb 11, 2002

SOWING SEEDS OF PEACE In Europe, 1934, Hitler’s plague of anti-Semitism was infecting a continent. Some would escape it. Some would die from it. But eleven-year-old Heinz would learn from it. He would learn the power of sowing seeds of peace. Heinz was a Jew. The Bavarian village of Fourth, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 8:11-15

Tags: God Brings Hope, Peace

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Have You Ever Seen The Walt Disney Movie, ...  PRO

Contributed by Curt Cizek on Feb 25, 2003

Have you ever seen the Walt Disney movie, Hercules? It’s a great movie. Zeus was the father of all the gods. That is god with a small “g.” Zeus had a son named Hercules. Hades who was the ruler of the underworld was angry with Zeus so he devised a plan to overthrow the gods and take over Mt. ...read more

Tags: Romantic Love

Denomination: Lutheran

Jesus Didn't Just Sit Around The Synagogue All ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Jesus didn’t just sit around the synagogue all day. Jesus didn’t just hang around the temple courtyard all the time. Instead Jesus went out where the people were. He didn’t isolate himself alone on a mountain top. Although he certainly did retreat there from time to time for prayer and refreshment. ...read more

Tags: Call Of The Disciples

The Son And The Rose

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 22, 2011

THE SON AND THE ROSE Arnold Prater, in his book You Can Have Joy! tells about a man in a little English village named John Deckard. He was a clerk in a textile factory. A modest and quiet man, he lived in an ordinary little house at the edge of town with his wife and his six-year-old son, Rob. ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:4

Tags: Parenting

[088]. A Poem Message – Specific – For Young Christians - The Three Ls

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Apr 25, 2025

[088]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – SPECIFIC – FOR YOUNG CHRISTIANS - THE THREE Ls There are 9 poems in this Trilogy series. This poem is part of a Trilogy - three sets of three. The first set is addressed to MEN, the second to ALL CHRISTIANS and the third is SPECIFIC. This is the first one in ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:14, 1 John 4:19, 1 John 5:2, Matthew 11:28-29, Proverbs 1:33  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Love, Listen, Learn

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

I Was A Young Youth Pastor In Augusta, Ga, Doing ...

Contributed by Todd Stiles on Feb 1, 2007

I was a young youth pastor in Augusta, GA, doing my best to train a group of kids to reach out to others. Granted – some of my ideas met resistance (imagine that!), and the culture there turned out to be very different than what was actually communicated to me at the beginning. However, I figured ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Way Of ...

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

The Way of Cain by Henry Morris, Ph.D. USED BY PERMISSION (© 2007 by ICR. All Rights Reserved. http://icr.org) "Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain" (Proverbs 25:14) Cain initially was a religious man, evidently proud of his achievements as a "tiller of the ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:4

Tags: Truth

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Recently My Family And I Were Traveling North On ...

Contributed by Chris Surber on Jan 19, 2010

Recently my family and I were traveling north on 251 to visit a local retail store. While we drove we noticed a huge plume of smoke in the air. As it turns out, we were not the only people in town who had gathered to witness the blaze at Crafter’s Village. Upon pulling into a nearby parking lot ...read more

Tags: God's Love, Purification

Denomination: Christian Church

Miracles Through Prayer In China

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 15, 2024

In his book Sit, Walk, Stand, Watchman Nee describes a preaching mission to an island off the South China coast. There were seven in the ministering group, including a sixteen-year-old new convert whom he calls Brother Wu. The island was fairly large, containing about 6,000 homes. Nee had a contact ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 33:3

Tags: Prayer, Miracles, China, Rain, Elijah, Missions  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

[223]. A Message From A Poem - Our Boast Is In The Lord

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Oct 10, 2025

[223]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - OUR BOAST IS IN THE LORD Last Sunday I preached on this verse - {{Galatians 6:14 “MAY IT NEVER BE THAT I SHOULD BOAST, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.”}} Then we looked at how ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:31, Luke 18:10-13, Galatians 6:14

Tags: Boast In The Lord, Christian Poems, Darwall Tune, Paul, Glory, Hymn, Cross, Boasting, Boast  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Faith Does Not State That All Things Are Good, ...  PRO

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 22, 2002

Faith does not state that all things are good, but that things will work together for the good. This thing we face may be bad, ...read more

Tags: God In The Hardships

Denomination: Assembly Of God

What Can Be More Foolish Than To Think That All ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the ...read more

Tags: Change

What We Do Not See, What Most Of Us Never ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of ...read more

Tags: Endurance

The Only Way Any Church Can Get A Blessing Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The only way any church can get a blessing is to lay aside all difference, all criticism, all coldness and party ...read more

Tags: Church General

And Thus Was Kept The First Christmas, The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"And thus was kept the first Christmas, the Christmas in the year one, with carols by the choir of heaven, and Gods own Son, the Saviour of the ...read more

Tags: Christmas

Over The Years I Have Discovered That Ideas ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Over the years I have discovered that ideas come through an intense desire for them; continually desiring, the mind becomes a watchtower on the ...read more

Tags: Thought

Invention, Strictly Speaking, Is Little More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered and ...read more

Tags: Thought

The Hebrew Word For Parents Is Horim, And It ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The Hebrew word for parents is horim, and it comes from the same root as moreh, teacher. The parent is, and remains, the first and most ...read more

Tags: Parenting

The Devil Tempted ...

Contributed by Shawn Kelly on Dec 16, 2009

THE DEVIL TEMPTED JESUS…… THE FACT IS…..THERE IS NOTHING THAT YOU CAN COME UP WITH….THAT JESUS DIDN’T GO ...read more

Tags: Temptation General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational