In Sermon Illustrations: "Hell is real"

A Priest Asked A Little Boy If He Knew What ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2003

A priest asked a little boy if he knew what "matrimony" meant. The little boy replied, Sure! It is a place between ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

All Heaven Is Interested In The Cross Of Christ, ...

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010

All heaven is interested in the cross of Christ, all hell is terribly afraid of it, while men are the only beings who more or ...read more

Tags: Cross

Denomination: Brethren

When You Speak Of Heaven, Let Your Face Light ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

"When you speak of Heaven, let your face light up. When you speak of Hell, well then, your everyday face ...read more

Tags: Salvation

Problems Breed Problems; But Problems Also Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Problems breed problems; but problems also are the main breeding ground for success. Seldom does real success, ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

If A Man Has The Right Attitude, Even If He Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"If a man has the right attitude, even if he is average, hell work hard enough to play well. As long as he thinks ...read more

Tags: Attitude General

If You Dont Do It Excellently, Dont Do It At ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If you dont do it excellently, dont do it at all. Because if its not excellent, it wont be profitable or fun, and if youre not in business for ...read more

Tags: Competition

It Is Only Those Who Have Neither Fired A Shot ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, ...read more

Tags: War

Denying The Existence Of Evil (Or Refusing To Be ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Denying the existence of evil (or refusing to be judgmental about it) has never proved a reliable method for defeating it. Hell is presumably ...read more

Tags: Satan

Let Me Give You The History Of Pride In Three ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Let me give you the history of pride in three small chapters. The beginning of pride was in heaven. The continuance of pride is on earth. The end of pride ...read more

Tags: Temptation Pride

Pick Any Verse, Quote It Out Loud. Get Your ...

Contributed by Michael West on Sep 29, 2008

Pick any verse, quote it out loud. Get your Bibles out and speak it’s God breathed Words ...read more

Tags: Words

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Love Me Not

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2011

THE LOVE ME NOT Dostoevsky tells the story of a woman who found herself in hell and felt she did not belong there. She could not bear the suffering and cried out in agony for the mercy of God. God listened and was moved with pity and so He said to her: "If you can remember one good deed that you ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:7

Tags: Mercy

Christianity Asserts That Every Individual ...

Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 11, 2007

“Christianity asserts that every individual human being is going to live forever, and this must be either true or false. Now there are a good many things which would not be worth bothering about if I were going to live only seventy years, but which I had better bother about very seriously if I am ...read more

Denomination: Orthodox

Let No One Go Unwarned

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009

LET NO ONE GO UNWARNED In the brief span of just 30 seconds, 53 people die worldwide and 36 of them enter eternity without Christ. With more than one person per second going to Hell, Charles Spurgeon’s words of urgency and concern need to resonate in our hearts: "If sinners be damned, at least let ...read more

Tags: Evangelism The Lost

Robert Redford Was Walking One Day Through A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Robert Redford was walking one day through a hotel lobby. A woman saw him and followed him to the elevator. "Are you the real Robert Redford?" she asked him with great excitement. As the doors of the elevator closed, he replied, "Only when I am alone" I would say this is true for ...read more

Tags: Faith

A Man Always Has Two Reasons For Doing Anything: ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason. Let us...always reveal with utmost ...read more

Tags: Thought

Frank Retif South African Bishop In Cape Town ...

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 23, 2008

Frank Retif South African Bishop in Cape town tells all his clergy to organize their diaries with this mission statement on every ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

People Dare God To Send Them To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 12, 2009

People Dare God to Send Them to Hell J. Michael Shannon tells how some young people put up a web site to encourage atheism. The site invited people to dare God to send them to hell. More than 400 young people took the challenge. People who took the challenge received a free copy of documentation ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 53:1

Tags: Atheism

C.s. Lewis Once Wrote That "The Sins Of The Flesh ...

Contributed by Jason Duncan on Oct 30, 2007

C.S. Lewis once wrote that “The sins of the flesh are bad, but they are the least bad of all sins. All the worst pleasures are purely spiritual: the pleasure of putting other people in the wrong, of bossing and patronizing; . . . the pleasures of power, of hatred. For there are two things inside ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Famous Atheist Once Said, "If I Believed In ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 1, 2002

A famous atheist once said, "If I believed in hell as Christians do I would crawl on my hands and knees around the world to tell ...read more

Tags: Sharing My Testimony, Evangelism Urgency

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Test Of Any Good Fiction Is That You Should ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"The test of any good fiction is that you should care something for the characters; the good to succeed, the bad to fail. The trouble with most fiction is that you want ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature