In Sermon Illustrations: "High Places"

The Rev. And Mrs. R. Porteous Were Taken ...  PRO

Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jun 8, 2003

The Rev. and Mrs. R. Porteous were taken prisoners by Chinese communist bandits in 1931, and led to a lonely spot on top of a hill where they were to be executed. The leader said, “This is the place.” The executioner took a long knife from its holder and raised it above the necks of the courgeous ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18

Tags: Christian Disciplines, Grace

Denomination: Baptist

A Sunday School Teacher Told Her Class Of 2nd ...  PRO

Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 2, 2004

A Sunday School teacher told her class of 2nd graders the story found in Luke 16 of the Rich man and Lazarus. How that when they were here upon the earth the rich man had everything that money could buy and poor Lazarus had to beg for mere crumbs. But when they died, the rich man due to his ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:24, Matthew 16:24, Luke 16:19-31

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Christian Church

A.w. Tozer Writes In The Pursuit Of God: "If God ...

Contributed by Richard Wafford on Dec 3, 2004

A.W. Tozer writes in the Pursuit of God: “If God is present at every point in space, if we cannot go where he is not, cannot even conceive of a place where He is not, why then has not that Presence become the one universally celebrated fact of the world? The patriarch Jacob, “in the waste howling ...read more

Tags: Evangelism The Lost, Divisions

Denomination: Baptist

In This Case They Are Not Only Withholding Their ...

Contributed by Captain David Kauffman on Nov 4, 2006

In this case they are not only withholding their tithe – they are withholding their INVESTMENT in themselves and God’s people. They are choosing to remain a “fruitless, wild vine” or a “lone-wolf Christian”. Undisciplined and re-writing the Bible to fit their situation – they go from place to ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Picture Of Cheese

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 23, 2010

PICTURE OF CHEESE I heard a story about a man who had a mouse in his house and his wife wanted him to catch it. His problem was that he didn’t have any cheese (and did not want to buy it). So he cut a picture of cheese out of a magazine and placed it in the trap. He thought, "I’ll just fool the ...read more

Scripture: James 2:22-25

Tags: Hypocrisy

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Cruel Christians

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2011

CRUEL CHRISTIANS During the Spanish conquest of Mexico under Hernando Cortez in the early 1500s, a resistance leader named Hatney was captured after a fierce battle and sentenced to be burned alive. After tying him to the stake, his captors urged him to become a Christian so that at his death his ...read more

Scripture: Titus 2:1-10

Tags: Christian Witness

There Is A Fable That Says That Satan Met With ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

There is a fable that says that Satan met with three Demons who were preparing to come to earth and attempt to deceive men, women, boys and girls. The first Demon told the Devil that he planned to tell everyone that there is no God. The Devil responded by saying, well that’s good and you will ...read more

Tags: Salvation

Staying Where You Started!

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Dec 2, 2020

The problem is that Christians do not go on with God. They get saved, give a testimony of their salvation, and that’s all they ever have. They never maintain a serious study of the Word of God, which is essential to growth. They are like the little girl who fell out of bed one night. When the ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-2, Colossians 3:1-4

Tags: Christian Life, Spiritual Growth, Running The Race, Perserverance

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A.w. Tozer Stated, "Within The Human Heart ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 29, 2005

A.W. Tozer stated, “Within the human heart ‘things’ have taken over. God’s gifts now take the place of God, and the whole course of ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

I Have Had Many Things In My Hands And I Have ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

“I have had many things in my hands and I have lost them all. But whatever I have placed in God’s hands, ...read more

Tags: God Brings Purpose

In Framing A Government Which Is To Be ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the government to control the ...read more

Tags: Government

Every Great Achievement In This World Was First ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Every great achievement in this world was first carefully thought out.Thinkbut to a purpose. Think constructively.Think to rise and improve your place in life. There ...read more

Tags: Thought

The Question Is Not Whether A Doctrine Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The question is not whether a doctrine is beautiful but whether it is true. When we wish to go to a place, we do not ask whether the road leads through ...read more

Tags: Truth

Martin Luther: I Have Held Many Things In My ...

Contributed by Nathan Ingram on Nov 30, 2009

Martin Luther: I have held many things in my hands and I have lost them all; But whatever I have placed ...read more

Tags: Possession

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Eschatology Is Like Golf

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jun 23, 2018

Eschatology or the study of the end times is like golf, it’s fun it gives you something to do but in the long run it you end ...read more

Tags: Revelation, End Times, Second Coming

Denomination: Wesleyan

No Other Technique For The Conduct Of Life ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"No other technique for the conduct of life attaches the individual so firmly to reality as laying emphasis on work; for his work at least gives him a secure ...read more

Tags: Workplace

I Have Held Many Things In My Hands, And I Have ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I ...read more

Tags: Giving General, Character

Encouragement Is Perhaps One Of The Greatest ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Encouragement is perhaps one of the greatest gifts friends can ever give. An encouraging friend is a lifeline to steady a floundering heart, to bring sunshine to a cloudy day, ...read more

Tags: Gifts Encouragement

If We Americans Do Not Start To Think, If We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If we Americans do not start to think, if we let slip the old practice of self-exile in a silent place, we shall presently become a nation of ...read more

Tags: Thought

Green Efforts

Contributed by Paul Wallace on Mar 4, 2009

GREEN EFFORTS The news told of a hotel in California trying to be as "green" as possible. So they took out Gideon bible from the rooms, and put ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

Denomination: Wesleyan