Sermon Illustrations
Free Sermon Illustrations for Preaching :

In Sermon Illustrations: "Honoring Mothers"

showing 1,701-1,720 of 3,582
Filter Results
Close Filters

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

  • Show more

Category

  • Try PRO

    Confident Preaching

    Try PRO free and preach with confidence when people need it most.
    Free to start now
  • The Great Preacher, E. V. Hill Said In A Sermon, ...

    Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Dec 8, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,354 views

    The great preacher, E. V. Hill said in a sermon, "I Don’t Want to Go to Hell" "I don’t want to go because: 1- You can’t get out. You can’t try it to see if you like it. 2. My ...read more

  • Parents Sued By Son For Malpractice Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 3, 2010
     | 3,096 views

    Parents Sued by Son for Malpractice of Parenting In 1978, Thomas Hansen of Boulder Colorado, sued his parents for $350,000 on grounds of “malpractice of parenting.” He charged in his suit that his mother and father had botched his upbringing so badly, that he would need years ...read more

  • The Best Gift

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,051 views

    THE BEST GIFT Bobby was getting cold sitting out in his back yard in the snow. Bobby didn't wear boots; he didn't like them, and anyway he didn't own any. The thin sneakers he wore had a few holes in them, and they did a poor job of keeping out the cold. Bobby had been in his backyard for about ...read more

  • Loving Teddy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2002
    based on 38 ratings
     | 7,915 views

    LOVING TEDDY Miss Thompson taught Teddy Stallard in the fourth grade. He was a slow, unkempt student, a loner shunned by his classmates. The previous year his mother died, and what little motivation for school he may have once had was now gone. Miss Thompson didn’t particularly care for Teddy ...read more

  • What Not To Do  PRO

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 8, 2003
    based on 17 ratings
     | 1,558 views

    WHAT NOT TO DO The new millenium brought out the worst in parenting, and no parenting methods were criticized more harshly than those of captured American Taliban, John Lindh Walker. When Lindh Walker was 10, the family from Washington State moved to socially liberal Marin County, just over the ...read more

  • Why Is It Important That We Let God Be First In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,089 views

    Why is it important that we let God be first in out life? Because we may touch others when God is leading. Miss Thompson taught Teddy Stallard in the fourth grade. He was a slow, unkempt student, a loner shunned by his classmates. The previous year his mother died, and what little motivation for ...read more

  • Please Come Back Home.

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 14, 2021
     | 1,657 views

    PLEASE COME BACK HOME... Max Lucado, in his book, No Wonder They Call Him Savior, tells the story of Maria and her daughter, Christina that touches the heart and shows the mercy of God. Longing to leave her poor Brazilian neighborhood, Christina wanted to see the world. Discontent with a home ...read more

  • Three Monkeys

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 29, 2002
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,376 views

    “THREE MONKEYS” Author unknown “Three monkeys sat in a coconut tree, discussing things that are said to be. Said one to the others, ‘Now listen, you two, there’s a certain rumor that can’t be true; That man descended from our noble race. Why, the very idea is a disgrace! No monkey ever deserted ...read more

  • Who Will Provide?  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Oct 11, 2002
    based on 35 ratings
     | 12,775 views

    WHO WILL PROVIDE? A young woman brought her fiancé home to meet her parents for thanksgiving dinner. After dinner, her mother told her father to find out about the young man. The father invited the fiancé to his study for a talk. "So what are your plans?" the father asked the young man. "I am a ...read more

  • John Newton: Wrote Many Books, Sermons & Hymns. ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 24, 2008
     | 1,694 views

    JOHN NEWTON: Wrote many books, sermons & hymns. His most famous was ‘Amazing Grace’. Newton’s life proved the truth of that song. He lived a very troubled life: Had a very godly mother but a wicked father who was often off to sea and then came home to live a wicked life. Newton’s mother prayed ...read more

  • Remember With Me If You Can When Your Last Child ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 17, 2009
     | 1,402 views

    Remember with me if you can when your last child was born. For my wife and me it was in Hoffman Estates Medical Center, on October 17, 1986 at 1:58 a.m. We entered the hospital on a cool dark evening with great expectation about what was soon to occur. Birth pains gradually came in shorter and ...read more

  • Jesus Loves Me This I Know

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 21, 2009
     | 6,850 views

    JESUS LOVES ME THIS I KNOW KARL BARTH was a German theologian who dominated the theology of the 20th century. In 1962, six years before his death, he made his only visit to the United States. One night he lectured at a seminary in Virginia, and after the lecture he met with students in the ...read more

  • The Resiliency Of Love Reveals Itself In The ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on May 18, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,678 views

    the resiliency of love reveals itself in the story of two newlyweds. Now prior to the marriage the groom was apprehensive about his foot order problem. His father recommended frequent foot washing and wearing socks to bed. He thought that to be a wonderful idea and would do so. The bride-to-be was ...read more

  • In The Film ‘saving Private Ryan' Soldiers Are ...

    Contributed by Nigel Heath on Aug 2, 2009
     | 2,001 views

    In the film ‘Saving Private Ryan’ soldiers are sent out to find him and bring him home because his brothers have been killed in the war. It was an act of mercy for his mother’s sake. Several of the soldiers who seek for him are killed – and one whispers his dying words to Private Ryan ‘Earn this’ ...read more

  • Robes Of Righteousness

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Feb 28, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,561 views

    Dr Ravi Zacharias came up with a true witty story of a New Zealand Shepherd who was happy on a Christmas morning, sad in the afternoon but once again happy in the evening. What exactly contributed to his mood swings? Here goes…in the morning two of his ewes’ “A” and “B” gave birth to two lambs “a” ...read more

  • Mind Your Manners - Servant - President Calvin Coolidge Story

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Dec 1, 2025
    based on 2 ratings
     | 46 views

    Have you ever dined at a fancy restaurant ... or at someone's home ... and felt a little ... uncomfortable? President Calvin Coolidge ... invited some friends from Vermont ... to dine with him ... at the White House. They were extremely ... nervous. And were concerned ... about the correct ...read more

  • During An Earthquake Some Years Ago, The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ron Crow on Mar 7, 2003
    based on 64 ratings
     | 2,533 views

    During an earthquake some years ago, the inhabitants of a small village were generally very much alarmed, but they were at the same time surprised at the calmness and apparent joy of an old woman whom they all knew. At length one of them, addressing the old woman, said, “Mother, are you ...read more

  • The Elevator  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 27, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,898 views

    The Elevator A man from the back mountains of Tennessee found himself one day in a large city, for the first time standing outside an elevator. He watched as an old, haggard woman hobbled on, and the doors closed. A few minutes later the doors opened and a young, attractive woman ...read more

  • I Read A Story In A Paper This Week Of Mark ...

    Contributed by David Butcher on Dec 8, 2006
     | 1,658 views

    I read a story in a paper this week of Mark Baylis who through quite amazing circumstances was reunited with his birth mother. Adopted at birth and brought up by wonderful parents, yet there was still the longing to know what had happened, was he really loved. The came the moment of reunion, ...read more

  • The Great Slave Preacher John Jasper Got Carried ...

    Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Jan 18, 2007
     | 1,665 views

    The great slave preacher John Jasper got carried away in a sermon on heaven. He talked about rambling down the streets of glory and talking to Moses and David and Paul. And then he said, “And now I will ramble down the side streets to find the cabin in which the good Lord set up my mother in ...read more