In Sermon Illustrations: "Houses"

Consider A New Mother Home Alone With Her Baby. ...

Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Aug 2, 2009

Consider a new mother home alone with her baby. Suddenly she’s awakened by the smell of smoke. The house is on fire. Her only thought is for her baby. She races down the smoke-filled hall without a thought for her own safety. She grabs him in her arms, shields his face from the flames with her ...read more

Tags: Passion Of Christ

Denomination: Lutheran

Zacchaeus And The Dragon's Den  PRO

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Aug 21, 2009

ZACCHAEUS AND THE DRAGON'S DEN Imagine Zacchaeus before The Dragons Den, (TV show where businessmen invest their millions). Imagine the corrupt entrepreneur Zack making his pitch. Duncan Bannatyne and the other dragons are not going to invest there millions into such a dubious character (rip him ...read more

Tags: Grace

Denomination: Baptist

The Unique Christ

Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 10, 2009

THE UNIQUE CHRIST His birth was contrary to the laws of life. His death was contrary to the laws of death. He had no cornfields or fisheries but He could spread a table for five thousand and have bread and fish to spare. He walked on no beautiful carpets or velvet rugs, but He walked on the ...read more

Tags: Jesus Christ

Denomination: Christian Church

Dale Carnegie In Yellowstone  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2009

DALE CARNEGIE IN YELLOWSTONE Ephesians 4:32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. This command is again repeated by Paul to the Colossians in 3:13, 13Bear with each other and forgive... The alternative to forgiveness is bitterness and ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:32

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

Godless Nation?  PRO

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Mar 28, 2010

GODLESS NATION? The Triumphal Entry represents Jesus' offer to be our King and Saviour both as a nation and individually. The response is mixed. Our nation barely recognizes Christianity as a viable choice and in its efforts to be inclusive has all but denounced Christianity as an option. Sure ...read more

Tags: Easter Palm Sunday

Denomination: Salvation Army

Why We Should Be Willing To Die For Christ, The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2010

Why we should be willing to die for Christ, the case of Joseph Tson of Romania Augustine: “It was necessary that Christ should first die for Peter’s salvation, and then Peter die for Christ’s Gospel.” When Joseph Tson was imprisoned for preaching the gospel in communist Romania under Nicolae ...read more

Scripture: John 15:18-27

Tags: Persecution

When My Grandson Goes To The Bookshelf And ...

Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jun 18, 2010

When my grandson goes to the bookshelf and touches the pile of DVD’s at my daughter’s house, he knows it is wrong. I can tell he knows by the defiant look on his face. He knows it is wrong because he has been told it is wrong. He has FULL REVELATION of this rule. If he had not been told it was ...read more

Tags: Sin Punishment Of

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Because She Wanted ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008

BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO Some years ago a woman married an overbearing man. That man printed up a list of rules he “required” her to follow...everything from how to cook pancakes, hang his shirts, clean the house, what she could and couldn’t wear, etc. As a Christian lady, she obeyed. However, when ...read more

Tags: Marriage Obligations

Angel Warriors  PRO

Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 28, 2008

Angel Warriors John Paton was a missionary in the New Hebrides Islands. One night hostile natives surrounded the mission station, intent on burning out the Patons and killing them. Paton and his wife prayed during that terror-filled night that God would deliver them. When daylight came they were ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 66:1-2, 2 Kings 6:17

Tags: Angels

Denomination: Wesleyan

I Don't Know About You But I Was Here At 9:30 ...

Contributed by Jesse Bennett on Dec 6, 2008

I don’t know about you but I was here at 9:30 this morning and when I came to open the door I didn’t see a line of people waiting outside for me to open the door so they could come into God’s house and worship. A when we gathered to study God’s word there were less than ___ in Sunday School class. ...read more

Tags: Zeal

Denomination: Baptist

The First Time I Had To Speak In Public Was When ...

Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jan 15, 2009

The first time I had to speak in public was when I was in fourth grade. The elementary school I attended was part of the college down the street from my house. I think I was a shepherd in the college's presentation of "Amahl and the Night Visitors." I was pretty nervous--scared, really--about ...read more

Tags: Holy Spirit Baptism

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Church Is Dark When You're Not There

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009

THE CHURCH IS DARK WHEN YOU’RE NOT THERE In a certain mountain village in Europe several centuries ago, a nobleman wondered what legacy he should leave to his townspeople. At last he decided to build them a church. No one saw the complete plans for the church until it was finished. When the people ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

Evangelism: Aquariums And Fires

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009

EVANGELISM: AQUARIUMS AND FIRES The late Sam Shoemaker, an Episcopalian bishop, summed up the situation this way: "In the Great Commission, the Lord has called us to be--like Peter--fishers of men. We’ve turned the commission around so that we have become merely keepers of the aquarium. ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Moody's Attitude Toward Death

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Dec 13, 2022

Thousands came to faith in Christ through Moody’s meetings. As he approached the end of his life, he viewed Heaven as something to anticipate. Moody wrote: “Some day you will read in the papers that D.L. Moody of East Northfield, is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it! At that moment I shall be ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 9:27

Tags: Death, Heaven, Salvation, Funerals

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Momma, Kiss Me!

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 2, 2023

William Gladstone, in announcing the death of Princess Alice to the House of Commons, told a touching story. The little daughter of the Princess was seriously ill with diphtheria. The doctors told the princess not to kiss her little daughter and endanger her life by breathing the child's ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23

Tags: Death, Love, Sacrifice, Children, Agape, Mothers, Fruit Of The Spirit  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Have To Die To Go To Heaven

Contributed by John Bright on Apr 17, 2025

Remember, all the bodies are going to die. Jesus had a body. What happened on the cross? He died. So will we. Amen – the end. That would be a terrible place to end a sermon but it reminds me of a Sunday School story. The teacher asked the children, “If I sold my house and car and gave all my ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 9:2, Matthew 7:13-14

Tags: Sunday School, Heaven

Denomination: Methodist

Former President George H. W. Bush Told ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 17, 2004

1. Former President George H. W. Bush told mourners at Ronald Reagan’s funeral on Friday that the 40th U.S. president taught him kindness, courage and the power of humor during their years together at the White House. “As his vice president for eight years, I learned more from Ronald Reagan than ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:32

Tags: Christian Love

Some Years Ago On A Hot Summer Day In South ...  PRO

Contributed by Davon Huss on May 30, 2005

Some years ago on a hot summer day in south Florida a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the cool water, he ran out the back door, leaving behind shoes, socks, and shirt as he went. He flew into the water, not realizing that as he ...read more

Tags: Cross

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Motley, Cross-Breed, Half-Baked Sheep  PRO

Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Nov 12, 2010

MOTLEY, CROSS-BREED, HALF-BAKED SHEEP Before I went off to train for ministry, I used to live in an old house in Oamaru with an acre and a half of land. I had the usual garden and lawn, but I also had about an acre and a quarter of pretty rough hillside that was planted in a variety of trees and ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 1:3, Numbers 6:22-27

Tags: Parable Lost Sheep

Denomination: Salvation Army

Billy Graham: The Irrecoverable Moment

Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 13, 2011

BILLY GRAHAM: THE IRRECOVERABLE MOMENT In his autobiography, Just as I Am, Billy Graham tells about a conversation he had with John F. Kennedy shortly after his election: "On the way back to the Kennedy house, the president-elect stopped the car and turned to me. 'Do you believe in the Second ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

Denomination: *other