In Sermon Illustrations: "How To Be Saved"

Calvin: "People Think It Must Be Fun To Be A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001

Calvin: "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don’t realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world. " Hobbes: ...read more

Tags: Temptation Pride, Humility, Emotions

What Imprudent Men

Contributed by Sylvester Fergusson on Jan 7, 2007

Wendell Phillips when he said: What imprudent men the benefactors of the race have been! How prudently most men sink into nameless graves, while now ...read more

Denomination: Adventist

In This Life, Christ Is An Example, Showing Us ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"In this life, Christ is an example, showing us how to live; in his death, he is a sacrifice, satisfying for our sins; in his resurrection, a conqueror; in his ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 51:1-19

Tags: Jesus Christ

Ever Since The World Began, It Has Been Mostly ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Ever since the world began, it has been mostly wickedness that has made the headlines. How many people even know that Adam and Eve ...read more

Tags: Sin Fall Of Man

Education Would Be Much More Effective If Its ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they do not ...read more

Tags: Culture

You Don't Grow Old Gradually, Or On Purpose, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"You don't grow old gradually, or on purpose, the way you go downtown on a subway. It's more like finding yourself standing in ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Difficult Times Have Helped Me To Understand ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way and that so many things that one ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

To Say That We Need Lawyers To Make Laws, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"To say that we need lawyers to make laws, because they know how to write sentences that nobody can understand, makes as much sense as arguing ...read more

Tags: Law

True Vision Is Always Twofold. It Involves ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

True vision is always twofold. It involves emotional comprehension as well as physical perception. Yet how rarely we have either. We generally only ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

If A Man Has Money, It Is Usually A Sign, Too, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; dont imagine his money is easy to ...read more

Tags: Money

The American People Will Never Knowingly Adopt ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of liberalism they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America ...read more

Tags: Politics

I Dont Know What Your Destiny Will Be, But One ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I dont know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are ...read more

Tags: Servanthood

The World Does Not Need Sermons; It Needs A ...

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010

"The world does not need sermons; it needs a message. You can go to Bible college and learn how to preach sermons, but you will have to ...read more

Tags: Preaching

Denomination: Brethren

Grantland Rice, America’s First Great ...  PRO

Contributed by Brian Mccutchen on Jan 26, 2001

Grantland Rice, America’s first great sportswriter said it this way: “When Jesus comes to judge us, he will not be so concerned about ...read more

Tags: Leadership General, Christian Disciplines, Basics Of Christianity

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

One Man Told His Friend: I Lost My Job Because ...  PRO

Contributed by Kevin Taylor on Oct 28, 2001

One man told his friend: I lost my job because of illness and fatigue. Second man: Really, how awful! First man: ...read more

Tags: Workplace

According To The Late Dr. Walter Martin, 58 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 18, 2002

According to the late Dr. Walter Martin, 58 percent of Americans “either definitely believe in [reincarnation] or believe it to be a distinct possibility.” Dan Story, ...read more

Dusty Bibles  PRO

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 20, 2002

Dirty lifes grow from dusty Bibles. We buy tapes, CD’s, video’s and books to tell us how to live and we never invest time ...read more

Tags: Bible Study

Denomination: Assembly Of God

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

People Are Always More Encouraged When We Share ...  PRO

Contributed by Jim Kane on Apr 27, 2003

“People are always more encouraged when we share how God’s grace helped us in weakness than when we brag about our ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:1

Tags: Gifts Encouragement, Joy

Denomination: Church Of God

Father Said To His Daughter, "What's Wrong, Judy? ...  PRO

Contributed by James Buchanan on Sep 21, 2003

Father said to his daughter, "What’s wrong, Judy? Usually you talk on the phone for hours. This time you only talked for 30 minutes. How ...read more

Tags: Children, Parenting

Denomination: Independent/Bible