In Sermon Illustrations: "I Am That I Am"

Traveling With A Pack?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Aug 30, 2023

I have several different pairs of glasses. I really focus on one pair. A rose colored pair of glasses makes everything appear rosy. Everything you see will be rosy as we have a rose filter. Years ago I read about a pet dog. The little girl bottle fed the puppy and raised it to adult ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 23:25-26, Romans 12:2

Tags: Change, Paradigm, Attitudes

Denomination: Assembly Of God

When Church Makes You Throw Up!

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 12, 2024

Marty, a little boy, was in church one Sunday with his mother Doris, when he started feeling sick. 'Mummy,' he inquired, 'can we leave now?' 'No,' his mother replied, 'the service isn't over yet.' 'Well, I think I'm about to throw up.' Marty ...read more

Tags: Church, Children, Mothers, Sick

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Do Not Love The World

Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Jan 7, 2025

Now imagine this with me for a second. Let’s say you have a pillow and let’s say the family dog got ahold of that pillow and used it for a litter box… so you took it out and put it in the dumpster, and a family of rats moved into it and used it for a bed. And just before the day the trash truck ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15

Tags: Love Of Jesus, Desire, Love Of The World

Denomination: Independent/Bible

You Can't Just Sit Around  PRO

Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Jul 3, 2009

"YOU CAN'T JUST SIT AROUND." Larry Walters is among the relatively few who have actually turned their dreams into reality. Larry was a truck driver, but his lifelong dream was to fly. When he graduated from high school, he joined the Air Force in hopes of becoming a pilot. Unfortunately, poor ...read more

Tags: Encouragement

Denomination: Wesleyan

Memorial Day In The Military, Medal Of Honor ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2010

Memorial Day in the Military, Medal of Honor Recipient It’s 3am on a cold winter day. Patchy snow covers the landscape as Loudspeakers overhead blare telling everyone to get to their places. Surrounded by sandbags, concrete barriers and roughly 10,000 soldier, sailors, airman and marines, Bagram ...read more

Scripture: John 15:13

Tags: Sacrifice, Holidays Civic

There Is More Joy In Jesus In 24 Hours Than ...  PRO

Contributed by Anthony Hebb on Feb 13, 2003

“There is more joy in Jesus in 24 hours than there is in the world in 365 days. I have ...read more

Scripture: John 17:13

Tags: Joy

Denomination: Independent Bible

Mark Twain Noted, "Most People Are Bothered By ...  PRO

Contributed by Dana Chau on Jul 21, 2003

Mark Twain noted, "Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

Denomination: *other

If A Man Writes A Book, Let Him Set Down Only ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

To A Child, Its Games Of Make-Believe Are As ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"To a child, its games of make-believe are as serious as our realities are to us. I sometimes wonder ...read more

Tags: Children

After Years Of Living With The Coldest Realities ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

After years of living with the coldest realities I still believe that one reaps what one sows and that to sow ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

An Optimist Stays Up Until Midnight To See The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. I pessimist stays up to ...read more

Tags: Endurance

The Inherent Right In The People To Reform ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The inherent right in the people to reform their government, I do not deny; and they have another right, and that is to resist ...read more

Tags: Government

There Is Only One Form Of Political Strategy In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is only one form of political strategy in which I have any confidence, and that is to try to do the right ...read more

Tags: Government

When It Comes To Housework The One Thing No Book ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

When it comes to housework the one thing no book of household management can ever tell you is ...read more

Tags: Family

Friends My Soul With Joy Remember How Like ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Friends my soul with joy remember How like quivering flames they start When I fan the living ...read more

Tags: Compassion

A Study In The Washington Post Says That Women ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say ...read more

Tags: Men And Women

The Pendulum Of The Mind Alternates Between ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong. Show me a ...read more

Tags: Learning

You Must Come Home With Me And Be My Guest; You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"You must come home with me and be my guest; You will give joy to me, and I will do All ...read more

Tags: Hospitality

One Has To Distinguish Between Two Forms Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"One has to distinguish between two forms of intelligence, that of the brain and that of the heart, and I have come to ...read more

Tags: Thought

The Most Exciting Phrase To Hear In Science, ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not Eureka (I ...read more

Tags: School