In Sermon Illustrations: "I Can Do All Things"

Novelist And Essayist George A. Birmingham Was In ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005

Novelist and essayist George A. Birmingham was in his nonliterary life a clergyman in Ireland where he was pestered by bishops and other authorities to fill in recurring questionnaires. He took particular umbrage against the annual demand from the education office to report the dimensions of his ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior, Was A Doctor. As ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior, was a doctor. As such he was very interested in the use of ether. In order to know how his patients felt under its influence, he once had a dose administered to himself. As he was going under, in a dreamy state, a profound thought came to him. He believed that he had ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment

What Did King Nebuchadnezzar Of Ancient Babylon ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005

What did King Nebuchadnezzar of ancient Babylon and Nikolai Ceausescu of present-day Romania have in common? Both were ruthless dictators who fell after boldly exalting themselves. Nebuchadnezzar brazenly declared that he had built the great city of Babylon by his own power and for the honor of ...read more

Tags: Daniel

Pastors Perceptions: Barna Research Has Recently ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Pastors Perceptions: Barna Research has recently completed an extensive survey of Senior Pastors in America. 83% describe themselves as "evangelical Protestant and 81% say they are "theologically conservative." 37% claimed to be Wesleyan or Arminian and 32% are Reformed or Calvinist in their ...read more

Tags: Church General

Religious Practice Varies By Race: A New Barna ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

Religious Practice Varies By Race: A new Barna survey examined 8 elements of religious behavior (reading the Bible, praying to God, giving money to churches and watching Christian television) and discovered that blacks are the most religiously active racial group. Blacks were also notably less ...read more

Tags: Disciplines General

No Marriage—no Divorce: Couples Who Once Might ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

No Marriage—No Divorce: Couples who once might have wed and then divorced now are not marrying at all, reports The State of our Unions 2005, an annual report issued by the National Marriage Project at Rutgers University. The U.S. divorce rate is 17.7 per 1,000 married women, down from 22.6 in ‘80. ...read more

Tags: Divorce

A Nation Of Singles: The U.s. Census Bureau's ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

A Nation Of Singles: The U.S. Census Bureau’s newest numbers show that married-couple households have slipped from nearly 80% in the ‘50s to just 50.7% today. That means that the U.S.’s 86 million single adults could soon define the new majority. Already, unmarrieds make up 42% of the workforce, ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Shipwreck And Stranded

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Feb 6, 2006

SHIPWRECK AND STRANDED A man was shipwrecked on an uninhabited island. He painstakingly built a little hut for protection and a place to keep the few items he had salvaged from the wreck. He prayed fervently for his rescue, scanning the horizon for a ship, but NOTHING. For weeks he lived under ...read more

Tags: God's Forgiveness

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Wheat Of Heaven  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2006

The Wheat of Heaven Taken from the stalk of Calvary Placed within the dark, cold earth Silent lies the Wheat of heaven There to wait resurrection birth Left alone in fragrant seed coat Till the time had come to pass It would soon give way to victory Life eternal sprang forth at last When ...read more

Tags: Easter Good Friday

Novelist And Essayist George A. Birmingham Was In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

Novelist and essayist George A. Birmingham was in his nonliterary life a clergyman in Ireland where he was pestered by bishops and other authorities to fill in recurring questionnaires. He took particular umbrage against the annual demand from the education office to report the dimensions of his ...read more

Tags: Workplace Evangelism

One Of Every Eight Americans Has A Significant ...

Contributed by Don Jones on Sep 5, 2006

• One of every eight Americans has a significant problem with alcohol or drugs, with 40 percent of the group having a "dual diagnosis," or concurrent mental/nervous disorder; • Approximately 27 million Americans either use illicit drugs regularly or are "heavy drinkers." Of these almost 16 million ...read more

Tags: Addiction

Denomination: Baptist

There's A Difference Between Power And ...

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 16, 2006

There’s a difference between power and authority. Let’s look at a policeman. He has both. He has a uniform and badge. That badge might cause you to behave right – if you respect authority. Those are symbols of the authority that has been entrusted to him by the local government. On the other ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Life Examples: Moses: God's Pattern For Success ...  PRO

Contributed by Nathan Parker on Mar 10, 2007

Life Examples: Moses: God’s Pattern for Success (Ex. 3:1-4) One of the greatest differences between the world’s message about success and God’s is this: The world seeks a single formula to produce one set of results for all people, while God’s plan is far more creative, far more individualized, ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 3:1-4

Tags: Life Mission

Denomination: Baptist

The Wife God Made For Adam

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 3, 2007

The wife God made for Adam: God could have been jealous and desired that Adam would only relate to Him, but he lovingly realized that Adam was incomplete by himself. His aloneness was short of perfection, so God formed a special partner to compliment and complete Adam. God did not make a carbon ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Mary Had The Little Lamb  PRO

Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 27, 2002

Mary Had The Little Lamb Mary had the little Lamb, who lived before His birth; Self-existent Son of God, from Heaven He came to Earth. Mary had the little Lamb; see Him in yonder stall -- Virgin-born Son of God, to save man from the Fall. Mary had the little Lamb, obedient Son of ...read more

Tags: Cross Agony, Easter Resurrection, Jesus Christ

Denomination: Wesleyan

The United States Women's Softball Team Won The ...  PRO

Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 9, 2002

The United States Women’s Softball team won the gold medal in Atlanta’s 1996 Olympic games. They lost only one game but from that loss came a remarkable story about perseverance. In the fifth inning against Australia, Danielle Tyler hit a home run over the center-field fence. The American third ...read more

Tags: Endurance

Denomination: Pentecostal

Quecreek Miners Kept Each Other Alive  PRO

Contributed by Mark Hensley on Aug 8, 2002

Quecreek Miners Kept Each Other Alive In what the news called "The Miracle at Quecreek," nine miners trapped for three days 240 feet underground in a water-filled mine shaft "decided early on they were either going to live or die as a group." The 55 degree (Fahrenheit) water threatened to kill ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Our Society Has Come To Think Of Adultery As Kind ...  PRO

Contributed by Mary Lewis on Jun 11, 2004

Our society has come to think of adultery as kind of a “victimless crime.” For many, it’s not really seen as a crime at all. In fact, there are even books being published on how to conduct yourself when you’re in an adulterous relationship. In 1999, Cameron Barnes’ published a book called, Affair! ...read more

Tags: Adultery

Denomination: Baptist

Sudanese Boys

Contributed by John Harvey on Nov 2, 2004

**Sudanese Boys- {page 17} The four young Sudanese boys cried and screamed out for their mothers but they refused to repeat the words that would mean saving their lives yet renouncing their Christianity. Their red blood began to flow across their black skin, but they would not give up their ...read more

Tags: Endurance, Betrayal

Denomination: Baptist

A Traveling Man Came Into A Hotel To Secure A ...

Contributed by Bart Leger on Feb 2, 2005

A traveling man came into a hotel to secure a room for the night. Upon being informed that every room in the building had been taken, he was naturally quite perturbed, until a portly gentleman standing nearby kindly offered to share his room with him. The offer was thankfully accepted. Upon ...read more

Tags: Prayer General, Disciplines Scripture

Denomination: Independent/Bible