In Sermon Illustrations: "I Will Come Again"

If You Really Believe In The Brotherhood Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"If you really believe in the brotherhood of man, and you want to come into its fold, youve ...read more

Tags: Family

Bureaucracies Are Designed To Perform Public ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Bureaucracies are designed to perform public business. But as soon as a bureaucracy is established, it develops an autonomous spiritual ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Who Is Wise And Understanding Among You? Let ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the ...read more

Tags: Wisdom

Hope Is The Expectation That Something Outside ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Hope is the expectation that something outside of ourselves, something or someone external, is going to come to our ...read more

Tags: Faith

The Men Who Build The Future Are Those Who Know ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The men who build the future are those who know that greater things are yet to come.Their minds are ...read more

Tags: Faith

Do You Believe In Dreams? Dont Oversleep If You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Do you believe in dreams? Dont oversleep if you want your dreams to come true Dont ...read more

Tags: Dreams

A Life Lived With Integrity Even If It Lacks ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A life lived with integrity even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Tis Well To Sow The Seeds Of Friendship When ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Tis well to sow the seeds of friendship when the sun is shining on your summer, then, when ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Whether A Child, Or An Old Man, Or A Youth, Be ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Whether a child, or an old man, or a youth, be come to thy house, he is to be treated with respect; for of ...read more

Tags: Hospitality

Productivity Is The Name Of The Game, And Gains ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Productivity is the name of the game, and gains in productivity will only come when better understanding and better relationships ...read more

Tags: Productivity

The Genius Of America Is Production; And A Large ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The genius of America is production; and a large percentage of our productive enterprises are headed by men ...read more

Tags: Productivity

A Good End Cannot Sanctify Evil Means, Nor Must ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A good end cannot sanctify evil means, nor must we ever do evil ...read more

Tags: Satan

If You Ever Happen To Listen To Positive 89.3 On ...  PRO

Contributed by Jonathan Twitchell on Oct 26, 2006

If you ever happen to listen to Positive 89.3 on Saturday nights, you know that Joe Polek and I often enjoy sharing humorous stories from the news between the songs that we play. If you listened last night, you would have heard us talking about a variety of mistranslations with humorous results. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:44-53

Tags: Commission, Communication General

Denomination: Nazarene

Lori Was 14 Years Old When She Was Baptized At ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Lori was 14 years old when she was baptized at Blue Springs Community Church, a one-room country church only a few miles from her house. A few months later, Lori dropped out of the church. The pastor and his wife visited her several times, but failed to persuade Lori to return to church. Everyone ...read more

Tags: Death

[068]. A Message From A Poem – Established Now And Changed

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 28, 2025

[068]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – ESTABLISHED NOW AND CHANGED This poem is made up of couplets and each couplet is a contrast. What we were, to what God has made us to become. For example, in the first stanza, a member of the world system, but now, a member of the Body of Christ. The last two ...read more

Scripture: Romans 16:25

Tags: Poetry, Poem, Established, Changed, Rhyming Couplets  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Knowing Everything Is A Blessing And A Curse

Contributed by James Snyder on Aug 5, 2023

If you ever spent more than five minutes with me, you would conclude that I do not know everything. I would agree 100%. It is not bad that I don't know everything. I know today more than I knew ten years ago, if that is any consolation. The thing that is surprising to me is that I do not ...read more

Scripture: James 1:5

Tags: Blessing, Curse

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Want To Walk On Water?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jun 30, 2021

MANY PEOPLE WANT TO WALK ON THE WATER, WITHOUT THE INVITATION ON GOD’S SON: COME… Matthew 14:29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. Pastor Chou of Korea wrote a book on prayer. He tells in his book “THE FOURTH DIMENSION” about 4 ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:28-29, Matthew 14:30

Tags: Abuse, Walk On Water

Denomination: Assembly Of God

There Was A Man Who Did Not Know What Was Wrong. ...  PRO

Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 22, 2007

There was a man who did not know what was wrong. He seemed to fail at everything he attempted. His parents had been wealthy, so he had inherited a considerable amount of money. However, he failed everything he tried on his own. Now he was almost broke, and his wife was leaving him because (as she ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

Rembrandt’s Return Of The Prodigal Son

Contributed by Austin W. Duncan on Apr 17, 2026

I was an art major in undergrad, which means I took more art history classes than any human should be required to sit through. And then, because God has a sense of humor, I spent an entire semester in seminary studying one painting. One. Rembrandt’s The Return of the Prodigal Son. Paper after paper ...read more

Scripture: James 4:10, Luke 15:20

Tags: Grace, Repentance

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Don't Underestimate An Act Of Love

Contributed by Billy Noel on May 18, 2009

DON'T UNDERESTIMATE AN ACT OF LOVE One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, "Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Denomination: Christian Church