Sermon Illustrations
Free Sermon Illustrations for Preaching :

In Sermon Illustrations: "in the place of"

showing 821-840 of 4,675
Filter Results
Close Filters

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

  • Show more

Category

  • Try PRO

    Confident Preaching

    Try PRO free and preach with confidence when people need it most.
    Free to start now
  • H. G. Wells, Who Was An Agnostic At Best, An ...

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Feb 1, 2006
     | 2,241 views

    H. G. Wells, who was an agnostic at best, an atheist at worst, said Jesus “is easily the dominant figure of history.” He would further say that any historian, regardless of theological bias, simply cannot portray history accurately without giving proper place to “a penniless teacher from ...read more

  • In 1975 When I Assumed My Duties As The Pastor ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Feb 2, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,770 views

    In 1975 when I assumed my duties as the Pastor of a church in Indiana, I was delighted to see brand new Bibles placed in each pew. When I opened one to see what version it was, I was dumbfounded by what I saw. In large, red letters these words were stamped inside the front cover, ...read more

  • Researchers At Johns Hopkins University Reported ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,365 views

    Researchers at Johns Hopkins University reported that 30 years ago, the greatest fears of grade school children were: 1) Animals, 2) Being in a dark room, 3) High places, 4) Strangers, 5) Loud noises. Today, kids are afraid of the following: 1) Divorce, 2) Nuclear war, ...read more

  • While The Sixth Saying Of Jesus On The Cross Was ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Sep 7, 2006
     | 1,648 views

    While the sixth saying of Jesus on the Cross was a declaration of triumph, “It is finished!”, this last one is a declaration of trust. “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” The word commit means, “to deposit something of great value in a safe place.” Our life is filled with all types of ...read more

  • At Home I Have An 18th Century Commentary On The ...

    Contributed by Joanna Beveridge on Nov 22, 2006
     | 1,227 views

    At home I have an 18th century commentary on the Gospels. I turned to the place which mentions the story of the lost sheep and it says “A sheep, once it has strayed away, is a creature remarkably stupid and heedless; it goes wandering on without any power or inclination to return back, though each ...read more

  • John Wesley Provides The Most Convicting Analysis ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jul 20, 2004
    based on 20 ratings
     | 20,768 views

    John Wesley provides the most convicting analysis on what it means to be a true servant: “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you can.” Rick ...read more

  • How Often Christians Assume They Have Worshiped ...

    Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Nov 4, 2004
     | 3,200 views

    How often Christians assume they have worshiped God simply because they have been in church! We are told that the church building is "God’s house" (an inaccurate designation borrowed from the Old Testament temple) and conclude that worship must take place there! Not necessarily. God was not pleased ...read more

  • Best Christian Workplaces Among Christian ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,954 views

    Best Christian Workplaces among Christian publishers according to the 2007 Best Christian Places to Work are Harvest House Publishers and Tyndale House Publishers in the Media and Publishing companies with 100-500 employees and Howard Books and InterVarsity Press were winners in up to 100 employees ...read more

  • God's Wise Plans Will Be Carried Out. For Now, We ...

    Contributed by Michael West on Oct 2, 2008
     | 1,964 views

    God’s wise plans will be carried out. For now, we have a bit of foreign occupation—wars, tornadoes, earthquakes, disease, crimes and more, but do not even hesitate to think that God Almighty has signed off. He is still running creation. He is going to bulldoze this place. He is ...read more

  • Leonard Ravenhill Said This In His Book Why ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 20, 2009
     | 1,286 views

    Leonard Ravenhill said this in his book Why Revival Tarries “No man is greater than his prayer life…Poverty–stricken as the church is today in many things, she is most stricken here, in the place of PRAYER. We have many organizers, but few agonizers; many players and payers, few PRAYERS. The ...read more

  • Bill Bradley Was The Basketball Star Of The 1964 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,053 views

    Bill Bradley was the basketball star of the 1964 Olympics. Someone said to him, “I wish I could shoot baskets like you.” Bradley replied, “Would you stay in one place until you hit 24 consecutive baskets?” That can apply to almost any ministry. Practice makes perfect in almost ...read more

  • Back To The Future

    Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Jan 26, 2010
     | 3,912 views

    Back to the Future Most of us may remember a movie by this same title. In fact there were several "Back to the Future" sequels. In the movie starring Michael J. Fox and Claudia Wells, after traveling back in time, they found that the only way to return to the future was to recreate the system and ...read more

  • Early African Converts To Christianity Were ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 22, 2010
     | 1,214 views

    Early African converts to Christianity were earnest and regular in private devotions. Each one reportedly had a separate spot in the thicket where he would pour out his heart to God. Over time the paths to these places became well worn. As a result, if one of these believers began to neglect ...read more

  • Not For Words Alone!" Ephesians 2: 8-10 Key ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 24, 2004
    based on 12 ratings
     | 3,207 views

    “Not for Words Alone!” Ephesians 2: 8-10 Key verse(s): 8a: “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God . . . ” Did you ever receive a gift, a gift so unexpected and so exciting that you just couldn’t contain the level of your ...read more

  • I Want To Tell You A Story About Paul Morphy ...  PRO

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Feb 24, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,536 views

    • I want to tell you a story about Paul Morphy was the world’s champion chess player in the 19th century. One day he was invited by a friend to look at a valuable painting titled, “the chess player.” in the painting, Satan was represented as playing chess with a young man, the stake being the young ...read more

  • Myron

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 11, 2008
     | 1,471 views

    Myron Do you need encouragement on a smaller scale for a person with lesser abilities? Kenneth Dodge, San Leandro, California: In a small town in the Midwest where I spent six years of my early youth, there lived a mentally retarded adult named Myron. It was during depression years and there was ...read more

  • I Go Home, Daddy

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Dec 22, 2008
     | 2,426 views

    "I Go Home, Daddy." Christ offers the lasting hope and promise of a new and lasting home. My three-year-old son Sebastian is a wonderful little boy. My children’s antics and lives provide me with a wealth of sermon illustrations and stories. Not long ago, Sebastian had to go through some ...read more

  • Video Illustration: Wingclips.com Narnia Movie ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 13, 2010
     | 2,539 views

    Video Illustration: Wingclips.com Narnia movie clip “The Wardrobe.” The following from Wingclips.com: Some journeys take us far from home. Some adventures lead us to our destiny. Based on the beloved classic novel by ‘CS Lewis’, Four London children are sent to a professor’s country home in order ...read more

  • Would You Hire Him?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2011
     | 3,274 views

    WOULD YOU HIRE HIM? A certain church found itself suddenly without a pastor, and a search committee was formed. In due course it received a letter from a man applying for the vacant position. The committee chairman read: "I am considered to be a good preacher, and I have been a leader in most of ...read more

  • Sometimes We Need A Steward

    Contributed by Francis Balla on Nov 15, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,639 views

    SOMETIMES WE NEED A STEWARD If you ever get to Venice, one of the places to see is Saint Mark's Square, the spot Napoleon called "the drawing room of Europe." But if you go there, make sure your belly is covered up. It’s not that there's exactly a dress code, but there is an expectation of ...read more

  • Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 233
  • 234
  • Next