In Sermon Illustrations: "Independence Day"

Stay On Your Job And Work For The Lord

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Oct 6, 2007

STAY ON YOUR JOB AND WORK FOR THE LORD You have to stay on your job and work for the Lord. You can’t work for the Devil at night and for the Lord in the day. He don’t give no part time pay, you have to work night and day. You have to stay on your job to work for the Lord. You have to stay on your ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Christ's Return Is A Done ...

Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 17, 2009

Christ’s return is a done deal! In the May 1984 National Geographic color photos and drawings showed the swift and terrible destruction that wiped out the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in A.D. 79. The explosion of Mount Vesuvius was so sudden; the residents were killed while in their ...read more

Tags: Preparation

Denomination: Baptist

Foolishness - Appearances Can Be Deceiving "the 10 Bridesmades"

Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Nov 19, 2025

A film crew ... was on location ... deep ... in the desert. One day ... an elderly Native American ... who had been watching the filming for several weeks ... went boldly up to the director and said, ... "Tomorrow rain." And sure enough ... The next day ... it rained. A week later, ... ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:1-13

Tags: Fool, Foolish, Foolishness, Appearances, Bridesmades  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Anglican

Love Doesn't Give Up

Contributed by Paul Green on Oct 28, 2009

LOVE DOESN'T GIVE UP I came across an article in the paper this week that had the heading "A Mother's Love and Determination." And the subtitle "Refusing to give up, Cynthia Teare helped her son to walk again." I caught my attention because out theme today is "Love is... determined." It's the ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Denomination: Baptist

Paid In Full, Finally

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Apr 10, 2020

It’s always a happy day when you make the final payment on a car loan or any other kind of loan! The money you’ve been sending somewhere else you can now send to another bill—oops—or savings account or wherever you feel led to put it. I know, there are some folks who are greatly excited if you ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:8-9

Tags: Salvation, Payment For Sin, Blood Of Christ

Denomination: Baptist

The Red Glove

Contributed by Chester Harris on Dec 4, 2008

THE RED GLOVE It was one of those rare wintry days on the campus of Asbury Seminary with snow drifting over the sidewalks and students slipping and sliding, intentionally and without serious intent! I needed to mail a letter and decided to trek the extra distance to the Wilmore post office, rather ...read more

Tags: Christmas Eve

Denomination: Methodist

I Want To Share A Story That Has Changed The Way ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

I want to share a story that has changed the way I view compassion. If I was a Hollywood film producer, I would make a movie out of it. It is a true story about a man named Bulus Tsetu. He and his family felt the call of God to start a Bible school in Nigeria, Africa. So after they had been there ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

Julie Ward Howell, Who Wrote The Battle Hymn Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Rick Shockley on Nov 16, 2001

Julie Ward Howell, who wrote the Battle Hymn of the Republic said one day as she slumped way down into a chair, "Oh, I’m tired. I’m ...read more

Tags: God's Provision, Finding Fulfillment, Workplace Balance

Wal-Mart Sold Over 315,000 American Flags In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Wal-Mart sold over 315,000 American flags in the first two days following the infamous attack on America compared to 15,000 the same time a year ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

According To The Parents Television Council. Mtv ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

According to the Parents Television Council. MTV has roughly three times as many sexual incidents throughout the day as ABC, CBS, NBC or Fox do at 10 ...read more

Tags: Television And Movies

There Is No Truce In The Invisible War. Demonic ...

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 30, 2006

“There is no truce in the invisible war. Demonic activity is both real and relentless. There is no R & R for Satan’s army. These soldiers work around the clock, seven days a ...read more

Tags: Temptation General

Denomination: Baptist

A.w. Tozer Says, "God Wills That We Should Push ...

Contributed by Richard Wafford on Nov 24, 2004

A.W. Tozer says, “God wills that we should push on into His presence and live our whole life there. This is to be known to us in conscious experience. It is more than a doctrine to ...read more

Tags: Promises Of God, Doing God's Will

Denomination: Baptist

Often The Most Useful Christians Are Those Who ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Often the most useful Christians are those who serve their Master in little things. He never despises the day of small things, or else He would not hide His oaks in tiny ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Remember How The Darkness Is Followed By The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Remember how the darkness Is followed by the light, How warm and sunny days Come after each long night, How Springtime follows Winter And the rainbow cloaks the rain; ...read more

Tags: Disappointment

Its Only When We Truly Know And Understand That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Its only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earthand that we have no way of knowing when our time is upthat we begin to live each ...read more

Tags: Learning

It Should Be Part Of Our Private Ritual To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It should be part of our private ritual to devote a quarter of an hour every day to the enumeration of the good qualities of our friends. When we are not active we ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Alone, Even Doing Nothing, You Do Not Waste ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Alone, even doing nothing, you do not waste your time. You do, almost always, in company. No encounter with yourself can be altogether sterile: Something necessarily ...read more

Tags: Suffering Loneliness

The Russian Word For Sunday, Woskersicnye, Means ...

Contributed by Dennis Marquardt on Mar 30, 2009

The Russian word for Sunday, woskersicnye, means resurrection. Every communist, every Russian atheist, must speak of the resurrection when referring to the first day of the week! -- Robert C. Shannon, ...read more

Tags: Easter Resurrection

Denomination: Assembly Of God

According To The Center For Bio-Ethical Reform, ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 10, 2010

According to The Center For Bio-Ethical Reform, there were 1.37 million abortions a year (1996), which computes to approximately 3,700 abortions per day in the United ...read more

Tags: Abortion

Denomination: Baptist

There Was A Life Insurance Salesman Who Claimed ...

Contributed by Bill Burress on Jan 12, 2011

There was a life insurance salesman who claimed his company paid their claim so quickly that their office, which is on the tenth floor of a eighty story building, that one day a man fell ...read more

Tags: Evangelism The Lost

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ