In Sermon Illustrations: "James The Less"

Who Was Salome?

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 11, 2025

By comparing Matt. 27:56 with John 19:25, it seems likely that Salome was sister to Mary (Jesus’ mother). “By inference from the other Gospel accounts, Salome is also identified with the mother of the sons of Zebedee (Mt. 27:56) and with the sister of Mary the mother of Jesus…. (John 19:25)… If ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 27:56, John 19:25, Mark 10:35-40

Tags: Jesus' Family, Mary's Sister, Jesus' Aunt, Salome

Denomination: Independent/Bible

I Do Beseech You To Direct Your Efforts More To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

I do beseech you to direct your efforts more to preparing youth for the path and less to ...read more

Tags: Children

Do Your Duty In All Things. You Cannot Do More. ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

The Degree Of Ones Emotion Varies Inversely ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The degree of ones emotion varies inversely with ones knowledge of the facts the less ...read more

Tags: Emotions

Since The Soul Is Large Enough To Contain The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Since the soul is large enough to contain the infinite God, nothing less than ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

We Ourselves Feel That What We Are Doing Is Just ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be ...read more

Tags: Basics Of Christianity

Unless Each Man Produces More Than He Receives, ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Unless each man produces more than he receives, increases his output, there will be ...read more

Tags: Productivity

H.g. Wells Wrote In His Book, The Fate Of Man, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009

H.G. Wells wrote in his book, The Fate of Man, "Who, except cranks and lunatics, reads the Book of Revelation?" (From a sermon ...read more

Tags: Revelation

My Old Eyes Grow Dimmer, The Specialist Says ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"My old eyes grow dimmer, the specialist says the light will fade altogether. So I gird myself for darkness, quote ...read more

Tags: Disability

The Importance Of Friends  PRO

Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 29, 2012

THE IMPORTANCE OF FRIENDS One of the most thorough research projects on relationships is called the Alameda County Study. Headed by a Harvard social scientist, it tracked the lives of 7,000 people over nine years. Researchers found that the most isolated people were three times more likely to die ...read more

Scripture: John 15:12-15

Tags: Friendship General

Denomination: Baptist

Astrophysicists Have Found That There Are Over 60 ...  PRO

Contributed by Randy Croft on Aug 25, 2001

Astrophysicists have found that there are over 60 criteria that are necessary for life on earth. For you to live. Life could not exist or form if any one of the following were true: Earth’s rotation was slower, or faster We were 2% closer or further from the sun. Earth had a 1% change in ...read more

Tags: Evolution

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

State Of U.s. Church: In Proportion To The U.s. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

State of U.S. Church: In proportion to the U.S. population, there are less than half as many churches today as in 1900. About 4,000 churches are started each year¾while 7,000 die and close. In ’91, 21% of all adults were unchurched. In ’02, 34% fit that description. Today the U.S. is the 4th ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Ethel Barrett

Contributed by Raymond Smith on Dec 30, 2006

Ethel Barrett "We would worry less about what others think of us if we ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

If You Want To Achieve Excellence, You Can Get ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit ...read more

Tags: Competition

Laughter And Tears Are Both Responses To ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there ...read more

Tags: Humor

Find Out Men's Wants And Will, And Meet Them ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Find out men's wants and will, And meet them there. All worldly joys go less To the ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Fidelity To The Public Requires That The Laws ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Fidelity to the public requires that the laws be as plain and explicit as possible, that the less knowing may understand, and not be ...read more

Tags: Law

If Men Would Consider Not So Much Wherein They ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of ...read more

Tags: Unity

A Ten-Year Old, Who Was Becoming Quite ...  PRO

Contributed by James Wilson on Dec 17, 2000

A ten-year old, who was becoming quite knowledgeable about the Bible because of her grandmother’s teaching, asked her grandmother: "Which Virgin was the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38

Tags: Favor, Christmas, Bible Study, Mary Jesus Mother

Denomination: Baptist

Could It Be That When We Are Bold Enough To Step ...

Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jan 28, 2009

"Could it be that when we are bold enough to step away from our safety nets and into the 'fire' of God’s call, this is when we’re most likely to ...read more

Tags: Fear And Worry

Denomination: Pentecostal