In Sermon Illustrations: "Jewish Understanding"

True Or False?  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 20, 2002

TRUE OR FALSE? Palm Sunday celebrates the day Jesus made his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Test your knowledge of that day’s events, recorded in all four Gospels, with these true or false statements. 1. According to the Gospels, the people waved palm branches when Jesus rode into Jerusalem on ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 23:5-10

Tags: Easter Palm Sunday

Maggies Poem  PRO

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 31, 2003

Maggies Poem Do you know, do you understand, That you represent Jesus to me? Do you know, do you understand, that when you treat me with gentleness It raises the question in my mind that maybe He is gentle too? Maybe He isn’t someone who laughs when I hurt. Do you know, do you understand that when ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:17

Tags: Parenting

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Outragious Claims" By Lee Strobel

Contributed by Steve Smith on Dec 15, 2007

ILLUSTRATION: “Outragious Claims” by Lee Stroble A Story from Maggie “Do you understand that you represent Jesus to me? Do you know, do you understand that when you treat me with gentleness, it raises the question in my mind that maybe He is gentle, too. Maybe He isn’t someone who laughs when I am ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Remission

Contributed by Lou Butterfield on Sep 5, 2011

REMISSION While a graduate student at Indiana University and also serving as youth minister at the North Central church in Bloomington, I had an experience I will never forget. I woke up early on this particular Sunday morning to get to the building in time to drive one of the church buses to ...read more

Tags: Born Again

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Many Of You Have Probably Seen The Movie ...  PRO

Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Dec 16, 2001

Many of you have probably seen the movie “Castaway” where Tom Hanks is stranded alone on an island. The film does a good job of showing his intense longing for the day when he will be rescued. He has a small picture of his fiancée, which he looks at day after day, year after year. Hoping, ...read more

Tags: God Brings Hope, Faith, Messianic Prophecies

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Dr. Viktor Frankl Was An Austrian Physician Who ...

Contributed by Mike Kern on Jun 30, 2002

Dr. Viktor Frankl was an Austrian physician who was imprisoned in one of Hitler’s death camps. He and his fellow Jewish people suffered unbelievable atrocities. Everything about their living and working conditions were deplorable, including their medical care. Dr. Frankl offered what little medical ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines, Forgiveness General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Just Listen To The Following Statistics That ...  PRO

Contributed by Charles Mallory on Oct 17, 2007

JUST LISTEN TO THE FOLLOWING STATISTICS THAT PROVES THE BIBLE IS A SPECIAL MASTERPIECE OF COMMUNICATION FROM ALMIGHTY GOD TO HIS CREATION: • THE BIBLE WAS WRITTEN OVER A SPAN OF 1,500 YEARS • THE BIBLE WAS WRITTEN BY MORE THAN 40 DIFFERENT AUTHORS SUCH AS MOSES, DAVID, JOSHUA, DANIEL, SOLOMON, ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 5:1-10

Tags: Pearl

Denomination: Free Methodist

God, Can You Hear Me?

Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Nov 7, 2010

GOD, CAN YOU HEAR ME? "My future seemed so uncertain and I was asking, 'God, can you hear me?'" I’ve got three children and ever since they were babies my wife Moira has heard every single murmur. Even now that they are 16, 12 and 7 she hears them when they call out from their beds and when she ...read more

Tags: Comfort

Denomination: Anglican

Mega-Gifts ($1 Million Or More) Most Often Go To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008

Mega-Gifts ($1 million or more) most often go to colleges and universities. Religious organizations, services for the needy, and umbrella campaigns are the big losers, according to the Institute for Jewish & Community Research’s report, Mega-Gifts in American Philanthropy: Giving Patterns ...read more

According To The Rabbis, The Books Of Numbers ...

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 21, 2008

"According to the Rabbis, the Books of Numbers and Deuteronomy are complementary to each other (comp. Tithe, Biblical Data); consequently there can be no contradiction between them. Thus there were three kinds of tithes: (1) that given to the Levites as stated in Num. xviii. 21 et seq., and termed ...read more

Tags: Bible Truth

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Rabbi And The Tailor

Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 16, 2008

THE RABBI AND THE TAILOR There's an old story about a Jewish tailor who met a rabbi on his way out of the synagogue: Rabbi: Well, and what have you been doing in the synagogue? Tailor: I was saying my prayers Rabbi. Rabbi: Fine, and did you confess your sins? Tailor: Yes, Rabbi, I confessed my ...read more

Tags: Confession Of Sin

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Maggie's Poem

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 24, 2009

Dads: I want you to listen to a poem from a teenager in Chicago who expresses how important you are as fathers and fatherly figures: Maggie’s Poem Do you know, do you understand, that you represent Jesus to me? Do you know, do you understand, that when you treat me with gentleness It raises the ...read more

Tags: Father's Day

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Today Christ The King Calls You And Me To "Be His ...

Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Nov 25, 2006

Today Christ the King calls you and me to “be His witnesses in Jerusalem, in Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth until He comes in final victory, and we feat at His table for ever.” I deeply love, appreciate, and respect the ministry of Chicago Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, the Founder and ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

It Was The Winter Of 1926, An Age Where ...

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 3, 2006

It was the winter of 1926, an age where narrow-mindedness and bigotry still had power in many places. A woman from Chicago named Thelma Goldstein decided to go to Florida for her first real vacation. She was not familiar with the area, and she unknowingly drove to a restricted hotel in North ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:3-5

Tags: Vacation

Denomination: Methodist

I Don't Know Much About Samuel Clements -- Mark ...

Contributed by Dean O'bryan on Jun 23, 2008

I don’t know much about Samuel Clements -- Mark Twain -- when it comes to his faith. But he said something once which was dead on. He said, “Some people worry about the passages in the Bible they don’t ...read more

Tags: Bible Truth

Denomination: Baptist

Just Like Me  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2002

JUST LIKE ME John Howard Griffin was a white man who believed he could never understand the plight of African-Americans unless he became like one. In 1959, he darkened his skin with medication, sun lamps, and stains, then traveled throughout the South. His book, Black Like Me, helped whites ...read more

Baseball Basics  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2003

*Baseball Basics* At one point during a game, the baseball coach said to one of his young players, "Do you understand what cooperation is? What a team is?" The little boy nodded in the affirmative. "Do you understand that what matters is whether we win together as a team?" The little boy ...read more

Tags: Emotions, Anger

He Became Like Us

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008

HE BECAME LIKE US John Howard Griffin was a white man who believed he could never understand the plight of African-Americans unless he became like one. In 1959, he darkened his skin with medication, sun lamps, and stains, then traveled throughout the South. His book, Black Like Me, helped whites ...read more

Tags: Birth Of Jesus

Trusting The History

Contributed by Michael Dean on Jan 26, 2013

TRUSTING THE HISTORY "..in this era of history, the most attacked part of the Bible's history is Genesis 1-11.  When people understand they can trust the history of the early chapters of Genesis, they can better understand and be more responsive to the gospel--the gospel that is based ...read more

Tags: Creation

Denomination: Mennonite

I've Become Convinced That The Problem With ...  PRO

Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 30, 2006

“I’ve become convinced that the problem with believing the Bible is not based on what we don’t understand about the Bible – but it’s based on what we do understand about the Bible. “What we do understand challenges everything about us. Jesus calls us to follow him, and that means we have to give ...read more

Tags: False Teaching

Denomination: Wesleyan