In Sermon Illustrations: "John 9:1-41:1"

Mary Illustrates

Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 4, 2012

Mary illustrates that hungry heart that wants to understand the depth of this great salvation. --John ...read more

Tags: Christmas

Denomination: Baptist

Evanglism Quote

Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Jan 24, 2017

St John Chrysostom says “I cannot believe in the salvation of anyone who doesn’t long for ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:12-23

Tags: Evangelism, Sharing Faith

Denomination: Anglican

Adopted By Christ  PRO

Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jul 9, 2001

Illus.: “Adopted by Christ” John was born into a family of 12 children. They were very poor. He was the youngest. He never remembered his father eating a meal with the rest of the family. He had to work long hours to feed his family. One day his father ran off with another woman, leaving his ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 15:11-20

Tags: Beauty, Ashes, Children, God's Provision, Trinity  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Wesleyan

Holiness And Red Buttons  PRO

Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Aug 6, 2011

HOLINESS AND RED BUTTONS In studying holiness as a prayer key, I got bogged down with trying to understand it. I had an even harder time trying to explain it. I felt like the Red Buttons character in the movie, "Hatari." In that movie, John Wayne led a team of hunters in Africa capturing wild ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 2:8, Matthew 22:15-22

Tags: Holy, Prayer, Holiness

Denomination: Baptist

Before We Can Begin To See The Cross As ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"Before we can begin to see the cross as something done for us, we have to see it as ...read more

Tags: Cross Agony

Agape Love: ‘an Unconditional Commitment ...

Contributed by Patrick Nix on Jul 9, 2010

Agape love: ‘an unconditional commitment to actively pursue & secure the good of another through sacrificial ...read more

Tags: Love Of The Disciples

Denomination: Baptist

The More He Gave

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010

The great writer and preacher, John Bunyan: "There was a man, Some called him mad; The ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Denomination: Brethren

For Some, The Presence Of Difficulties And ...

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jul 23, 2007

For some, the presence of difficulties and suffering in the world mean that God is punishing them for something. But for others, it is the sign that God is not able to do anything about the problems they face. Others wonder if he simply does not care. William Frey, retired Episcopal bishop from ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

A Royal ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009

A ROYAL FAMILY President William Howard Taft’s great granddaughter was asked to write her autobiography when she was in the third grade. And this is what she wrote: "My great-grandfather was President of the United Sates. My grandfather was a United States Senator. My father is an ambassador. ...read more

Scripture: James 2:5

Tags: Humility

Understanding Forgiveness  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

UNDERSTANDING FORGIVENESS How can we understand forgiveness if we haven’t recognized the depth of our ...read more

Scripture: Luke 3:8, Luke 14:8-11, Luke 3:8, Luke 3:1-8

Tags: God's Forgiveness, Forgiveness General, Forgiveness For Others

We Read Not That Christ Ever Exercised Force But ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

We read not that Christ ever exercised force but once; and that was to drive profane ones out of his Temple, not to ...read more

Tags: Becoming A Christian, Easter Palm Sunday, Lordship Of Christ

Asking God To Give Us Our Daily Bread Should Not ...  PRO

Contributed by Don Hawks on Feb 28, 2002

Asking God to give us our daily bread should not encourage us to stand around waiting for it to ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

Denomination: Methodist

You Must Get Involved To Have An Impact. No One ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005

You must get involved to have an impact. No one is impressed with the won-lost record of the referee. John H. ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

You Can't Move People To Action Unless You First ...  PRO

Contributed by David Insell on May 5, 2003

"You can’t move people to action unless you first move them with emotion. The heart comes ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Consistent Testimony

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 10, 2007

Quote: John Macarthur The consistent testimony is much more likely to compel the unsaved to be drawn to the power that ...read more

Denomination: Other

Be Careful Not To Shut Your Soul's Door Through ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Steffens on Dec 11, 2007

"Be careful not to shut your soul’s door through doubt, when God has just opened ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Before I Got Married, I Had 6 Theories On ...

Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 22, 2009

"Before I got married, I had 6 theories on raising kids. Now I have 6 kids and ...read more

Tags: Children

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Brother Andrew Tells Of Being In Hospital Full Of ...  PRO

Contributed by John Gullick on Dec 2, 2000

Brother Andrew tells of being in hospital full of resentment and hatred during the Indonesian war in 1946. Whilst in hospital a bible had been delivered to him. One day - he writes - I asked the nun who came to bathe me how it was that she and the other sisters were always so cheerful. "Why, ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness In Jesus, God's Provision

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

In Football They Have A Huddle, The Goal ...  PRO

Contributed by John Hamby on Dec 11, 2000

“In football they have a huddle, the goal of the huddle is to give you thirty seconds to call the play, that is why they give you a huddle.(At a professional football game there may be ) Sixty thousand people watching you huddle, they don’t mind you taking thirty seconds to call the play. They ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:6, Genesis 3:16-17

Tags: Church Purpose Of, Great Commission, What Is Evangelism?, Pure

Denomination: Baptist

Alexander Solzhenitsyn  PRO

Contributed by John Gullick on Dec 22, 2000

Alexander Solzhenitsyn was a prisoner in Russia. he was on a program of hard labour and slow salvation. One day he felt like giving up. He felt his life could not make a difference. He sat down on a bench knowing that when he was spotted by a guard he would be ordered back to work when he failed ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-6, Ephesians 5:4-7, Job 2:9, 1 Kings 19:4

Tags: God Brings Hope, Peace

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed