In Sermon Illustrations: "Know Them"

No To Knowing The Future

Contributed by Sajeev Painunkal, Sj on Nov 17, 2010

"NO" TO KNOWING THE FUTURE When I used to work in an urban parish in Calcutta in India, I used to see a man sitting outside my window, on the pavement, with a parrot in a cage. He was a fortune teller. Several people who pass by that way would stop at him to learn about what the future held for ...read more

Tags: Future

Denomination: Catholic

Snowflakes Are Frail, But If Enough Of Them Get ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 7, 2001

Snowflakes are frail, but if enough of them get together they can stop ...read more

Poetry Is The Renewal Of Words, Setting Them ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Poetry is the renewal of words, setting them free, and thats what a poet is ...read more

Tags: Art

Never Let Them See The Glory

Contributed by Dave Kinney on Aug 9, 2008

NEVER LET THEM SEE THE GLORY C.S. Lewis wrote the book, "The Screwtape Letters". In the book, "Screwtape" is the Devil and his demon is "Wormwood". This is what the Devil says to the demon about Christianity: "Wormwood, the church is fertile field if you keep them bickering over details, ...read more

Tags: Church Growth

Denomination: Baptist

That Would Be A Good Thing For Them To Carve On ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"That would be a good thing for them to carve on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, ...read more

Tags: Cross Agony

Friends Are An Aid To The Young, To Guard Them ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Friends are an aid to the young, to guard them from error; to the elderly, to attend to their wants and to supplement their failing power of action; to those ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Face Your Deficiencies And Acknowledge Them; ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach ...read more

Tags: Workplace Balance

They Have Great Powers, And They Waste Them ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"They have great powers, and they waste them pitifully, for they have not the greater power the ...read more

Tags: Self

If Leaders Are To Do What Is Required Of Them ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If leaders are to do what is required of them and to withstand the inherent pressures in their positions, then ...read more

Tags: Gifts Leadership

Success And Failure. We Think Of Them As ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Success and failure. We think of them as opposites, but they are really not. They're ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

If I Didn't Love Them...  PRO

Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Mar 31, 2009

"IF I DIDN'T LOVE THEM..." A man visited a home where there were five children. He was supposed to be a kind of "godfather" to them and was trying to get involved with them on their level. He asked one of the little girls about her doll collection: "Which one is your favorite?" "Promise you ...read more

Tags: Grace, Love, Mercy, God

Denomination: Baptist

I'll Never Forgive Them

Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 21, 2009

I'LL NEVER FORGIVE THEM The story is told about a man who went to John Wesley and said, "I can never forgive that person. Never." John Wesley replied, "Then I hope you ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness In Jesus

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Go Back And Tell Them Again  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2009

GO BACK AND TELL THEM AGAIN Jesus said "Follow me and I will make you Fishers of Men." In a book entitled "Jungle Harvest," written by a missionary named Ruby Scott, she describes some of her experiences in reaching a people group known as the Tila Indians who lived in a remote village in the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:19

Tags: Evangelism The Lost

People Dare God To Send Them To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 12, 2009

People Dare God to Send Them to Hell J. Michael Shannon tells how some young people put up a web site to encourage atheism. The site invited people to dare God to send them to hell. More than 400 young people took the challenge. People who took the challenge received a free copy of documentation ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 53:1

Tags: Atheism

Tell Them I Am Coming

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 7, 2012

TELL THEM I AM COMING I really liked the movies that were made about a decade ago regarding the life of Wyatt Earp. One was made starring Kevin Costner and the other with Kurt Russell. I remember a scene in the one with Kurt Russell where after one of his brothers ...read more

Tags: Judgment

Let's Give Them A French Kiss!!  PRO

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 14, 2014

SERMON BLOOPER!!! One of our youth pastors was leaving to go to another church on the same day my wife and I returned from a mission trip to France to encourage our missionaries there. As we closed the service, I brought my wife on the stage on live tv and illustrated how French churches "greet ...read more

Scripture: Romans 16:16

Tags: Humor, Preacher Bloopers, Holy Kiss

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Melt The Saints And Get Them Into Circulation!

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 4, 2022

During the reign of Oliver Cromwell, there was a shortage of currency in the British Empire. Representatives carefully searched the nation in hopes of finding silver to meet the emergency. After one month, the committee returned with its report. "We have searched the Empire in vain seeking ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:8, Matthew 28:19-20

Tags: Evangelism, Church, Gospel, Witnessing, Lost, Great Commission  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Knowing Scripture

Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Sep 11, 2024

A bit of an aside, when we were in Sri Lanka, I had the opportunity to attend the opening of one of the well projects in the east. Rochelle went to all of them because she ran the projects. The reason these wells were being placed in villages was because many people in the East didn’t have a good ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 10:17

Tags: Scripture, Belief, Support, Encouragement, Life Change, Opportunity, Eternal Change, Disease, Drought, Projects, Good Water, Bad Water, The Afflicted  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Salvation Army

They Only Are Wise Who Know That They Know ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

They only are wise who know that they ...read more

Tags: Wisdom

God Knows

Contributed by Brad Henry on Oct 7, 2011

GOD KNOWS The receiving line at the memorial was very long as Jim and Steph had many family members that came from Texas and Georgia. Halfway through the line, I was introduced to Jim's sister, brother and nephew. They said "Are you the Brad Henry that wrote the devotional about my brother?" I ...read more

Tags: Miracles General