In Sermon Illustrations: "Last Supper"

Child Porn Up: The National Center For Missing ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Child Porn Up: The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children reports of suspected child porn jumped 39% to 106,000 last year. ...read more

Tags: Addiction

A Teacher, When Asked When A Man Should Repent, ...

Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 8, 2006

A teacher, when asked when a man should repent, said, “Repent on the last day of your lives.” And the students said, “But we do not know when that ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Many Of Us Cannot Reach The Mission Fields On ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Many of us cannot reach the mission fields on our feet, but we can reach them on our knees. Solid lasting missionary work is accomplished by prayer, ...read more

Tags: Great Commission

One Time I Was Participating In An Army Field ...  PRO

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 6, 2002

One time I was participating in an Army field exercise and a soldier posed a question about our field rations (those "Meals-Ready-to-Eat"): ...read more

Tags: Prayer Adoration, Prayer Of Faith

Denomination: Congregational

In The U.s. 150,000-160,000 New Titles Were ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

In the U.S. 150,000-160,000 new titles were published last year, according to R.R. Bowker’s Books in Print. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

Freedom Is Not A Luxury That We Can Indulge In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Freedom is not a luxury that we can indulge in when at last we have security and prosperity and enlightenment; it is, rather, antecedent to all of these, for without it we ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

Who Knows The Joys Of Friendship? The Trust, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Who knows the joys of friendship? The trust, security, and mutual tenderness, The double joys, where each is glad for both? Friendship our only wealth, our last ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Flash Powder Makes A More Brilliant Light Than ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Flash powder makes a more brilliant light than the arc lamp, but you cant use it to light your street corner because it doesnt last long enough. ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

Writing A Book Is An Adventure. To Begin With, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

A Well-Known Athlete Of Avignon, France, Named ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

A well-known athlete of Avignon, France, named Meissonnier, literally struggled with an incurable disease, and his last words were, “O Death if ...read more

Tags: Faith

A Thanks Offering For God's Grace  PRO

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

A Thanks Offering For God's Grace In this country, the entire nation celebrates Thanksgiving in November. Some celebrate by busily preparing food, watching football and gathering with family. These are great Thanksgiving celebrations. However, Christians have a greater blessing in the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:8-10, Exodus 15:1-21

Tags: Lodebar, Thanksgiving Holiday

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Publicly ...

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

Publicly Sing Praises to God A Necessity in Corporate Worship Corporate worship services offer Christians the opportunity to publicly sing the greatness of God, proclaim His truths and better yet, as a congregation sing unto the Lord. Colossians 3:16 says, “Let the word of Christ dwell ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:19

Tags: Worship Purpose

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Parable Story  PRO

Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 22, 2010

PARABLE STORY Theological belief is sometimes a murky matter. A candidate for ordination as a minister was asked, "What part of the Bible do you like best?" He said: "I like the New Testament best." Then he was asked, "What Book in the New Testament is your favorite?" He answered, "The Book of the ...read more

Tags: Bible Truth

Denomination: Pentecostal

Learn To Speak The Language

Contributed by Neil Olcott on Sep 10, 2009

LEARN TO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE A new missionary recruit went to Venezuela for the first time. He was struggling with the language and didn’t understand a whole lot of what was going on. Intending to visit one of the local churches, he got lost, but he eventually got back on track and found the place. ...read more

Tags: Communication General

Denomination: Baptist

Driven By Hurt

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 11, 2022

DRIVEN BY HURT! MIGHT I ADD A PREACHER’S PERSPECTIVE TO START THIS LESSON? BE KIND TO EVERY PERSON. PERHAPS YOU DO NOT KNOW THE PROBLEMS AND THE BATTLES OTHERS ARE FACING. A preacher friend of mine was having some self-doubts and fears he was facing. There was a rather large family that had ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 61:3, 1 Peter 5:7

Tags: Bitter, Hurt, Ministry

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Public Schools Expelled 5,000 Preschool Students ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Public schools expelled 5,000 preschool students last year, more than three times K-12 schools, says Yale University researchers. ...read more

Tags: Children

A Recent Nielsen Survey Finds 27.4 Million People ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

A recent Nielsen survey finds 27.4 million people age 55 and older bought something online in the last 6 months, up from about ...read more

60% Of Canadians Believe "Through The Life, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

60% Of Canadians believe “through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, God provided the way for the forgiveness of sins,” but only 17% attend church at least ...read more

Tags: Church General

Once Youve Failed, Analyze The Problem And Find ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Once youve failed, analyze the problem and find out why, because each failure is one more step leading up to the cathedral of success. The only ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Flash Powder Makes A More Brilliant Light Than ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Flash powder makes a more brilliant light than the arc lamp, but you cannot use it to light your street corner because it doesn't last long enough. ...read more

Tags: Friendship General