In Sermon Illustrations: "Leap Year"

The Added Benefit Of Winning Souls Is Strength. ...  PRO

Contributed by Tony Abram on Jul 16, 2005

The added benefit of winning souls is strength. The joy of the Lord gives us strength. The greatest joy next to the joy of your own salvation is winning another soul to Christ. Of the 43 years of missionary evangelism we have seen many answers to prayer with the healing of many. However, I do not ...read more

Tags: Fulfillment

Gordon Macdonald Shared About A Time When He And ...  PRO

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Sep 8, 2005

Gordon MacDonald shared about a time when he and his daughter, Kristy attended the New Year’s Eve celebration at the InterVarsity Urban Missionary Convention in 1976. The night closed with a Communion Service. After the benediction, 17,000 students began to head for the arena portals and their ...read more

Tags: Worship Definition

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Annual Health Insurance Out-Of-Pocket Costs For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Annual Health Insurance out-of-pocket costs for employees of large companies have more than doubled since ‘98, to $2,126 this year, according to Hewitt Associates, a benefits consulting firm. Hewitt is expecting a 22% jump next year, to $2,595. Employers still pay 70% of total health care costs but ...read more

Tags: Money

One Of The Guys I Know In St. Louis Told Me This ...

Contributed by Jay Winters on Oct 16, 2006

One of the guys I know in St. Louis told me this story. He told me that one day he answered the phone and on the other end was a voice that he had not heard in 15 years. It was a friend of his from a very very long time ago calling to apologize for an argument that they had some 15 years ago. ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran

Life Examples: Abraham: The Man Of Endurance ...  PRO

Contributed by Nathan Parker on Mar 10, 2007

Life Examples: Abraham: The Man of Endurance (Gen. 21:1-3) Call Abraham not only a man of faith (Gal. 3:9), but a man of endurance. The starting gun sounded when God promised Abraham a son in his old age, and Abraham "believed in the LORD" (Gen. 15:5-6). Buy a year came and went, and no child ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 21:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

In '06, Nearly 30% Of Americans 65 To 69 Were In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

In '06, nearly 30% of Americans 65 to 69 were in the workforce vs. 18% in '85, reports the Employee Benefit Research Institute. The increase in older workers reflects the erosion of traditional pensions, inadequate retirement savings and rising health care costs. But many simply don't want to quit. ...read more

Tags: Goals

Because God Wanted It  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009

BECAUSE GOD WANTED IT Near the Tower of London there stands an ancient parish church called "All Hallows". Just inside the wall enclosing the graveyard at All Hallows there is a large sign, placed so that tourists leaving the Tower may read it. The sign at "All Hallows" cites a bit of history and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:18

Tags: Church General

Never Mind ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009

NEVER MIND ME A good many years ago, during a Massachusetts winter, a brother and sister were walking on the ice. He was 9 and she was 11. They hit a thin patch and fell through. Kicking to the surface, they yelled for help. Summoned by their screams, a man came running, dived into the icy water ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:6-8

Tags: Sacrifices

Unknown Inheritances  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2009

UNKNOWN INHERITANCES A Michigan factory worker, earning less than ten thousand dollars a year, was an unknowing heir to a half-million dollars. When located by an investigator some years after his benefactor’s death, the worker explained that he had neither returned home nor kept in touch with his ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:16-17

Tags: God The Father

How About The Story Of A Woman Called Shirley Who ...

Contributed by Paul Green on Oct 28, 2009

how about the story of a woman called Shirley who had a heart attack and was taken to hospital. And while she was there she had a near-death experience. She saw God and asked, "God, Is this it? Is this my time?" And God said, "No, you’ve got another 30 or 40 years to live yet." So as soon as she ...read more

Tags: Death

Denomination: Baptist

Ignorance Of One's ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 27, 2010

Ignorance of One’s Inheritance A Michigan factory worker, earning less than ten thousand dollars a year, was an unknowing heir to a half-million dollars. When located by an investigator some years after his benefactor’s death, the worker explained that he had neither returned home nor kept in touch ...read more

Scripture: John 6:1-13

Tags: Inheritance, Ignorance

Church Conflict

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2011

CHURCH CONFLICT In Winchester, Ohio there’s a church called the Bethlehem Church of Christ. It’s been in existence for over 150 years, and over the years different events have been recorded in their “history” book. One of their recent ministers was reading back over the different entries in this ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 16:1-41

Tags: Divisions

A Light That Lasts

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 30, 2011

A LIGHT THAT LASTS Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb in 1879. Twenty-two years later, in 1901, one of the newfangled gadgets was hung and turned on in the Livermore, Calif., Fire Department. It’s still there, and still on. The old bulb has almost never been turned off in 109 years. ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 91:1-16

Tags: Promises Of God

No Green Bananas

Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 29, 2013

NO GREEN BANANAS Approaching 85 years of age, Mrs. Wells finally decided it was time to give up her home in North Carolina and move to Miami. She was given the name of a Florida realtor, who enthusiastically drove her all over Miami, extolling the virtues of every apartment they looked at. ...read more

Tags: Aging

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Fear Restrains

Contributed by Shine Thomas on Aug 28, 2017

Janez Rus lived in Germany during the days of the Nazi ruler Adolf Hitler. During that time he was a young shoemaker, looking to make his name prominent. Because of the power of the German government, he participated in public supports of the Nazi regime in hopes of gaining recognition. But after ...read more

Tags: Fear, Fear Restrains

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Attendance At U.s. Megachurches Is Up 57% In Five ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007

Attendance at U.S. megachurches is up 57% in five years. ...read more

Approximately 2.3 Million Americans Will Get ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007

Approximately 2.3 million Americans will get divorced this ...read more

If You Put The Federal Government In Charge Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years ...read more

Tags: Government

Nobody Grows Old By Merely Living A Number Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years; people grow old only ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Smell Is A Potent Wizard That Transports Us ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Smell is a potent wizard that transports us across a thousand miles and ...read more

Tags: Human Body