In Sermon Illustrations: "Leap Year"

Peace Is Rare: Less Than 8 Percent Of The Time ...

Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Dec 15, 2007

Peace is rare: Less than 8 percent of the time since the beginning of recorded time has the world been entirely at peace. In a total of 3,530 years, 286 have been warless. Eight thousand treaties have been broken in ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Sometime In 1948, My Dad Sold His Studebaker To ...

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Dec 31, 2007

Sometime in 1948, my Dad sold his Studebaker to buy Mom’s engagement ring. Go ahead. Call it a mistake. My folks were happily married for 49 years. Do ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Politically… Did You Know

Contributed by Daniel Owens on Jan 6, 2008

Politically… did you know… that • 20% of the member states of the United Nations weren’t even countries – 100 years ago? • The United Nations itself didn’t even exist at the beginning of the 20th ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Bible Study Boom

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

Bible Study Boom According to the International Coalition of Workplace Ministries in 2000, there were 79 books published about faith and work compared to 2,000 titles in the past two years. More ...read more

Tags: Church Small Groups

Is The Bible Really The Inspired Word Of God?

Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 25, 2009

Is The Bible really the inspired Word of God? Some Bible Facts… • Contains 66 books, • Written by 40 different authors, • Over 1500 years, • In 3 different languages, • On 3 different continents, • With no ...read more

Tags: Bible Truth

Denomination: Pentecostal

Genghis Khan's Hawk  PRO

Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Apr 29, 2008

GENGHIS KHAN'S HAWK One morning Genghis Khan, the great king and warrior, rode out into the woods to have a day’s sport. Many of his friends were with him. They rode out gaily, carrying their bows and arrows. Behind them came the servants with the hounds. It was a merry hunting party. The woods ...read more

Tags: Bitterness

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Power Of God's Word In The Workplace

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010

THE POWER OF GOD'S WORD IN THE WORKPLACE For nine years I had worked with the same group of men on a loading dock, loading and unloading trucks. It was hard physical work, but very mundane and we all found it quite boring. Since the work was so mindless, I would find myself in philosophical ...read more

Scripture: Acts 12:24

Tags: Bible Influence

There's A Verse Of A Poem That's Stayed In My ...  PRO

Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 18, 2000

There’s a verse of a poem that’s stayed in my memory for years - "O God, that bread should be so dear, and flesh and blood should be so cheap." ... John Wesley used to say that ...read more

Tags: Compassion, Poverty, What Is Evangelism?

Denomination: Baptist

In 1978, Thomas Hansen Of Boulder Colorado, Sued ...

Contributed by Darrell Stetler Ii on Feb 6, 2005

In 1978, Thomas Hansen of Boulder Colorado, sued his parents for $350,000 on grounds of "malpractice of parenting." His lawsuit claimed that Mom and Dad had botched his upbringing so badly, that he would need ...read more

Tags: Children, Parenting

Denomination: Holiness

When I Was Young I Was Sure Of Everything; In A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 13, 2005

When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I was not half so sure of most things as I was before; at present, I am hardly ...read more

Tags: Holy Spirit Attributes

Bible Sales Jumped 14% In Christian Stores In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Bible Sales Jumped 14% in Christian stores in March over February according to STATS data and a remarkable 65% from a year ago. Interest raised by The Passion of the Christ. Movie is ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

Moving Back: According To The Most Recent Census, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Moving Back: According to the most recent census, the number of households with 3 generations under one roof has doubled in the past 20 years, and the number of young adults moving back ...read more

Tags: Children

Gambling Draws More Money From American Pockets ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Gambling draws more money from American pockets than movies, videos, music and books combined, according to the latest figures from Christiansen Capital Advisors. Americans now lose $68 ...read more

Tags: Sin General

Stress Costs: Osha Finds Stress Related Ailments ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Stress Costs: OSHA finds stress related ailments cost companies about $200 billion a year in absenteeism, tardiness, and loss of talented workers. Between 70% and 90% of employee hospital visits ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Sober Souls: 27% Of American Adults Never Drink ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Sober Souls: 27% of American adults never drink alcoholic beverages--such as liquor, wine or beer—and 25% only drink them on special occasions, such as New Years and holidays, ...read more

Tags: Addiction

When I Was Young I Was Sure Of Everything; In A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I was not half so sure of most things as I was before; at present, I am hardly sure ...read more

Tags: Humility

And I Said To The Man Who Stood At The Gate Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year: Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown And he replied: Go out into the darkness and put thine hand into the hand of God. ...read more

Tags: Love Of The Disciples

The Seed, Or Germ, Of All Successful Effort Is ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The seed, or germ, of all successful effort is in a trained imagination. If you cant picture your goal, you wont have the courage to start. Your imagination is working with you or against you ...read more

Tags: Thought

In Addition To Knowing All There Is To Know ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"In addition to knowing all there is to know about reading, writing and arithmetic, not to mention science, biology, history and music, a teacher has to be an authority on Baseball...Grasshoppers...Little girls...Snakes...Young ...read more

Tags: Learning

It Was Mark Twain Who Wrote:

Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 19, 2009

It was Mark Twain who wrote: “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was ...read more

Tags: Parenting