In Sermon Illustrations: "Life Journey"

[180]. A Poem Message – Lost Three Things - One Son – The Prodigal Son

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 29, 2025

[180]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – LOST ONE SON – THE PRODIGAL SON The third of the lost parables is the son. It is the best know. Gospel preaching has made use of this parable over and over and that is fair enough. However its greater meaning is a wayward son of the family, who entered into a ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:18, Luke 15:11-12, Luke 15:11-32

Tags: The Prodigal Son, Repentance, Lost, Love Of The Father, Parable Of The Lost Son  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

C.s. Lewis, In His Classic Book, Mere ...  PRO

Contributed by Jim Luthy on Sep 7, 2001

C.S. Lewis, in his classic book, Mere Christianity, said, "The whole purpose for which we exist is ...read more

Tags: Love Of The Disciples, God The Father, Creation

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Success Has Nothing To Do With What You Gain In ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001

"Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It’s what you ...read more

Tags: Servanthood, Giving General, Christian Disciplines

Zig Ziglar: Everything You Want  PRO

Contributed by Judah Thomas on May 15, 2002

"You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people ...read more

Tags: Fulfillment

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Theodore Roosevelt Said, "There Has Not Yet Been ...

Contributed by Tim Richards on Jun 22, 2005

Theodore Roosevelt said, "There has not yet been a person in our history who led a life of ease ...read more

Tags: Prayer Hardship, Endurance

Denomination: Baptist

So Goes Your Leadership

Contributed by John Shearhart on Feb 11, 2006

"As your life goes so goes your leadership." "Lose your integrity, lose your ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Happiness, That Grand Mistress Of The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and ...read more

Tags: Joy

Happiness, That Grand Mistress Of The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and ...read more

Tags: Joy

There's Joy A-Plenty In This World To Fill ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

There's joy a-plenty in this world to fill life's silver cup If you'll only keep the ...read more

Tags: Joy

All Brave Men Love; For He Only Is Brave Who ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily ...read more

Tags: Endurance

The Magnitude Of Our Social Problems Will ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The magnitude of our social problems will require that all citizens and institutions make a commitment to volunteering as a way of life and ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

The Holidays Are Welcome To Me Partly Because ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The holidays are welcome to me partly because they are such rallying points for the affections which get so much thrust aside in ...read more

Tags: Christmas

The Vision That You Glorify In Your Mind, The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart this you will build ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

One Friend In A Lifetime Is Much; Two Are Many; ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Love Of God Is The Root, Love Of Our Neighbour ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Love of God is the root, love of our neighbour the fruit of the Tree of Life. Neither can exist without the other, ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Women Upset Everything. When You Let Them Into ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Women upset everything. When you let them into your life, you find that the woman is driving at one ...read more

Tags: Men And Women

Every Generation Has One Big Impulse In Its ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Every generation has one big impulse in its heartto exceed all generations of the past in all the ...read more

Tags: Aging

If I Knew For A Certainty That A Man Was Coming ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing ...read more

Tags: Action

Cease Trying To Work Everything Out With Your ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. It will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration ...read more

Tags: Thought

One Must Be Out-Of-Doors Enough To Get ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"One must be out-of-doors enough to get experience of wholesome reality, as a ballast to thought and sentiment. Health ...read more

Tags: Disciplines Silence