In Sermon Illustrations: "Life Journey"

Be Found Doing Your Duty

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2011

BE FOUND DOING YOUR DUTY The time was the 19th of May, 1780. The place was Hartford, Connecticut. The day has gone down in New England history as a terrible foretaste of Judgment Day. For at noon the skies turned from blue to gray and by mid-afternoon had blackened over so densely that, in that ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:8-11

Tags: Judgment

The Mission: Tethered To Sin

Contributed by William Hooper on May 3, 2011

THE MISSION: TETHERED TO SIN In the award winning film called "The Mission," Robert DeNiro plays a mercenary who has taken asylum in the local church after killing his brother in a fit of jealous rage. He eventually leaves the church and heads to a mission post located above the waterfalls in a ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness In Jesus

Denomination: Baptist

Pretender Dr. Nick

Contributed by Michael Walther on May 24, 2011

PRETENDER DR. NICK What does it take to be turned around if you are a pretender? Dr. Nick Yphantides can help us. Although he was a true Christian he was living part of his life in a purely hypocritical manner. Dr. Nick’s specialty was preventative medicine. Every day he was trying to help ...read more

Tags: Hypocrisy

Denomination: Lutheran

Sometimes We Must Start Over

Contributed by Brad Henry on Oct 18, 2011

SOMETIMES WE MUST START OVER When Jonah was in the belly of the fish he didn't know he was going to Nineveh. He thought his life was over. So he tried to make things right with God. Jonah 2:8 "Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs." So what does this mean? ...read more

Tags: Obedience

God Is Not An Assistant  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 23, 2013

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR AN ASSISTANT? Tim Keller, a pastor in Manhattan, New York, said that in 1970 a Sunday school teacher changed his life with a simple illustration. The teacher said, “Let’s assume the distance between the earth and the sun (92 million miles) was reduced to the thickness of this ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 1:1-3

Tags: God's Omnipotence

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

Being Born From Above Is A Perennial, Perpetual ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Being born from above is a perennial, perpetual and eternal beginning; a freshness all the time in thinking and in talking and in ...read more

Tags: Salvation

If A Man Wants To Read Good Books, He Must Make ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"If a man wants to read good books, he must make a point of avoiding bad ones; for life is ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

Words Of Praise, Indeed, Are Almost As ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Words of praise, indeed, are almost as necessary to warm a child into congenial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious ...read more

Tags: Children

Fruit, Though A Collective Noun, Is Singular. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Fruit, though a collective noun, is singular. The life that has been unified, with Christ at the center, produces a ...read more

Tags: Character

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