In Sermon Illustrations: "Light Of The World" showing 281-300 of 8,206

In The Kingdom Of The World The Standard Of ...

Contributed by Danny Presswood on Jan 4, 2009

In the kingdom of the world the standard of greatness has always been power. The test is: How many people does a man control? How great a body of employees can he be Boss of? On how many people can he impose his will? How many millions does the CEO make? How big are his stock options? How many ...read more

Tags: Power

Denomination: Baptist

A Father's Influence To The World  PRO

Contributed by Dr. Thomas Norton on Jul 17, 2007

A father’s influence to the world Many years ago a small Jewish boy asked his father, "Why must we surrender our Jewish faith and start to attend Lutheran services here in Germany’ The father replied, "Son, we must abandon our faith so that people will accept us and support our business ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

World Evangelism Statistics

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 5, 2022

If you say that Jesus is waiting on the Church to get the Gospel out before His return, let me give you a few statistics on the challenge the Church faces. We have almost 8 billion people on our planet right now. There are almost 2.4 Christians in the world today. If 500,000 people were ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:8, Matthew 28:19-20

Tags: Salvation, Gospel, Missions, Witnessing, Lost, Great Commission, Evangelism  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Poverty In The World Today

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 3, 2024

According the zippia.com, the median average household income for the world is slightly under $3,000. That means if your family has an income of more than $3,000 per year, you are richer than half the people in the world! The average annual income in Burundi is $220. In Afghanistan, it is $390. ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 23:22, Deuteronomy 24:14-15, Proverbs 13:23, Proverbs 14:21, Proverbs 17:5, Matthew 26:11, Luke 6:20, Luke 4:18, James 2:1-7  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Destitute, Generosity, Extreme Poverty, Poverty, Poor, Missions, Third World, Unfortunate, Relative Poverty  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Christmas Celebrations Around The World  PRO

Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 28, 2009

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE WORLD As Americans, we pride ourselves in "doing Christmas up right." Tons of gifts, big holiday feasts, huge trees, Lights on the houses. USA! Here are some of the other ways people prepare for the celebration of Christmas. * In Italy they have no Christmas ...read more

Tags: Christmas

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Marylu And I Often Take A Walk In The Evening; A ...

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 16, 2009

Marylu and I often take a walk in the evening; a few years ago, she bought me this massive, bright, rechargeable flashlight; everyday, after our walk, I plug it in to the charger; if I fail to recharge it, ...read more

Tags: Meditation, Light Of Christ

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Holman Bible Dictionary States The Heart Is The ...  PRO

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 30, 2010

Holman Bible dictionary states the HEART is the center of the physical, mental, and spiritual life of humans. This contrasts to the normal use of kardia ("heart") in Greek literature outside the Scriptures. The New Testament follows the Old Testament usage when referring to the human ...read more

Tags: Light, Heart, Darkness

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Christmas Traditions Around The World

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 19, 2022

As Americans, we pride ourselves in "doing Christmas up big." Tons of gifts, big holiday feasts, huge trees, Lights on the houses. Here are some of the other ways people prepare for the celebration of Christmas: * In Italy they have no Christmas trees, instead they decorate small ...read more

Tags: Traditions, Birth Of Christ, Christmas, Customs

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Whole World In His Hands

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Sep 14, 2009

WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS Sam Cathey became a Southern Baptist evangelist in 1967. That first year, he had to rush back from a revival, because his daughter had gone in the hospital with acute appendicitis. They thought it might be ruptured. Sam got on a plane in Los Angeles about 2:30 in the ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

Denomination: Baptist

Light A Candle! (07.12.05--Tomorrow--John ...

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jul 10, 2005

Light a Candle! (07.12.05--Tomorrow--John 21:18-19) You know what is the best thing about the future? The way things have been going lately I have no doubt. The best thing about tomorrow is that tomorrow only comes one day at a time. We’ve all had times in our lives when what we feared the most ...read more

Scripture: John 21:18-19

Tags: Death, Guilt

Denomination: Lutheran

Darkness Cannot Drive Out Darkness; Only Light ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out ...read more

Tags: Anger

We Cannot Hold A Torch To Light Anothers Path ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

We cannot hold a torch to light anothers path without ...read more

Tags: Friendship New Friends

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

We Are Stars, Bold, Blazing, Light-Giving Stars ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We are stars, bold, blazing, light-giving stars No need to shout, scream, or ...read more

God, Light These Idle Sticks Of My Life And Let ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"God, light these idle sticks of my life and let me ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

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

Lights Are On, But No One's Home---If Any Of You ...

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Mar 23, 2010

LIGHTS ARE ON, BUT NO ONE'S HOME---If any of you have ever owned an electric lawn mower, you know that electric lawn mowers tend to not be very powerful. Electric lawn mowers, as a whole, are underpowered garden tools. I have an electric lawn mower now and it isn’t very powerful, all I can say is ...read more

Tags: Wisdom, Fools For Christ

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Letting Your Light Shine Dr. Paul Brand Was ...

Contributed by George Mansfield on Jan 1, 2008

LETTING YOUR LIGHT SHINE Dr. Paul Brand was speaking to a medical college in India on "Let your light so shine before men that they may behold your good works and glorify your Father." In front of the lectern was an oil lamp, with its cotton wick burning from the shallow dish of oil. As he ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Wherever We Go Into The Dark, We Bear The Light ...

Contributed by Bruce Howell on Aug 21, 2008

wherever we go into the dark, we bear the light of Christ’s love. Millions of Christians are doing just that. ANNIE HOWARD is a case in point. In 1991 she was awarded one of President Bush’s “Thousand Points of Light” awards for her Prison Fellowship volunteer work in the Kentucky Correctional ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Denomination: Wesleyan

I Have Heard That Light From The North Star ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

I have heard that light from the North Star takes thirty-three years to reach our vision. If that is true, theoretically the star could have “died” thirty years ago, but we ...read more

Tags: Second Coming