In Sermon Illustrations: "Lords Coming"

If You Have An Important Point To Make, Don't ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it ...read more

Tags: Communication Speech

Prolepsis

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 19, 2011

PROLEPSIS A $10,000 word defines what it means for us to live by faith in hope of what is to come. It is called "Prolepsis," and is defined as, "the representation or assumption of a ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Wayne Smith Tells Of An Ad He Observed In A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008

- Wayne Smith tells of an ad he observed in a southern California newspaper at thanksgiving a few years back… “Divorce: only $25, come in and unload that ...read more

[261]. A Message From A Poem – The Devil Snake

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jan 10, 2026

[261]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – THE DEVIL SNAKE Most people hate snakes. They run from them and scream out. Snakes are evil creatures but their cunning is well know. I have a love hate relationship with snakes. I think they are beautifully created which does not surprise me because Lucifer ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 11:8-9, 2 Corinthians 11:3, Revelation 12:9, Genesis 3:14-15, Genesis 3:1  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Bruise On The Heel, Bruise The Head, Western Brown Snake, Cunning, The Devil, Christian Poetry, Christian Poems, Cunning Snakes, Satan Is The Serpent, Serpent, Snake  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

H. B. London On Mysteries That Stretch Our ...  PRO

Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jan 24, 2003

[H. B. London on Mysteries That Stretch Our Faith, Citation: H. B. London, from They Call Me Pastor (Regal, 2000), pp. 23-30] Four doctors in surgical greens stood before Dave and Jana at the Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena. I stood by helplessly as one doctor spoke. "Your baby has died ...read more

Tags: Examples Of Faith

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Trapping The Ball!" Psalm 25: 16-21 Key ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jul 4, 2004

“Trapping the Ball!” Psalm 25: 16-21 Key verse(s): 21 “May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope is in you.” Integrity! Perhaps it is one of the loneliest words in the English language. For many it creates the image of one standing alone, apart from the others, because just the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 25:16-21

Tags: Character

Denomination: Lutheran

An Ever-Rolling Stream!" Genesis 6: 1-3 Key ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Dec 30, 2004

“An Ever-Rolling Stream!” Genesis 6: 1-3 Key verse(s): 3: “Then the Lord said, ‘My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for hie is mortal; his days will be a hundred and twenty years.’” “It can wait until tomorrow!” Despite that old adage, “Never put off to tomorrow the things that you can do ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 6:1-3

Tags: New Year's Day, New Year

Denomination: Lutheran

Too Easily Pleased! (07.06.05--Joy Every ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jul 5, 2005

Too Easily Pleased! (07.06.05--Joy Every Day--Ecclesiastes 9:7-10) I was happy with things the way they were. Why should I go to any great length to make them any better when, as it were, I was contented with how my car looked and drove? This was my response about a year ago when my wife ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 9:7-10

Tags: Fulfillment

Denomination: Lutheran

Christian Walk Compared To Learning How To Pitch ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 14, 2009

Christian Walk Compared to Learning How to Pitch Horseshoes When I married into Charlotte’s family I married into a really close family that liked to spend a lot of time together. Almost every Sunday was spent at Charlotte’s Mom and Dad’s house. There were football or baseball games to watch or ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:12-21

Tags: Growth In Christ

World War Ii Pow Becomes Missionary To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2010

World War II POW Becomes Missionary to Japan Mitsuo Fuchida was the pilot in charge of one of the most successful aerial attacks in recorded history. Under his command was a squadron of 360 specially selected pilots, & on Dec. 7, 1941, Fuchida’s squadron bombed Pearl Harbor. He quickly became one ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:43-48

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

Rejection At The Vending Machine  PRO

Contributed by Todd Catteau on May 27, 2015

Vending machines have come a long way since I was a kid. It used to be you slid in a couple of coins and pulled a lever and down would drop your snack or drink. Now there are lights, levers, cranes, codes, and chutes that make the purchase a production of its own. It’s almost worth the price of ...read more

Scripture: James 2:1-13

Tags: Judgemental, Favoritism, Prejudice

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Cross Bearing  PRO

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

Cross Bearing "The Christian's Passion" There is a powerful question that is too often avoided by preachers and church attendees alike, "Who took the rough edges off the Cross?" Modern day Christianity and the world have generally turned the cross into a nice piece of harmless jewelry, all shiny ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:23

Tags: Easter Good Friday

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Rest In Peace  PRO

Contributed by James Owens on Dec 15, 2004

Illustration There was a widow who had “Rest In Peace” put on her husband’s tombstone. When she found out that he left her ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

Denomination: Church Of God

If You Love It Let It Go – If It Does Not Return, ...  PRO

Contributed by Larry Jacobs on Jul 3, 2005

If you love it let it go – if it does not return, it was never yours – If it does return, it was always yours. If it comes back and eats your food and messes up ...read more

Tags: Children, Parenting

Denomination: Baptist

Did You Know That Butterflies Never Try To Fly ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Did you know that butterflies never try to fly until their bodies reach exactly 81 degrees F. If they did, the material on their wings would come ...read more

Tags: Divinity Of Christ

C.h.spurgeon Once Said Of Faith "Faith Sees The ...

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jun 23, 2007

C.H.Spurgeon once said of faith “Faith sees the invisible, hears the inaudible, touches the intangible and does the impossible.” This is when the Soul of a human being comes into ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

This Mockery Indeed Troubles The Church, It ...

Contributed by C Reola on Oct 13, 2006

This mockery indeed troubles the church, it troubles the blessed hope of Christianity, for as John Calvin said of this passage, “Satan aims directly at the throat of the church, when he ...read more

Tags: Apologetics General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

I've Looked For Answers In Many Ways ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I've looked for answers in many ways religious, political, humanistic, in different places. I have come to believe there is only one response, the moral ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

The Only Lifelong, Reliable Motivations Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The only lifelong, reliable motivations are those that come from within, and one of the strongest of those is the joy and pride that grow from knowing that ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:2

Tags: Christian Values

As Winter Strips The Leaves From Around Us, So ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant regions they formerly concealed, so old age takes away our enjoyments ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life