In Sermon Illustrations: "Lose"

There Are Many Things I Don't Enjoy. One Of Them ...  PRO

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Apr 20, 2008

There are many things I don’t enjoy. One of them is taking my vehicle to the dealership to have it serviced. Then there’s the wait for a ride back to the office (or sit in the waiting room drinking terrible coffee). I lose the rhythm in my day. This past week was an absolute nightmare on ...read more

Tags: Encouragement, Church Growth, Finish, Start

Denomination: Salvation Army

I Think Of A Young Man Named Adrian Who Was In My ...

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jun 7, 2008

I think of a young man named Adrian who was in my Youth Group back in a former church. Adrian’s dad --- who had, unfortunately, never been much of a dad to Adrian --- decided to move to Mexico right before Adrian’s senior year of High School. A family in our church took Adrian in to live with ...read more

Tags: Father's Day

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Thomas Costain's History, The Three Edwards, ...

Contributed by Robert Joseph on Sep 5, 2008

Thomas Costain’s history, The Three Edwards, describes the life of Raynald III, a fourteenth century duke in what is now Belgium. Grossly overweight, Raynald was often called by his Latin nickname, Crassus, which means “fat.” After a violent quarrel, Raynald’s younger brother Edward led a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:12

Tags: Sin Bondage To

Denomination: Pentecostal

Thomas Costain's History, The Three Edwards, ...

Contributed by Robert Joseph on Sep 10, 2008

Thomas Costain’s history, The Three Edwards, describes the life of Raynald III, a fourteenth century duke in what is now Belgium. Grossly overweight, Raynald was often called by his Latin nickname, Crassus, which means “fat.” After a violent quarrel, Raynald’s younger brother Edward led ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:12

Tags: Zeal

Denomination: Pentecostal

Thomas Costain's History, The Three Edwards, ...  PRO

Contributed by Robert Joseph on Sep 10, 2008

Thomas Costain's history, The Three Edwards, describes the life of Raynald III, a fourteenth century duke in what is now Belgium. Grossly overweight, Raynald was often called by his Latin nickname, Crassus, which means "fat." After a violent quarrel, Raynald's younger brother Edward led a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:12

Tags: Sin Bondage To

Denomination: Pentecostal

Since Some Of The Best Illustrations Are What Not ...  PRO

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 21, 2008

Since some of the best illustrations are what not to do, I offer a few tips on How to Turn a Disagreement into a Feud: 1. Be sure to develop and maintain a fear of conflict, letting your own feelings build up so you are in an explosive frame of mind. 2. If you must state your concerns, be as vague ...read more

Tags: Humor, Anger, Fear Failure

Denomination: Other

Things ...

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jan 7, 2009

Things Neglected Once an ever waking thought Once an every day pursuit And then the day arrived Where it was passed by Maybe for just an instant But it’s worth diminished in that moment And in time it fell into the common ground Of those things neglected. One day the most valued thing of all In ...read more

Scripture: James 4:14

Tags: Time

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Things ...

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jan 7, 2009

Things Neglected Once an ever waking thought Once an every day pursuit And then the day arrived Where it was passed by Maybe for just an instant But it’s worth diminished in that moment And in time it fell into the common ground Of those things neglected. One day the most valued thing of all In ...read more

Scripture: James 4:14

Tags: Time

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Things ...

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jan 7, 2009

Things Neglected Once an ever waking thought Once an every day pursuit And then the day arrived Where it was passed by Maybe for just an instant But it’s worth diminished in that moment And in time it fell into the common ground Of those things neglected. One day the most valued thing of all In ...read more

Scripture: James 4:14

Tags: Time

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Things ...

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jan 7, 2009

Things Neglected Once an ever waking thought Once an every day pursuit And then the day arrived Where it was passed by Maybe for just an instant But it’s worth diminished in that moment And in time it fell into the common ground Of those things neglected. One day the most valued thing of all In ...read more

Scripture: James 4:14

Tags: Time

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Things ...

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jan 11, 2009

Things Neglected Once an ever waking thought Once an every day pursuit And then the day arrived Where it was passed by Maybe for just an instant But it’s worth diminished in that moment And in time it fell into the common ground Of those things neglected. One day the most valued thing of all In ...read more

Scripture: James 4:14

Tags: Miscellaneous

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Things ...

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jan 11, 2009

Things Neglected Once an ever waking thought Once an every day pursuit And then the day arrived Where it was passed by Maybe for just an instant But it’s worth diminished in that moment And in time it fell into the common ground Of those things neglected. One day the most valued thing of all In ...read more

Scripture: James 4:14

Tags: Miscellaneous

Denomination: Assembly Of God

My Dad Had To Be The Worse Driver I've Ever Met. ...

Contributed by Hugh W. Davidson on Mar 13, 2009

My dad had to be the worse driver I’ve ever met. When I was a kid he had wrecked 9 cars in 8 years. I think he saw life as a demolition derby and his only goal was to get through it alive. The funny thing was; as he got older he became extremely nervous and he started blowing the horn whenever he ...read more

Tags: Youth

Denomination: Baptist

In The World Of Sports, When An Underdog Is ...

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Mar 13, 2009

In the world of sports, when an underdog is victorious it’s known as an upset. Here is a list of 5 of sport’s biggest upsets. 1) 1980 Olympics-Lake Placid: USA defeats Russia in hockey 4-3. Ragtag group of Americans defeats the Russian team that had dominated the sport for 15 years. 2) 1990 ...read more

Tags: Sports

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

There Could Have Been Peace Instead Of War In ...

Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Aug 16, 2009

There could have been peace instead of war in 1939. Great Britain and France could have just let Hitler have Poland. That had worked the year before when they let Hitler have part of Czechoslovakia, and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain returned from Munich declaring "peace for our ...read more

Tags: Peace, War

Denomination: Lutheran

Micaela Played T-Ball. Many Of You Know About The ...

Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 24, 2009

Micaela played t-ball. Many of you know about the t-ball experience. One of the kids asked me if Micaela’s team was good. I chuckled because from what I see no t-ball team is “good.” They are there to learn some basics and have fun. The biggest struggle that the coaches face is not kids who can’t ...read more

Tags: Preparation

Denomination: Church Of God

How The Words Of Psalm 23 Echoed In Their Hearts! ...

Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Sep 20, 2009

How the words of Psalm 23 echoed in their hearts! "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death" (Psalm 23:4 KJV). How dark that valley seemed as their tear-blurred eyes stared at the two caskets! It had been summer vacation. A family camping trip. The two girls laughing down ...read more

Tags: Death

Denomination: Lutheran

Michael Jordon Confronts Compromise In A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2009

Michael Jordon Confronts Compromise in a Teammate If any athlete was known for focus, it was Michael Jordan. In Jordan’s book, Driven from Within, Fred Whitfield, president and chief operating officer of the NBA’s Charlotte Bobcats basketball team, tells a fascinating story about something Jordan ...read more

Tags: Character, Basketball

Read The Word Any Way You Can  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2010

READ THE WORD ANY WAY YOU CAN A man in Kansas City was severely injured in an explosion. Evangelist Robert L. Sumner tells about him in his book The Wonders of the Word of God. The victim’s face was badly disfigured, and he lost his eyesight as well as both hands. He was just a new Christian, and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:1-3

Tags: Disciplines Scripture

Are You A Chief Student?

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 27, 2010

ARE YOU A CHIEF STUDENT? David Friedman, in They Loved the Torah p. 61 comments about Peter (Shim'on): I see Shim'on as Yeshua's Torah-observant....talmid hakham...a Hebrew technical term meaning the leading student (of a rabbi). Every famous rabbi who daily taught the same students had a talmid ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Independent/Bible