In Sermon Illustrations: "Love All"

Traveling To Heaven

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Mar 29, 2024

Throughout my life I had always wanted to go to Germany. It wasn’t until my son moved over there and got married that we finally were able to do so. The trip wasn’t always easy, as we were stranded in New Jersey for a night after a flight was canceled. We were tired from the journey. But once ...read more

Scripture: Job 19:26

Tags: Resurrection, Heaven

Denomination: Lutheran

When Darkness Is Mentioned In The Bible

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 6, 2024

In the Bible, darkness is a powerful metaphor that carries both physical and spiritual significance. Let’s explore its various meanings: Physical Darkness: Genesis 1:4: God separated light from darkness during the creation of the world. Darkness represents the absence of light, ...read more

Tags: Solar Eclipse, Darnkness, Last Days, Rapture, Signs, Return Of Christ, Spiritual Darkness, Kingdom Of Darkness, Evil, Satan, End Times, Prophecy, Judgment  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Spirit Of Gradualism

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Oct 10, 2025

I lived in Lee County, Virginia and we would travel 68 from our house through Cumberland Gap, Tennessee to Middlesboro, Ky. We traveled through the national park. Linda and I would see a ground hog. The ground hog would stand on his hind legs to watch the traffic go by. We developed a love watching ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:3, Revelation 3:14-19

Tags: Gradual, Slow

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Many Years Ago, I Failed The Lord In A Stupid ...  PRO

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 27, 2002

Many years ago, I failed the Lord in a stupid teenager deed. I can painfully remember January the 1st, 1968. I was raised in the parsonage, I was 16 years old, I knew right from wrong. But I failed the Lord! 1/1/68 was always a painful memory of my stupid failure. Before the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 103:12, Psalm 103:12

Tags: God's Forgiveness, Forgiveness General

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Filled To The Brim! (07.05.05--Joy Every ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jul 4, 2005

Filled To The Brim! (07.05.05--Joy Every Day--Ecclesiastes 5:1-9) When I was younger I remember being moved on more than one occasion, either by laziness or a predisposition to want to do something more “rewarding” on a Sunday morning, to prompt my dad with this question: “Why do we have to go to ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 5:1-9

Tags: Worship Purpose, Worship Benefits

Denomination: Lutheran

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

The Invisible Enemy

Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 7, 2011

THE INVISIBLE ENEMY "Good night, sleep tight, and don't let the bed bugs bite" has been spoken by loving mothers to their children for decades as they gently tucked their little ones to sleep and wished them a good night. The phrase itself carries within it the gentle reminder of a younger age and ...read more

Scripture: James 1:19-27

Tags: Sin Bondage To

Mary

Contributed by Sam Mccormick on Sep 28, 2017

MARY Several years ago I learned that a friend had died. Mary Mott, a member of the church during the years we lived in Virginia, had passed away at about eighty years of age. Mary was a soft-spoken lady with a sweet and gentle manner. But apart from being a pleasant lady who was easy to like, ...read more

Tags: Baptized, Convert, Mary Mott, Correspondence, Mary, Conversion, Bible Study, Prison, Baptize, Murderer  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Rest If You Must, Don't Quit

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jul 28, 2021

TO ACCOMPLISH GOD’S WILL WE MUST HAVE MORE THAN NEARSIGHTEDNESS. Working with people takes time and much patience. Galatians 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. In 1981 I accepted the pastorate of a small mission work in eastern ...read more

Scripture: Luke 21:19, Psalm 37:7

Tags: Patience, Remember Me

Denomination: Assembly Of God

We Live In A Very Stress-Filled World. In Fact, ...  PRO

Contributed by Andrew Schroer on Mar 12, 2001

We live in a very stress-filled world. In fact, experts say that 43% – almost half of all adults – suffer adverse health affects due to stress. One million workers here in the United States are ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life, Peace, Workplace

Denomination: Lutheran

John Maxwell: A Person Of Character  PRO

Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 18, 2002

Quote from John Maxwell. I commit myself to being a person of character. Truth, reliability, honesty and confidentiality will be the pillars of my life. I will treat others as I expect to be treated and I will live ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Denomination: Mennonite

The Greek Word For Meekness Literally Means ...  PRO

Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Nov 1, 2004

The Greek word for meekness literally means “strength under control.” Meekness describes a wild stallion who was tamed and taught to be ridden. That stallion still has all the strength it had when it was wild but now it ...read more

Tags: Character

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Stress Costs: Up To 70% Of Employers Benefit ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Stress Costs: Up to 70% of employers benefit costs are incurred in 6 disease categories: hypertension, gastro-obesity related issues, diabetes, heart disease, muscular-skeletal injuries, and cancer—all ...read more

Tags: Workplace

I Like Nonsense -- It Wakes Up The Brain Cells. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

I like nonsense -- it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. It’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope that enables you to laugh at all of ...read more

Tags: Faith General

Life That Has Failed Is Tragic…. But Even Worse ...

Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 11, 2006

Life that has failed is tragic…. but even worse is a life that has succeeded, only to find in the end that what was achieved is not GAIN at all, but ASHES. A journey without God breeds a sense of non-fulfillment and disappointment, no ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

When Dl Moody Was A Young Man, He Was Suddenly ...  PRO

Contributed by Rick D Brackett on Oct 11, 2006

When DL Moody was a young man, he was suddenly called on to preach his first funeral. He searched all through Matthew, Mark, Luke and John trying to find a funeral sermon that Jesus ...read more

Tags: Funerals Non-Christian

Denomination: Church Of God

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The German Pastor And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German Pastor and theologian who spoke out against atrocities in Nazi Germany, once wrote, “If my sinfulness appears to me to be in any way smaller or less detestable in comparison ...read more

Tags: Sin General

If Ever I Reach Heaven, I Expect To Find Three ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"If ever I reach heaven, I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought to see there; second, to miss some I had expected to see there; and ...read more

Tags: Heaven

Many Years Ago, When I Was Just About As ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Many years ago, when I was just about as complete a failure as one can become, I began to spend a good deal of time in libraries, looking for some answers.I found all the answers ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

The Way I See It, Every One Of Us In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"The way I see it, every one of us in the writing business starts off with precisely the same tools, the 26 letters of the alphabet. All we can do is try to arrange those ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature