In Sermon Illustrations: "Love Like God"

Dave Barry - Excerpt From "The Pain Of ...

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Dec 31, 2007

Dave Barry - Excerpt from “The Pain of Childbirth”: The key to avoiding drugs, according to the natural-childbirth people, is for the woman to breathe deeply. Really. The theory is that if she breathes deeply, she’ll get all relaxed and won’t notice that she’s in a hospital delivery room wearing ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

It Isn't Fair

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008

IT ISN'T FAIR Have you ever had something happen to you which caused you to think, "This isn't fair!"? Ken Wyniemko sure has. Just like Paul, he was locked away for a crime that he did not commit. In 1994, he was convicted by a jury based of a horrible crime against a young woman on the basis of a ...read more

Tags: Anger

Two Types Of Lives!

Contributed by Paul Clemente on Oct 29, 2022

Genesis 4:6-26 Cain had an unrighteous heart and sinned against God in many ways including taking the life of his brother; but what can we learn from God as He related to Cain, from the following verses: v6-7: God gave instructions how and why to repent. v9: God was specific in confronting in ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 4:6-26

Tags: People, Pride, Godly, Creativity, Ungodly, Provisions  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Movie Illustration: Schindler's List: The Film ...

Contributed by N A on Jan 26, 2008

MOVIE ILLUSTRATION: SCHINDLER’S LIST: The film about the true story of Oskar Schindler, a member of the Nazi party who saved the lives of more than 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust. Last scene of the movie: “I could have got more. This car ...read more

Denomination: *other

Welcome And Do-Si-Do, Citation: Cartoonist Sandy ...  PRO

Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 17, 2001

[Welcome and Do-Si-Do, Citation: Cartoonist Sandy Silverthorne in Leadership, Vol. 11, no. 4]. "And now here’s the point in our service where I’d like you all to rise, turn to the person on your right, shake hands, turn ...read more

Tags: Friendship New Friends, Church Small Groups, Church Body Of Christ

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Dallas Willard, Professor At The University Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Gary Bordelon on Sep 21, 2002

Dallas Willard, professor at the University of Southern California’s School of Philosophy, offers this observation about the church - "By the middle of this [twentieth] century, [the church] had lost any recognized, reasonable, theologically and pychologically sound approach to ...read more

Tags: Church General, Discipleship, Growth In Christ

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

According To The Latest Survey From Gallup, The ...

Contributed by Bumble Ho on Sep 26, 2005

According to the latest survey from Gallup, the number one reason for people joining a church is because “they like the pastor” (55%). The number one reason for leaving a church other than relocation is “disappointment with the pastor” D. Michael Lindsay, ...read more

Tags: Church General, Church Body Of Christ

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Shocking As It May Seem Christians Are More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Shocking as it may seem Christians are more likely to go through divorce than non-Christians. Based on a Barna Research Group ’99 survey, 27% of born again Christians are currently or have previously been divorced, compared to 24% of ...read more

Tags: Divorce

More Girls Are Now Taking Biology Than Boys And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

More girls are now taking biology than boys and 71% of boys now say they don’t like school. Men are now a minority in undergraduate colleges, falling from 58% of the population in 1975 to 44% in ’05. Boys are also lagging behind ...read more

Tags: Children

You Dont Have To Go For A Home Run In Every ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

You dont have to go for a home run in every sentence. It will exhaust you and the reader. I always tell my students that every paragraph needs an ox-like sentence that does the work. It should be simple and short. Dont hide or disguise ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

I Delight To Steal Away For Days And Weeks ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I delight to steal away for days and weeks together, and bathe my spirit in the freedom of the old woods, and to grow young again...counting the white clouds that sail along the sky, softly and tranquilly...I like to steep my soul in a sea of quiet, with nothing ...read more

Tags: Peace

It's As Impossible To Imitate Or Copy Kingdom ...  PRO

Contributed by Johann Neethling on Aug 27, 2003

It’s as impossible to imitate or copy Kingdom life without Kingdom birth as it is for a fish to live out of water and breathe air like a human being. It is not a matter of trying harder – or attending “fish church”. That poor fish can try and try till it is blue in the gills and it ...read more

Tags: Basics Of Christianity, Zacchaeus

Denomination: United Methodist

And Let Me Be Very Frank With You For A Moment. ...  PRO

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Nov 1, 2003

And let me be very frank with you for a moment. I have trouble getting in the Word every day. It’s hard for me, and it doesn’t always get done. I offer no excuses, although I could think of some. The problem with excuses, though, ...read more

Tags: Bible Study, Bible Influence

Denomination: Wesleyan

We Think In Youth That Our Bodies Are Identical ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We think in youth that our bodies are identical with ourselves and have the same interests, but discover later in life that they are heartless companions who have been accidently yoked with us, and who are, as likely as not, in our extreme sickness or old age, ...read more

Tags: Creation

What Hinders You From Giving Christ Your All? ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

What hinders you from giving Christ your all? Throw it off. Reduce the things that weigh you down. F. B. Meyer said, "Thousands of Christians are like water-logged vessels--they cannot sink, yet they are saturated with so many inconsistencies, worldlinesses and ...read more

Tags: Faith

"Two Suns"

Contributed by Bill Butsko on Mar 2, 2008

“Two Suns” A man laughed and asked, “What advantage has a religious man over anyone like myself? Does not the sun shine on me as on him, this fine day?” “Yes,” replied his companion, “but the religious man has two suns ...read more

Denomination: Christian Church

Americans With Disabilities And Other Chronic ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

Americans with Disabilities and other chronic conditions are less likely to use the Internet, but those who are online are among the most avid consumers of health-related information, a new study finds. 50% of those with chronic conditions use the Internet, compared with ...read more

Tags: Disability

We Must Somehow Get Comfortable With The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We must somehow get comfortable with the reality of periodic failure. That does not mean we should break out the pointed hats and throw a party when we see it coming. But there is no reason to schedule a wake, either. Like a trip to the dentist, the thought of occasional reverses ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Being A Journalist Is Simply Wonderful. It Is A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Being a journalist is simply wonderful. It is a lifelong license to follow that most basic human traitcuriosity. It is permission to probe and delve into whatever interests you, as thoroughly or as superficially as you like, and then move on. You have a license to ask virtually any human ...read more

Tags: News

I Delight To Steal Away For Days And Weeks ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I delight to steal away for days and weeks together, and bathe my spirit in the freedom of the old woods, and to grow young again...counting the white clouds that sail along the sky, softly and tranquilly...I like to steep my soul in a sea of quiet, with nothing ...read more

Tags: Disciplines Silence