In Sermon Illustrations: "Love Of The World"

According To A Baptist Press Release, 16 Year Old ...  PRO

Contributed by Evie Megginson on Oct 1, 2001

According to a Baptist Press release, 16 year old Jennifer Cody attended a youth camp in July 1987, sponsored by the Southern Baptists. She had missed the registration deadline at The Church on Mill in Tempe, Arizona, where she attended, but a boy canceled his and that made it possible for her to ...read more

Tags: Mothers Love, Grace, Evangelism Fear Of

Denomination: Baptist

Kindness Costs  PRO

Contributed by James Westervelt on Nov 27, 2001

KINDNESS COSTS It costs something to care. There is often suffering involved. "It is the kind physician who lances the boil, drains off the poison, cleanses the wound, and so restores the patient." SOURCE: W. Phillip ...read more

Tags: Christian Love, Compassion, Christian Disciplines

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Foundation Of All Theology Is The Unity Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2001

The foundation of all theology is the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:20, Ephesians 2:20, Ephesians 3:14-21

Tags: Christian Love, E, Unity, Trinity

The Music Pastor At Ben Franklin Middle School  PRO

Contributed by Jim Kane on Dec 13, 2001

THE MUSIC PASTOR AT BEN FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL Jack Martens is a fifty-six year old teacher who has spent 33 years teaching music at Ben Franklin Middle School in San Francisco. “Over 50 percent of Martens’ students are from broken homes. The same number are on welfare. Nearly that many come ...read more

Tags: Christian Love, Compassion, Giving General

Denomination: Church Of God

Human History Is The Sad Result Of Each One ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001

Human history is the sad result of each one looking out for ...read more

Tags: Discipleship, Christian Disciplines, Love Of The Disciples

Bill Hybels Puts It This Way: "I Would Never ...  PRO

Contributed by Dru Ashwell on Dec 19, 2001

Bill Hybels puts it this way: “I would never want to reach out someday with a soft, uncallused hand – a hand never dirtied by serving ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 6:2-5

Tags: Christian Disciplines, Love Of The Disciples, Servanthood

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Eleven Years Ago, Walter Levine Was Diagnosed ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Haines on Jan 19, 2002

Eleven years ago, Walter Levine was diagnosed with multiple myeloma – a type of bone cancer. Today he dedicates his life to helping others beat the disease. He says, “Ninety-nine percent of everything you do in life is attitude. If you have a relationship with God and you have the right ...read more

Tags: Love Of The Disciples, Servanthood, Christian Disciplines

Denomination: Wesleyan

The People Of God Are Not Merely To Mark Time, ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

The people of God are not merely to mark time, waiting for God to step in and set right all that is wrong. Rather, they are to model the new heaven and new earth, and by so doing awaken longings ...read more

Tags: Holiness, Kingdom Of God, Love Of The Disciples

What Is It To Serve God And To Do His Will? ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

What is it to serve God and to do His will? Nothing else than to show mercy to our neighbor. For it is our neighbor who needs our service; God ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 5:7, Galatians 5:13, 1 Peter 5:5

Tags: Servanthood, Love Of The Disciples, Christian Disciplines

Do Good To Thy Friend To Keep Him, To Thy Enemy ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

Do good to thy Friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain ...read more

Tags: Friendship General, Compassion, Christian Love

When You Work Around The Church A While It Comes ...  PRO

Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Feb 8, 2002

When you work around the church a while it comes quite naturally, the laughter of cynical disbelief. In 1986 the United Methodist General Conference, on the last day of two weeks of meetings, passed a resolution that said we were going to make 9 million new United Methodists by about 1994--this in ...read more

Tags: Holiness, Love Of The Disciples, What Is Evangelism?

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

You Turn On The Tv Set To See A Large Family ...  PRO

Contributed by Jim Luthy on Feb 26, 2002

You turn on the TV set to see a large family sitting at a long dining room table. A man and a woman sit at opposite ends of the table, with three boys on one side and three girls on the other. Then another woman appears from the kitchen wearing a blue blouse and a white apron. She’s also wearing ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:15-24

Tags: Love Of The Disciples, Christian Disciplines, Servanthood

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Worship Leader Of First Church Big Was Having ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 19, 2002

The Worship leader of First Church Big was having a problem. He never had a problem of putting together a worship service together to match the Pastor’s sermon but this Sunday he had met his match. He couldn’t decide what to do. All week he prayed and thought about all the courses and hymns he ...read more

Tags: Romantic Love, Marriage General, Sexuality

Living On The Mountain  PRO

Contributed by Darren Ethier on Mar 22, 2002

LIVING ON THE MOUNTAIN Listen to one man’s remarkable discovery at Smokey Mountain near the Philippine capital of Manila: "A gigantic man-made mound, perhaps 100 feet high, ran on before us for a mile or more. Wisps of smoke rose from fissures all over the sides and top of this municipal dump and ...read more

Tags: Fulfillment, Love Of The Disciples, Christian Disciplines

Denomination: Pentecostal

Handsome In My Dirty Clothes  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2002

HANDSOME IN MY DIRTY CLOTHES On one of Matthew Rogers’ recent work trips to the Dominican Republic, everyone in the group was encouraged to leave behind any clothes or gear they didn’t want, because someone there could certainly use them. He was just going to give away some of his old worn out ...read more

Tags: Christian Love, Christian Disciplines, Compassion

Dr. James Gills, Is An Outstanding Christian ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Apr 15, 2002

Dr. James Gills, is an outstanding Christian ophthalmologist in the Tampa Bay area. He is a fine example of one who has allowed himself to be used of Jesus Christ and for His greater kingdom priorities. He writes about how he learned to allow the trials of life to make him and his ministry better ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-23

Tags: Character, Commitment, Fulfillment, Love Of The Disciples

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Shine

Contributed by Davon Huss on May 21, 2002

SHINE Dull as dirt You can’t assert the kind of light that might persuade a strict dictator to retire, fire the army, teach the poor origami. The truth is in the proof is when you hear your heart start asking, "What’s my motivation?" And try as you may, there isn’t a way to explain the ...read more

Tags: Love Of The Disciples, Supernatural, Sermon On The Mount

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Fools And Kisses  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 2, 2002

"Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:1

Tags: Marriage General, Weddings, Romantic Love

In Genesis, It Says That It Is Not Good For A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 2, 2002

"In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone; but sometimes it is a ...read more

Tags: Marriage Commitment, Unconditional Love, Divorce

Sometime Back The Associated Press Carried This ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

Sometime back the Associated Press carried this dispatch: "Glasgow, Ky.--Leslie Puckett, after struggling to start his car, lifted the hood and discovered that someone had stolen the motor." Without the Holy ...read more

Tags: Holy Spirit Attributes, Love Of The Disciples

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational