In Sermon Illustrations: "Making Room For God"

When The First Ice Cream Cone Was Born

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Aug 12, 2019

A lot gets accomplished when people work together. In the summer of 1904, at the World’s Fair in St. Louis, it was hot and people were searching for something to help cool them off. A vendor named Arnold had just what they were looking for……something called ice cream. People lined up for what ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-7

Tags: Unity, Working Together

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Six Ways To Be A Modern Day Barnabas

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Aug 2, 2023

Below are six ways to encourage someone. When was the last time you encouraged someone in any of the following ways? Have you ignored some gentle promptings by the Spirit to encourage someone? Perhaps today you might ask God to whom you might send a note or make a call? Yes, dear brother or ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:36

Tags: Encouragement, Barnabas, Serving, Ministry To Others, Volunteers, Fellowship, Support, Giving  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Mother Theresa Once Said ‘you Will Never Know ...  PRO

Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Oct 26, 2002

Mother Theresa once said ‘you will never know Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have’. Many ...read more

Tags: Faith General

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

The Definition Of A Committee: "A Group Of The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 14, 2003

The definition of a committee: “a group of the unfit appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary.” Haddon Robinson, Decision-Making by the Book ...read more

The Disease Of Pride  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 22, 2005

THE DISEASE OF PRIDE “Pride is the only disease known to man that makes everyone sick except the one who has it” ...read more

Scripture: Mark 9:33-37

Tags: Humility

For Several Days After My First Book Was ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"For several days after my first book was published I carried it about in my pocket, and took surreptitious peeps at ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

Every Man Who Knows How To Read Has It In His ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

What Can Be More Foolish Than To Think That All ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the ...read more

Tags: Change

Even Very Young Children Need To Be Informed ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Even very young children need to be informed about death. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make ...read more

Tags: Children

Throughout My Life I Have Gone To The Barn ...

Contributed by David Hodgin on Nov 11, 2007

Throughout my life I have gone to the barn hundreds if not thousands of times, but I am still not a horse. (Church ...read more

We Act As Though Comfort And Luxury Were The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all tht we need to make us really ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

A Man Is No Greater Than His Dream, His Ideal, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A man is no greater than his dream, his ideal, his hope, and his plan. Man dreams the dreamand fulfilling ...read more

Tags: Dreams

A Skillful Politician Is One Who Can Stand Up ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A skillful politician is one who can stand up and rock the boat and make you believe he is the only ...read more

Tags: Government

It Isn't The Polls Or Public Opinion Of The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It isn't the polls or public opinion of the moment that counts. It's right and wrong and leadership. Men with fortitude, honesty and a belief in ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

I Think That Love Is The Only Spiritual Power ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I think that love is the only spiritual power that can overcome the self-centeredness that is inherent in being alive. Love is the thing ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

There Is Hardly Anything In The World That Some ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who ...read more

Tags: Money

Some Speeches I Have Heard Remind Me Of A Turkey ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Some speeches I have heard remind me of a turkey with his tail feathers spread. He makes an elegant impression ...read more

Tags: Communication Speech

I Believe, To Be Successful, That You Have To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I believe, to be successful, that you have to work at least half a day it doesn't make any difference which half, ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

Words Are Not As Satisfactory As We Should Like ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our neighbours, we have got to live with them and ...read more

Tags: Words

Our Plans Miscarry Because They Have No Aim. When ...

Contributed by Jeremy Lane on May 15, 2010

Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the ...read more

Tags: Endurance

Denomination: Independent/Bible