In Sermon Illustrations: "Mark Chapter 4 Verses 35 Through 31"

Have You Hugged Your Child Today? How Can You Hug ...

Contributed by Aurora Alonso on Sep 14, 2010

Have you hugged your child today? How can you hug someone if he or she is not close to you? You need to be close up in order to give them a hug, right? Well , God wants to give us a BIG BIG Hug, but i ask you Has God Hugged You today? If not Why? Is it because you have not gotten close enough to ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Edison Burns All His Mistakes  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2011

EDISON BURNS ALL HIS MISTAKES Thomas A. Edison's plant was on fire. As he helplessly watched it burn, taking his costly experiments up in flames, he called his son Charles. "Come!" he said. "You'll never see anything like this again!" Then he called his wife. As the three stood gazing, Edison ...read more

Scripture: James 1:2-4, Psalm 31:1-24

Tags: Trust, Action, Need, Trials And Difficulties

Impersonal America

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 14, 2011

IMPERSONAL AMERICA Here is how Max Lucado rates us as a society: "Call us a fast society, an efficient society, but don’t call us a personal society. Our society is set up for isolation. We wear ear buds when we exercise. We communicate via e-mail and text messages. We enter and exit our house ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 4:7-12

Tags: Friendship General

Closed For Alterations  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 16, 2011

CLOSED FOR ALTERATIONS Billy Graham tells a story--a simple illustration--that I want to borrow. A preacher once passed a shop which was no longer open for business. A sign hung in the window that said, "Closed for Alterations." The owner had closed shop for a while in order to remodel the store. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:35-58

Tags: Rapture

Four Essentials For Sharing The Gospel

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 4, 2022

FOUR ESSENTIALS FOR SHARING THE GOSPEL 1) Care: show concern for the person, and concern for your life before him. 2) Dare: it takes courage to witness--courage if the person is a stranger to you, and even more if the person is a close friend or relative. 3) Share: If you want to make a ...read more

Tags: Witnessing, Great Commission, Evangelism, Faith, Gospel  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What Is Your Biggest Spiritual Challenge??

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jun 14, 2023

Discipleship Journal asked its readers to rank the areas of greatest spiritual challenge to them. The results came back in this order: 1. Materialism 2. Pride 3. Self-centeredness 4. Laziness 5. (Tie) Anger/Bitterness and Sexual lust 6. Envy 7. Gluttony 8. Lying The respondents also noted ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:13

Tags: Lust, Satan, Spiritual Warfare, Tests, Trials, Temptations  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Father's Day Gift

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jun 26, 2024

One morning I got a text from my daughter about 4 days before Father's Day and we exchanged these texts. Dad, what size shirt do you wear. Large, Extra Large, or Extra, Extra Large. Me: Extra Large. What size pants do you wear? Me: 36 by 34 What size shoes do you wear in dress and tennis ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:1-4

Tags: Father's Day, Gift For Father

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

What Is Doctrine?

Contributed by John Bright on Feb 25, 2025

What is doctrine? “The word translated “doctrine” means “instruction, especially as it applies to lifestyle application.” In other words, doctrine is teaching imparted by an authoritative source. In the Bible, the word always refers to spiritually related fields of study. The Bible says of itself ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Timothy 4:16

Tags: Instruction, Belief, Doctrine

Denomination: Methodist

Obstacles Dont Have To Stop You. If You Run ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Obstacles dont have to stop you. If you run into a wall, dont turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb ...read more

Tags: Endurance

That Which Caused Us Trial Shall Yield Us ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

That which caused us trial shall yield us triumph; and that which made our heart ache shall fill us with gladness.We must ...read more

Tags: Endurance

I Like Living. I Have Sometimes Been Wildly, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite ...read more

Tags: Learning

If A Man Does Not Make New Acquaintances As He ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Private Property Is A Natural Fruit Of Labor, A ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Private property is a natural fruit of labor, a product of intense activity of man, acquired through his energetic determination to ensure and develop with his ...read more

Tags: Property

The Question Is Not Whether A Doctrine Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The question is not whether a doctrine is beautiful but whether it is true. When we wish to go to a place, we do not ask whether the road leads through ...read more

Tags: Truth

David Prior Wrote, Justice And Kindness Are ...

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Mar 27, 2007

David Prior wrote, Justice and kindness are essential qualities of the nature of God Himself. They do not come down from heaven wrapped in parcels. They are ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Justice And Kindness

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

David Prior wrote, Justice and kindness are essential qualities of the nature of God Himself. They do not come down from heaven wrapped in parcels. They are ...read more

Tags: Faith General

Singer Michael Card Wrote A Song Called The ...  PRO

Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Dec 7, 2000

Singer Michael Card wrote a song called The Promise, and he wrote a little Christmas devotional on this theme: He noted: Christianity is founded on a promise. Faith involves waiting on a promise. Our hope is based on a promise. Promises are made with words. … .that part of myself that goes ...read more

Tags: Christmas Advent, Birth Of Jesus, Advent, Hope, Forgiveness In Jesus  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

I Can Remember Not Too Many Years Ago When We ...  PRO

Contributed by James May on Apr 12, 2001

I can remember not too many years ago when we used an old hand operated flour sifter. It was a simple little contraption that consisted of a little tin can with a screen in the bottom and a crank that turned a wire against that screen. Flour wasn’t as fine in those days as it is now and it always ...read more

Tags: Character, Discipleship, Holiness

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Because Jesus Was God, He Could Not Sin. He ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 4, 2001

Because Jesus was God, He could not sin. He could sin as a man, but He could not as God. It would be like taking a hollow cane pole and a steel rod that is small enough in diameter to fit through the pole. The cane pole represents Jesus’ humanity; the steel rod represents His deity. If you took ...read more

Tags: Miracles Of Jesus, Humanity Of Christ

Eye Of The Needle  PRO

Contributed by Dan Cormie on Nov 23, 2002

Ill. – Eye of the needle Jesus was not saying that it is impossible for the rich to be saved. In those days cities were walled and had huge gates, which were open in the day light hours but barred shut at night. If a trader arrived at the city after dark he would not be able to get into the city ...read more

Tags: Becoming A Christian, Kingdom Of God, Parable General

Denomination: Mennonite