In Sermon Illustrations: "Material Possessions"

Some Of The World's Unhappiest People Are ...

Contributed by Douglas Duvall on Nov 13, 2006

Some of the world’s unhappiest people are Christians. A man once described today’s Christians in this manner. = “Some Christians are too Christian to enjoy sinning but too sinful to enjoy their Christianity.” = “Some Christians have enough religion to keep them out of the bar on Saturday night, but ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Baptist

Accountability Questions For Men  PRO

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 22, 2009

ACCOUNTABILITY QUESTIONS FOR MEN Accountability requires being vulnerable enough to allow someone to explore your habits, priorities and neglect. Chuck Swindoll for example, has seven questions that he and a group of fellow pastors challenge each other with regularly: 1. Have you been with a ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines

Denomination: Salvation Army

One Of The Deepest Forms Of Poverty A Person Can ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 13, 2010

One of the deepest forms of poverty a person can experience is isolation. If we look closely at other kinds of poverty, including material forms, we see that they are born from isolation, from not being loved or from difficulties in being able to love. Poverty is often ...read more

Tags: Poverty

Denomination: Catholic

Fox Entertainment Group (Feg), Owned By News ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008

Fox Entertainment Group (FEG), owned by News Corp (also owns HarperCollins’ Zondervan and HarperOne) has acquired Beliefnet, the largest online faith and spirituality Web destination. “FEG’s vast resources will enable Beliefnet to expand our audience, enhance our offerings and more effectively ...read more

If You've Kept Up With The Local News You May ...

Contributed by Heath Carlton on Aug 1, 2007

If you’ve kept up with the local news you may have read about a local concrete company who was using some inadequate materials in their mix. Because of this, the people buying concrete from this company were building foundations for houses and lots of other things with defective concrete. After a ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Glory Can Be Defined. In My Research I ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 30, 2007

Glory can be defined. In my research I discovered that it means a desirable brightness that is very rare! a. The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia states this about Glory - FROM THE HEBREW WORD KĀBHŌDH. i. The fundamental idea of this root seems to be “weight,” “heaviness,” ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God's Homing Device  PRO

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Sep 1, 2002

GOD'S HOMING DEVICE It is interesting to note how many creatures of nature have what scientists have called a homing instinct. “The question has sometimes been raised whether or not man ever possessed this same homing instinct and lost it through the ages in his preoccupation with other things”. ...read more

Tags: Evangelism The Lost, Promises Of God

Denomination: United Methodist

Two 6 Year Olds Struggled With The Problem Of The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2005

Two 6 year olds struggled with the problem of the existence of the devil. One boy said, “Oh, there isn’t any devil.” The other, rather upset, said, “What do you mean, there isn’t any devil? It talks about him all the way through the Bible!” the first replied, “Oh that’s not true, you know. It’s ...read more

Tags: Paranormal

If, Now, Christ Is Our Brother, I Should Like To ...

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 13, 2009

"If, now, Christ is our brother, I should like to know what we still lack? Brethren in the flesh have common possessions, have together one father, one inheritance otherwise they would not be brethren... All that Jesus has gained on this great day of his resurrection he has not acquired for himself ...read more

Tags: Easter Resurrection

Denomination: Other

John Macarthur Says, "The Meek Person ...

Contributed by Guy De Swardt on Apr 1, 2010

John MacArthur says, “The meek person accepts joyfully the seizing of his property, knowing that he has infinitely better and more permanent possessions awaiting him in heaven. The meek person has died to self, and he therefore does not worry about injury to himself, or about loss, insult, or ...read more

Tags: Meekness, Sermon On The Mount

Denomination: Baptist

Kenya Miracle

Contributed by Dr. Nicholas M. Muteti on Jun 14, 2011

KENYA MIRACLE There is a precious family in a certain church in Kenya. Years ago, when the mother and the two young daughters were saved, they were returning home after baptismal service. They were rejoicing as they approached the door. All were singing. The father was a fearful demon-possessed ...read more

Tags: Miracles General

Denomination: Baptist

Jean Baron Writes In Readers Digest About ...  PRO

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 21, 2001

ILL. Jean Baron writes in Readers Digest about the old mobile home where she lived with her teen-age son. She said, “The home was structurally unsound, & the plumbing always leaked.” She was ashamed when her son brought friends home because of their meager surroundings. But one day she learned ...read more

Tags: Parenting, Christian Love

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Construction Crew Was Building A New Road ...  PRO

Contributed by Jason Patrick on Dec 1, 2001

A construction crew was building a new road through a rural area, knocking down trees as it progressed. A superintendent noticed that one tree had a nest of birds who couldn’t yet fly and he marked the tree so that it would not be cut down. Several weeks later the superintendent came back to the ...read more

Tags: Grace, God's Provision

Denomination: Baptist

Chuck Swindoll Said, The World System Is ...  PRO

Contributed by Harvie Neatherlin on Aug 19, 2002

Chuck Swindoll said, The world system is committed to at least four major objectives, which I can summarize in four words: fortune, fame, power, pleasure. First and foremost: Fortune, money. The world system is driven by money; it feeds on materialism. Second: Fame. That is another word for ...read more

Tags: Emotions, Humility

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Wal-Mart, With Sales Of $285 Billion, Accounts ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Wal-Mart, with sales of $285 billion, accounts for 8% of all U.S. retail sales, excluding autos and gasoline, and is expected to hit 12% by ’10 when sales will hit $500 billion. Al Meyers, Retail Forward VP, says the company “will have a material influence on gross domestic product” by ’10-’11. ...read more

Tags: Money

Years Ago New Engineers In The Lamp Division Of ...

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Feb 6, 2006

Years ago new engineers in the Lamp Division of General Electric were assigned, as a joke, the impossible task of frosting light bulbs on the inside. None of the engineers took the assignment seriously since frosting a bulb on the inside was not a possibility by engineering standards. Eventually, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 19:1-7

Tags: Creation

Denomination: Lutheran

Missionary Martyred In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2010

Missionary Martyred in India That reminds me of a story I read about a missionary in India last month who was constructing a new church when he was killed by an extremist anti-Christian group. He had gone to a nearby town to purchase materials for the final phase of construction but never returned. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:25-27

Tags: Persecution

Who Is Robbed In Unfaithfulness?

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 6, 2008

Who Is Robbed in Unfaithfulness? An interesting fable is told of a rich man who wanted to help a poor man. The rich man hired the poor man to build a house on the hillside and went away on a long journey. The carpenter said to himself, “My boss is away and I can use cheap materials for the parts ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Blessings ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008

BLESSINGS UNKNOWN A man who had been a drunkard in the slums of Chicago for many years came to a mission one night. He heard the message, ate the meal, and went to bed. That was his last night on earth. He died poverty-stricken and friendless, never to see another day. What he did not know was ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

Quote: Of God's Sovereignty Over All Human ...

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 28, 2007

Quote: Of God’s sovereignty over all human authority, Robert Culver wrote: God alone has sovereign rights. Democratic theory is no less unscriptural than divine right monarchy. By whatever means men come to positions of rulership"by dynastic descent, aristocratic family connection, plutocratic ...read more

Denomination: Other