In Sermon Illustrations: "Men And Women"

Model Kylie Bisutti, 21, Has Decided To Leave ...

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 27, 2012

Model Kylie Bisutti, 21, has decided to leave Victoria’s Secret because it clashes with her Christian beliefs. “I just became so convicted of honoring the Lord and my body and wanting to be a role model for other women out there who look up to me,” Bisutti said today on “Good Morning ...read more

Tags: Conscience

Denomination: Baptist

What Can Wash Away My Sin?

Contributed by John Bright on Mar 4, 2025

Your hands are wonderful creations of God! Look at your hands. But if left to do whatever we want – those hands get us into trouble. Try telling a child, “Don’t touch that!” Eve used her hand to pick a forbidden fruit. Adam received the forbidden fruit from Eve. Cain used his hand to murder ...read more

Scripture: Acts 22:16, Genesis 4:11

Tags: Eve, Adam, Cain, Hand

Denomination: Methodist

Speaking Of Adam And Eve, Someone Has Suggested ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Suter on Sep 19, 2006

Speaking of Adam and Eve, someone has suggested that they had an ideal marriage. He didn’t have to hear about all the men she could have married--and she ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Denomination: Methodist

There Was A Group Of Tourists Who Were Visiting A ...

Contributed by Sharon Stonestreet on Aug 11, 2007

There was a group of tourists who were visiting a picturesque village and came upon an old man sitting beside a fence. In a rather patronizing way, one of the tourist asked, “Were any great men ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

There Is An Old Saying Among Evangelists: "The ...

Contributed by Glenn Durham on Feb 4, 2008

There is an old saying among evangelists: “The hardest work is not getting folks saved, but getting them lost.” John Piper adds: “The hardest thing is not to satisfy thirst, but to make people ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Charles Spurgeon Often Worked 18 Hours A Day. ...

Contributed by Tony Abram on Apr 29, 2008

Charles Spurgeon often worked 18 hours a day. Famous explorer and missionary David Livingstone once asked him, "How do you manage to do two men's work in a single day?" ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines

Faith And Works Should Travel Side-By-Side, Step ...

Contributed by Tony Abram on Jun 7, 2008

Faith and works should travel side-by-side, step answering to step, like the legs of men walking. First faith, and then works; and then faith again, and then works again--until you can scarcely ...read more

Tags: Promises Of God

A Hundred Times Every Day I Remind Myself That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labor of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in ...read more

Tags: Friendship New Friends

Cold Words Freeze People, And Hot Words Scorch ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Cold words freeze people, and hot words scorch them, and bitter words make them bitter, and wrathful words make them wrathful. Kind words also produce their image on mens souls, and a ...read more

Tags: Words

Lewis Sperry Chafer Wrote: "The Sufferings Of ...

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 25, 2011

Lewis Sperry Chafer wrote: "The sufferings of Christ were infinite. They came from two sources...what Christ suffered from the Father, in which no other can share...[and] ...read more

Tags: Atonement

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Dennis E. Mannering Was Teaching A Class For ...  PRO

Contributed by Sheila Crowe on Sep 27, 2002

Dennis E. Mannering was teaching a class for adults, when he did the "unpardonable." He gave the class homework! The assignment was to "go to someone you love within the next week and tell them you love them. It had to be someone you have never said those words to before or at least haven’t shared ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Tags: God

Denomination: United Methodist

Bitter And Resentful

Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 27, 2014

"Bitterness is like taking poison, and waiting for the other person to die." - Malachy McCourt I once knew a woman whose heart had been broken by disappointing relationships. She became very sarcastic towards the opposite sex and could often be overheard making disparaging remarks about ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:31

Tags: Resentment, Bitterness, Bitter Root

Denomination: Charismatic

More Unchurched: The Number Of Unchurched Adults ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

More Unchurched: The number of unchurched adults in the U.S. has doubled since ‘91. That growth has been especially pronounced among men, people under 40, singles, and people ...read more

Tags: Church General

Thomas Watson: "The Angel Fetched Peter Out ...  PRO

Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 15, 2001

Thomas Watson: “The angel fetched Peter out of prison, but it was prayer that fetched the angel!” J. Sidlow Baxter: "...Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguements, ...read more

Tags: Prayer Adoration, Prayer General

Denomination: Wesleyan

The Love Of God  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

THE LOVE OF GOD The love of God is one of the great realities of the universe, a pillar upon which the hope of the world rests. But it is a personal, intimate thing too. God does not love populations, He ...read more

Tags: Promises Of God, People In Acts

Fasting On That Day. An Officer In The Turkish ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Fasting On That Day. An officer in the Turkish War told his men that if they died in battle, they would sup with Christ in Paradise. The officer fled. When asked why he did not wish to sup with ...read more

Tags: Disciplines Fasting

Courage Is A Character Trait Most Oft ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Courage is a character trait most oft attributable to men. In fact, it is the universal virtue of all those who choose to do the right thing over the expedient thing. It is the common currency of all those who do ...read more

Tags: Endurance

The Winning Of Freedom Is Not To Be Compared To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The winning of freedom is not to be compared to the winning of a gamewith the victory recorded forever in history. Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

Let Us Keep Untarnished, Unstained, The Honor ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Let us keep untarnished, unstained, the honor of the flag our fathers bore aloft in the teeth of the wildest storm, the flag that shall float above the solid files of a united people, a people sworn to the great cause of ...read more

Tags: Government

Love, It Has Been Said, Flows Downward. The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Love, it has been said, flows downward. The love of parents for their children has always been far more powerful than that of children for their parents; and who among the sons of men ever loved God ...read more

Tags: Christian Love