In Sermon Illustrations: "Mens Day"

Character Is What God And The Angels Know Of Us; ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Character is what God and the angels know of us; reputation is what ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

The Church Is Not Made Up Of Spiritual Giants; ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The church is not made up of spiritual giants; only broken men can ...read more

Tags: Church General

How Is It That Little Children Are So ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must ...read more

Tags: Culture

The Office Of Government Is Not To Confer ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men opportunity to work ...read more

Tags: Government

No Sadder Proof Can Be Given By A Man Of His Own ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than ...read more

Tags: Greatness

A Business Based On Profit Cannot Thrive If Its ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A business based on profit cannot thrive if its policies are controlled by ...read more

Tags: Money

The Individual Activity Of One Man With Backbone ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a ...read more

Tags: Human Life

[263]. A Message From A Poem – The Elephant And The Lily

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jan 14, 2026

[263]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – THE ELEPHANT AND THE LILY I am repeating the whole scripture passage that was the inspiration for this poem. It speaks about God’s providential care for all His creation. This world is not a haphazard chaos of flukiness, but is ordered in universal laws, all ...read more

Scripture: James 1:5-6, 1 Timothy 6:6-7, Matthew 6:25-34

Tags: Anxiety, Dependence, Christian Poetry, Christian Poems, Lilies Of The Field  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Before Her Death, Judy Lawson Became A Spiritual ...  PRO

Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000

Before her death, Judy Lawson became a spiritual Mother of scores of hardened criminals. "On her last Mother’s Day," according to Bill Myers, "she received 40 Mother’s Day cards from men whose life she touched." Her prison ministry began eighteen months after her son was brutally murdered. She knew ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness For Others, Forgiveness General, God's Forgiveness

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus The Explorer, Citation: D. James Kennedy, ...  PRO

Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 3, 2001

[Jesus the Explorer, Citation: D. James Kennedy, "Message from an Empty Tomb," Preaching Today, Tape No. 66.] For many centuries the men and women in Europe looked out upon the western sea, what we call the Atlantic Ocean, and they saw the sun coruscating upon the glittering surface of the waters ...read more

Tags: Easter Resurrection, Miracles Of Jesus

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

In Pakistan Eighteen-Year-Old Mohan Shazad Grew ...

Contributed by Darryl Bell on Apr 17, 2006

In Pakistan eighteen-year-old Mohan Shazad grew up making bricks for less than a dollar a day. To free himself from that near-slavery, he began selling Christian literature to the brick kiln workers. “Late last September as Mohan was riding his bike home from a day of selling literature, two men ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

National ...

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

“National Prayers” “Urgent Call for Intercessors” 1 Timothy 2:1-4, “I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone -- for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 2:1-4

Tags: Patriotism

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Tallest Tree Draws The Fire  PRO

Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 11, 2009

THE TALLEST TREE DRAWS THE FIRE 1991 U.S. Open – Hazeltine National Golf Course, just outside Minneapolis, MN. A peaceful, calm day. Gray clouds rush swiftly overhead within minutes. Lightning is spotted; a golfer’s worst nightmare. Storm sirens soon blast as a fierce thunderstorm blows in, ...read more

Tags: Affliction

Denomination: Baptist

John F. Kennedy Questioned By Coal Miner About ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 14, 2009

John F. Kennedy Questioned by Coal Miner About His History of Work In 1960, John Kennedy was running for the presidency, and was campaigning near a coal mine in West Virginia. One of the miners put a series of questions to Kennedy: "Is it true that your father is one of the wealthiest men in the ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 5:18-20

Tags: Workplace, Work Ethic

Walk With You  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2011

WALK WITH YOU During WW2, two young Jews lived as close friends, (BFFs, we can call them), more than real brothers in a dingy Nazi concentration camp jammed with helpless-hopeless-exhausted-abused Jews. They shared everything, literally everything. One day, one of them felt weak and started to ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 18:24

Tags: Trials And Difficulties

There's Something About That Name!

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 7, 2022

Jesus, the mere mention of His name can calm the storm, heal the broken hearted, and raise the dead. At the name of Jesus, I've seen sin-hardened men melted, derelicts transformed, the lights of hope put back into the eyes of a hopeless child... At the name of Jesus, hatred and bitterness has ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:5-11

Tags: Worship, Praise, Healing, Prayer, Name Of Jesus  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

F.b. Meyer Wrote About Two Germans Who Wanted To ...  PRO

Contributed by William Jewett on Nov 2, 2000

F.B. Meyer wrote about two Germans who wanted to climb the Matterhorn. They hired three guides and began their ascent at the steepest and most slippery part. The men roped themselves together in this order: guide, traveler, guide, traveler, guide. They had gone only a little way up the side when ...read more

Scripture: James 4:7

Tags: Lordship Of Christ, God's Provision, Descriptions Of God

Denomination: *other

Fully Committed  PRO

Contributed by J Spurling on Jan 29, 2003

FULLY COMMITTED “This is it guys!” he shouted as the Piper bounced onto the beach. They’re on their way!” Lunch over, the men busied themselves fixing up a miniature “jungle” and model house in the sand, with the intention of demonstrating to the savages how to build an airstrip, should they be ...read more

Scripture: John 15:9-17

Tags: Discipleship, Christian Disciplines

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

F. B. Meyer Wrote About Two Germans Who Wanted To ...  PRO

Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Dec 28, 2004

F. B. Meyer wrote about two Germans who wanted to climb the Matterhorn. They hired three guides and began their ascent at the steepest and most slippery part. The men roped themselves together in this order: guide, traveler, guide, traveler, guide. They had gone only a little way up the side when ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:31-34

Tags: Lordship Of Christ

Denomination: Baptist

John Betjeman Wrote Some Memorable Lines On The ...

Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Dec 2, 2007

John Betjeman wrote some memorable lines on the Incarnation of the Lord Jesus Christ: ‘And is it true this most tremendous tale of all, / The Maker of the stars and sea / Became a child on earth for me?’ It is true, we believe, but it isn’t the whole truth: for the whole truth is that the Maker ...read more

Tags: Grace

Denomination: Baptist