In Sermon Illustrations: "Missing Body"

Giant Steps  PRO

Contributed by Rick Stacy on Mar 10, 2002

Giant steps Marathon the latest goal in a life of challenges. Katie Lynch, 26, practicing for Monday’s Boston Marathon with a special Walker. (Globe Staff Photo / JohnTlumacki) By John Vellante, Globe Staff, 4/14/01 WAYLAND Her life -- all 26-plus years of it -- has been one challenge after ...read more

Tags: Human Body, Endurance

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Remember The Story Of The King That Had A Great ...  PRO

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 1, 2002

Remember the story of the King that had a great feast, he would provide all the meat, vegetables, the fruits, and the desserts. Each servant was to bring the best wine, one quart, and pour it into a 500 gallon wine vat. A little servant thought my quart can’t matter that much in 500 gallons. So he ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Polish Things Up  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 13, 2002

POLISH THINGS UP If you can’t see the bright side, then polish the dull ...read more

Tags: Human Body, Endurance

Video Clip: From Backstage – Ginny Owens In This ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 1, 2005

Video Clip: From Backstage – Ginny Owens in this interview talks about the obstacles she has had to overcome in life to get to were she is at today. Ginny’s biggest obstacle and mountain in her life is her blindness and she talks about how she is overcoming it. The reality of life is there are ...read more

Tags: Human Body, Endurance

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Time Is Now! (07.07.05--Joy Every ...

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jul 5, 2005

The Time Is Now! (07.07.05--Joy Every Day--Ecclesiastes 7:13-14) I stood in front of the used book shelf for what seemed like the longest time holding two books. The one, an anthology in nearly new condition seemed too good to pass up. Even though it contained much of the same material that ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 7:13-14

Tags: Poverty, Human Body

Denomination: Lutheran

Only Kings, Editors, And People With Tapeworms ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005

Only kings, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

What Makes A Good Church?  PRO

Contributed by Al Edmonds on Dec 27, 2005

"WHAT MAKES A GOOD CHURCH?" If all the lazy folks will get up, And all the sleeping folks will wake up, And all the discouraged folks will cheer up, And all gossiping folks will shut up, And all the dishonest folks will confess up, And all the estranged folks will make up, And all the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:6

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

Denomination: Apostolic

A Man Called A Pastor's Office At A Church One ...  PRO

Contributed by Toby Powers on Dec 20, 2005

A man called a pastor’s office at a church one day to inquire into membership in the church. He stated that he would not be able to get involved or anything, but he felt it was important to have some religious affiliation. The pastor advised this man that the church he pastored might not be the ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

Denomination: Baptist

The Barna Research Group Recently Asked 324,000 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

The Barna Research Group recently asked 324,000 Protestant pastors to define their churches. They responded like this: · Evangelistic 84% · Theologically ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

Return To Roots: Mainline Denominations Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2006

Return To Roots: Mainline denominations are casting off generic texts and hymns and reasserting sectarian beliefs to stem declining memberships. Methodists, Presbyterians Lutherans and Episcopalians all too often don’t know their denomination’s historic distinctives. Frequently less than 25% of ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

Significant Finds: Researcher George Barna Lists ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2006

Significant Finds: Researcher George Barna lists the fol-lowing as his most notable findings in ’00. (1) Only 4% of born again adults are certain of the existence of absolute moral truth. (2) 94% of black adults rank having a close, personal relationship with God as a top life priority, com-pared ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

Good News/Bad News: Researcher Thomas Rainer Has ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Good News/Bad News: Researcher Thomas Rainer has found that people over 50 years of age are more likely to go to church, but they’re also more “resistant” to the gospel. He says younger people are “much more likely to have an interest in spiritual ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

Small Groups Grow Participation In Small Groups ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Small Groups Grow Participation in small groups that meet during the week for prayer, Bible study or spiritual fellowship (excluding Sunday school or other church classes) increased from 12% in ’94 to 20% today. Men’s participation ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

Barna Research Reports U.s. Adult Church ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Barna Research reports U.S. adult church attendance in the Western states has risen 27% in the last decade. At the same time small group participation has grown ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

Cultural Trends Alan Andrews, Director – U.s. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

Cultural Trends Alan Andrews, Director – U.S. Navigators, pointed out in a recent message on the state of American culture 4 cultural trends that the Church must face when sharing the Gospel: •Globalization; an essentially secular trend that promises materialism, affluence and pleasure through a ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

New Alliance: Church Leaders From 30 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

New Alliance: Church leaders from 30 denominations have agreed on a proposal to create the broadest alliance of Christians ever formed in the U.S. It would represent 5 segments of U.S. Christianity (Evangelical/ Pentecostal, Historic Protestant, Orthodox, Racial/Ethnic and Roman Catholic). The ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

The First Thing I Ask Is That People Should Not ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"The first thing I ask is that people should not make use of my name, and should not call themselves Lutherans but Christians. What is Luther? The teaching is not mine. Nor was I crucified for anyone...How did I, poor stinking bag of maggots that I am, come ...read more

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A Three-Year-Old Girl Was Listening Intently To ...  PRO

Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Feb 26, 2006

A three-year-old girl was listening intently to the children’s sermon one Sunday morning at her church. The minister explained that God wants everyone to get along and love each other. He said, “God wants us all to be one.” To which the little girl replied, “But I don’t want to ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Jesus Never Called The Church To Reflect The ...

Contributed by John Shearhart on Mar 4, 2006

“Jesus never called the church to reflect the world’s culture, but to change the culture of the world. Therefore, you cannot ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

One Can Acquire Everything In Solitude -- Except ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

One can acquire everything in solitude -- except character. - Stendhal in "Fragments, I", ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ