In Sermon Illustrations: "More"

Peanuts: Learn More From Defeat

Contributed by Perry Greene on Sep 4, 2012

PEANUTS: LEARN MORE FROM DEFEAT Charlie Brown was complaining because his team always lost their games. Lucy attempted to console him with, "Remember, Charlie Brown, you learn more from your defeats than from your ...read more

Tags: Character

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The King Has One More Move  PRO

Contributed by Dwayne Brown, Phd on Apr 9, 2015

This story has been told by Christian speakers as far back as 1955 when Billy Graham told a variation of it early in his ministry. Two men are standing in front of a painting called Checkmate in an art gallery. In the painting, a man is playing chess with the devil. The devil is grinning ...read more

Tags: Don't Quit, God Is In Control

Denomination: Baptist

Faith Is More Than Mental Assent

Contributed by Daniel King, D. Min. on Aug 2, 2018

Main Idea: Putting your faith in Jesus is more than just believing Jesus once lived. Verse: “You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble!” (James 2:19 NLJV) Illustration: Have you ever heard of George Washington or Abraham Lincoln? They were both American ...read more

Tags: Faith, Salvation, Belief In Christ

Denomination: Charismatic

Christmas Is More Than Jingle, Jingle

Contributed by James Snyder on Dec 12, 2020

I have been trying lately to remember my first Christmas. I know my memory isn't perfect, but I thought maybe I could bring up some old memories of my first Christmas. Unfortunately, I couldn't think of a thing about that first Christmas of mine. Of course, it might be that I was only five ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:6-7

Tags: Christmas, Holiday

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

One More Candle On Another Cake

Contributed by James Snyder on Jul 19, 2025

The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and I were finishing our supper. If anyone can put together a marvelous supper, it is she. If anybody can eat a marvelous supper, it is me. As we were finishing, she looked over at me and said, "My dear, do you know what we will be celebrating next ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 118:24

Tags: Celebration, Aging, Birthday

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Or Would You Be More Like The Woman Who Was ...  PRO

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Dec 11, 2000

Or would you be more like the woman who was bitten by a rabid dog, and it looked like she was going to die from rabies. The doctor told her to put her final affairs in order. So the woman took pen and paper, and began writing furiously. In fact she wrote and wrote and wrote. Finally the doctor ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 19:1-19, Mark 12:28-34

Tags: Love, Christian Love, Anger, Forgiveness For Others

Denomination: United Methodist

The Further One Goes From The Source The More ...  PRO

Contributed by Bradley White-Findeisen on Feb 7, 2001

The further one goes from the source the more ...read more

Tags: Bible Study, Disciplines General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A.w. Tozar: Contemplating The Fact That More ...  PRO

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 21, 2001

A.W. TOZAR: Contemplating the fact that more than 10,000 thoughts a day pass between our ears, ’Our thoughts not only reveal what we are, they predict what we will become. We will soon be the sum total of our thoughts’. The Holy Spirit ...read more

Tags: Disciplines Meditation, Disciplines Scripture, Bible Influence

Bruce Larson, In There’s A Lot More To ...  PRO

Contributed by Steven Chapman on Mar 26, 2001

Bruce Larson, in There’s A Lot More To Health Than Not Being Sick, writes, Behavioral sciences in recent years have expounded the simple truth that "behavior that is observed changes." People who are accountable by their own choice to a group of friends, to a therapy group, to a psychiatrist or a ...read more

Tags: Church Small Groups, Workplace

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Have You Noticed That The More Mature Believers ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Nov 29, 2001

Have you noticed that the more mature believers have a greater capacity to see hidden blessings in hardships and difficult subjects? Norm Cousins, a teacher at the Univeristy of Calif. Medical School in Los Angeles, noticed an amazing irony in his younger students’ perceptions. It seems that ...read more

Tags: Discipleship, Kingdom Of God, Growth In Christ

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The More I Practice, The "Luckier" I Get!

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001

"The more I practice, the "luckier" I ...read more

Tags: Endurance, Workplace

Learn To Say "No." It Will Be Of More Use To You ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

Learn to say "no." It will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin. ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines, Leadership General, Workplace Balance

What The World Really Needs Is More Love And ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

"What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork." ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

God Is More Concerned With Our Character Than ...  PRO

Contributed by James Kelley on Feb 11, 2002

God is more concerned with our character ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life, Character

Denomination: Baptist

Nothing In Life Creates More Deep Seated ...  PRO

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 27, 2002

Nothing in life creates more deep seated anxieties than the false assumption that life should be ...read more

Tags: Guilt, Peace

Denomination: Assembly Of God

What The Church Needs Today Is Not More Machinery ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

What the Church needs today is not more machinery or better, not new organizations or more novel methods, but men whom the Holy Ghost can ...read more

Tags: Prayer Adoration, Prayer General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

More People Have Been Brought Into The Church By ...  PRO

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 11, 2002

“More people have been brought into the church by the kindness of real Christian love than by all the theological ...read more

Tags: Compassion, Evangelism How To

Denomination: Congregational

Living Together Before Marriage Is Nothing More ...  PRO

Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 8, 2002

Living together before marriage is nothing more than “playing house.” It’s being shown that living together is not best. Charles Colson sites the National Survey of Families & Households. In that survey they came up with some startling data. It found that almost half of all couples who cohabit ...read more

Tags: Marriage Commitment, Divorce

Denomination: Christian Church

Dr. George Sweeting Once Estimated That "More ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 2, 2002

Dr. George Sweeting once estimated that "more than a fourth of the Bible is predictive prophecy...Both the Old and New Testaments are full of promises about the return of Jesus Christ. Over 1800 references appear in the O.T., and seventeen O.T. books give prominence to this theme. Of the 260 ...read more

Scripture: Romans 13:11-14

Tags: Messianic Prophecies, Testimonies About Jesus, Second Coming

In 1998, Americans Spent More Money On Legalized ...  PRO

Contributed by Don Mcclain on Jan 22, 2003

In 1998, Americans spent more money on legalized gambling (approximately 50 billion) than on recorded music, theme parks, video games, spectator sports, and movie tickets combined (39.9 billion). ...read more

Tags: Addiction, Gifts Giving

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational