In Sermon Illustrations: "Nation"

Reason And Experience Both Forbid Us To Expect ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

If I Swung The Gavel The Way I Swung That Golf ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If I swung the gavel the way I swung that golf club, the nation ...read more

Tags: Sports

Only A Virtuous People Are Capable Of Freedom. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

That's What A Congressman Or Senator Is For To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

That's what a Congressman or Senator is for to see that too much money don't ...read more

Tags: Government

Both The Hummingbird And The Vulture Fly Over Our ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005

Both the hummingbird and the vulture fly over our nation’s deserts. All vultures see is rotting meat, because that is what they look for. They thrive on that diet. But hummingbirds ignore the smelly flesh of dead animals. Instead, they look for the colorful blossoms of desert plants. The vultures ...read more

Tags: Grace

Evangelical Christians Are: (1) Slightly More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 3, 2006

Evangelical Christians Are: (1) Slightly more likely to be female and aged 50 and older than the overall national adult population. (2) Somewhat less likely to be college grads than the total population, but incomes mirror the national population. (3) Most prevalent in the South, least so in the ...read more

Tags: Character

Evangelical Christians Are…

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Evangelical Christians Are: · Slightly more likely to be female and aged 50 and older than the overall national adult population. · Somewhat less likely to be college grads than the total population, but incomes mirror the national population. · Most prevalent in the South, least so in the East ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Godless Americans March On Washington

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 9, 2002

GODLESS AMERICANS MARCH ON WASHINGTON An article from Sunday’s Washington Times reported on the event by saying, "Thousands of nonbelievers converged on the Mall yesterday to demand equal rights under the Constitution and separation between politics and the pulpit during the first-ever Godless ...read more

Tags: Apologetics God

Startling Statistics

Contributed by Darrin Fish on Dec 7, 2007

Startling Statistics Only eight percent of the time since the beginning of recorded history has the world been entirely at peace. In over 3,100 years, only 286 have been warless and 8,000 treaties have been broken in this time. Jesus Himself tells us in Mt 24:6 6 And you will hear of wars and ...read more

Denomination: Christian Church

According To A Global Pew Study, The Wealthier ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

According to a global Pew study, the wealthier you are, the less likely you are to be religious. Pew found that there is "a strong relationship between a country's religiosity and its economic status." The poorer a country, the more "religion remains central to the lives of individuals, while ...read more

Tags: Money

Charles Malik, Former Lebanese Ambassador To The ...

Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Nov 23, 2009

Charles Malik, former Lebanese ambassador to the United Nations, asked in a speech: “What has been the greatest American contribution to the rest of the world? Has it been money? Has it been food? Has it been medical skill? Has it been military might? Has it been industrial know-how?” Then he ...read more

Tags: Missions

Denomination: Assembly Of God

John Adams On Commitment

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2010

JOHN ADAMS ON COMMITMENT It is easy to stand on the sidelines and say what is wrong with people, our nation, our laws. It is much more difficult to speak up about what is necessary to turn things around. On July 4th, 1776, Adams said in an address before the Continental Congress: "Live or die; ...read more

Scripture: John 15:12-13

Tags: America

A Good Example Of A Bad Example  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 6, 2010

A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A BAD EXAMPLE In 1989 the unthinkable happened. After seventy years of communism and forty years of the Cold War, the Iron Curtain fell and the brutal, sadistic power of the U.S.S.R. began to disintegrate. Russia for seven decades had been repressed, murdered, and brutalized by ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 50:1-23

Tags: America

The Carping And Bickering Of Political Factions ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

The carping and bickering of political factions in the nation's capital reminds me of two ...read more

Tags: America

In Conversing With Teenagers, Parents Envy The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"In conversing with teenagers, parents envy the United Nations those earphones which give ...read more

Tags: Children

We Irish Are Too Poetical To Be Poets; We Are A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliant failures, but we are the ...read more

Tags: Government

I Do Esteem Individual Liberty Above ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I do esteem individual liberty above everything. What is a nation for, but to secure the ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

Ive Called For Whatever It Takes To Be So ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Ive called for whatever it takes to be so strong that no other nation will dare violate the peace. ...read more

Tags: Strength

Sunday Is Natures Law As Well As Gods. No ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Sunday is natures law as well as Gods. No individual or nation habitually disregarding it has ...read more

Tags: Church General

A Story… It Was Autumn, And The Indians On The ...  PRO

Contributed by Andrew Chan on Oct 13, 2002

A story… It was autumn, and the Indians on the remote reservation asked their new Chief if the winter was going to be cold or mild. Since he was an Indian Chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the old secrets. When he looked at the sky, he couldn’t tell what the weather was going to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:12

Tags: Faith General, God's Omniscience, Knowing God's Will

Denomination: Evangelical Free