In Sermon Illustrations: "Need For Christ"

Questions That Churches Must Ask Themselves

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jun 7, 2022

Why is this church here or what really is our mission? Are we truly fulfilling our mission? How did we get here? Were we a split or the first of our faith? If a split, was it because of doctrine or something/someone else? If we are the first, have we fallen from our first love position or is ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:1

Tags: Church, Purpose, Division

Denomination: Baptist

[104]. A Message From A Poem – God’s Attributes

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jun 8, 2025

[104]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – GOD’S ATTRIBUTES Some people dispute the term Attributes of God. They say it can only be applied to statements such as God IS love. Others look at it in a wider sense taking in the qualities of the Godhead. In this poem, I took 4 words to make 4 stanzas ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:4-5, Ephesians 1:7, Ephesians 2:4-5, Ephesians 2:14, Colossians 3:12, 1 Thessalonians 3:13  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Character Of God, Attributes Of God, Grace, Love, Mercy, Peace, Compassion, Holiness  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

[217]. A Message From A Poem - Placed In Perilous Times

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Oct 3, 2025

[217]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - PLACED IN PERILOUS TIMES Placed in perilous times spells the conditions that often apply to Christians in all ages. The believers in Roman times could very well know that. The Huguenots certainly knew that when hunted down by incited mobs from the French Catholic ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 11:26-27, 2 Timothy 3:1

Tags: A Sure Foundation, Christian Poems, Scriptures Are God Breathed, Persecution, Christianity, Danger, Peril, Unfeigned, A Crown Of Righteousness, Love  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Story: Excerpt From ¨loving Mercy" By Simon Ponsonby

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Aug 12, 2012

Story: When Maddy and I were in Oxford at Wycliffe Hall, we used to go to Church in St Aldates. About 11 years after leaving Wycliffe, I was in Oxford one Sunday and so I decided to go to the evening service at St Aldates (08-07-2012). As I walked in. I looked at the bookrack in the entrance and ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-19

Tags: Forgiveness, Christian Love

Denomination: Anglican

I Don't Believe In Hell

Contributed by Raymond Petzholt on Jul 5, 2023

Illustration: “I don’t believe in Hell.” The fact that a lot of people have a tough time believing in a literal Hell was brought home to me in a very meaningful way. When I pastored in Chino, CA we lived in a parsonage right next to the Church. I soon noticed that a certain man was walking up ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:28, Mark 9:43-45, Luke 16:23

Tags: Hell, Salvation, Facing Death

Denomination: Baptist

African Commentary Zondervan Has Released The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

African Commentary Zondervan has released the Africa Bible Commentary, the “first-ever one-volume commentary produced in Africa by African theologians to meet the needs of ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

If A Child Is To Keep Alive His Inborn Sense Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonderhe needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the ...read more

Tags: Children

John Stott Writes, "For It Is When We Remember ...

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 11, 2007

John Stott writes, "For it is when we remember people (their faces, names and needs) that we are prompted both to thank God and to pray for ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

As A Political Slogan, Compassionate ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"As a political slogan, compassionate conservatism was always a low blow. Almost by definition, people who claim to be compassionate conservatives are suggesting that other kinds of conservatives ...read more

Tags: Government

Friendship Is Loyal. A Real Friend Is Loyal ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Friendship is loyal. A real friend is loyal through thick and thin. He will stand by you in the hour of need. He will help you up when you are ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Sin Is A Damnable Thing. Sin Has Temporal ...

Contributed by David Tack on May 6, 2009

Sin is a damnable thing. Sin has temporal consequences with an eternal abode in hell as it’s final demise. This horrendous demise is what initiates unquestionable ...read more

Tags: Sin General

Denomination: Baptist

Conscience Is The Inner Voice Which Warns Us ...

Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010

"Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking." - H.L. Mencken "The paradoxical -- and tragic -- situation of man is that his ...read more

Tags: Conscience

Denomination: *other

The Husband Who Plops Himself Down In Front Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Lynn Floyd on Apr 12, 2002

“The husband who plops himself down in front of the t.v. and orders his wife around like a slave has abandoned ...read more

Tags: Marriage Obligations

Denomination: Baptist

I Never Forgot What Chuck Swindoll's Said Years ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 27, 2003

I never forgot what Chuck Swindoll’s said years ago, “It is a sin to bore people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ!” I have ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Quote: "There Is No Life In The Scriptures ...

Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Oct 29, 2006

QUOTE: "There is no life in the Scriptures themselves, but if we will follow where they lead, they will bring us to Christ; and so we find life, not in the ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

A True Christian Is A Man Who Never For A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A true Christian is a man who never for a moment forgets what God has done for him in Christ, and whose whole comportment and whole ...read more

Tags: Joy

A True Christians Enthusiasm For The Lord Jesus ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A true Christians enthusiasm for the Lord Jesus Christ should be so exuberant that it would be far more likely to set others on fire than to be extinguished by ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Let This Christmas Season Be A Renewing Of The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Let this Christmas season be a renewing of the mind of Christ in our thinking, and a cleansing of our lives by his pure presence. ...read more

Tags: Christmas

Jesus, The Man, Was Thirsty. Pastor And Author, ...

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Apr 10, 2009

Jesus, the man, was thirsty. Pastor and author, Max Lucado reminds us “That’s not THE CHRIST that’s thirsty. That’s the carpenter. And those ...read more

Tags: Obedience, Incarnation

Denomination: Salvation Army

16 Year Old] Nathan Johnson Dreamed Of Starting ...  PRO

Contributed by John Shearhart on Sep 10, 2006

“[16 year old] Nathan Johnson dreamed of starting a revolution for Christ. [He wrote in his diary, “God’s] will for me is to radically impact my school for Him." But before he could see the revolution become a reality, Johnson’s life was cut short by an automobile accident [after] striking a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:1-13, Colossians 3:1-7

Tags: All Things