In Sermon Illustrations: "Never Too Late"

We Don't Know Half Of It  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011

WE DON'T KNOW HALF OF IT The famous explorer Marco Polo after completing his journeys went back to his home in Venice. When he got back to his home he began to describe some of the things he had seen. But his close friends thought he had gone mad. He told then about black stones that you could ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 21:1-27

Tags: Heaven

Eternal Life  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008

ETERNAL LIFE If you are Christian, eternal life does not simply mean going to heaven for eternity. Eternal life means a never-dying spirit that has already sprung to life in you! In other words, eternal life starts NOW! Your life that lasts eternally in the next world is the same life that begins ...read more

Tags: Heaven

Eternal Life

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008

Eternal Life If you are Christian, eternal life does not simply mean going to heaven for eternity. Eternal life means a never-dying spirit that has already sprung to life in you! In other words, eternal life starts NOW! Your life that lasts eternally in the next world is the same life that begins ...read more

Tags: Basics Of Christianity

A Seminary Professor (Fred Craddock) Was ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007

A seminary professor (Fred Craddock) was vacationing with his wife in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. One morning, they were eating breakfast at a little restaurant, hoping to enjoy a quiet meal. While they were waiting for their food, they noticed a distinguished looking, white-haired man moving from table ...read more

Fear And The Deceits Of The Heart  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 3, 2010

FEAR AND THE DECEITS OF THE HEART I think Edward Welch chose brilliantly the title for his book on overcoming the fear of man: When People are Big and God is Small. Maybe you can relate to his personal awakening to this problem when he was a high-school senior: "I had always been shy and ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 51:11-13, Isaiah 51:12-16

Tags: Ransom, Fear And Worry

Right Before The Jetway Door Closed, I Scrambled ...  PRO

Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 27, 2004

Right before the jetway door closed, I scrambled aboard the plane going from LA to Chicago, lugging my laptop and overstuffed briefcase. It was the first leg of an important business trip and I was running late. I had a ton of work to catch up on, half wishing, half praying I muttered, "Please God, ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness In Jesus, Promises Of God

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Ralph Waldo Emerson Was Approached By A Troubled ...  PRO

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Sep 22, 2002

Ralph Waldo Emerson was approached by a troubled man who said, with great anxiety, “I’m told the world is coming to an end.” Emerson answered, “Never mind; we can get along without it.” ...read more

Tags: Heaven

Denomination: Congregational

Joshua Harris- Lust Is Always A Desire For ...

Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 20, 2005

1. Joshua Harris- Lust is always a desire for the forbidden. Though lust longs for an object or a person, ultimately this object is not its prize; its goal is the very act of desiring. The result is that lust can never be ...read more

Tags: Sin Deceptive

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

When Dl Moody Was A Young Man, He Was Suddenly ...  PRO

Contributed by Rick D Brackett on Oct 11, 2006

When DL Moody was a young man, he was suddenly called on to preach his first funeral. He searched all through Matthew, Mark, Luke and John trying to find a funeral sermon that Jesus ...read more

Tags: Funerals Non-Christian

Denomination: Church Of God

The Codfish Lays Ten Thousand Eggs, The Homely ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"The codfish lays ten thousand eggs, The homely hen lays one. The codfish never cackles, To tell you when shes done. And so we scorn the catfish, While the humble hen we ...read more

Tags: Business And Marketplace

I Read One Psychologists Theory That Said, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"I read one psychologists theory that said, Never strike a child in anger. When should I strike him? When he is kissing me on my birthday? When he is recuperating from the ...read more

Tags: Children

Of All The Things I Dislike, There Is Nothing ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Of all the things I dislike, there is nothing so abhorrent to me as a spoilt child. I have pinched several, and never had the slightest qualm of conscience afterwards; and though ...read more

Tags: Children

Trust In Yourself And You Are Doomed To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Trust in yourself and you are doomed to disappointment; trust in your friends and they will die and leave you; trust in money and you may have it taken from you; trust in reputation and some slanderous tongue may blast ...read more

Tags: Faith

The States Can Best Govern Our Home Concerns ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The States can best govern our home concerns and the general government our foreign ones. I wish, therefore ... never to see all offices transferred to Washington, where, further withdrawn from the ...read more

Tags: Government

It Is Of Great Importance To Set A Resolution, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It is of great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier ...read more

Tags: Sin Deceptive

Trust In God  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 7, 2011

TRUST IN GOD "Trust in yourself and you are doomed to disappointment Trust in money and you may have it taken from you; But trust in God, and you are never to be confounded in time or eternity." --D.L. ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6, Proverbs 31:1-31

Tags: Trust

Lessons From Sheep

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 1, 2008

LESSONS FROM SHEEP Sheep get lost by nibbling away at the grass and never looking up. The same can be said for us. We can focus so much on what is immediately before us that we fail to ...read more

Tags: Human Life

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Opened Eyes

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 11, 2025

Thomas Watson, the great Puritan preacher, said: "Bless God, you his saints, that he has removed your spiritual cataract, and has enabled you to discern those things ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:31, 2 Corinthians 3:16

Tags: Understanding, New Birth, Regeneration, Enlightenment, Insight, Spirit's Work  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Lessons From A Gps  PRO

Contributed by Coz Von on Jul 13, 2016

A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Prov 16:9, 3:6. I’m sure you’ve driven a car with a Global Positioning System (GPS). A number of years ago I settled into the passenger’s seat of a fully equipped ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 16:9

Tags: Gps, Eternally Lost, Divine Direction, Heart For The Lost, Parable Lost Son  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Mother Crab Who Was Having A Hard Time Teaching ...  PRO

Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 23, 2001

A mother crab who was having a hard time teaching her young the right way to walk went scurrying at the beach one day. Before too long, the mother crab again chastised her son: "How many times do I have to tell you to walk straight! Stop walking sideways! It¡¦s much more becoming to stroll ...read more

Tags: Children, Parenting

Denomination: Independent/Bible