In Sermon Illustrations: "New Jersey"

Million Dollar Story

Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 23, 2010

MILLION DOLLAR STORY A man had a heart attack and was rushed to the hospital. He could receive little company and was not to be excited. While in the hospital a rich uncle died and left him a million dollars. His family wondered how to break the news to him with the least amount of excitement. It ...read more

Tags: Gifts General

Denomination: Pentecostal

Christ Like A River

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2010

CHRIST LIKE A RIVER Jonathan Edwards: "Christ is like a river...There are fresh supplies of water coming from the fountainhead continually, so that a man may live by it, and be supplied with water all his life. So Christ is an ever flowing fountain; he is continually supplying his people, and the ...read more

Scripture: John 7:38-39

Tags: Jesus Christ

There's An App For That

Contributed by Ken Pell on Feb 10, 2011

THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT So is your sin and guilt getting the better of you? Well, now "There’s an app for that." CBS News reports (February 9, 2011) a new application for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch called the "Confession Booth app. All you do is confess to your iPhone! It sells for $1.99 ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:9-10

Tags: Confession Of Sin

Denomination: Nazarene

Wrath On The Messenger

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on May 26, 2011

WRATH ON THE MESSENGER I don't know about you, but one of my all-time favorite TV shows is M*A*S*H. I especially loved it when the company clerk Radar would have to give bad news to the head nurse "Hot Lips" Hoolihan. He would tell her the news and expect to have to face her wrath even though he ...read more

Tags: Prophecy

Denomination: Methodist

Persecution In Nigeria

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 10, 2011

PERSECUTION IN NIGERIA Muslim extremists carried out new attacks on villages in Nigeria’s Plateau state in September, killing more than 100 Christians, including entire families, according to Compass Direct News. On Sept. 10, 2011, Muslim extremists stormed Vwang Fwil village at 3 a.m., killing ...read more

Tags: Persecution

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Accused

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 29, 2012

ACCUSED A Louisiana man has been released from death row, becoming the 300th prisoner nationwide to be freed after DNA evidence showed he was innocent. Of those 300 prisoners, 18 had been on death row, according to lawyers from the New York-based Innocence Project. [source: Good News Network]. It ...read more

Tags: False Teaching

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Tweeners

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 23, 2023

"Too many Christians are “’tweeners”: they live between Egypt and Canaan, saved but never satisfied; they live between Good Friday and Easter, believing in the Cross but not entering into the power and glory of the Resurrection. It is clear, then, that the believer cannot deliberately be ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:16-21

Tags: World, Identification With Christ, Easter, Egypt, Victory, Lazarus, Canaan, Spirit Filled Life  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Many Years Ago Charles G. Finney Was Preaching In ...  PRO

Contributed by John Dobbs on Mar 2, 2001

Many years ago Charles G. Finney was preaching in Rochester, New York. Far up in the balcony was a brilliant and able lawyer. He was chief justice of the court of New York. As he listened to the minister, he became convicted of his need to follow Christ. "That man is speaking the truth," he said ...read more

Scripture: John 4:1-26, John 15:1-11

Tags: Emotions, Confession Of Sin, Church Purpose Of

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

I Read An Account About A Storm That Came As A ...  PRO

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Jun 3, 2003

I read an account about a storm that came as a surprise. "The storm came roaring in from the Atlantic, and it left the city of New York paralyzed. Ordinarily such a snow fall cause little inconvenience in that city. Snowplows are assembled and crews are at work even as the first flakes begin to ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life, Discipleship, Disciples, Prayer, Temptation General  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: United Methodist

I Will Pay For My Own Sins  PRO

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Mar 8, 2004

I WILL PAY FOR MY OWN SINS For some time now, we have been hearing about Mel Gibson’s new movie, The Passion of the Christ, the biblical account of the last hours of Christ’s earthly life. Some claim it is too violent and graphic. Some claim it is anti-Semitic, though the producer filmed his ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 6:14, Ephesians 2:8-9

Tags: God's Forgiveness, Cross

Denomination: Baptist

How Do You Maintain Humility? Success Can ...

Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007

How do you maintain humility? Success can sometimes dazzle you in the achieving, but there’s usually someone around to help you keep perspective. TV anchorman Tom Brokaw has a story about that: Brokaw was wandering through Bloomingdale’s in New York one day, shortly after he was promoted to ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Image Of God In Human Beings Is Like A ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2007

The image of God in Human beings is like a sponge. Sponges are useful creations. They are, we would say, Good. But human beings after the fall are like a sponge that has been dipped in crude oil. The sponge is still there – it is still “good” but there is no where in the sponge that the oil is ...read more

How Do You Maintain Humility? Success Can ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

How do you maintain humility? Success can sometimes dazzle you in the achieving, but there’s usually someone around to help you keep perspective. TV anchorman Tom Brokaw has a story about that: Brokaw was wandering through Bloomingdale’s in New York one day, shortly after he was promoted to ...read more

Tags: Doing God's Will

A Couple Got Married And The Bride Brought The ...  PRO

Contributed by Steve Greene on Nov 11, 2007

A couple got married and the bride brought the bulk of the financial support into the marriage. And she knew it too. She always had a way of reminding her husband that she was the source of their financial security. One day as they were driving along she was in an especially proud mood and she ...read more

Denomination: Nazarene

Finney Coined The Following Thoughts About ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 2, 2008

Finney coined the following thoughts about revival from his lectures and book called "Revivals of Religion" (1835): “A revival always includes the conviction of sin on the part of the church…In a true revival, Christians are always brought under such convictions, they see their sins in such light ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Dream For God

Contributed by Bill Butsko on Aug 10, 2008

"A Dream for God" Many years ago a young man had a dream of telling the story of Jesus everywhere in the world. When he suggested taking that good news to people, an older man said, "Sit down, young man. If God wants to save the heathen, he will do it without your help or mine." This young ...read more

Tags: Doing God's Will

Denomination: Christian Church

Just Last Week Two Women Were Arrested At ...

Contributed by David Moore on Apr 14, 2010

Just last week two women were arrested at Liverpool airport for trying to board a plane with a dead body, they put the dead man into a wheelchair and put sunglasses on him, and were trying check in for a flight to Berlin on Saturday. But airport staff became suspicious, and the two were arrested on ...read more

Tags: Salvation

Denomination: Baptist

It Would Be Nice Of You To Add This To The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 10, 2005

[It would be nice of you to add this to the general humor section instead of SermonCentralPro because you need some new stuff in that section.] If My Body Were a Car By Anonymous I see newer models rolling down the street, But my own car is growing older and it’s not very neat. I’ve got bumps, ...read more

Tags: Faith, Hardship Of Life

One Friday Afternoon, After A Long Day At The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

One Friday afternoon, after a long day at the office you are driving home and you turn the radio on. You hear about a little village in India where a few villagers died suddenly from some kind of mysterious flu. You don’t think much about it, but on Sunday, coming home from church, you hear about ...read more

Tags: Apologetics The Bible

Loose Connections

Contributed by Bruce Landry on Mar 31, 2008

LOOSE CONNECTIONS In a seminary missions class, Herbert Jackson told how, as a new missionary, he was assigned a car that would not start without a push. After pondering his problem, he devised a plan. He went to the school near his home, got permission to take some children out of class, and had ...read more

Tags: Disciplines General

Denomination: Baptist