In Sermon Illustrations: "Not Hearers Only"

What Comes Out Of Your Mouth  PRO

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Apr 10, 2011

WHAT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH How carefully do you monitor what goes into your mouth, compared to what comes out of it? For example, do you follow a low-fat diet? Do you obsessively track the grams of fat going into your body? Do you watch the number of calories that you consume? Do you avoid ...read more

Scripture: Mark 7:14-23

Tags: Relationships, Tongue

Denomination: Baptist

Carrying What I Don't Need  PRO

Contributed by Kelly Benton on Jan 29, 2013

CARRYING WHAT I DON'T NEED I think back to my Army days. All those foot marches and all the pain associated with them. As a young private I packed pretty much everything I could before we went out. I wanted to make sure I had all the comforts to help make life easier. I made sure to have extra ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

Denomination: Other

This Year I Received An Email Listing "25 ...

Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 15, 2010

This year I received an email listing “25 Things About To Become Extinct In America.” Yellow Pages - This year will be pivotal for the global Yellow Pages industry. The falloff in usage of newspapers and print Yellow Pages could even reach 10% this year -- much higher than the 2%-3% fade rate ...read more

Tags: Change

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Weak Will Become Strong  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 12, 2011

THE WEAK WILL BECOME STRONG The story is told of a ten-year-old boy who decided to study judo. The problem was he had been in a car accident and had lost his left arm. So he started the lessons and was doing well but he couldn’t understand why after 3 months of lessons that his coach had only ...read more

Scripture: James 1:2-5

Tags: Trials And Difficulties

Unsung Heroines-They Helped Rebuild Jerusalem’s Wall

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on May 12, 2022

Introduction: The Book of Nehemiah is almost like a report or memoir of what Nehemiah did, and why. He led the effort to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, as these walls were in sad shape. Chapter 3 of his book lists a number of people and groups who did work on these walls. The word “repaired” is ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 3:12, Numbers 27:1-11

Tags: Nehemiah, Walls Of Jerusalem, Unsung Heroines

Denomination: Baptist

There Is No Doubt In My Mind That There Are Many ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2001

"There is no doubt in my mind that there are many ways to be a winner, but there is really only one way to be a loser and that is to fail and not look beyond the ...read more

A.w. Tozer Says That People Who Are Crucified ...  PRO

Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 25, 2002

A.W. Tozer says that people who are crucified with Christ have three distinct marks: 1. They are facing only one direction, 2. They can never turn ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 2:20-21

Tags: Commitment To Christ

Denomination: Mennonite

Charles Colson Points Out, "It Is Absurd For ...  PRO

Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Jan 7, 2003

Charles Colson points out, “It is absurd for Christians to constantly seek new demonstrations of God’s power, to expect a miraculous answer to every need…this ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

A Study At A Midwestern School Showed That 80% Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005

A study at a Midwestern school showed that 80% of the women who had intercourse hoped to marry their partner. Only 12% of the men had the same expectation Robert J. ...read more

Tags: Sexuality

Duncan Campbell: ‘it Takes The Supernatural To ...

Contributed by Peter Bines on Jul 24, 2006

Duncan Campbell: ‘It takes the supernatural to break the bonds of the natural. You can make a community mission-conscious. You can make a community ...read more

Tags: God The Father

Denomination: Independent/Bible

G.k. Chesterton Said, "Hope Means Hoping When ...

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jul 4, 2007

G.K. Chesterton said, "Hope means hoping when things are hopeless, or it is no virtue at all. As long as matters are really hopeful, hope is mere flattery or platitude: It is only ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

How Easily, How Quickly, Jonah Went From ...

Contributed by Timothy Mills on Sep 24, 2007

How easily, how quickly, Jonah went from prophecy fulfilled in 2 Sam 11, to disobedience & running away from Israel’s God; as though God ...read more

As Winter Strips The Leaves From Around Us, So ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant regions they formerly concealed, so old age takes away our enjoyments ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

No Other Route Would Have Been As Safe And As ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"No other route would have been as safe and as certain as the one by which we came. If only we could see the path as God has always ...read more

Tags: Endurance

Who Knows The Joys Of Friendship? The Trust, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Who knows the joys of friendship? The trust, security, and mutual tenderness, The double joys, where each is glad for both? Friendship our only wealth, our last ...read more

Tags: Compassion

No Man Who Says, I Am As Good As You, Believes ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"No man who says, I am as good as you, believes it. He would not say it if he didThe claim to equality is made only by those who ...read more

Tags: Miscellaneous

Our Prayer Will Be Most Like The Prayer Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Our prayer will be most like the prayer of Christ if we do not ask God to show us what is going to be, or to make any particular thing happen, but ...read more

Tags: Faith

The Most Important Human Endeavor Is Striving ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The most important human endeavor is striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depends on it. Only morality in ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

I've Looked For Answers In Many Ways ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I've looked for answers in many ways religious, political, humanistic, in different places. I have come to believe there is only one response, the moral ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Thousands Of Tired, Nerve-Shaken, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not ...read more

Tags: Creation