In Sermon Illustrations: "Our Only Hope"

The Jim Twins. ...

Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Dec 18, 2012

Maybe you’ve heard the story of the Jim twins. Jim Springer and Jim Lewis were twin sons of a fourteen-year-old Italian girl. She gave birth to them in a small town in Ohio and then disappeared. They were adopted into two separate loving families, but after 39 years of life had never seen one ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:6-9

Tags: Growth In Christ

Denomination: Baptist

No Coasting

Contributed by John Bright on Jan 7, 2026

Whenever the price of gas goes up, people start thinking about saving gas by coasting their cars downhill. I have a vague memory of a news story from way back in the 1970s about a guy who was going downhill and decided to turn the car off to save gas. One little problem – that was when new cars ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:10-11

Tags: Assurance, Falling

Denomination: Methodist

The Empty Chair And The Full Table

Contributed by Austin W. Duncan on Apr 17, 2026

Thanksgiving can be really sweet. Good food. Laughter. Familiar traditions. A little more time with people you care about. But it can also expose what’s missing. Sometimes the empty chair hits harder than the full table. Sometimes the family tension stays quiet until someone says one sentence, and ...read more

Scripture: Mark 16:1-2

Tags: Grief, Authenticity

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Salvation Depends Upon Christ's Work For Us, ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

Salvation depends upon Christ’s work for us, while rewards depend upon our works for ...read more

Tags: Faith Vs. Works

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Mystery Of The Humanity Of Christ, That He ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Hensley on Dec 10, 2002

The mystery of the humanity of Christ, that He sunk Himself into our flesh, is beyond all human ...read more

Tags: Christmas Advent, Humanity Of Christ

Denomination: Baptist

One Step Forward In Obedience Is Worth Years ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Redwine on Jan 2, 2004

-- "One step forward in obedience is worth years of study about it." -- Chambers in ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

It Is An Old Ironic Habit Of Human Beings To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005

“It is an old ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have ...read more

Tags: Sin General

It Is An Old Ironic Habit Of Human Beings To Run ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

"It is an old ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost ...read more

Tags: Evangelism The Lost

The Mystery Of The Humanity Of Christ, That He ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

The mystery of the humanity of Christ, that He sunk Himself into our flesh, is beyond all human ...read more

Tags: Christmas Advent

The Constitution Is Not An Instrument For The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government ...read more

Tags: America

The American Imagination Releases Itself Very ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

The American imagination releases itself very easily in the short story and has done so since the ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

The Whole Idea That Children Should Be Seen And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"The whole idea that children should be seen and not heard is archaic. Young people are not extensions of our ...read more

Tags: Children

Mother Nature Is Providential. She Gives Us ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Mother Nature is providential. She gives us twelve years to develop a love for our children ...read more

Tags: Children

A.w Tozer: "Faith Is The Gaze Of The Heart At ...

Contributed by Richard Wafford on Apr 13, 2005

A.W Tozer: "faith is the gaze of the heart at God it is but the raising of our inward eyes to ...read more

Tags: Faith General

Denomination: Baptist

We Sometimes Forget That We Go To Church Not To ...

Contributed by Erik Stadler on Dec 21, 2007

We sometimes forget that we go to church not to earn our way to heaven but to ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran

As Followers Of Christ, We Are Ordinary People ...

Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 24, 2007

As followers of Christ, we are ordinary people on an important daily journey that reveals the power of ...read more

Denomination: Church Of God

Lulled In The Countless Chambers Of The Brain, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake ...read more

Tags: Thought

When We Do The Best We Can, We Never Know What ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life ...read more

Tags: Miracles General

Each Of Us Has A Spark Of Life Inside Us, And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Each of us has a spark of life inside us, and our highest endeavor ought to be to set ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

People Will Understand As Much Of The Love Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

People will understand as much of the love of God as they see in our own lives. The first Bible many ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To