In Sermon Illustrations: "Our Substitute"

A Light For My Path

Contributed by Casey Sabella on Jan 28, 2016

Psalm 118:105: Your Word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path. (NLT) While in India on a brief missions trip, I was summoned to a the home of an official who was sick. He wanted me to agree with him in prayer. On the way, we traveled along a river in the dead of night. We carried ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 119:105

Tags: Bible, Path, Snake, Flashlight

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Starving For God

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 23, 2020

BEATITUDE #4 - "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled." “What Jesus is talking about is no mere reference to hunger which could be satisfied by a mid-morning snack. The thought is that of STARVATION. Are you longing for God like that? ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-12

Tags: Beatitudes, Hungry For God, Thirsting For God

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Seven Stanzas At Easter

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Mar 19, 2023

John Updike put it in his wonderful poem : Make no mistake: if he rose at all it was as his body; If the cells dissolution did not reverse, the molecules reknit, the amino acids rekindle, the church will fall. Let us not mock God with metaphor, Analogy, sidestepping transcendence; Making ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:14, Matthew 28:1-10

Tags: Resurrection, Tomb, John Updike

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

In The Hole You Go!

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 22, 2024

As a minister, I conduct many baptismal services. My denomination baptizes in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. One Sunday, my family and I went to a friend’s home in the country. Our four children went outside to play with the others. After a short while, we heard only silence ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:25-34

Tags: Faith, Baptism, Church, Children, Great Commission, Salvation'  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Children’s Prayers

Contributed by David Dunn on Feb 24, 2026

A mother was teaching her three-year-old the Lord’s Prayer. Night after night they practiced, and one evening the little girl said, “Mommy, I can do it myself.” So she folded her tiny hands and prayed, “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us some e-mail.” Another Sunday a family’s little boy ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:15-25, Matthew 6:9-13

Tags: Sanctification, Temptation

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

The Moment We Begin To Tread Upon The Thin Ice ...  PRO

Contributed by Bart Leger on Sep 24, 2001

"The moment we begin to tread upon the thin ice of our own abilities, we have traveled beyond the realm of God’s ...read more

Tags: Humility

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing  PRO

Contributed by Tim Gresham on Jan 19, 2004

Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, Hail th’incarnate Deity! Pleased as man with men to dwell, Jesus our Immanuel. Hark! the herald angels ...read more

Tags: Birth Of Jesus

Denomination: Baptist

J. Oswald Sanders States: "The Basic Question Is ...  PRO

Contributed by Lynn Malone on Nov 3, 2005

J. Oswald Sanders states: “The basic question is not how much of our money should we give to God, but how much of ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Denomination: Methodist

Just As A Servant Knows That He Must First Obey ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"Just as a servant knows that he must first obey his master in all things, so the surrender to an implicit and unquestionable obedience must become the ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Not Lost But Gone Before

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

For death and life, in ceaseless strife, Beat wild on the world’s shore, And all our calm is in that balm - Not lost but gone before. Caroline ...read more

Tags: Disappointment

Creativity Is So Delicate A Flower That Praise ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud. Any of us will put out more and ...read more

Tags: Art

None Of Us Knows What The Next Change Is Going ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity is just around the corner, waiting a few months or a ...read more

Tags: Change

Let Us Recollect That Peace Or War Will Not ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the ...read more

Tags: Peace

It Is A Spiritual And Psychological Fact: We Move ...

Contributed by Michael West on Dec 20, 2008

It is a spiritual and psychological fact: We move toward what we see in our minds. If you can’t see it, most likely ...read more

Tags: Thought

Denomination: Independent/Bible

We Are Committed To Feed Christ Who Is Hungry, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We are committed to feed Christ who is hungry, committed to clothe Christ who is naked, committed to take in Christ who has no homeand to do all ...read more

Tags: Endurance

We Have Nothing Whatever To Do With What Men ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We have nothing whatever to do with what men call success or failure. If God's command is clear, and the constraint of His Spirit is clear, we ...read more

Tags: Faith

We Have Absolutely No Right To Annoy Others By ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We have absolutely no right to annoy others by our various moods. Let the prevailing mood be cheerful and serene; keep your other moods ...read more

Tags: Emotions

Tomorrow Is The Most Important Thing In Life; ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life; comes into us at midnight very clean. Its perfect when it arrives, and it puts itself in our ...read more

Tags: Future

That Which Caused Us Trial Shall Yield Us ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

That which caused us trial shall yield us triumph; and that which made our heart ache shall fill us with gladness.We must ...read more

Tags: Endurance

So It Is You, Money, The Cause Of A Restless ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"So it is you, money, the cause of a restless life. Because of you we embark toward early death; on you mens vices cruelly feed, ...read more

Tags: Money