In Sermon Illustrations: "People In The Gospel"

Sometime Ago Time Magazine Ran An Article That ...  PRO

Contributed by Dana Chau on Jul 1, 2003

Sometime ago Time Magazine ran an article that reported on the benefits of religion and the church, and some of the observations included: 1. Heart-surgery patients who draw comfort from their religious faith have a significantly higher survival rate than those who do not. 2. The blood pressure of ...read more

Tags: Church General, Church Purpose Of

Denomination: *other

A Spiritual Mirage?  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2004

A SPIRITUAL MIRAGE? In 1849 a wagon train was traveling through Death Valley to follow the gold rush into California. As this particular wagon train trudged through Death Valley, the hottest place in California, they looked ahead and saw a sheet of water they all believed was Owen’s Lake. But ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:24-29

Tags: Sermon On The Mount, Descriptions Of God

Readers' Digest Has A Section Called All In A ...

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Feb 25, 2005

Readers’ Digest has a section called All in a Day’s Work where people write in humorous things that happen at work. Here’s a good one: Confiding in a co-worker, I told her about a problem in our office and my fear that I would lose my job. She was concerned and said she would pray for me. I ...read more

Tags: Prayer Adoration

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Batman Begins" Movie Has A Scene In It That I ...

Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jul 8, 2005

"Batman Begins" movie has a scene in it that I like – Bruce Wayne aka Batman puts on the playboy act—meant to keep people from connecting him with the crusading hero Batman— Wayne’s girlfriend from his past and now a zealous district attorney, saw all that and relates her disappointment in what ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Evangelical Free

In 1665 The Residents Of London Were Dying By ...  PRO

Contributed by C Jordan on Jan 27, 2006

In 1665 the residents of London were dying by the thousands each day. The bubonic plague was spreading from house to house because of the unsanitary conditions. Rats and fleas spread the germs throughout the city. Almost 30,000 people died, almost a third of London’s population at the time. This ...read more

Tags: Dead To Sin

Denomination: *other

Serious Video Games Are Gaining Momentum Against ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Serious Video Games are gaining momentum against the shoot-em up variety. Eventually, “serious games will take over the world” of gaming, predicts Jason Della Rocca, executive director of the International Game Developers Assn. People will use video games for learning so easily and so often that ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

Quote From Generation Me By Jean Twenge- Young ...  PRO

Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 8, 2007

Quote from Generation Me by Jean Twenge- Young people have learned these self-lessons very well. In a letter to her fans in 2004, Britney Spears, 23, listed her priorities as "Myself, my husband, Kevin, and starting a family." We don’t have to hear that twice to get the point. We take it for ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Kfc Chicken Joy

Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 30, 2009

KFC CHICKEN JOY A few weeks ago, KFC through Oprah made it possible for every person to get a free meal of KFC’s grilled chicken. People were exuberant. The computer server was overwhelmed with requests. We were able to get the coupons and went the next day. The restaurants were overwhelmed by the ...read more

Tags: Joy

Denomination: Church Of God

I Remember When I Was In My Early Teens, God ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 17, 2009

I remember when I was in my early teens, God settled in on Crestview Baptist Church in Petal, Mississippi with a great demonstration of His power and presence. Bro. Manley Beasley was preaching a revival meeting for us that week. One particular night, God’s presence came in such mighty conviction, ...read more

Tags: Revival

Denomination: Baptist

A Medical Missionary Learns How One Group Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 22, 2009

A Medical Missionary Learns How One Group of People in India say, "Thank You" A medical missionary in India had found a way to heal people who were going blind. He said that once he’d done this operation on the local people they never said, "Thank you," because that phrase was not in their dialect. ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:20

Tags: Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Holiday

Still Going Strong

Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Apr 7, 2010

STILL GOING STRONG I was speaking to a man yesterday who is 95 years old. He still has all his mental faculties and is fascinating to speak with. Many old people can be rigid in their thinking but he has an ability to be flexible, and when you speak with him, you know that He has a deep ...read more

Tags: Aging

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Spurgeon And Murray On Who Makes The Biggest ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2010

Spurgeon and Murray on Who Makes the Biggest Impact For Christ God used Charles Spurgeon’s preaching in the 19th Century to bring thousands of people to faith in Christ. Even so, Charles Spurgeon himself once said, “I would rather teach one man to pray than ten men to preach.” That’s because he ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 2:1-4

Tags: Prayer General

Recovery Is Connection

Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 3, 2011

RECOVERY IS CONNECTION Henry Cloud in How People Grow writes, "Virtually every emotional and psychological problem, from addictions to depression, has alienation or emotional isolation at its core or close to it. Recovery from these problems involves helping people get more connected to each other ...read more

Tags: Church Small Groups

Denomination: Baptist

Middle Age Is Miserable

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008

MIDDLE AGE IS MISERABLE Middle age is truly miserable, according to an 80-country study showing depression is most common among men and women in their 40s. Researchers found happiness follows a U-shaped curve where life begins cheerful before turning tough during middle age and then returning to ...read more

Tags: Aging

Ever Play A Board Game And Try To Play Without ...

Contributed by Todd Catteau on Jan 19, 2009

Ever play a board game and try to play without reading the rules? You figure you can figure it out as you go. And then you get to a situation that you don’t know what to do. Err one has a different idea, people start getting mad, people quite the game, call others names, cheaters. Why the ...read more

Tags: Kingdom Of God

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Significant Connections  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009

SIGNIFICANT CONNECTIONS 70% of American adults identify family or family members as their most significant connection. 33% gave their entire nuclear family this status while 22% conferred it up on their spouse and 17% their children. 29% of American adults say their church is their most ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 27:17, Proverbs 13:20

Tags: Friendship General

Learning/Growth

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 9, 2019

LEARNING MORE? AM I GROWING? COME AND GO WITH ME: TO COCONUT GROVE, THE YEAR IS 1942, SATURDAY NIGHT THANKSGIVING WEEKEND… Doctor VINCENT SENNA was enjoying a meal at the MELODY LOUNGE. The basement lounge was so crowded with people celebrating the holidays. DOCTOR VINCENT SENNA received and urgent ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:45

Tags: Plan, Growth, Purpose

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Maturity

Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Dec 27, 2020

Automatic behaviour is the hallmark of immature people bent on survival, they accept few challenges and experience little growth. Immature people react with a small part of themselves to a small part of the world. They limit themselves by paying attention only to what is close-up, by focusing on ...read more

Scripture: John 12:24

Tags: Maturity, Immaturity

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

A Wise Heart

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jul 15, 2021

Proverbs 16:21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning. KJV This does not mean you sugar coat the Word, but rather choose words or actions that do not offend in such a way no one wants to listen. Too many times Christians are rude and crude not ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 16:21

Tags: Wisdom, Speech, Lips, Sweetness, Prudent  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

I Remember Back In The Times Of The Civil Rights ...

Contributed by Fred Mueller on Dec 16, 2004

I remember back in the times of the Civil Rights movement, psychologists were studying bigotry and prejudice. They found that a way of getting people to change their attitudes was to get them to say something unbigoted. Thus if you could get people to say that whites and blacks are equal and ...read more

Tags: Racism

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed