In Sermon Illustrations: "Place Of The Skull"

One Of My Favorite Songs Right Now Is A Song By A ...

Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Jun 5, 2009

One of my favorite songs right now is a song by a man named Jeremy Camp. It’s entitled "There will be a Day." I want to share the first verse and chorus with you in closing today. It goes like this: I try to hold on to this world with everything I have But I feel the weight of what it brings, ...read more

Tags: Heaven

Denomination: Baptist

Tearing Of The Veil

Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 10, 2011

TEARING OF THE VEIL QUOTE: Note 194 “This veil, which was the thickness of a palm breadth, was sixty feet long and thirty broad, and separated the Holy and Most Holy Places. Various attempts have been made to explain this strange phenomenon on naturalistic grounds, such as the earthquake, or as ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 27:45-51

Tags: Crucifixion, Peas

Denomination: Baptist

The World Hates Light  PRO

Contributed by Spencer Miller on Jun 16, 2013

I remember listening to a sermon illustration given by the powerful proclaimer, Rev. Dr. A. W. Mays of Austin, Texas. He told us of an incident that took place in his hometown of Austin concerning a streetlight. In Austin there was a high crime area, and the residents of the community petitioned ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:14-16, Matthew 5:13-20

Tags: Light, Christian Life, Christian Duty, Light Of The World, Sermon On The Mount  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Jerry Clower Tells Of (4) Men Driving In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Jerry Clower tells of (4) men driving in Mississippi who entered the town of Kosciusko. One of them said, “This is Kas-ciusko.” The other said, “No, you mispronounced it. It’s Kozy-us-ko. A third one said, “You’re both wrong. It’s Kusy-asko.” They argued until they pulled into a fast food ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

A.w. Tozer Stated, "Within The Human Heart ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 29, 2005

A.W. Tozer stated, “Within the human heart ‘things’ have taken over. God’s gifts now take the place of God, and the whole course of ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

I Have Had Many Things In My Hands And I Have ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

“I have had many things in my hands and I have lost them all. But whatever I have placed in God’s hands, ...read more

Tags: God Brings Purpose

In Framing A Government Which Is To Be ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the government to control the ...read more

Tags: Government

Every Great Achievement In This World Was First ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Every great achievement in this world was first carefully thought out.Thinkbut to a purpose. Think constructively.Think to rise and improve your place in life. There ...read more

Tags: Thought

The Question Is Not Whether A Doctrine Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The question is not whether a doctrine is beautiful but whether it is true. When we wish to go to a place, we do not ask whether the road leads through ...read more

Tags: Truth

Martin Luther: I Have Held Many Things In My ...

Contributed by Nathan Ingram on Nov 30, 2009

Martin Luther: I have held many things in my hands and I have lost them all; But whatever I have placed ...read more

Tags: Possession

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Eschatology Is Like Golf

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jun 23, 2018

Eschatology or the study of the end times is like golf, it’s fun it gives you something to do but in the long run it you end ...read more

Tags: Revelation, End Times, Second Coming

Denomination: Wesleyan

No Other Technique For The Conduct Of Life ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"No other technique for the conduct of life attaches the individual so firmly to reality as laying emphasis on work; for his work at least gives him a secure ...read more

Tags: Workplace

I Have Held Many Things In My Hands, And I Have ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I ...read more

Tags: Giving General, Character

Encouragement Is Perhaps One Of The Greatest ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Encouragement is perhaps one of the greatest gifts friends can ever give. An encouraging friend is a lifeline to steady a floundering heart, to bring sunshine to a cloudy day, ...read more

Tags: Gifts Encouragement

If We Americans Do Not Start To Think, If We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If we Americans do not start to think, if we let slip the old practice of self-exile in a silent place, we shall presently become a nation of ...read more

Tags: Thought

Green Efforts

Contributed by Paul Wallace on Mar 4, 2009

GREEN EFFORTS The news told of a hotel in California trying to be as "green" as possible. So they took out Gideon bible from the rooms, and put ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

Denomination: Wesleyan

King Henry Iii Grew Tired Of Court Life And The ...  PRO

Contributed by Rick Labate on Feb 19, 2003

King Henry III grew tired of court life and the pressures of being the king so he applied to a monastery to be accepted for a life of contemplation. The religious superior said to him, “Your Majesty, do you understand that the pledge here is one of obedience? That will be hard because you have ...read more

Tags: Workplace, Workplace Evangelism

Denomination: Adventist

The Rev. And Mrs. R. Porteous Were Taken ...  PRO

Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jun 8, 2003

The Rev. and Mrs. R. Porteous were taken prisoners by Chinese communist bandits in 1931, and led to a lonely spot on top of a hill where they were to be executed. The leader said, “This is the place.” The executioner took a long knife from its holder and raised it above the necks of the courgeous ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18

Tags: Christian Disciplines, Grace

Denomination: Baptist

A Sunday School Teacher Told Her Class Of 2nd ...  PRO

Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 2, 2004

A Sunday School teacher told her class of 2nd graders the story found in Luke 16 of the Rich man and Lazarus. How that when they were here upon the earth the rich man had everything that money could buy and poor Lazarus had to beg for mere crumbs. But when they died, the rich man due to his ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:24, Matthew 16:24, Luke 16:19-31

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Christian Church

A.w. Tozer Writes In The Pursuit Of God: "If God ...

Contributed by Richard Wafford on Dec 3, 2004

A.W. Tozer writes in the Pursuit of God: “If God is present at every point in space, if we cannot go where he is not, cannot even conceive of a place where He is not, why then has not that Presence become the one universally celebrated fact of the world? The patriarch Jacob, “in the waste howling ...read more

Tags: Evangelism The Lost, Divisions

Denomination: Baptist