In Sermon Illustrations: "Practicing Faith"

The Greatest Proof Of Christianity For Others ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"The greatest proof of Christianity for others is not how far a man can logically analyze his reasons for believing, but how far in ...read more

Tags: Basics Of Christianity

The Sinner's Prayer

Contributed by James Chandler on Mar 19, 2007

I once visited the practice of a College basketball coach who coached for Bobby Knight, Coach K from Duke. At the end of his practice he “shared” Christ. He led them in the Sinners prayer. The problem that I have with the Sinner’s ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Trapped

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 15, 2024

Luke 21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. When my son was practicing with his little league baseball team there was a practice field. The practice field was ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 15:18, Galatians 5:7

Tags: Change, Trapped

Denomination: Assembly Of God

In The Spring Of 1883 Two Young Men Graduated ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 22, 2001

In the spring of 1883 two young men graduated from medical school. The two differed from one another in both appearance and ambition. Ben was short and stocky. Will was tall and thin. Ben dreamed of practicing medicine on the East Coast. Will wanted to work in a rural community. Ben begged his ...read more

Tags: Giving Yourself

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

If This Country Had A National Psychologist, Im ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If this country had a national psychologist, Im afraid the Democratic Party would be diagnosed with terminal projection. They have done nothing except accuse their opponents ...read more

Tags: Government

Prayer Does Not Need Proof Outside Itself Because ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001

Prayer does not need proof outside itself because its proofs are within. It is in the nature and function of man, like breathing, eating and drinking, and he ...read more

Tags: Prayer General, Prayer Adoration

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

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, In His Classic Work The Cost ...  PRO

Contributed by Jim Luthy on Mar 15, 2002

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, in his classic work The Cost of Discipleship, rightly observed, "We have to practice strictest daily discipline; only so can the flesh learn ...read more

Tags: Disciplines General, Christian Disciplines

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, In His Classic Work The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, in his classic work The Cost of Discipleship, rightly observed, "We have to practice strictest daily discipline; only so can the flesh ...read more

Tags: Endurance

The Strong Man Meets His Crisis With The Most ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The strong man meets his crisis with the most practical tools at hand. They may not be the best tools but they are available, which is all-important. He ...read more

Tags: Dealing With Conflicts

I Dont Think The United States Needs ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I dont think the United States needs super-patriots. We need patriotism, honestly practiced by all of us, and we dont need these people ...read more

Tags: Patriotism

Jas 3:15 Such "Wisdom" Does Not Come Down From ...

Contributed by Steven Cannon on Jul 27, 2007

Jas 3:15 Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil. Jas 3:16 For where you have envy and selfish ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Humor Simultaneously Wounds And Heals, Indicts ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Humor simultaneously wounds and heals, indicts and pardons, diminishes and enlarges; it constitutes inner growth at the expense of outer gain, and those who possess and honestly practice it ...read more

Tags: Humor

Deion "Prime Time" Sanders, Outfielder For The ...

Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 18, 2002

Deion "Prime Time" Sanders, outfielder for the Atlanta Braves and cornerback for the Atlanta Falcons and Dallas Cowboys, is the only athlete to have hit a Major League home run and scored an NFL touchdown in the same week. Sanders grew up on the mean streets of Fort Myers, Fla., where exposure to ...read more

Tags: Abortion, Endurance

Denomination: Mennonite

Jerry Vines Said, "An Unread Bible Is Like Food ...  PRO

Contributed by Steve Hereford on Oct 30, 2001

Jerry Vines said, "An unread Bible is like food uneaten, a love letter never read, a buried sword, a road map unstudied, gold never mined" ...read more

Tags: Bible Study, Bible Influence

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How Little Chance The Holy Ghost Has Nowadays. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"How little chance the Holy Ghost has nowadays. The churches and missionary societies have so bound Him in red tape that they practically ask Him to sit in a ...read more

Tags: Holy Spirit General

I Had An Immense Advantage Over Many ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I had an immense advantage over many othersinasmuch as I had no fixed ideas derived from long-established practices to control and bias my mind, and did not ...read more

Tags: Thought

Integrity Is The First Step To True Greatness. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Radical Revival

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009

RADICAL REVIVAL Dr. J. Edwin Orr states, "I am convinced that more work for God could be done in six months of revival than in sixty years of any other kind of effort." If we as a church begin doing the work we are appointed with a touch of the radical, we will see more done in six months of ...read more

Scripture: Mark 2:1-12

Tags: Evangelism How To

Robert A. Fryling, In His Article Titled, A ...

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jul 12, 2010

Robert A. Fryling, in his article titled, A Renewed Mind: The Practice of Humble Thought, said, “A blessed person is one who is delighted and immersed in the teachings of the Lord. Such a person is consciously choosing to have a right relationship with God and consequently exhibits a life of ...read more

Tags: Thought

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ