In Sermon Illustrations: "Prayer And Doing"

I Do Not Know If You Knew This But The Number Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Lynn Floyd on Aug 9, 2002

I do not know if you knew this but the number of unchurched people is growing every year. “Only 41% of Americans attend church services on a typical weekend. Each new generation becomes increasingly unchurched. Slightly over one half (51%) of the builder generation (born before 1946) attends ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?, Church General

Denomination: Baptist

They Who Come To Christ, Do Not Only Come To A ...

Contributed by Dylan Potter on Jul 18, 2003

“They who come to Christ, do not only come to a resting-place after they have been wandering in a wilderness, but they come to a banqueting-house where they may rest, and where they may feast. They may cease from their former troubles and toils, ...read more

Tags: God's Provision, Evangelism Urgency, What Is Evangelism?

Denomination: Methodist

How Do I Know He Lives?  PRO

Contributed by John Hamby on Aug 11, 2003

How Do I Know He Lives? How do I know that Christ has risen? What proof have I to give? He touched my life one blessed day, And I began to live. How do I know he left the tomb That morning long ago? I met Him just this morning, And my heart is still aglow. How do I know the endless life He ...read more

Tags: Easter Resurrection

Denomination: Baptist

Anderson States, "Anger: An Acid That Can Do ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 17, 2005

Anderson states, “Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is ...read more

Tags: Anger

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Sin Is Not The Things You Do. Sin Is An Entity. ...

Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 27, 2005

Sin is not the things you do. Sin is an entity. It drives you to do the things that you do. It is like the White Witch’s Turkish Delight which she gave to Edmund. The more he ate the more he wanted…needed…but it never satisfied. Instead it ...read more

Denomination: Orthodox

21% Of Teens That Do Not Attend A Sunday School ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

21% of teens that do not attend a Sunday School class say they would like to become involved in one. (Foster ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Why Do Companies Outgrow Their Founders? Founders ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006

Why Do Companies Outgrow Their Founders? Founders get stuck in habits that worked when they started the company. They made all the decisions, did everything themselves. Now they have to build teams, create plans, build an infrastructure. The founder ...read more

Tags: Church General

What Do People Want In Their Pastors? A New ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

What Do People Want In Their Pastors? A new study by Hartford Institute researcher Adair Lummis reveals that, first and foremost, lay leaders want a pastor with an authentic religious life. Most lay people define that as a person whose faith combines both head and heart; a person whose lifestyle ...read more

Tags: Church General

A Majority Of Born-Again Adults Do Not Believe ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

A majority of born-again adults do not believe that divorce is a sin (excluding cases where adultery is involved). ...read more

Tags: Divorce

Today 67% Of Consumers Do Not Expect Their Next ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Today 67% of consumers do not expect their next mail delivery to bring any personal correspondence. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Communication General

Do Not Offend Visitors To Your Website. A New ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Do Not Offend visitors to your website. A new Hostway, Inc survey reports 93% of web users do not like pop-up ads, 59% view moving text as bothersome, and 55% are annoyed by certain colors, type fonts and page formats. Other irksome issues are: 89%-the need to install extra software to use site ...read more

Tags: Communication General

Do Not Think Me Mad. It Is Not To Make Money ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"Do not think me mad. It is not to make money that I believe a Christian should live. The noblest thing a man can do is, just humbly to receive, and ...read more

Tags: Giving General

You Have Nothing To Do But To Save Souls. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"You have nothing to do but to save souls. Therefore spend and be spent in this work. And go not only to those that need you, but to those that need you most…It is not your business to preach so many times, and to take care of this or that society; but to save as many ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Some People Do Not Like To Hear Much Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 9, 2006

“Some people do not like to hear much of repentance; but I think it is so necessary that if I should die in the pulpit, I would desire to die preaching repentance, and if out of the ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

Do Not Waver, But Give Him That Which He ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 9, 2006

“Do not waver, but give him that which he desires, your hearts; it is the heart the Lord Jesus Christ wanteth; and when you have an inward principle wrought in your hearts by this same Jesus, then you will feel ...read more

Tags: Endurance

Let Us, Therefore, Not Be Weary Of Well-Doing; ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 9, 2006

“Let us, therefore, not be weary of well-doing; for we shall reap an eternal harvest of comfort, if we ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Do You Think Yourself Wise? Then There's A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2006

“Do you think yourself wise? Then there’s a donkey inside your ...read more

Tags: Character

We're Not Necessarily Doubting That God Will Do ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2006

“We’re not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best ...read more

Tags: Apologetics God

It Is Almost As Presumptuous To Think You Can Do ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

It is almost as presumptuous to think you can do nothing as to think you can do ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

What God Can Do With Your Life  PRO

Contributed by Don Hawks on Dec 2, 2003

WHAT GOD CAN DO WITH YOUR LIFE In the recent movie, "About Schmidt" 66-year-old Warren Schmidt (Jack Nicholson) has retired from his job as an insurance actuary. He is miserable, and after his wife (June Squibb) suddenly dies, he is also lost. He travels the country in his RV hoping to stop his ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

Tags: Love Of The Disciples, Significance, Depression, Discipleship, Failure, Giving  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Methodist