In Sermon Illustrations: "Prodigal Son"

A Methodist Prayer

Contributed by Andrew Clark on Aug 23, 2002

A Methodist Prayer I am no longer my own, but yours. Put me to what you will, rank me with who you will. Put me to doing, put me to suffering. Let me be employed for you, or laid aside for you. Exalted for you, or brought low for you. Let me be full, let me be empty, Let me have all things, let me ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Holiness

During A Christmas Pagent, One Child Had Been ...  PRO

Contributed by Scott Bradford on Dec 27, 2002

During a Christmas pagent, one child had been forced to be in the program by his parents. The young teen continued to voice his concerns as they practiced. He would mutter things like "How can people believe that Jesus is the Son of God?" and "just what makes everyone believe that this is the way ...read more

Tags: Christmas Advent

Denomination: United Methodist

Drug Problem  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2003

DRUG PROBLEM A little old lady was amazed at how nice the young man was next door. Every day he would help her gather things from her car or help her in her yard. One day, the old lady finally ask the young man, "Son, how did you become such a fine young man?" The young man replied, "Well, when ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:6-8, Hebrews 10:25

Tags: Body Of Christ, Attendance, Disciplines, Commitment, Church Purpose Of, Church, Goodbye  (view more)  (view less)

The Great Soccer Player Pele, Was A Smoker When ...  PRO

Contributed by Sean Smuts on Jan 15, 2003

The great soccer player Pele, was a smoker when he was younger. His father caught him one time and instead of getting angry, he called his son to the porch where they spoke his father saying, “Pele, you realize that if you continue smoking you will not play as well as you could.” Pele said “Yes, ...read more

Tags: Children

Denomination: Mennonite

Life Lesson:  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2003

LIFE LESSON: Jaime Rodriguez, a schoolteacher in Chicago, Ill., was named as the worst offender on the city’s list of employees with unpaid parking tickets. After checking into things, he discovered it was actually his 26-year-old son, also named Jaime, who had run up $11,040 in unpaid tickets. ...read more

Tags: Parenting

A Fifth Grade Boy Who Had Heard A Sermon On ...  PRO

Contributed by Robert Garrett on Apr 11, 2005

A fifth grade boy who had heard a sermon on persistence in prayer was praying by himself in his room one night. As his dad passed his door, he heard the boy praying over and over again, "Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo." The next day, the dad asked his son what we was doing. The boy replied that he had ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To, Prayer In The Spirit

Denomination: Baptist

Show Me The Mommy  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2005

SHOW ME THE MOMMY One of the latest reality shows in South Africa is called "Show me the Mommy." An eligible bachelor gets to go out with 3 moms and choose which daughter he wants to date based on his opinion of the mother. Which mom would have raised the most enjoyable girl to date? Moms, ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 3:1-6

Tags: Parenting, Mother's Day

I Hear Parents Say "Yeah My Daughter Has 4.0 ...

Contributed by James Chandler on Jan 23, 2007

I hear parents say “Yeah my daughter has 4.0 grade point average” or “My son is averaging 10 points a game in basketball.” Not very often do I hear parents say “My child’s prayer life is really growing into something wonderful.” What kind of a dad am I, if I know my children’s grade point average ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

I ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 5, 2010

Illustration: While I was helping to clean the church, I encountered a 12 year-old boy who was working out his court sentence for theft by doing community service. He asked me what bad thing I had done to be working there. “Why son, I didn’t do anything wrong. I’m just helping out the church. What ...read more

Tags: Servanthood

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Lambing: A Shepherd Tells Of How They Get An ...

Contributed by Richard White on Jan 9, 2010

Lambing: A shepherd tells of how they get an orphaned lamb to be adopted. Two ewes gave birth, one ewe died giving birth while the other gave birth to a stillborn lamb. The ewe that survived would not accept the surving orphaned lamb. The shepherds would take the wool off the dead lamb and ...read more

Tags: Jesus' Ministry

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Importance Of Perspective  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2010

THE IMPORTANCE OF PERSPECTIVE When I think of perspective I am often reminded of a conversation between me and my son in the summer he turned four. That spring, Mark had asked for a spot in the family garden to call his own. He turned the soil, broke the clumps, and planted his favorite ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 55:8-9

Tags: God Brings Hope

The Dove, The Fish And The Anchor  PRO

Contributed by Lark Lewis on Jul 14, 2011

THE DOVE, THE FISH AND THE ANCHOR If ever you have the chance to visit the catacombs in Rome, those tunnels under the ancient city, where many of the early Christians were buried, you can see the symbols of faith on their tombs. Three common symbols appear: the dove, the fish, and the anchor. The ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Apostolic

A Father's Protection

Contributed by Perry Greene on Mar 8, 2012

A FATHER'S PROTECTION Certain Native American tribes had a rite of passage for their teenage boys. At age 13 a boy would be blindfolded and led to a certain spot in the woods. He would be forced to sit down while the men of the tribe returned to their camp. The boy would be required to sit all ...read more

Tags: God In The Hardships

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Because He Lives  PRO

Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Sep 25, 2014

It’s because He lives we should be able to face tomorrow, it’s because He lives all fear should be gone. Because He lives we are pretty sure who holds the future. Is that the lyrics Bill Gaither wrote? No, but that’s the way many Christians feel. The first verse of Because He Lives says it all. God ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 46:1-3

Tags: Troubled Times, Trials And Difficulties, Time Of Trouble, Trials Of Life

Denomination: Baptist

Every Single Apostle Experienced Persecution: 1 ...  PRO

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on May 29, 2007

• Every single apostle experienced persecution: 1 John died of old age exiled on the island of Patmos. 2 Peter was crucified upside down under Nero. 3. Andrew died upon a cross at Patrae, in Achia 4.James the brother of Jesus was thrown from a pinnacle of the temple and beaten to death by a ...read more

Scripture: John 20:11-31

Denomination: Baptist

Guard Your Heart

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 18, 2007

Edgar Guest said: I must be fit for a child to follow, scorning the places where loose men wallow; knowing how much he shall learn from me, I must be fair as I’d have him be. I must come home to him day by day, clean as the morning I went away. I must be fit for a child’s glad greeting; his are ...read more

Tags: Father's Day, Parenting

Denomination: Other

Real Strength Never Impairs Beauty Or Harmony, ...

Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 11, 2007

“Real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows it; and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic. Take away the tied tendons that all over seem bursting from the marble in the carved Hercules, and its charm would be gone…When Angelo paints ...read more

Denomination: Orthodox

A Boy Entered A Grocery Store And Asked The ...  PRO

Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Oct 12, 2007

A boy entered a grocery store and asked the grocer for a box of Duz detergent. The grocer was puzzled and asked why he wanted a box of Duz. The boy said that he was going to wash his cat. The grocer said, “Youlg man, you shouldn’t wash your cat with this kind of soap.” However, the boy insisted ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Louis Pasteur, The Pioneer Of Immunology, Lived ...

Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 31, 2007

Louis Pasteur, the pioneer of immunology, lived at a time when thousands of people dies each year of rabies. Pasteur had worked for years on a vaccine. Just as he was about to begin experimenting on himself, a nine-year-old, Joseph Meister, was bitten by a rabid dog. The boy’s mother begged ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

Grace The Free Gift

Contributed by Pastor Norman Bailey, Overseer on Aug 11, 2018

If you went to work everyday and did the job that was required of you, you could demand a paycheck. You can go to your supervisor, and payroll to find out what is going on because you earned the pay that you worked so hard for. We can never work so hard to demand that God save us from sin. It was ...read more

Tags: Grace Gift, Love Life

Denomination: Pentecostal