In Sermon Illustrations: "Raised Us Up Together"

All Except The Shallowest Living Involves ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

All except the shallowest living involves tearing up one ...read more

Tags: Learning

The Difference Between Courtship And Marriage Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The difference between courtship and marriage is the difference between the pictures in the ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Middle Age Is The Awkward Period When Father ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Middle age is the awkward period when Father Time starts catching ...read more

Tags: Aging

The Greatest Achievement Of The Human Spirit Is ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and ...read more

Tags: Opportunity

A Trip To Nostalgia Now And Then Is Good For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A trip to nostalgia now and then is good for the spirit, as long as you ...read more

Tags: Miscellaneous

Pretensions Are A Source Of Pain, And The Happy ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Pretensions are a source of pain, and the happy time of life begins as ...read more

Tags: Racism

It Is Astonishing How Many Children Work Their ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It is astonishing how many children work their way up to an honest manhood in ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Find Out Where You Can Render A Service, And ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Find out where you can render a service, and then render it. The ...read more

Tags: Servanthood

Going To Bed Can Cure Almost Half Of Ones Ills, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Going to bed can cure almost half of ones ills, and getting ...read more

Tags: Commandments Sabbath

The Mind Is Like A Clock That Is Constantly ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The mind is like a clock that is constantly running down; it has to be wound ...read more

Tags: Thought

What Would Life Be Without Mistakes?

Contributed by James Snyder on Oct 9, 2021

Let me be clear from the beginning. I have made a lot of mistakes during my life. I have made mistakes that I don’t even know about to this day. Even the ones I do know about, I cannot remember very clearly. Mistakes are a part of life. Unfortunately, some people believe they live their whole life ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 19:12

Tags: Mistakes, Cleansing, Errors

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

A Prayer Nag! (09.28.05--Teach Me To ...

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Sep 26, 2005

A Prayer Nag! (09.28.05--Teach Me to Pray!--Colossians 1:9) Does god ever weary of hearing our prayers? I mean, it’s the same old, same old–day in and day out. Does He really need to hear the same things over and over again? Being a “broken record,” the one that just can’t get over the rut in ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:9

Tags: Prayer Persistence

Denomination: Lutheran

[082]. A Message From A Poem – For Men - The Three Gs

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Apr 14, 2025

[082]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – FOR MEN - THE THREE Gs There are 9 poems in this series. This poem is part of a Trilogy - three sets of three. The first set is addressed to MEN, the second to ALL CHRISTIANS and the third is SPECIFIC. This is the first one in the first set - FOR MEN. ALL ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:9-10, 1 John 2:16, Philippians 2:3

Tags: Glory, Gold, Strength, Poetry, Poem, Girls, Ensnare, For Men  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Kingdom Of God Is Like Leaven  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2002

Scholar Gary North observes: “The kingdom of God is like leaven. Christianity is the yeast, and it has a leavening effect on pagan, satanic cultures around it. It permeates the whole culture, causing it to rise. The bread which is produced by this leaven is the preferred bread. In ancient ...read more

Tags: Leaven, Bread

The Head Vs. The Heart

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

The Head VS. the Heart Be strong and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord. Ps. 31: 24 It is with the heart that we must wait upon God. As a man's heart is, so is he before God. We can advance no further or deeper into the holy place of God's presence to ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 31:24

Tags: Confidence

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Unsung Heroines-The Widow Who Gave Her Last Two Coins

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on May 22, 2022

Introduction: Some of us have heard the phrase, “the widow’s mite”. That phrase came from this passage! Jesus took notice what a certain widow did and her story is still being told to this day. Text: Mark 12:41-44, KJV: 41 And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:41-44

Tags: Offerings, Mites, Unsung Heroines

Denomination: Baptist

An Observation About Eternity

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Feb 5, 2024

Text, Ecclesiastes 3:11, American Standard Version: He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end. Every day we live takes us one day closer to the end of our ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:11

Tags: Hell, Eternity, Salvation

Denomination: Baptist

The Fatal Metaphor Of Progress, Which Means ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of ...read more

Tags: Growth In Christ

The Promise Of Glory Is The Promise, Almost ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The promise of glory is the promise, almost incredible, and only possible by the work of Christ, that some of us, that any of us who ...read more

Tags: Worship Definition

Do You Want To Be Right, Or Do You Want To Be ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2011

DO YOU WANT TO BE RIGHT, OR DO YOU WANT TO BE WELL? Dr. David Seamands tells the story about a young woman he counseled in college several years ago. She had suffered every kind of abuse in her own home--psychological, sexual and physical. The very place that was supposed to be nurturing was ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:21-35

Tags: Forgiveness For Others