In Sermon Illustrations: "Real Friend"

Remember Your Sword

Contributed by Tylor Cates on Jan 24, 2004

Remember Your Sword Prop: Butter Knife and large Sword First let me say I collect and sell swords for a living so it wasn’t hard for me to get a real sword you may have to make a prop sword. Be careful if you bring a real one and make sure no one gets near it. In our church we have a 5 minute ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence, Bible Truth

Denomination: Baptist

Sid Caesar In Early 1950s – Carl Reiner, As An ...

Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 12, 2007

Sid Caesar in early 1950s – Carl Reiner, as an airport reporter, is interviewing Sid Caesar as Professor Von Houdinoff, an expert on magicians. Reiner: As I understand what you’re trying to explain, your book is saying there is a connection between the illusions of magicians and what happens to ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

Boyce Mouton – In "A Tribute To My Mother" – ...

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008

Boyce Mouton – in “A tribute to my mother” – “Though we were poor, by contrast with modern children, I was raised In the lap of luxury. I was blessed to have a mother whose main ambition in life was to raise her family. During my childhood years I had no interest in shiny new cars and plush carpet, ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Old ...

Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Aug 22, 2008

Old Habits The French Revolution was tough on nobility. For years the people with money and power in France ignored and humiliated the common people, forcing them to suffer and starve while the noblemen lived in luxury. With the revolution came payback. The guillotine was the method of choice ...read more

Tags: Lies

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What Is Hell?

Contributed by Ruben Castro on Dec 16, 2008

What is Hell? En una encuesta realizada por la organización Barna, las per¬sonas dieron a conocer sus ideas con respecto a lo que ellos creen debe ser el infierno. • El 39% por ciento cree que el infierno es un estado de separación eterna de la presencia de Dios. • El 32% por ciento dice que es ...read more

Tags: Hell

Denomination: Baptist

The Light That Saves

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008

THE LIGHT THAT SAVES The story is told of a remarkable event that took place a little more than 30 years ago in the Gulf of Mexico. Darrel Dore was working on an oil rig when the rig suddenly started to wobble. Before too long, the rig tipped to one side and crashed into the water. Darrel found ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Young Chicken Little And Panic.

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on May 6, 2022

THE STORY OF CHICKEN LITTLE… There is a lesson we know as YOUNG CHICKEN LITTLE… I have read how YOUNG CHICKEN LITTLE throws his whole small town into a great panic… CHICKEN LITTLE CLAIMED THE SKY WAS FALLING IN… This must be the end of the world. While CHICKEN LITTLE was hit in the head by a piece ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 73:1-3

Tags: Panic, Conclusions

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Smith's Were Proud Of Their Family Tradition. ...  PRO

Contributed by Byron Sherman on May 18, 2001

The Smith’s were proud of their family tradition. Their ancestors had come to America on the Mayflower. Their line had included Senators, Pastors, & Wall Street wizards. Now they decided to compile a family history, a legacy for the children. They hired a well known author. Only one problem ...read more

Tags: Dreams

Denomination: Baptist

When England Closed It’s Libyan Embassy ...  PRO

Contributed by Jonathan Lucas on Jun 5, 2001

When England closed it’s Libyan Embassy Muammar Qaddafi became so angry that he ordered England to be removed from all maps in Libya. If you buy a map in that country today, that area will be represented by a new arm of the North Sea bordered by Scotland and Wales. Simply removing England from all ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:28

Tags: Hell, Heaven, Second Coming

Denomination: Pentecostal

And Just How Effective Is The Church Today At ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 24, 2002

And just how effective is the church today at halting this social decline? Not very, according to most sources. The sad reality is that on many fronts, the American Church is struggling just to exist. In the face of real life problems, our churches are anemic and turned in on themselves. C. ...read more

As A Kid In A Baptist Church, Once A Month After ...  PRO

Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Dec 1, 2003

As a kid in a Baptist church, once a month after the morning service we had a fellowship hour. The congregation would immediately retire to the basement fellowship hall (there’s that word again), a room used for talking and eating for cookies and conversation. When you are twelve, you are most ...read more

Tags: Church Small Groups

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Only Kind Of Jesus We Have Ever Seen With Our ...  PRO

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Feb 23, 2004

The only kind of Jesus we have ever seen with our own eyes is a man playing the role. A few of our men have portrayed the suffering Jesus in our Easter presentation. They did a wonderful job, but they were only playing the part; the blood was stage makeup, and the nails were not really piercing ...read more

Tags: Easter Good Friday

Denomination: United Methodist

A Great Deal Of Our Anxiety To Make Excuses ...  PRO

Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 12, 2005

"A great deal of our anxiety to make excuses comes from not really believing in the forgiveness of sins, from thinking that God will not take us to Himself again unless He is satisfied that some sort of case can be made out in our favor. But that would not be forgiveness at all. Real forgiveness ...read more

Tags: God's Provision, God's Forgiveness

Denomination: Church Of God

Madonna Said, "Money . . . Sex . . . Food. . . . ...

Contributed by Brian Oberg on Jul 22, 2005

Madonna said, "Money . . . sex . . . food. . . . they’re not what’s going to make us happy. They’re not real. They don’t last. There’s only one thing that lasts, and that’s your soul. And if you don’t work on that, and you don’t pay attention to that, then all the money in the world is not ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment, Fulfillment

Denomination: Baptist

The Clip You Are About To See Is From The Movie, ...

Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 22, 2005

The clip you are about to see is from the movie, “Parenthood”.[5] In this movie Gil Buckman (played by Steve Martin) and his wife are struggling to be perfect parents. Gil is having a real hard time dealing with the uncertainties of life. And because of all his fears of what might go wrong he is ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Denomination: Charismatic

Paul "Bear" Bryant. Bear Bryant Said Concerning ...

Contributed by Lynn Malone on Nov 28, 2005

Paul “Bear” Bryant. Bear Bryant said concerning his football team: “I’m just a plow hand from Arkansas, but I have learned how to hold a team together. How to lift some men up, how to calm down others, until finally they’ve got one heartbeat together, a team. There’s just three things I’d ever ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Denomination: Methodist

Sin Is Deceptive. It Is Like An Apple Worm, ...

Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Jun 1, 2007

Sin is deceptive. It is like an apple worm, which is really codling moth larva. On the outside of the apple you see a small hole, a little blemish. But when you open the apple up it is ruined. There are few experiences that equal biting into a crisp, flavorful apple, but few worse than finding ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

As We Begin Our Study Today It Is Necessary That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

As we begin our study today it is necessary that we understand that these temptations were very much real. C. S. Lewis made these insightful observations about temptation: “No man knows how bad he is until he has tried very hard to be good. A silly idea is current that good people do not know what ...read more

Tags: Temptation Resisting

The American Banking Association Once Sponsored A ...  PRO

Contributed by Richard Wafford on Aug 17, 2007

The American Banking Association once sponsored a two-week training program to help tellers detect counterfeit bills. The program was unique never during the two-week training did the tellers even look at a counterfeit bill, nor did they listen to any lectures concerning the characteristics of ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Just Believe By Joel Vicente

Contributed by Joel Vicente on Oct 16, 2007

JUST BELIEVE by Joel Vicente THOUGH TIME MAY BE TOUGH AND THE ROAD REAL ROUGH JUST BELIEVE THOUGH YOU’VE CRIED MANY TEARS AND WAITED MANY YEARS JUST BELIEVE IF GOD SAID HE WILL THEN JUST BE STILL AND BELIEVE FOR GOD WILL TRULY DO WHAT HE PROMISED YOU IF YOU JUST BELIEVE JUST BELIEVE IN HIS ...read more

Denomination: Baptist