In Sermon Illustrations: "Reason For Suffering"

Carl Jung: 'neurosis Is Always A Substitute For ...  PRO

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Mar 30, 2001

Carl Jung: ’Neurosis is always a substitute for ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life, Emotions

Denomination: Baptist

People Who Are Driven By Their Appetites Perish ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

People who are driven by their appetites perish by ignoring their reason; and people who are governed by their reason too often perish by ignoring their appetites; andonly a few wise ones ...read more

Tags: Addiction

Deformed Foot Straightened By Long-Term Painful ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2010

Deformed Foot Straightened by Long-term Painful Pressure In Paul’s life he did face suffering for Christ - Colossians 1:24: "Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for His body’s sake, which is the Church." None of us ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:3-5

Tags: God In The Hardships, Discipline

Rabbi Harold] Kushner's Book [when Bad Things ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Kuzma on Feb 19, 2002

[Rabbi Harold] Kushner’s book [When Bad Things Happen to Good People] was a best seller not only because it is so well written, but also because it caters to a narcissistic age. For us, any suffering, confusion or tragedy is patently unfair and undeserved because we stopped trusting a God whose ...read more

Tags: God In The Hardships

Denomination: Foursquare

Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?

Contributed by Chris Jordan on Apr 2, 2010

WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME? "As to my sin, I hear its harsh accusings no more when I hear Jesus cry, 'Why hast thou forsaken me?' I know that I deserve the deepest hell at the hand of God's vengeance; but I am not afraid. He will never forsake me, for he forsook his Son on my behalf. I ...read more

Tags: Cross

Denomination: *other

We Just Celebrated Our Lord's Birth And We Saw ...

Contributed by Hugh Laing on Jan 19, 2010

We just celebrated our Lord's birth and we saw many signs that said... “The reason for the season...is Jesus” and I would not argue...but I like this ...read more

Tags: Revival

Denomination: Baptist

Love Of Justice In The Generality Of Men Is Only ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Love of justice in the generality of men is only the fear of ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

Glorify God In Your Body

Contributed by Sam Mccormick on Dec 15, 2016

When I was in high school at Littlefield, Texas, a boy was occasionally seen in the corridors who I did not ever see in my classes. His head was a grayish purple color, irregularly shaped, and at least twice the size of a normal person’s head. I understood that he was a student at the school who ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:20

Tags: Body, Glorify, Elephant, Proteus

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Vance Havner Said, "At The Nicene Council, An ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Vance Havner said, "At the Nicene Council, an important church meeting in the 4th century A.D., of the 318 delegates attending, fewer than 12 had not lost an eye or lost a hand or did not limp on a leg lamed by torture for their Christian faith." Oswald Chambers in Christian Discipline said, ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Today, More Than 200 Million Christians In Over ...  PRO

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 10, 2007

Today, more than 200 million Christians in over 60 countries around the word – our brothers and sisters in the faith – face brutal opposition and persecution because of their faith in Jesus. The number one request they have when asked, is always “please pray for us”. So today we bring their ...read more

Denomination: Other

There Is A Correlation Between The Creative And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

There is a correlation between the creative and the screwball. So we must ...read more

Tags: Art

Often It Is Just Lack Of Imagination That Keeps ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Often it is just lack of imagination that keeps a man from ...read more

Tags: Thought

To Endure The Cross Is Not Tragedy; It Is The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an ...read more

Tags: Jesus Christ

The Tragedy Of Life Is Not So Much What Men ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer but ...read more

Tags: Learning

Let Us Understand That God Is A Physician, And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Let us understand that God is a physician, and that suffering is a medicine for salvation, ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Loyalty: F-O-R-T-U-N-E Personnel Consultants ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Loyalty: F-O-R-T-U-N-E Personnel Consultants national research uncovered key reasons employees stay. The 3 most important reasons for staying with an employer are: challenging work, the ability to balance work with family life, and compensation. The 3 least important reasons for staying are: ...read more

Tags: Church General

In Steven Spielberg's Film About A Slave Ship ...

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Aug 29, 2004

In Steven Spielberg’s film about a slave ship called Amistad, the Africans revolt and are subsequently imprisoned. The African prisoners are given a Bible with pictures in it by the abolitionists. The Africans had no idea what the book was, and they could not read in their own language, let ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To, Evangelism Urgency

Denomination: Methodist

Ants: Look At Ants On An Anthill. There They Are ...

Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Oct 23, 2009

ANTS: Look at ants on an anthill. There they are working, suffering, dying, due for death and destruction. We might feel sorry for them, but we cannot save the ants...We have no way of making them live forever or of stopping their toil and suffering. What if the only way to save the ants was to ...read more

Tags: Change, Christ's Sacrifice

Denomination: Baptist

A Faith That Gives Nothing, Costs Nothing And ...

Contributed by Joanna Beveridge on Feb 2, 2007

A faith that gives nothing, costs nothing and suffers nothing, is worth ...read more

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Call Not That Man Wretched Who, Whatever Ills ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Call not that man wretched who, whatever ills he suffers, ...read more

Tags: Children