In Sermon Illustrations: "Reprove The World"

Warren Bennis In "Why Leaders Can't Lead", ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Warren Bennis in "Why Leaders Can’t Lead", writes: "The flying Wallendas are perhaps the world’s greatest family of aerialists and tightrope walkers.... I was struck with (Karl Wallenda’s) capacity for concentration on the intention, the task, the decision. I was even more intrigued when, several ...read more

Tags: Sermon On The Mount

On March 6, 1987, Eamon Coughlan, The Irish ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

On March 6, 1987, Eamon Coughlan, the Irish world record holder at 1500 meters, was running in a qualifying heat at the World Indoor Track Championships in Indianapolis. With two and a half laps left, he was tripped. He fell, but he got up and with great effort managed to catch the leaders. With ...read more

Tags: Faith

Evangelism

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008

EVANGELISM I heard a story about a guy who applied for a job as an usher at a theater in the mall. As a part of the interview process, the manager asked him, "What would you do in case a fire breaks out?" The young guy answered, "Don’t worry about me. I can get out fine." That’s exactly how ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

Watching A Trapeze Show Is Breathtaking. We ...

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jun 1, 2008

WATCHING A TRAPEZE SHOW IS BREATHTAKING. WE WONDER AT THE DEXTERITY AND TIMING. WE GASP AT NEAR-MISSES. IN MOST CASES, THERE IS A NET UNDERNEATH. WHEN THEY FALL, THEY JUMP UP AND BOUNCE BACK TO THE TRAPEZE. IN CHRIST, WE LIVE ON THE TRAPEZE. THE WHOLE WORLD SHOULD BE ABLE TO WATCH AND SAY, "LOOK ...read more

Tags: Holiness

Denomination: Baptist

Not ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008

NOT IMPRESSED A story is told about Rabbi Joseph Schneerson, a Hasidic leader during the early days of Russian Communism. The rabbi spent much time in jail, persecuted for his faith. One morning in 1927, as he prayed in a Leningrad synagogue, secret police rushed in and arrested him. They took ...read more

Tags: Persecution

Evangelism: I Heard A Story About A Guy Who ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008

Evangelism: I heard a story about a guy who applied for a job as an usher at a theater in the mall. As a part of the interview process, the manager asked him, "What would you do in case a fire breaks out?" The young guy answered, "Don’t worry about me. I can get out fine." That’s exactly how many ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Fear Of

What Is Love, As Defined By The Online ...

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Feb 17, 2009

“What is love, as defined by the online world? Resisting a YouTube video of the 1993 hit song, the first click plunges you into a world of pink carnation- tainted tackiness. The website’s designer no doubt spends all afternoon baking cookies, sending chain emails and sighing at the "Home Sweet ...read more

Tags: Love Of The Disciples

Denomination: Baptist

Order From Chaos

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Mar 17, 2023

The late Harvard mathematician and philosopher, Alfred North Whitehead, maintained that the whole scientific enterprise of the western world rested upon the belief that at the bottom of things science would find order rather than chaos. Where animists were afraid to probe a world enchanted with ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:17, John 1:1

Tags: Science, Logos, Reason, Alfred North Whitehead

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Love: Needing Or Giving

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 26, 2023

“The typical example of Gift-love would be that love which moves a man to work and plan and save for the future well-being of his family which he may die without sharing or seeing; the second, Need-love, is that which sends a lonely and frightened child to its mother’s arms. And of course Divine ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:29-31, Luke 10:27, 1 John 4:7-8, Matthew 22:36-39

Tags: Love, Love Of God, Love Of Neighbor

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Rodney Pickett Makes This Observation, "Love Is ...  PRO

Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Dec 28, 2002

Rodney Pickett makes this observation, “Love is the identifying mark of Christianity. In a world of hate, envy, and anger, love sticks out like a healthy thumb. When anyone walks away from an encounter ...read more

Tags: Jesus Teachings, Love For God

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

And People Who Do Not Know The Lord Ask Why In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 9, 2006

"And people who do not know the Lord ask why in the world we waste our lives as missionaries. They forget that they too are expending their lives... and when the bubble has burst they will have nothing of ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

If I Profess With The Loudest Voice And Clearest ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

"If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the Devil are at the moment attacking, I am not confessing ...read more

Tags: Sharing Your Faith

Ghandi Said "I Could Accept Jesus As A Martyr, ...

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Feb 12, 2007

Ghandi said “I could accept Jesus as a martyr, an embodiment of sacrifice, and a divine teacher, but not as the most perfect man ever born. His death on the cross was a great example to the world, but that there was ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

It Is Sometimes Frightening To Observe The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It is sometimes frightening to observe the success which comes even to the outlaw with a polished techniqueBut I believe we must reckon with character in the end, for it is as potent a force in world conflict as it ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

If The Heart Is Devoted To The Mirage Of The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If the heart is devoted to the mirage of the world, to the creature instead of the Creator, the disciple is lost.However urgently Jesus may call us, His call fails to find access to our hearts. Our ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

A Boy Is A Stick Of Dynamite, A Bundle Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A boy is a stick of dynamite, a bundle of energy and potential power, waiting to be ignited. Guard him zealously from careless sparks that would dissipate his energies...Guide him carefully to a ...read more

Tags: Children

We Won't Litter In Public But Yet We Accept Junk ...

Contributed by Ladonna Omobude on Nov 24, 2009

We won’t litter in public but yet we accept junk and mess in our spirits allow people to bring us trash and refuse to take the garbage to the curb and leave it there. We neglect to wash ...read more

Tags: Conscience

Denomination: Pentecostal

George Bernard Shaw: "This Is The True Joy Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Kerry O'neill on Mar 9, 2010

George Bernard Shaw: "This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clot of ailments and ...read more

Tags: Complaining

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Everything Depends On Character

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Dec 9, 2010

EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON CHARACTER Mike Huckabee in his book, Character Is the Issue, stated, "Yet our character defines the world we live in. Our government, welfare programs, schools, and everything ...read more

Tags: Character

Denomination: Methodist

Expectations

Contributed by Warren Lamb on Dec 8, 2007

Expectations Dennis Wholey, who hosted the popular PBS-TV series LateNight America, said this: “Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational