In Sermon Illustrations: "Resurrection Of The Body"

There Are Thoughts Which Are Prayers. There Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is ...read more

Tags: Prayer General, Prayer Adoration

In A Man's Middle Years There Is Scarcely A Part ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

In a man's middle years there is scarcely a part of the body he would hesitate to turn ...read more

Tags: Aging

William P Barker Wrote, "If The Last Mighty Act ...  PRO

Contributed by Larry Brincefield on May 28, 2003

William P Barker wrote, "If the last mighty act of God had been the resurrection and ascension, today there would be no church. If the pattern outlined in the first chapter of Acts had continued, the apostles and others would never have left Jerusalem to witness. They would have formed a ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:9-11

Tags: Church General, Church Purpose Of

Denomination: Nazarene

A Methodist Minister Was Continually Bragging ...  PRO

Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Oct 13, 2004

• A Methodist minister was continually bragging to his Baptist minister friends about the greatness of his church. No matter what they said, he always found a way to claim that the Methodists were better. Eventually his friends got tired of this, and decided to play a prank on the Methodist. One ...read more

Tags: Death

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Wailing And Laughing  PRO

Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on May 26, 2009

WAILING AND LAUGHING Now, you may realize that in those days in Middle-Eastern custom, people usually wailed loudly at funerals. I grew up in a Greek Orthodox country and until today the custom requires a loud and visible weep for the dead. Can you imagine how perplexed I was when I watched people ...read more

Tags: Funerals Christian

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

During The Conversation The Tramp Said, 'i Wish ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

During the conversation the tramp said, ’I wish there were more people like you in the world." Whereupon his mother replied, "Oh, there are. But you must look for them." The old man simply shook his head, saying, "But, lady, I didn’t need to look for you. You looked for me." When that mother ...read more

Tags: Grace

Heart Transplant

Contributed by Kelly Benton on Feb 3, 2026

A heart transplant doesn’t make a sick heart healthier. It removes the failing heart completely and replaces it with a living one. After surgery, the patient doesn’t just act alive— they are alive. They don’t breathe because they’re disciplined. They breathe because they have a new source of life ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17

Tags: Faith, New Creation

Denomination: Other

Have You Tasted Jesus?  PRO

Contributed by Jan Spencer on Mar 19, 2002

Have you tasted Jesus? One divinity school hosted an annual picnic, to which they invited one of the greatest minds to lecture in the theological education center. One year, the guest lecturer was a professor, who spoke for two and one-half hours "proving" that the resurrection of Jesus was ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 34:8

Tags: Divinity Of Christ

Denomination: Pentecostal

[146]. A Message From A Poem – In Union With Christ

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jul 29, 2025

[146]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – IN UNION WITH CHRIST It is a great joy and a mark of praise that we are in Christ. Do Christians use that phrase “in Christ” and not think into the depth of it? In union with Christ examines that subject, and it is too great to write well on it in a poem with ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:4-6, Ephesians 4:1-3, Philippians 2:2, Romans 6:5

Tags: Forever, Love One Another, Risen Lord, Union With Chris, Grace, Savior, Unity, Bond  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

We Live In The Day And Age Of A Million Bibles. ...

Contributed by Todd Pugh on Jan 14, 2008

We live in the day and age of a million bibles. That is small “b” These are actual book titles or Magazine covers: • The Style Bible: The 11 Rules for Building a Complete and Timeless Wardrobe • The Cat Bible: Everything Your Cat Expects You to Know • The Cannabis Grow Bible: The Definitive ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

I Was Visiting My Home Town In Romania When One ...

Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Jul 29, 2008

I was visiting my home town in Romania when one of my neighbors died. I was attending the visitation. Usually the family and relatives are taking care of the funeral – the body stays in the living room of the house for three days, until the burial. But if they live in a condo or blockhouse, they ...read more

Tags: Death

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

The Virtuous Soul Is Pure And Unmixed Light, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The virtuous soul is pure and unmixed light, springing from the body as a flash of ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

An Appealing Personality Is Not Something ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"An appealing personality is not something grafted on from without.It is expressed through the body, ...read more

Tags: Human Life

If You Ever Happen To See In The Obituary ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If you ever happen to see in the obituary column that Henrietta Mears has died, dont you believe it This old body may die, but Ill be glad of thatIll have a new body. And what will I do when I get to heaven? Well, I am going to ask the Lord to show me around. Ill want to get in a rocket ship to ...read more

Tags: Death

A More Powerful Medication!" Genesis 3: 6-19 Key ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Oct 28, 2004

“A More Powerful Medication!” Genesis 3: 6-19 Key verse(s): 8b: “... and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.” I am an asthmatic. Asthmatics often have problems breathing because they are hyper-sensitive to the environment around them. When a foreign substance is ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:6-19

Tags: God's Forgiveness

Denomination: Lutheran

The Only Things That Have Spawned More Liars ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The only things that have spawned more liars than income taxes are fish ...read more

Tags: Sports

Tis A Plague, A Mischief, A Violent Purger Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"'Tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health; hellish, devilish and damned tobacco, ...read more

Tags: Addiction

I Read This Week Of Some Fears That Are Apart Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Hensley on Oct 18, 2000

I read this week of some fears that are apart of many peoples lives…maybe even your own! Peladophobia: fear of baldness and bald people. Aerophobia: fear of drafts. Porphyrophobia: fear of the color purple. Chaetophobia: fear of hairy people. Levophobia: fear of objects on the left side of the ...read more

Tags: Endurance, Fear And Worry

Denomination: Baptist

25 Years Ago A Baby Was Born In A Hospital. He ...  PRO

Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 23, 2005

25 years ago a baby was born in a hospital. He weighed only a few pounds. He had to be pampered and coddled to enable him to live. Now he is 6’2" tall and weighs 200 pounds. There is a vast difference in the baby and the man. Yet the life he now has is the same life he had 25 years ago. Our ...read more

Tags: Bible Study, Growth In Christ

Denomination: Baptist

Deprived Of God's Light

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009

DEPRIVED OF GOD’S LIGHT I was reading in one of the CIA espionage or spy books I love to read, and the writer was discussing the strange effects we suffer when we are deprived of sunlight during the winter months. Drs. Michael Terman and Jamie Rifkin wrote: "During the cold war with Russia, B-52 ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines