In Sermon Illustrations: "Retired People"

Anger Management

Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 28, 2011

ANGER MANAGEMENT Mr. Burton was not angry enough to hire a hit man to knock off the AD at the University of Connecticut...but he was angry enough that he wanted to punish him even if it hurt the students and the program he is said to have loved. In a letter sent to the Athletic Director of the ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 14:29

Tags: Anger

Fishing With A Net

Contributed by John Bright on May 12, 2023

Dr. Daniel B. Wallace has taught Greek and New Testament courses on a graduate school level since 1979. He wrote about this idea based on Matthew 4 “19 He said to them, “Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people.” 20 They left their nets immediately and followed him.” “It’s strange ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:19

Tags: Fishing, Evangelism, Hell

Denomination: Methodist

Don Richardson, In His Book Eternity In Their ...  PRO

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 11, 2005

Don Richardson, in his book Eternity in Their Hearts, tells an amazing story of spiritual harvest. In an area once called Burma, which is now modern Myanmar, lying between China and Thailand, and touching the border of Laos, there lived about a quarter-million tribal people called the Lahu. For ...read more

Tags: Love Of The Disciples

Denomination: Methodist

By 2030, 20%of The U.s. Population, Or 70 Million ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2006

By 2030, 20%of the U.S. population, or 70 million people, will be over 65. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

In Regions Like Asia, Africa, And Latin America, ...

Contributed by Michael De Rosa on Oct 2, 2006

In regions like Asia, Africa, and Latin America, God is adding upwards to 25000 people each day. (Lost ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Denomination: Free Methodist

To Love Each Other Is To Use The Most Powerful ...

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Feb 24, 2007

To love each other is to use the most powerful tool we have to demonstrate to other people what it means to know ...read more

Denomination: Salvation Army

Get The Word Out. You Can Have The Most ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Get the word out. You can have the most wonderful product in the world, but if people dont know about ...read more

Tags: Business And Marketplace

True, Lasting Peace Cannot Be Secured Through ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"True, lasting peace cannot be secured through the strength of arms alone. Among free peoples, the open exchange of ...read more

Tags: Peace

According To A Little Boy Who Had Been Looking ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

According to a little boy who had been looking at some beautiful stained glass windows in a church in England, ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

79% Of U.s. Adults Think Christianity Is More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

79% of U.S. adults think Christianity is more about organized religion than about loving God and ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

There Is Little Good In Filling Churches With ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is little good in filling churches with people who go out exactly the same as they come in; the call of the Church is ...read more

Tags: Church General

Evangelism Is Not Salesmanship It Is Not Urging ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Evangelism is not salesmanship It is not urging people, pressing them, coercing them, overwhelming them, or subduing them. Evangelism is ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Family Faces Are Magic Mirrors. Looking At ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present and future. ...read more

Tags: Family

There Is No Slippery Slope Toward Loss Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is no slippery slope toward loss of liberty, only a long staircase where each step down must first be tolerated ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

At No Time In Its History Has Congress Been ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

At no time in its history has Congress been willing to give up its prerogatives or to accept the fact that as individuals and as a body they and it are ...read more

Tags: Government

One Quickly Gains A Sense From The Bible That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"One quickly gains a sense from the Bible that wherever the Holy Spirit is found in the lives of people, strange and wonderful ...read more

Tags: Holy Spirit General

The Left Side Controls The Right Side Of Your ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The left side controls the right side of your body and right controls the left half. Therefore, left-handers are ...read more

Tags: Thought

Mistakes Of The Tongue Have Destroyed More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Mistakes of the tongue have destroyed more people, ruined more marriages, and cost more businessmen their jobs and ...read more

Tags: Mistakes

Journalism Has Other Rewards. Youll Comfort The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Journalism has other rewards. Youll comfort the afflicted. Youll afflict the comfortable. Youll ask impolite questions of ...read more

Tags: News

Everyone Has An Invisible Sign Hanging From His ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from his neck saying, Make Me Feel Important Never forget ...read more

Tags: Human Life