In Sermon Illustrations: "Return"

Changed By Agnosticism  PRO

Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 9, 2002

CHANGED BY AGNOSTICISM Dr. Harry Ironside was a great Christian leader in the first half of this century. On one occasion, he was involved with a Salvation Army meeting in San Francisco. Dr. Ironside shared his testimony with the gathering then returned to his seat on the platform. Soon after ...read more

Tags: Apologetics God

Denomination: Pentecostal

In January 1997, A Brink's Truck Carrying 3.7 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2002

In January 1997, a Brink’s truck carrying 3.7 million dollars worth of coins and currency crashed on an elevated highway in Miami, Florida. The money flew everywhere. For nearly two hours, news cameras captured the mad scramble of residents as they scooped up cash, stuffing nearly five hundred ...read more

Little Annie, As They Called Her, Was In A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 3, 2002

Little Annie, as they called her, was in a sanctorum. Anne Sullivan had lost everyone that loved her. She was almost blind and was very sickly. Her behavior was like an animal. She was even kept in a cage or isolated from the others most of the time. --On occasions, she would violently attack ...read more

In 1955, President David Eisenhower Was In ...

Contributed by James O. Davis on Oct 30, 2003

In 1955, President David Eisenhower was in Denver, Colorado, for a few days of business. In the Saturday morning newspaper, one of the president’s aids read a letter to the editor from a teenaged boy with cancer, named Paul Hailey, who expressed his dream of someday, somehow, someway meeting the ...read more

Tags: Second Coming

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Shadowlands Is A Powerful ...

Contributed by Ferdinand Funk on Sep 29, 2008

Shadowlands is a powerful movie Based on the life of C.S. Lewis. In one scene Lewis has just return from London to Oxford. Thru interesting circulmstances he met Joy Gresham, And American woman who was interested in his writings. Later on in the story Lewis marries Joy Gresham in a private ...read more

Tags: Prayer Hardship

Denomination: Mennonite

You Can Trust ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009

YOU CAN TRUST GOD A Canadian pastor, in a period of great turmoil, received the faithful help of God he needed from reading about the following true incident. In his town the local parks commission had been ordered to remove the trees from a street they were going to widen. As they were about to ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 26:4

Tags: Trust

Pennies From Heaven  PRO

Contributed by Michael Walther on Jul 11, 2011

PENNIES FROM HEAVEN Many of the farms in the state of Nebraska are right on the edge of the fertile plains that receive enough rainfall to produce abundant crops. Some years the yields can be a little lower simply because they are not blessed with as much rain as other farmers. Being so dependent ...read more

Tags: Bible Truth

Denomination: Lutheran

Light Of The ...

Contributed by Gordon Weatherby on May 2, 2013

LIGHT OF THE WORLD Jesus stated that we are to be the "Light of the World", and that a city set on a hill cannot be hidden. In the Canadian province of New Brunswick there is a church building on Deer Island that for many years has served as a physical light house to the fishermen of that ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:14-15

Tags: Witness, Light, Influence, Lighthouse, Christian Witness  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

In November I975, 75 Convicts Started Digging A ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Hensley on Jan 26, 2001

In November I975, 75 convicts started digging a secret tunnel designed to bring them up at the other side of the wall of Saltillo Prison in northern Mexico. On April 18, 1976, guided by pure genius, they tunneled up into the nearby courtroom in which many of them had been sentenced. The surprised ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will, Judgment, Second Coming

Denomination: Baptist

The Parole Board Will Evaluate An Inmate To ...  PRO

Contributed by Robert Travis on Jul 19, 2001

The parole board will evaluate an inmate to determine if he is capable of returning to society. Sometimes they make mistakes. Some inmates are set free, only to kill again and be brought back to justice. An uncontrolled temper or unbridled tongue should never be allowed to roam free. They must be ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines

Denomination: Baptist

When A Man Undertakes To Repent Toward His ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 10, 2001

When a man undertakes to repent toward his fellowmen, it is repenting straight up a precipice; when he repents toward law, it is repenting into the crocodile’s jaws; when he repents toward public sentiment, it is throwing himself into a thicket of brambles and thorns; but when he repents toward ...read more

Tags: Repentance, God's Forgiveness, God The Father

An Angel Appeared At A Faculty Meeting And Told ...  PRO

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 10, 2003

An angel appeared at a faculty meeting and told the dean that in return for his unselfish service, he will be rewarded with his choice of wealth, wisdom, or beauty. Without hesitating, the dean selects wisdom. "It is done!" the angel said, and then disappeared into a cloud of smoke. All of the ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 17:24, James 1:5, Matthew 7:24-26

Tags: Money

Denomination: Independent/Bible

One Blistering Hot Day When They Had Guests For ...

Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Nov 8, 2004

One blistering hot day when they had guests for dinner, Mother asked 4-year old Johnny to return thanks. “But I don’t know what to say!” the boy complained. “Oh, just say what you hear me say” his mother replied. Obediently the boy bowed his head and mumbled, ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:35-44

Tags: Prayer Confession

Denomination: Baptist

One Morning I Opened The Door To Get The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

One morning I opened the door to get the newspaper and was surprised to see a strange little dog with our paper in his mouth. Delighted with this unexpected "delivery service," I fed him some treats. The following morning I was horrified to see the same dog sitting in front of our door, wagging his ...read more

Tags: Gifts Encouragement

The Man Tells The Story As Simply As It ...

Contributed by Anne Benefield on Mar 3, 2008

The man tells the story as simply as it happened. Notice that he speaks of Jesus as just a man. He must have heard others call Jesus by name. After sending the blind man to the Siloam pond, Jesus leaves. He isn’t waiting for the man to return to thank Him. Whenever we do anything good, don’t ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Going Home

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

GOING HOME For the first time since the Depression, more Americans ages 75 and older have been leaving the South than moving there, according to a New York Times analysis of Census Bureau data. The reversal appears to be driven in part by older people who retired to the South in their 60s, but ...read more

Tags: Aging

Women Are More Likely To Work During Pregnancy ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

Women are more likely to work during pregnancy than they were 30 to 40 years ago. They also are returning to work more rapidly after having their first child; 64% are back at work within a year vs. 17% in the 60s. 66% of women who had their first child between ’01 and ’03 worked during their ...read more

Tags: Workplace Balance

A Shoe Company Sent A Representative To A ...

Contributed by Tim Hbc on Apr 11, 2008

A shoe company sent a representative to a foreign country. As soon as he arrived he emailed his boss back home: ‘Catching the next flight home. Nobody in this country wears shoes’. When he returned, the company sent another representative over to the same country. This second representative ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Engaged Consumers A Brand With Strong Customer ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

Engaged Consumers A brand with strong customer engagement has customers who promote the brand, come back in the future, go out of their way to do business with the company, and feel strongly for a brand, claims a study by PeopleMetrics. Overall, companies with more engaged customers outperformed ...read more

Tags: Business And Marketplace

In The Story, A Wart Hog From Hell: Revelation, ...

Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 21, 2009

In the story, A Wart Hog from Hell: Revelation, written by Flannery O’Connor, Mrs. Turpin is a self-righteous woman who turns on God when life takes a bad turn. Out on the farm she screams to God, "Just who do you think you are!?" Momentarily the question returns to her as it echoes off the ...read more

Tags: Pride, Tongue

Denomination: Nazarene