In Sermon Illustrations: "Revival History"

Crowds And Woodstock

Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 18, 2009

CROWDS AND WOODSTOCK I was only 14 years old when Woodstock took place. I had just become a Christian that Christmas. What was Woodstock? It was a Rock music festival that took place in America in 1969: "3 Days of Peace and Music". It attracted 300,000 people. It featured Creedence Clearwater ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

First-Century Fire

Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on May 16, 2012

FIRST-CENTURY FIRE Billy Graham, that great and uncompromising preacher, once in a Revival meeting held at Los Angeles, shared a passionate message on the Early Church, outlining what needs to be done for the Churches of modern era to become more effective. While many were moved by it, some ...read more

Tags: Pentecost

Denomination: *other

It Is The Duty Of Nations As Well As Of Men To ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

It is the duty of nations as well as of men to own their own independence upon the overruling power of God . . . and to recognize the sublime truth announced in the Holy Scriptures and proved by all history, that those ...read more

Tags: Emotions, Descriptions Of God, Independence Day

04 Was Mercedes Benz Usa's Best Sales Year Ever ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

’04 was Mercedes Benz USA’s best sales year ever with sales of 221,610 cars sold, and December was the best month of its 40 year history. ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment

Tony Campolo Said, "If You Ever Start To Feel ...  PRO

Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jun 3, 2001

Tony Campolo said, "If you ever start to feel proud, just remember that soon after your body has been lowered into the grave, your family & friends will be ...read more

Tags: Temptation Pride, Death, Humility

Denomination: Evangelical Free

It Is Often Said That One Has But One Life To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"It is often said that one has but one life to live, but that is nonsense. For one who reads, there is no limit to the number of lives that may be lived, for fiction and biography and history offer an ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

There Comes A Crisis, A Moment When Every Human ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

There comes a crisis, a moment when every human soul which enters the kingdom of God has to make its choice of that kingdom in preference to everything else that it holds and owns. ---Catherine ...read more

Tags: Heaven

To Restore Morality We Must First Recognize The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"To restore morality we must first recognize the source from which all morality springs. From our earliest history in 1776 when we were declared to be the United States of ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

In A Circle Of True Friends Each Man Is Simply ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"In a circle of true Friends each man is simply what he is: stands for nothing but himself. No one cares twopence about any one elses family, profession, class, income, ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Muslims Turn To Christ: Baptist Missiologist And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Muslims Turn To Christ: Baptist missiologist and author David Garrison says, “More Muslims have come to Christ in the past two decades than at any other point in ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Fear Of

Bible Readers Change The World  PRO

Contributed by Hal Seed on Nov 9, 2012

BIBLE READERS CHANGE THE WORLD If you’ve read anything by Charles Dickens, you know how terrible conditions were in 18th century England. There were no child labor laws, so children as young as age four were put to work up to 12 hours a day in dangerous factories and sent into the corners of coal ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 1:8

Tags: Bible Influence

Denomination: Baptist

Mormonism Is The Fastest-Growing Religion In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2006

Mormonism is the fastest-growing religion in American history reports a U.S. News & World Report study. Last year the LDS sent 60,000 missionaries to 120 countries and ...read more

Tags: World Religions

The Four Spiritual Laws Is The Most Widely ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

The Four Spiritual Laws is the most widely distributed religious pamphlet in history. It has been printed in at least 200 languages and read by an estimated 2.5 billion people. (Rick ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

The Hero Is Known For Achievements; The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The hero is known for achievements; the celebrity for well-knownness. The hero reveals the possibilities of human nature. The celebrity reveals the possibilities of the press and media. Celebrities are people who make news, but ...read more

Tags: Heroism

Jokes And Potato Salad  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 22, 2005

JOKES AND POTATO SALAD Tony Campolo said, "If you ever start to feel proud, just remember that soon after your body has been lowered into the grave, your family & friends will ...read more

Scripture: Mark 9:33-37

Tags: Humility

The Winning Of Freedom Is Not To Be Compared To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The winning of freedom is not to be compared to the winning of a gamewith the victory recorded forever in history. Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

The Greatest Creativity

Contributed by Vonnie E James on Dec 17, 2007

Quote by Dr. Francis Schaeffer "The greatest creativity ever given is the ability of men, by their choices, to change the course of history." God gave man that creativity. That is the great dignity of humanity. The power to change the ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

In Addition To Knowing All There Is To Know ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"In addition to knowing all there is to know about reading, writing and arithmetic, not to mention science, biology, history and music, a teacher has to be an authority on Baseball...Grasshoppers...Little girls...Snakes...Young ...read more

Tags: Learning

I Have A Very Good Friend Who Recently Shared ...  PRO

Contributed by Larry Schoonover on Mar 13, 2003

I have a very good friend who recently shared with me that on one occasion she, out of sincere concern over sin and desire to be what God wanted her to be, she prayed, "God, show me the sin in my life. Show me what I really am." She said that in a couple of weeks she began to pray, "Lord, I’ve ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:23-24

Tags: Sin General, Sin Exposed

Denomination: Baptist

Sometimes You Read Biographies Or Hear Speakers ...

Contributed by Dan Steadman on Jun 11, 2004

Sometimes you read biographies or hear speakers that sound a little like ‘the above’. It is estimated that during D L Moody’s lifetime, he traveled more than one million miles, spoke to more than 100 million people, and led hundreds of thousands, if not millions, to a personal relationship with ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational