In Sermon Illustrations: "Romans 6 1b 11"

An Unread Note Costs A Commander His ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2010

An Unread Note Costs A Commander His Army During the Revolutionary War, a loyalist spy appeared at the headquarters of Hessian commander Colonel Johann Rall, carrying an urgent message. General George Washington and his Continental [A]rmy had secretly crossed the Delaware River that morning and ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 18:9

Tags: Leadership Listening

On April 25, 1985 (12 Years Ago) Over 5,000 ...  PRO

Contributed by Jerry Falwell on Mar 7, 2002

On April 25, 1985 (12 years ago) over 5,000 students on Liberty Mountain fasted for one day and prayed for the healing of Vernon Brewer, the Dean of Students. He was loved by the students so they fasted and prayed. Vernon had cancer and was given 6 ...read more

Tags: Prayer Answered, Gifts Healing, Disciplines Fasting

Denomination: Baptist

Bible Tax: Another Sign Of Cultural Change And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006

Bible Tax: Another sign of cultural change and values shift. Commonwealth Court in Pennsylvania ruled this month that the state’s sales tax exemption for bibles and other religious material is unconstitutional. This ends a 41 year old exemption and is expected to yield ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

The Liberal Group "Emmy's List" Conducted A Poll ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

The liberal group "Emmy’s List" conducted a poll on what U.S. women believe to be the number one issue facing the nation and to their dismay "moral decline" ranked first. Crime and drugs was second and economic issues have plummeted. Is this a window of opportunity for ...read more

Tags: Women

Honesty Poll Revealing: Gallup Has Discovered ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Honesty Poll Revealing: Gallup has discovered that Clergy rank only 6th among most honest professionals. The question: “Which professions are the most honest?” Nurses 73% Pharmacists 69% Veterinarians 63% Medical Dr.’s 58% K-12 ...read more

Tags: Church General

Sir Billy: Evangelist Billy Graham Became The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Sir Billy: Evangelist Billy Graham became the first clergyman outside the British Commonwealth to receive the insignia of Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire bestowed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The ceremony was held 12/6 ...read more

Tags: Character

Family Time: Society Is Seeing Attitudinal Shifts ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Family Time: Society is seeing attitudinal shifts in parents as they focus less on career and more on family. According to the Travel Industry Association of America, households with kids took just under 119 million leisure trips in ‘02, up 23% ...read more

7 Ways To Rationalize Your Way To Ruin

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 3, 2007

7 ways to Rationalize your way to Ruin 1. Everyone’s doing it 2. I’ll just try it once 3. It’s just a little lie 4. No one ever needs to know 5. No one will really get hurt 6. If I ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Many Years Ago While Serving In One Small Church ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Many years ago while serving in one small church one of the board members came to me and said, “We need to change the evening worship time from 7 p.m. to 6.” I said, “Well, we will need to talk to the board about it.” He replied, ...read more

Tags: Divinity Of Christ

Best 2006 Films For Families: 1-Charlotte's Web, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

Best 2006 Films for Families: 1-Charlotte’s Web, 2-Cars, 3-The Nativity Story, 4-Eight Below, 5-Akeelah And The Bee, 6-Ice Age: The Meltdown, 7-Invincible, 8-Glory Road, 9-The Pursuit Of Happyness, ...read more

Karen Kingsbury, The Reigning Queen Of Christian ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

Karen Kingsbury, the reigning queen of Christian fiction, started writing inspirational fiction in ’98 and now has 6 million books in print. While most novelists finish two manuscripts a year, Kingsbury hammers out 5, mostly in the 5 ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

Aesop's Fables, The Fox And The Lion – Fox First ...

Contributed by Shawn Rose on Jan 13, 2009

Aesop’s Fables, The Fox and the Lion – fox first sees lion, scared to death and runs away; second time sees the lion, stands at a safe distance and watches; third time sees the lion, walks up to him and strikes up a conversation, walks away ...read more

Tags: Jesus Teachings

Denomination: Baptist

Christian Values ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009

CHRISTIAN VALUES STATISTICS 93% of U.S. Christians think tax-funded schools should not promote homosexuality as an acceptable lifestyle. 92% of U.S. Christians think it is "very important" to prevent homosexual "marriage" from becoming legal. 89% of U.S. Christians ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Preparing The Path Or Our ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2010

Preparing the Path or Our Youth? A judge who had a great number of cases involving families and homes once said: “We adults spend far too much time preparing the path for our youth and far too little time preparing our youth ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 22:6

Tags: Parenting

Napoleon Bonaparte On Jesus  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2010

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE ON JESUS It was Napoleon Bonaparte who wrote "Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and myself founded empires; but what foundation did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded an empire upon love; and at this hour millions ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:15-20

Tags: Jesus Christ

Trust His Heart  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010

TRUST HIS HEART Babbie Mason wrote these words, "God is too wise to be mistaken. God is too good to be unkind. When you don't understand and can't see His plan, when you can't trace His hand, TRUST HIS ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 13:17-22

Tags: Trust

Tithe

Contributed by Babatunde Bello on Aug 7, 2011

TITHE What is Tithe? Tithe is the tenth percent of our total income, which include basic salary, allowances and any other extra money you receive, such as tips, honorarium, or any source of fund that increases your ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Denomination: Pentecostal

The First And Last "All"

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010

THE FIRST AND LAST "ALL" After a mission service, the preacher of the evening was hurrying away to a late train. He had just three minutes to catch it when he saw a man running after him. "Oh, sir," he said breathlessly as he came up, "Can you help me? I am very anxious about my salvation." ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:6

Tags: Evangelism How To

Sin's ...

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

Sin’s Birthplace “But each one is tempted when by his own evil desire he is dragged away and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.” (James 1: 14, 15) Before you can win a war you must know your enemy, understand his ...read more

Scripture: James 1:14-15

Tags: Sin Fall Of Man

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Joy

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

Joy In Galatians 5: 22 we read that the fruit of the Holy Spirit is joy. The Greek word means an inner gladness, a deep pleasure which comes from an inner assurance and confidence that God does all things for His good purposes. This joy is not the same as the joy found in ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22, Matthew 2:1-23

Tags: Fruit Of The Spirit

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational