Sermon Illustrations
Free Sermon Illustrations for Preaching :

In Sermon Illustrations: "Saw"

showing 541-560 of 3,184
Filter Results
Close Filters

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

  • Show more

Category

  • Try PRO

    Confident Preaching

    Try PRO free and preach with confidence when people need it most.
    Free to start now
  • Self-Image

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 15, 2012
     | 7,591 views

    SELF-IMAGE There's a story about a girl who was the daughter of one of the royal families of Europe. She had a big, round nose that destroyed her beauty in the eyes of others--and especially in her own eyes. She grew up with this terrible image of herself as an ugly person. So her family hired a ...read more

  • Encountering Angels

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Dec 8, 2014
     | 4,658 views

    Some years ago, I had occasion to read Madeleine L’Engle’s book, A Wind in the Door. It’s about a young girl named Meg and her brother Charles Wallace. One day, Charles Wallace tells Meg that he has seen a drive of dragons in the broccoli patch. Meg goes with her brother to check it out, but all ...read more

  • Man Uses Gun For Backscratcher, Shoots Himself

    Contributed by Matt Neace on Jun 19, 2018
     | 2,205 views

    Jorge Espinal was drinking beer and playing poker around 3 a.m. on a Sunday morning in his house, when he got up from the table and walked into another room. His poker buddies probably thought, "Oh, well. He has to go to the bathroom or to get something to drink." But while he as in the other ...read more

  • Limited Vision

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 7, 2022
     | 2,753 views

    I once read a lesson about this man, Simeon, he was a shepherd that lived in 390 A.D. He saw how corrupt the world had become. So he decided to LIVE ABOVE ALL THE EVIL and CORRUPTION. So he built a 6 feet tall pillar to be above the evil world. He built a little area and he lived on this ...read more

  • Scarecrow?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 17, 2025
     | 1,518 views

    I had a dream. In the dream I saw some huge power lines. There were thousands of birds sitting on the power lines. Some of the birds were falling off the power lines. The birds were weak. Actually I could see some fell to their death due to starvation. The picture opened wider and I could ...read more

  • Modern Jericho Road

    Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 1, 2025
     | 141 views

    It was just after noon on a gray Thursday. Rick, a young grocery worker, had finished his shift and was heading home when a customer named Ian asked for a favor. Could Rick drive to Toronto to pick up an auto part? He’d lend him his new car and pay him a hundred dollars. Rick said yes. He ...read more

  • Blue Jeans Gospel

    Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 21, 2025
     | 196 views

    It was just after noon on a gray Thursday. Rick, a young grocery worker, had finished his shift and was heading home when a customer named Ian asked for a favor. Could Rick drive to Toronto to pick up an auto part? He’d lend him his new car and pay him a hundred dollars. Rick said yes. He ...read more

  • A Puppy  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Weber on Mar 23, 2001
    based on 120 ratings
     | 2,914 views

    I saw this in Reader’s Digest, - On the last day of school, children were bringing gifts to their teacher. The florist’s son brought the teacher a bouquet. The candy store owner’s son brought the teacher a pretty box of candy. Then the liquor store owner’s son brought a big, heavy box. The ...read more

  • God Only Lives In The Best  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 18, 2002
    based on 33 ratings
     | 2,464 views

    GOD ONLY LIVES IN THE BEST The Old Testament Temple was only 30’ wide by 90’ long-- a mere 2700 square feet. It was smaller than many homes today. It has been estimated that to rebuild the Temple by the directions in the Bible would cost today about four billion dollars! It would take incredible ...read more

  • When Bob Feller Was 9 Years Old, His Teacher ...

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 22, 2002
     | 1,598 views

    When Bob Feller was 9 years old, his teacher asked him to write an essay about an oak tree. Here are the ideas that he put in his theme: An oak tree can be cut down and sawed into boards. You can make baseball bats out of them. You can also make home plates out of the boards. You can make ...read more

  • A Young Boy Was Waiting After Church For His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Feb 14, 2003
    based on 64 ratings
     | 2,484 views

    A young boy was waiting after church for his family. The pastor saw him standing around and struck up a conversation. Noticing the boy had just come from Sunday School, the pastor thought he would ask him a question to see what he was learning. He said, “Young man, if you can tell me something ...read more

  • A Man Passed By A Cage At The Zoo And Noticed ...  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Nov 8, 2003
    based on 56 ratings
     | 2,867 views

    A man passed by a cage at the zoo and noticed that in the cage was both a large lion and an active monkey. He saw a zoo worker nearby and asked, ‘How does that work having both a lion and a monkey in the same cage? It works ok for the most part. Do they ever not get along? Every once in a ...read more

  • Because He Had Grown Up Just Outside New York ...  PRO

    Contributed by Georgina Pando-Connolly on Apr 13, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,760 views

    Because he had grown up just outside New York City a young pastor barely knew a cow from an ear of corn. That is, until he married a small town country girl from Ohio and traded spaces. Trading New York City for a small rural community, the day of his first sermon he tried very hard to fit in-- ...read more

  • Standing On The Word  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 21, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,158 views

    Standing on the word I saw my two year old daughter natalie carry my bible by the case’s handle. She dragged it in front of a tall table we have, and as I was about to take it away from her the Lord stopped me and said: "I’m showing you something." She took the bible layed it on the floor and then ...read more

  • No Treachery Is Worse Than Betrayal By A Family ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,755 views

    No treachery is worse than betrayal by a family member or friend. Julius Caesar knew such treachery. Among the conspirators who assassinated the Roman leader on March 15, 44 was Marcus Junius Brutus. Caesar not only trusted Brutus, he had favored him as a son. According to Roman historians, ...read more

  • O.g. Wilson Wrote, "I Murmured Because I Had To ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Oct 17, 2006
     | 1,904 views

    O.G. Wilson wrote, “I murmured because I had to walk four blocks from the parking lot to my office. Then I saw a man who was sick, hungry, and unable to take a step and yet whose smile was as cheery as the chirp of the first robin of spring. I complained because the light was poor. Then I met a ...read more

  • The Greek Origin Of The Word "Compassion" Is ...

    Contributed by Brian Stevenson on Nov 24, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,671 views

    The Greek origin of the word “compassion” is splangkh-nid’-zom-ahee (Splagchnizomai – Splagchnon means bowels or intestines). German Theologian, Karl Barth gives us a revealing look at to what this Greek word means: “The term obviously defies adequate translation. What it means is that the ...read more

  • When You Are Born Again, The Holy Spirit Does ...

    Contributed by Bruce Willis on Nov 29, 2006
     | 5,319 views

    When you are born again, the Holy Spirit does not do a “renovation project” on you, but gives you a brand new life. It’s like the new home some of you visited last week. In Augusta, we renovated an older home with flooring, paint and fixtures. But here, we didn’t want to go through that costly ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of Soldier In The Time Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,943 views

    The story is told of soldier in the time of Napoleon Bonaparte. He was looking at his pocketbook where he had written all his debts. In exasperation he wrote, “Who will pay my debts.” Napoleon was passing during the night checking on his soldiers. He saw within the tent of this soldier, and he had ...read more

  • Never Really Connected  PRO

    Contributed by Ervin Kimrey on May 21, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,912 views

    NEVER REALLY CONNECTED One night I saw my 7 year old daughter walking around with a cell phone. She was talking away. She would ask questions, wait for a reply, and give answers to apparent questions: "Yes...no...maybe...I’ll have to check on that..." and so on. Finally, worried about the bill ...read more