New! "Counting Every Blessing" 4-week series

SermonCentral Logo SermonCentral Logo Sermon Central
Sermon Illustrations
Free Sermon Illustrations for Preaching :

In Sermon Illustrations: "sermons" showing 2,321-2,340 of 25,025

Filter Results
Close Filters

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

  • Show more

Category

Popular Preaching Resources

New Sermon Series Now Available

Everything you need for your next series

AI Sermon Generator

Generate sermon ideas with a safe, secure tool for solid preaching.

Biblical Sermon Calendar

Customizable sermon manuscripts for verse-by-verse preaching

Sermon Research Assistant

Free custom sermon in 5-10 minutes!

Topical Sermon Calendar

Preach with creativity and impact throughout the year

Sermon Kits for Preaching

I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice

Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives

Ready & Faithful

Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future

Why Suffering?

Help your church understand God's plan in pain

  • Try PRO

    Confident Preaching

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

  • The Bible Is A Survivor

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
     | 4,355 views

    THE BIBLE IS A SURVIVOR The inspiration of the Bible is seen in its unique survival. All through history it has been a hated book for certain people because of its claim to be the word of the living God. But in spite of all attempts at times by emperors, dictators and totalitarian governments to ...read more

    Scripture:

    Tags:

  • Getting The Fruit For Yourself  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,391 views

    Getting the Fruit for Yourself A family was driving to Tampa, Florida. As far as the eye could see, orange trees were loaded with fruit. When we stopped for breakfast, I ordered orange juice with my eggs. "I’m sorry," the waitress said. "I can’t bring you orange juice. Our machine is broken." We ...read more

    Scripture:

    Tags:

  • There Were Three Men Who Went Bear Hunting ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 23, 2010
     | 1,558 views

    There were three men who went bear hunting together: a lawyer, a drunk and a preacher. As they were walking through the woods to pick their places, a bear ran right in front of them. All three with quick reflexes took quick aim and fired. The bear fell down dead. An argument arose about who had ...read more

    Tags:

    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • The Master Is There; That's Enough

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,149 views

    THE MASTER IS THERE; THAT'S ENOUGH A sick man turned to his doctor, as he was preparing to leave the examination room and said, "Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what lies on the other side." Very quietly, the doctor said, "I don't know." "You don't know? You, a Christian man, do not know ...read more

    Scripture:

    Tags:

  • Switching Off The Message  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,347 views

    SWITCHING OFF THE MESSAGE The Word will protect us. No soldier is going to go to battle without his armor and his weapons. Yet many Christians today rarely even pick up their bible. A former park ranger at Yellowstone National Park tells the story of a ranger leading a group of hikers to a fire ...read more

    Scripture:

    Tags:

  • Crooked On The Lot  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,158 views

    CROOKED ON THE LOT The Jewish leaders had rejected salvation. The builders had rejected the very cornerstone of the temple, and stumbled over the rock. Growing up, there was a vacant lot next to our house. One day, a bunch of equipment and workers from Philyaw Construction showed up—and built a ...read more

    Scripture:

    Tags:

  • The Lord's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2010
     | 4,236 views

    “The Lord’s Answer” A man once said to a servant of the Lord: “I am such a helpless, miserable sinner; there is no hope for me. I have prayed, and resolved and tried, and vowed until I am sick of my unavailing efforts.” “Do you believe that Christ died for our sins, and rose again?” was the ...read more

    Scripture:

    Tags:

  • Philip Henry's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 29, 2010
     | 4,537 views

    Philip Henry’s Romance D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones tells the story of Philip Henry, the father of Matthew Henry the commentator. He and a young lady had fallen in love with each other. She belonged to a “higher” level of society than he did, and although she had become a Christian and therefore regarded ...read more

    Scripture:

    Tags:

  • An Unread Note Costs A Commander His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2010
     | 1,801 views

    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:

    Tags:

  • Commitment And Loyalty To Christ Likened To A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 7, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,037 views

    Commitment and Loyalty to Christ Likened to a Trapeze Artist John Ortberg (Faith & Doubt, p. 169-170) says the word trapeze describes the bar between the ropes of a trapeze artist in the circus. It’s a Greek word, meaning table. It’s used in the New Testament when Jesus gathers his friends around ...read more

    Scripture:

    Tags:

  • Priorities In Life And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,714 views

    Priorities in Life and Church Several years ago, because of all the tornados in the area, a developer in Tulsa, Oklahoma, offered an optional tornado-safe room in the new homes he was selling. Nine of the first ten buyers opted to pay the extra $2,500 for the room, which can also be used as a ...read more

    Scripture:

    Tags:

  • Friend Of The Son

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,283 views

    FRIEND OF THE SON Rick Warren talks about Ron Dunn, a friend of his, who took his young son to a carnival one time for his birthday. His son had picked six boys to go with him, so Ron bought a roll of tickets. Every line he'd come up to, he'd pull off seven tickets and give them to all the kids. ...read more

    Scripture:

    Tags:

  • Praying For Wind

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 19, 2010
     | 2,523 views

    PRAYING FOR WIND When Hudson Taylor went to China, he made the voyage on a sailing vessel. As it neared the channel between the southern Malay Peninsula and the island of Sumatra, the missionary heard an urgent knock on his stateroom door. He opened it, and there stood the captain of the ship. ...read more

    Tags:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • When My Hat Is Here...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 21, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,669 views

    WHEN MY HAT IS HERE... So, it’s not true that you can be just as good a Christian without going to church. You can’t simply say "Well, I’m there in Spirit… but I don’t have to be there in body." It’s kind of like the true story of an incident that took place at a University. This university had a ...read more

    Scripture:

    Tags:

  • Not Raising Grass But Kids

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
     | 3,827 views

    NOT RAISING GRASS BUT KIDS Dr. Tony Evans talks about a major league baseball superstar's recollection of his boyhood home. He, his friends, and his father played baseball quite often in their backyard. As a result, the grass had really taken a beating. It didn't look good anymore, unless you were ...read more

    Scripture:

    Tags:

  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer Wrote: "Marriage Is ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Aug 26, 2010
     | 3,365 views

    Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote: “Marriage is more than your love for each other. It has a higher dignity and power, for it is God's holy ordinance, through which he wills to perpetuate the human race till the end of time. In your love you see only your two selves in the world, but in marriage you are a ...read more

    Tags:

    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Psalm 47 And Rosh Hashanah

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 20, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,227 views

    PSALM 47 AND ROSH HASHANAH When a brand new believer in 1974, my friend loaned his LP Album by Messianic Jewish group "Lamb." When I married Marylu in 1980, I married into Lamb albums. One of the songs was titled, "Clap Your Hands, All Ye People," and was a paraphrase of Psalm 47. Preparing this ...read more

    Tags:

    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Nizhizaka Hill Is The Place In Nagasaki, Japan ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 1,922 views

    Nizhizaka Hill is the place in Nagasaki, Japan where the 26 martyrs were executed on 15 February 1597, 400 years ago. They went to their deaths singing Psalm 113. Paul Miki was preaching. Contrary to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the ruler of Japan’s expectation the Christians’ faith was strengthened. ...read more

    Tags:

  • He Knows What Can't Be Seen

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 2,194 views

    HE KNOWS WHAT CAN’T BE SEEN There is no way to grasp, even remotely, what God knows about me, my life, and anything to do with me. There is a story of a photographer who went to the docks to take a picture of the "The Great Eastern". Its hull was black, having been coated with tar. That same day ...read more

    Tags:

  • We Need Fixing

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 1,949 views

    WE NEED FIXING There was a barber in a small local town who had been the only barber in town for years. Everyone went to this barber to get their hair cut. Then, one day a big hair salon franchise came to town and opened up shop. They advertised, "All Haircuts for $3.00" Slowly, the barber's ...read more

    Tags:

  • Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • …
  • 115
  • 116
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • …
  • 1251
  • 1252
  • Next