In Sermon Illustrations: "Slave To Sin"

Left On A Sinking Ship Were The Captain And Three ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

Left on a sinking ship were the captain and three sailors. The captain spoke first. "Men, this business about a captain going down with his ship is nonsense. There’s a three-man life raft on board and I’m going to be on it. To see who will come with me, I will ask you each one question. The one who ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:35-41

Tags: Sin General

Marathoner Loses By A Mustache." So Read The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

"Marathoner Loses by a Mustache." So read the headline of a recent Associated Press story. It appeared that Abbes Tehami of Algeria was an easy winner of the Brussels Marathon--until someone wondered where his mustache had gone! Checking eyewitness accounts, it quickly became evident that the ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 4:13

Tags: Sin Exposed

History Remembers John Joseph Mcgraw Primarily As ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

History remembers John Joseph McGraw primarily as the famed and ferocious longtime manager of the New York Giants. But as unrelenting as McGraw was as a manager during the first three decades of the 20th century, he had been even more unrelenting as a player in the 1890s. It was an era of dirty ...read more

Tags: Sin General

A Survey Performed For The Irs With 2200 People ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

A survey performed for the IRS with 2200 people discovered: 23% admitted cheating by either underreporting income or overstating deductions. 52% think at least one in four of their fellow taxpayers is cheating too, and that cheating is becoming more prevalent. 63% say it is fear ...read more

Tags: Sin General

A Man Purchased A White Mouse To Use As Food ...

Contributed by George Rhodes on Apr 19, 2006

: A man purchased a white mouse to use as food for his pet snake. He dropped the unsuspecting mouse into the snake’s glass cage, where the snake was sleeping in a bed of sawdust. The tiny mouse had a serious problem on his hands. At any moment he could be swallowed alive. Obviously, the mouse ...read more

Tags: Sin Deceptive

Denomination: Baptist

I Was Thrown Out Of College For Cheating On The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into ...read more

Tags: Sin General

Sooner Or Later, Everyone Sits Down To A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Sooner or later, everyone sits down to a banquet ...read more

Tags: Sin Exposed

Go And See What Others Have Produced, But Never ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Go and see what others have produced, but never copy anything except nature. You would be trying to enter into a temperament that is not yours and ...read more

Tags: Sin Exposed

Corruption, The Most Infallible Symptom Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Corruption, the most infallible symptom of ...read more

Tags: Sin Exposed

It Is No Secret That Organized Crime In America ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It is no secret that organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum, especially when one considers ...read more

Tags: Sin General

We Dont Seem To Be Able To Check Crime, So Why ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We dont seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and ...read more

Tags: Sin General

Society Does Not Control Crime, Ever, By ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Society does not control crime, ever, by forcing the law-abiding to accommodate themselves to the expected behavior of criminals. Society controls crime by forcing the criminals to ...read more

Tags: Sin General

Perhaps In Time The So-Called Dark Ages Will Be ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of ...read more

Tags: Sin Bondage To

When In The Dark Is It Better To Move Or Stand ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When in the dark is it better to move or stand still? If still, you wont bump into anything ...read more

Tags: Sin Bondage To

Science Has Explained Nothing; The More We Know ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the ...read more

Tags: Sin Bondage To

I Will Love The Light For It Shows Me The Way, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness ...read more

Tags: Sin Bondage To

An Age Is Called Dark Not Because The Light ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because ...read more

Tags: Sin Bondage To

It Is In The Encircling Gloom That We Come To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It is in the encircling gloom that we come to realize the importance of being led by the ...read more

Tags: Sin Bondage To

All The Darkness Of The World Cannot Put Out The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

All the darkness of the world cannot put out the light ...read more

Tags: Sin Bondage To

Nothing Can Deceive Unless It Bears A Plausible ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Nothing can deceive unless it bears a plausible ...read more

Tags: Sin Deceptive