In Sermon Illustrations: "Small Things"

I'm Going To Be Eighty Soon, And I Guess The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I'm going to be eighty soon, and I guess the one thing that puzzles me most ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

People Acting Together As A Group Can Accomplish ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

In A Successful Marriage, There Is No Such ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"In a successful marriage, there is no such thing as ones way. There is only the way of both, only the bumpy, ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

There Will Always Be A Battle Between The Sexes ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

There will always be a battle between the sexes because men and women want different things. ...read more

Tags: Men And Women

Three-Fourths Of The Mistakes A Man Makes Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Three-fourths of the mistakes a man makes are made because he does not really know ...read more

Tags: Mistakes

The World Is A Fairly Untidy Place And The Most ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The world is a fairly untidy place and the most valuable thing one can give to ones children ...read more

Tags: Creation

Results Why, Man, I Have Gotten A Lot Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Results Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several ...read more

Tags: Action

Prayer Is The Language Of A Man Burdened With A ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Prayer is the language of a man burdened with a sense of need. It is the voice of the beggar, conscious of his ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To

Character Is Like A Tree And Reputation Like A ...

Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 28, 2010

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is ...read more

Tags: Character

Denomination: Church Of God

Two Teenagers Asked Their Father If They Could Go ...

Contributed by Jerry Flury on Oct 16, 2012

Two teenagers asked their father if they could go the theater to watch a movie that all their friends had seen. After reading some reviews about the movie on the internet, he denied their request. "Aw dad, why not?" they complained. "It's rated PG-13, and we're both older than thirteen!" Dad ...read more

Tags: Sin General

Denomination: Baptist

A Beggar Lived Near The King's Palace. One Day ...  PRO

Contributed by Steve Malone on Jul 23, 2002

A beggar lived near the king’s palace. One day he saw a proclamation posted outside the palace gate. The king was giving a great dinner. Anyone dressed in royal garments was invited to the party. The beggar went on his way. He looked at the rags he was wearing and sighed. Surely only kings ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Satan's Worldwide Convention  PRO

Contributed by James Harrington on Sep 20, 2004

Satan’s worldwide convention: Satan called a worldwide convention. In his opening address to his devils, he said, “We can’t keep Christians from going to church. We can’t keep them from reading their Bibles and knowing the truth. We can’t keep them from forming an intimate, abiding relationship ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:15-24, 1 Corinthians 7:35

Tags: Feelings, Emotions, Temptation General, Temptation Resisting

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Sooner Or Later, It Seems That At Least Once In ...  PRO

Contributed by Todd Leupold on Jun 9, 2008

Sooner or later, it seems that at least once in their life with God, every Christian gets infected with the virus of "false maturity." It's a weird virus in that it's symptoms are often easily seen and felt by others, but invisible and unfelt by the infected one! Once infected, the poor soul ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Baptist

Praying In ...

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

Praying in Revival 2 Chronicles 7:14 says: “…if my people, who are called by My Name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” All true spiritual awakenings that have had a ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 7:14

Tags: Revival

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Brother Lawrence And Disciplines

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009

BROTHER LAWRENCE AND DISCIPLINES Around 1610, a child was born in France by the name Nichols Herman. Later in life, he would become known as Brother Lawrence. As a young man, he fought in the Thirty Years War and sustained a near fatal His injury to his sciatic nerve. The injury left him quite ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 6:9

Tags: Discipleship, Recognition, Seeking Christ

During The Late 1800’s An English ...  PRO

Contributed by Tom Dooley on May 14, 2001

During the late 1800’s an English evangelist named Henry Moorhouse made several trips to preach in America. On one of those occassions he was taking a walk through a poor section of town when he noticed a small boy coming out of a store with a pitcher of milk in his hands. Just then, he ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:8-10

Tags: God's Forgiveness, God's Holiness, Grace, Transformation

Denomination: Baptist

The Hope In A Rocket  PRO

Contributed by Don Hawks on Feb 28, 2002

THE HOPE IN A ROCKET October Sky is a great movie. It is based on the autobiography of former NASA science engineer Homer Hickam, Jr. It is about four boys who embody the hope of a community. It’s 1957 in Coalwood, West Virginia where all the boys grow up to be coal miners. Homer Hickam ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:4-12

Tags: Leadership General, Evangelism The Lost, Faith

Denomination: Methodist

Disillusion  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 11, 2001

DISILLUSION Babe Ruth had hit 714 home runs during his baseball career and was playing one of his last full major league games. It was the Braves versus the Reds in Cincinnati. But the great Ruth was no longer as agile as he had once been. He fumbled the ball and threw badly, and in one inning ...read more

Scripture: Acts 26:16-20

Tags: Children, Excellence, Ripe Fruit

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Several Years Ago There Was A Well-Known ...  PRO

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Sep 26, 2001

"Several years ago there was a well-known television circus show that developed a Bengal tiger act. Like the rest of the show, it was done "live" before a live audience, One evening, the tiger trainer went into the cage with several tigers to do a routine performance. The door was locked behind ...read more

Tags: Examples Of Faith, Faith

Denomination: United Methodist

There's A Story That Came Out Of Wwii, About A ...  PRO

Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 13, 2002

There’s a story that came out of WWII, about a small village in Poland and the day the Nazis came to town. The people were gathered in their church there worshiping, when troops of the Third Reich swarmed into the village, entered the church, escorted everyone outside and set fire to the ...read more

Tags: God's Forgiveness, Descriptions Of God

Denomination: Orthodox