In Sermon Illustrations: "Small Things"

The Substance Of Faith

Contributed by Antonio Silveira on Mar 1, 2012

THE SUBSTANCE OF FAITH Example: Give some play-doh to 2 people and ask them to create something out of that "substance" In the millennia-old Aristotelian tradition, as well as early modern traditions that follow it, substances or ousia are treated as having attributes and modes or things. This ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Baptist

One Major Difference Between God And Us

Contributed by Ryan Johnson on Oct 13, 2016

You may plan to go on a picnic on a certain day, but can you be sure you will be able to do what you plan? What could happen to prevent you from going on that picnic? It could rain. You could get sick. You could get a flat tire... Many things could happen to keep us from accomplishing what we ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 46:9-11

Tags: God's Power, Omnipotence, God's Sovereignty, Being Human

Denomination: Baptist

The (Unwise) Wisdom Of The World

Contributed by Roger Hasselquist on Mar 24, 2025

The world in its wisdom may tell us that there is no such thing as truth. That there is no such thing as that which is right and that which wrong. But our experience, of even the simplest of human experiences, will cause us to question that. If you were to ask a gas station attendant for ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:18-23

Tags: Better, Follow Jesus, Unwise, Directions, Wisdom Of The World  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Let Me Close With This Story, At First You May ...  PRO

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Oct 31, 2002

Let me close with this story, at first you may not catch my point, but hang in there, when I land you will see a wonderful point. I had been teaching in Virginia, and I resigned my position and accepted a pastorate of a mission work in eastern Kentucky. The area was very poor, and the little church ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:42-44

Tags: Funerals Christian, Death

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Hurricane Victims' Suffering Lead Them To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 10, 2010

Hurricane Victims’ Suffering Lead Them to Christ 38-year-old Carlotta Bennett was riding out Hurricane Katrina in her attic with her family. The winds had blown her house way off its foundation, and the rising water was threatening to flood the house to the roof and drown the five people in the ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:28

Tags: Suffering Joy In

[316]. Poem Message - To Be Absent From The Body And At Home With The Lord

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 19, 2026

[316]. A POEM MESSAGE - TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY AND AT HOME WITH THE LORD This poem means a lot to me. What of the future? What of the glorious hope? What of the Christian’s destiny? These questions all have one answer – TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY IS PRESENT WITH THE LORD! That is taken ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 64:4, 1 Corinthians 2:9, 2 Corinthians 12:4, Philippians 3:20-21, 2 Corinthians 5:6-8  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Death, Destiny, Home, Called, Citizenship In Heaven, Present With The Lord, Absent From The Body, At Home With The Lord, Christian Poems, Passing Through Death, Inexpressible Words  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A.w. Tozer Stated, "Within The Human Heart ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 29, 2005

A.W. Tozer stated, “Within the human heart ‘things’ have taken over. God’s gifts now take the place of God, and the whole course of ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Just As A Servant Knows That He Must First Obey ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"Just as a servant knows that he must first obey his master in all things, so the surrender to an implicit and unquestionable obedience must become the ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

The Older I Get, The More Wisdom I Find In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The older I get, the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things firsta process which often reduces the most ...read more

Tags: Wisdom

Riches Not Only Afford Matter For Strife, And ...

Contributed by Thomas Black on Jan 28, 2005

"Riches not only afford matter for strife, and are the things most commonly striven about... [but] Poverty and labor, wants and wanderings, could not ...read more

Tags: Money

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Per Bible Scholar James Smith, "The Deeper Our ...  PRO

Contributed by Clarence Clough on Feb 6, 2005

Per Bible scholar James Smith, "The deeper our experience is of the greatness of God’s grace, the more generous and attentive shall we be to those ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

Denomination: Church Of God

John Piper Summed Up Our Problem Well With His ...  PRO

Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Sep 29, 2002

John Piper summed up our problem well with his statement, ‘The weakness of our hunger for God is not because he is unsavoury, but because ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:6

Tags: Love For God, Fulfillment

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Simplify Your Life. Dont Waste The Years ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Simplify your life. Dont waste the years struggling for things that are unimportant. Dont destroy your peace of mind by looking back, worrying about the ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

We Get Closer To God As We Get More Intimately ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

We get closer to God as we get more intimately and understandingly acquainted with the things He has created. I know of nothing more ...read more

Tags: Discovery

I Don't Want To Go To School And Learn Solemn ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I don't want to go to school and learn solemn things. No one is going to catch me, lady, and make me a man. I want ...read more

Tags: Children

I Sit Here All Day Trying To Persuade People To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense to do without my persuading them. ...read more

Tags: Government

I Like Living. I Have Sometimes Been Wildly, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite ...read more

Tags: Learning

Develop An Interest In Life As You See It; The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music-the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, ...read more

Tags: Learning

It's Odd How Few Managers As Well As Marriage ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It's odd how few managers as well as marriage partners realize that, if you give way in little things, you can ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Morning Is In My Heart...the Rich Spoils Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"...morning is in my heart...The rich spoils of memory are mine. Mine, too, are the precious things of today books, flowers, pictures, nature ...read more

Tags: Morning