In Sermon Illustrations: "Soul Immortal"

Meister Eckhart At The End Of The 13th Century ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Meister Eckhart at the end of the 13th century and early years of the 14th said, “No man ever wanted anything so much as God wants to make the soul aware of him. God is ever ready, but we are so unready. God is in, we are out; God is at home, we are strangers.” He continued, “So necessary is our ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

Take A Clear Glass Or Cup And Fill It With Dirty ...  PRO

Contributed by Weston Blankenship on Jul 29, 2007

Take a clear glass or cup and fill it with dirty water. Say this is a type of our sinfull soul before God’s forgiveness. Then dump it out in a bucket and say this is Christ forgivness, He cleans out all the sin. Then wash in the cup in a clean bucket. This is a type of baptism in Jesus name. Then ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:21-35

Denomination: Apostolic

Just Believe By Joel Vicente

Contributed by Joel Vicente on Oct 16, 2007

JUST BELIEVE by Joel Vicente THOUGH TIME MAY BE TOUGH AND THE ROAD REAL ROUGH JUST BELIEVE THOUGH YOU’VE CRIED MANY TEARS AND WAITED MANY YEARS JUST BELIEVE IF GOD SAID HE WILL THEN JUST BE STILL AND BELIEVE FOR GOD WILL TRULY DO WHAT HE PROMISED YOU IF YOU JUST BELIEVE JUST BELIEVE IN HIS ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

She Has Used Up Husbands The Way Each Of Us ...

Contributed by Anne Benefield on Feb 27, 2008

She has used up husbands the way each of us uses up unsatisfactory water. We keep trying all these ways to cure our souls. We try this self-help book. We try that therapist. We try this drug. We try that drink. We try this husband. We try that wife. But, ultimately, we have no husband. ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Story: The Legendary Malcolm Muggeridge Was A ...

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Apr 5, 2008

Story: The legendary Malcolm Muggeridge was a British journalist, author , satirist and media personality He was also a Marxist before he found Christ. During the Cold War he travelled to Russia to write a story about the Communist party and the decline of religion in that atheistic regime. ...read more

Denomination: Anglican

If I Could Just Change A Few Things...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 4, 2008

IF I COULD JUST CHANGE A FEW THINGS... Gary Smalley states, "Most couples enter marriage hoping to achieve happiness. And for each of us, that vision of happiness takes a different form...Disappointment hits most couples shortly after the wedding because each partner begins to see faults and ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Always Look Skyward

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jul 12, 2008

ALWAYS LOOK SKYWARD "A man in the prairie observed an eagle fatally wounded by a gunshot. He writes: "With his eyes gleaming...he slowly turned his head, giving one last...longing look towards the sky. He’d often swept those starry spaces with his wonderful wings...the sky was the home of his ...read more

Tags: God Brings Hope

Denomination: Anglican

True Peace And Joy

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008

True Peace and Joy As a third-century man was anticipating death, he penned these last words to a friend: "It’s a bad world, an incredibly bad world. But I have discovered in the midst of it a quiet and holy people who have learned a great secret. They have found a joy which is a thousand times ...read more

Scripture: John 16:33

Tags: Joy

H.a. Ironside Wrote: "Have You Noticed That A ...

Contributed by Todd Leupold on Nov 26, 2008

H.A. Ironside wrote: “Have you noticed that a man’s use of his money is often the acid test of his character? . . . If you are afraid that perhaps the love of money is getting a grip upon you just try giving away some of it, and if you feel more cheerful and happy than before, then love of money ...read more

Tags: Stewardship

Denomination: Baptist

Discipleship Through Repentance

Contributed by Richard Francis on May 10, 2009

DISCIPLESHIP THROUGH REPENTANCE As A. W. Tozer said, "A growing Christian must have at his roots the life-giving waters of penitence. The cultivation of a penitential spirit is absolutely essential to spiritual progress. The lives of great saints teach us that self-distrust is vital to godliness. ...read more

Tags: Repentance

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

I Sold Life Insurance For Many Years, And Since ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 7, 2010

I sold life insurance for many years, and since that time I have presided at many funerals. Few of those souls knew when they were going to die. The elderly grandmother didn’t know that her grandson was going to kill her for some drug money. The three boys I gave diplomas to didn’t know that ...read more

Tags: Repentance

Denomination: Catholic

I Read The Story Of A Man Who Got Saved Years Ago ...  PRO

Contributed by Evie Megginson on May 22, 2001

I read the story of a man who got saved years ago in South Georgia. But as he grew up and moved away, he got away from the Lord. Later on in his life, he went back to his home and visited the old county Church that he used to attend. As he went into the Church alone, memories flowed his mind and ...read more

Tags: Growth In Christ, Repentance, Faith

Denomination: Baptist

Perseverance  PRO

Contributed by Dru Ashwell on Dec 19, 2001

Perseverance When all the world is looming dark And things seem not so clear, When shadows seem to hover ’round Lord, may I persevere. When it seems everything’s been tried And there’s no way to go, Just let me keep remembering Sometimes the journey’s slow. I may just need to stop and rest ...read more

Tags: Endurance, Peace

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Poem: Within The Gates  PRO

Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 10, 2002

I love to step inside a church, To rest, and think, and pray; The quiet, calm, and holy place Can drive all cares away. I feel that from these simple walls There breathes a moving sound Of sacred music, murmured prayers, Caught in the endless round. Of all that makes our human life; Birth, ...read more

Tags: Church Practices, Peace

Denomination: Church Of God

Billy Graham's Hands Often Go Clammy And His ...

Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 29, 2004

Billy Graham’s hands often go clammy and his knees shake before he preaches. While most would agree that standing in front of a crowd of people is probably not their favorite occupation, this is not a confession one would expect from the man who has preached the Gospel to more people than anyone ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?, Evangelism Fear Of

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Quote: "Prayer Has Divided Seas, Rolled Up ...  PRO

Contributed by Manuel Amparo on May 10, 2006

Quote: “Prayer has divided seas, rolled up flowing rivers, made flinty rocks gush into fountains, quenched flames of fire, muzzled lions, disarmed vipers and poisons, marshaled the stars against the wicked, stopped the course of the moon, arrested the sun in its rapid race, burst open iron gates, ...read more

Tags: Prayer Adoration

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

We Need God When We Are Underneath The Great ...

Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Feb 8, 2007

We need God when we are underneath the great burdens of life. All of God’s great men had to endure great burdens and during those times of burden, they were in a time of great need. Job – The burden of Satan’s attack. Abraham – The burden of sacrificing his dearest possession, Isaac. Jacob – ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

God Wants To Spread His Word Through Us To The ...

Contributed by Tony Abram on Mar 7, 2007

God wants to spread His Word through us to the World. He wants to use the whole man, spirit, soul and body. In 1936 a radio broadcast was transmitted to America from England. Just before the voice of King Edward VIII was to be heard, someone stumbled over a wire in the control room of WJZ (now ...read more

The Great British Baptist Pastor Alexander ...  PRO

Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Apr 15, 2007

The great British Baptist pastor Alexander McClaren reminds us, “Only he who can say, ‘The Lord is the strength of my life,’ can say, ‘Of whom shall I be afraid?’” [--Alexander McClaren, Christian Reader, Vol. 32, no. 3. Thomas a Kempis, the 14th century German Catholic monk, wrote in The ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

The Great British Baptist Pastor Alexander ...

Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Apr 16, 2007

The great British Baptist pastor Alexander McClaren reminds us, “Only he who can say, ‘The Lord is the strength of my life,’ can say, ‘Of whom shall I be afraid?’” [--Alexander McClaren, Christian Reader, Vol. 32, no. 3. Thomas a Kempis, the 14th century German Catholic monk, wrote in The ...read more

Denomination: Methodist