In Sermon Illustrations: "Spiritual Man"

Buried With A Fire Extinguisher!

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jun 6, 2022

An interesting newspaper clipping from 1999 told of a British man who was quite a character. Two or three days AFTER his funeral his friends started getting signed postcards from him. The cards said "wish you were here" and were addressed from ...read more

Tags: Hell, Death, Eternity, Judgment, Deceived  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

C S Lewis - The Choice

Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Sep 19, 2022

I am trying here to prevent anyone from saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Jesus. “I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept his claim to be God.” That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-6, Philippians 2:5-11, Colossians 1:15

Tags: Jesus, Jesus Divinity, Nature Of Jesus, Moral Teacher

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Be Doers Of The Word

Contributed by Brad Beaman on Oct 8, 2022

There is a made-up story about a man who had a dream about heaven. The story is not true but the point it illustrates is true. In this story a man had a dream he died and went to heaven. He toured heaven and it was marvelous just as he imagined it would be. He sees mansions, streets of gold and ...read more

Scripture: James 1:19-25

Tags: Doing, Great Sermons, Doers Of The Word, Practical Faith, Not Hearers Only, Do What It Says, James On Doing  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Anyone Can Do That...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009

"ANYONE CAN DO THAT..." There was a man named Doug Nichols who went to India to be a missionary. While he was just starting to study the language, he became infected with tuberculosis and had to be put in a sanitarium. It was not a very good place to be. It was not very clean and conditions were ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:43-48

Tags: Christian Love

Failing To Give Him The Key

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Feb 6, 2010

Failing to Give Him the Key The early years of the 19th century were troubled times in the German confederation. Rumors of revolution and rioting had the federated government in panic. Klemens von Metternich, the chief statesman of the confederation, ordered thousands of young men drafted into the ...read more

Tags: Becoming A Christian

Denomination: Baptist

Misapplied Scriptures, John 9:31: Does God Hear Sinners, Or Not?

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Oct 13, 2023

Introduction: This is another verse of Scripture which has been used and misused by many people for a long time. Some folks teach that it’s basically useless for any sinner to pray because “well, right there, it says, ‘God heareth not sinners!’” But is that what the verse really teaches? Here’s ...read more

Scripture: John 9:31, Psalm 66:18

Tags: Blind Men, Misapplied Scripture, Unusual Healings, Jesus

Denomination: Baptist

The One Who Takes The Son Recieves Everything

Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Nov 19, 2025

The story is told ... Years ago, ... there was a very wealthy man who, ... with his devoted young son, ... shared a passion ... for collecting fine art. Together ... they traveled around the world, ... adding only the finest art treasures ... to their collection. Priceless works ... by Picasso, ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 5:11-12

Tags: Father, Jesus, Son, Everything

Denomination: Anglican

Whoever Takes The Son Receives Everything - Good Story

Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Feb 25, 2026

The story is told ... Years ago, ... there was a very wealthy man who, ... with his devoted young son, ... shared a passion ... for collecting fine art. Together ... they traveled around the world, ... adding only the finest art treasures ... to their collection. Priceless works ... by Picasso, ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 5:11-12, Colossians 1:15-16, 1 Corinthians 1:4-8, 1 Corinthians 13:12

Tags: Treasures, Auction, Son, Life, Eternal  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Anglican

Childhood, The Bud Of Life, Unfolding Forms The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Childhood, the bud of life, unfolding forms the youth; ...read more

Tags: Children

A Fine Quotation Is A Diamond On The Finger Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a ...read more

Tags: Wisdom

Discipline Is Inevitable; If It Does Not Come ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Discipline is inevitable; if it does not come from within a man, it will ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines

To Live A Disciplined Life, And To Accept The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"To live a disciplined life, and to accept the result of that discipline as the will of ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines

The Heart Of The Fool Is In His Mouth, But The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The heart of the Fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of the ...read more

Tags: Truth

The Condition Upon Which God Has Given Liberty ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The condition upon which God has given liberty to man ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

Fire Is Seen In The Eyes Of The Young, But It ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Fire is seen in the eyes of the young, but it is light we see ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Often It Is Just Lack Of Imagination That Keeps ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Often it is just lack of imagination that keeps a man from ...read more

Tags: Thought

Friendship Is The Most Pleasant Of All Things, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Friendship is the most pleasant of all things, and nothing more ...read more

Tags: Compassion

A Womans Head Is Always Influenced By Her Heart; ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A womans head is always influenced by her heart; but a ...read more

Tags: Men And Women

Men Will Make All Sorts Of Allowances For A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Men will make all sorts of allowances for a pretty woman, and ...read more

Tags: Men And Women

Blessed Be He Who Invented Sleep, A Cloak That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Blessed be he who invented sleep, a cloak that covers ...read more

Tags: Commandments Sabbath