In Sermon Illustrations: "Start Right"

Nothing That Is Morally Wrong Can Be Politically ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Nothing that is morally wrong can be ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

The Habitually Punctual Make Their Mistakes ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The habitually punctual make their ...read more

Tags: Mistakes

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Spoke Prophetically ...

Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 5, 2007

. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke prophetically calling America to right the wrongs of racial discrimination. At one point after a defining court victory, Dr. King spoke with the president about enacting legislation to protect the civil rights of people of color. The president sided with Dr. King ...read more

Denomination: Church Of God

Marriage Insight

Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Nov 15, 2021

Destructive to marriage is the self fulfillment ethic that assumes marriage and the family are primarily institutions of personal fulfillment, necessary for us to become whole or happy. The assumption is that there is someone just right for us to marry and that if we look closely enough we will ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:22-33

Tags: Relationships, Love, Marriage

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Ready Or Not, Here I Quit

Contributed by James Snyder on Sep 18, 2021

I do not quit easily. When I start a project, I like to work until it's finished. I hate to quit before something is completed. One thing I have learned through the years is not to start something unless I have the time and resources to finish it. How many projects I started in the past and ...read more

Scripture: Amos 3:3

Tags: Quitting, Agreement, Humor

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Model Building Class  PRO

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 21, 2003

Illustration of my Model Building Class. I had an interesting week this week teaching a model building class. I had a bunch of students ranging in age from 9-13. I became a little frustrated with some of them this week when they refused to follow directions and as a result they where always ...read more

Tags: Commitment To Christ, Becoming A Christian, Repentance

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Salt In The Shaker

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 23, 2012

SALT IN THE SHAKER A strange sign greets visitors to Vienna, Austria. Translated from the German, it says, "Welcome to Vienna, where the salt is in the saltshaker." What they mean is that they "don't put salt on the streets in the winter"! The church is the salt of the earth, but we do no good ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

Ten Years Ago For Every Wife Who Left Her Family, ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 29, 2002

Ten years ago for every wife who left her family, 600 husbands did. Today for each man who leaves, two women do. Charles Swindoll, Starting ...read more

What Is Revival?  PRO

Contributed by Rick Croffut on Feb 5, 2002

What is Revival? 1. Revival is not a week worth of meetings. 2. Revival is not started in one day. 3. Revival is not controlled by man. 4. Revival is a heart thing. 5. Revival is always ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:1, Judges 6:24, Jonah 1:1-5, 2 Chronicles 7:14

Tags: Repentance

Denomination: Pentecostal

Boston Has Seen Its Number Of Protestant ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

Boston has seen its number of Protestant churches double in the past 30 years, from 300 in ’70 to over 600 today. Emmanuel Gospel Center research finds ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Boston Has Seen Its Number Of Protestant ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

Boston has seen its number of Protestant churches double in the past 30 years, from 300 in ’70 to over 600 today. Emmanuel Gospel Center research finds ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Success Is Never An Accident. It Typically ...

Contributed by Billy Nale on May 13, 2007

“Success is never an accident. It typically starts as imagination, becomes a dream, stimulates a goal, grows into a plan of action – which then inevitably meets with opportunity. Don’t get ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Is There Hope For The Next Generation Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 7, 2013

IS THERE HOPE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF EVANGELICALS? Russell Moore recounts a conversation with the evangelical theologian Carl Henry. As Moore and some of his friends were lamenting the miserable shape of the church, they asked Dr. Henry if he saw any hope in the coming generation of ...read more

Scripture: Acts 9:1-15, Acts 2:47, Romans 8:31-36, Proverbs 20:21, Luke 8:22-25, Matthew 16:18  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: God Brings Hope

Everything In The Universe Is Subject To Change ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Everything in the universe is subject to change and everything ...read more

Tags: Change

The Best Way To Win An Argument Is To Begin By ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The best way to win an argument is to begin ...read more

Tags: Dealing With Conflicts

Success Is Often The Result Of Taking A Misstep ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Success is often the result of taking a misstep in ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

I Didn't Save You. God Did.

Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012

"I DIDN'T SAVE YOU. GOD DID." Fireman Edward Cushing tells the story of an old frame house burning on the southside of Chicago. He ordered the hoses to start fighting the fire and then dashed inside and pulled three people out. When the blaze was over, the Chief came over and told him he did a ...read more

Tags: Dreams

Denomination: Methodist

Ever Had A Time When You Felt All Alone In Life, ...

Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 26, 2007

Ever had a time when you felt all alone in life, didn’t know which way to turn? Do you ever have a point in your life where you felt so overwhelmed and frustrated that you just didn’t know what to do? You might be like a guy who went alone on a vacation up in the mountains and he was walking ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

Mirror Image: David Vassallo, 46, Boarded A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 13, 2002

MIRROR IMAGE: David Vassallo, 46, boarded a jetliner in Philadelphia, Penn., for a flight to North Carolina and allegedly bragged to another passenger that he was an undercover federal sky marshal. The man he was talking to was quite interested, since he was an undercover federal sky ...read more

Tags: Sin Exposed, Faith

Lord Jesus, Thou Who Art The Way, The Truth, And ...

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

Lord Jesus, thou who art the way, the truth, and the life; hear us as we pray for the truth that shall make all free. Teach us that liberty is not only to be loved but also to be lived. Liberty is too precious a thing to be buried in books. It costs too much to be hoarded. Help us see that our ...read more

Tags: Faith, Political Freedom

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational