In Sermon Illustrations: "Starting The Year"

Marriage

Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Feb 29, 2016

A story from Warsaw, Ohio, is catching some attention today (August 13, 2014). It seems the dancers at Foxhole nightclub decided to picket a church that had been hassling them for years. Apparently the members and pastor of New Beginnings Ministries felt called by God to try to rid their community ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 7:1-39

Tags: Sex, Intimacy In Marriage

Denomination: Baptist

The Tree Of Hippocrates

Contributed by Kelly Mitchell on Oct 3, 2012

The Tree of Hippocrates On the island of Kos, the home of Hippocrates, the great physician from whom we get the “Hippocratic Oath”, there grows a tree that history says Hippocrates himself once gathered his students for class. Although the current tree is only about 500 years old, it is purported ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:46-49

Tags: Revival, Restoration, Church Growth, Church Practices

Denomination: Baptist

When You Stop Drinking, You Have To Deal With ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started ...read more

Tags: Addiction

A Child Is A Person Who Is Going To Carry On ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

A child is a person who is going to carry on what you have started...the fate ...read more

Tags: Children

The Capacity For Hope Is The Most Significant ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of ...read more

Tags: Faith

The Body Is A Thing Of Shreds And Patches, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The body is a thing of shreds and patches, borrowed unequally from good and bad ...read more

Tags: Creation

A Speech Is Like A Love Affair. Any Fool Can ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A speech is like a love affair. Any fool can start it, but to end it ...read more

Tags: Communication Speech

Leaving The City Of Regret

Contributed by John Bright on Feb 1, 2025

Leaving the City of Regret by Larry Harp I had not really planned on taking a trip this time of year, and yet I found myself packing rather hurriedly. This trip was going to be unpleasant, and I knew in advance that no real good would come of it. I'm talking about my annual "Guilt ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:13-16

Tags: Freedom, Regret

Denomination: Methodist

I Want To Buy An Hour

Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Jun 17, 2005

I WANT TO BUY AN HOUR A man came home from work late again, tired and irritated. He found his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door. "Daddy, may I ask you a question?" The dad replied: "Yeah, sure, what is it?" "Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?" The dad got mad and said, ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Denomination: Church Of God

Anybody Who Is Walking With The Spirit Can't Help ...

Contributed by Chris Edmondson on May 26, 2007

Anybody who is walking with the Spirit can’t help but to talk about Jesus. What is the Holy Spirit? The witness of Jesus. And Jesus says, “You will be My witness also…” If you can go a month, 2 months, and Jesus’ name doesn’t come up in the workplace, He doesn’t come up in School teenagers, He ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Would You Look At That...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 10, 2009

"WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT..." The story is told of an old man whose grandson rode a donkey while they were traveling from one city to another. The old man heard some people mumbling, "Would you look at that old man walking, suffering on his feet, while that strong young boy is totally capable of ...read more

Scripture: James 1:5

Tags: Complaining

Denomination: Baptist

Nobody Pencils It In

Contributed by Austin W. Duncan on Apr 17, 2026

I heard a wildlife researcher describe once what happens when frogs try to cross a highway. They don’t hop out into oncoming traffic and get hit all at once. What actually happens is they start crossing a road that’s completely quiet. Middle of the night. No cars anywhere. Looks perfectly safe. So ...read more

Scripture: James 1:14-15

Tags: Sin, Temptation

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Spend Your Hard-Earned Cash On This [book] If: ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Spend your hard-earned cash on this [book] if: you need to start a fire and are in ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

A Man May Make Many Mistakes, But He Is Not A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A man may make many mistakes, but he is not a failure until he starts ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Anyone Who Has Ever Looked Into The Glazed Eyes ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will ...read more

Tags: War

It May Be True That Life Begins At 40, But ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It may be true that life begins at 40, but everything else starts to wear ...read more

Tags: Aging

Medical Costs Being What They Are These Days, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Medical costs being what they are these days, no matter where an ailment starts, the pain tends to ...read more

Tags: Human Body

No Age Or Time Of Life, No Position Or ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"No age or time of life, no position or circumstance, has a monopoly on success. Any age ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

Thought Is A Magnet And Attracts Like Thoughts; ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Thought is a magnet and attracts like thoughts; it moves in circles, and, with this added force, will ...read more

Tags: Thought

Questions That Have Answers

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010

Quote: John J. Plomp "You know that children are growing up when they start asking ...read more

Tags: Aging

Denomination: Brethren