In Sermon Illustrations: "Still God"

Could It Happen Every Day?

Contributed by Tim Smith on Jul 1, 2012

COULD IT HAPPEN EVERY DAY? Jeff Ingle tells the story of spending four days with 75 other pastors in a Pastor's Prayer Summit in Wisconsin. He writes, "In my time I've been to many camps, conferences and retreats but never have I been to anything like this. For four days, we met together with no ...read more

Tags: Worship General

Denomination: Methodist

Position Versus Discipleship

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 7, 2013

POSITION VERSUS DISCIPLESHIP C. Gene Wilkes, in his book Jesus on Leadership, says, "Confusion arises when you equate higher 'positions' with leadership . . . As long as 'position' is honored above discipleship -- being a follower -- church leaders will honor the ambitious over the obedient." We ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26

Tags: Faith Vs. Works

Telemarketers

Contributed by Edward Hardee on Aug 28, 2017

IRS Spam Call - I wanted to share an experience that I just had on the phone. I got that dreaded spam call from the IRS. I knew it was false but I felt like I wanted to talk to a person about it. So I called the number. A young lady answered. She gave me a name and told me I owed $4800 on my IRS ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20

Tags: Witness, Opportunities

Denomination: Church Of God

Never Surrender

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Aug 28, 2020

Acts 5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. When the 101st Airborne was surrounded in WWII the Germans asked them to surrender. General Anthony McAuliffe replied, "Nuts!" The Germans tried to figure what that meant and while they ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:29

Tags: Ministry, Victory, Surrender, Defeat, Calling  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

How Can You Tell When A Church Is Dying?

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 31, 2022

FUNNY STORY!!! Calvin Coolidge, our thirtieth president, was an extremely quiet and reserved man with very little personality. When questioned, he rarely answered in more than two or three words—a tendency which earned him the nickname, “Silent Cal.” The public saw him as a stiff and emotionless ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 7:14

Tags: Acts, Death Of A Vision, Church, Revival, Renewal, Church Growth  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Simeon  PRO

Contributed by Troy Borst on Dec 15, 2005

The years are catching up to me, Simeon thought as he made his way through the dirt-covered streets of Jerusalem. This was once an easy walk; in the corner of his mind’s eye he recalled himself as a younger man bounding through the alleys, markets, and crowded roads that led to the place of ...read more

Tags: Birth Of Jesus

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Before This Month Began To Prepare Our ...  PRO

Contributed by Kerry Kinchen on Nov 10, 2003

". . . before this month began to prepare our ground against seed-time. In the midst of April we began to set, the weather being then seasonable, which much encouraged us, giving us good hopes of after plenty: the setting season is good till the latter end of May. But it pleased God for our further ...read more

Tags: Thanksgiving Holiday, Favor

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Drudgery Is The Touchstone To Character... Learn ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

Drudgery is the touchstone to character... learn to live in the domain of drudgery by ...read more

Tags: Endurance, Faith

Work As If Everything Depended On You And Pray ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"Work as if everything depended on you and pray as if everything ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To

No One Is Safe By His Own Strength, But He Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"No one is safe by his own strength, but he is safe by the ...read more

Tags: Grace

Every Child Born Into The World Is A New ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Every child born into the world is a new thought of God, an ever-fresh ...read more

Tags: Children

The Fact Of Jesus' Birth Is The Final And ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 14, 2004

“The fact of Jesus’ birth is the final and immeasurable proof that God ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Thanksgiving Is Nothing If Not A Glad And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Thanksgiving is nothing if not a glad and reverent lifting of the heart to God in ...read more

Tags: Joy

The Missionary William Carey Said, "Expect Great ...

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jun 1, 2007

The missionary William Carey said, “Expect great things and ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

I Tremble For My Country When I Reflect That ...

Contributed by Clark Tanner on Aug 6, 2007

"I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is ...read more

Denomination: Orthodox

Ordinary People

Contributed by Mark Hiehle on Feb 6, 2008

God uses ordinary people and He calls them in the midst of the ...read more

Denomination: Nazarene

Obedience Is The Means Whereby We Show The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Obedience is the means whereby we show the earnestness of our ...read more

Tags: Faith

Easter Morning Is Not Merely A Declaration That ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Easter morning is not merely a declaration that we are immortal, but a declaration that we ...read more

Tags: Easter Resurrection

Misfortune Makes Of Certail Souls A Vast Desert ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Misfortune makes of certail souls a vast desert through which ...read more

Tags: Disappointment

Theirs Is An Endless Road, A Hopeless Maze, Who ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment