In Sermon Illustrations: "Studying The Word"

Write Only What You Love, And Love What You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

To The Hardships Of Life, The Famous Poet Robert ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2002

To the hardships of life, the famous poet Robert Frost would say this: "In three words I can sum up everything ...read more

Tags: Endurance, God's Provision, Hardship Of Life

Serious Sport Has Nothing To Do With Fair Play. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules, and sadistic pleasure in witnessing ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

I Say That You Develop By Stretching Out Your ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I say that you develop by stretching out your youthfulness, that the trick is life is to die youngas late as possible. In other words, to remain young in the ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Living Is Strife And Torment, Disappointment ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Living is strife and torment, disappointment and love and sacrifice, golden sunsets and black storms. I said that some time ago, ...read more

Tags: Learning

Be Different If You Dont Have The Facts And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Be different if you dont have the facts and knowledge required, simply listen. When word gets out that you can listen when others ...read more

Tags: Leadership Listening

The Usual Suspects Movie  PRO

Contributed by Alexier Mayes on Aug 22, 2015

In the 1995 movie ’The Usual Suspects’ the character Verbal utters these thoughtful words ’ The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-20, Luke 4:1-13

Tags: Satan Is Real, Reality Of Satan, Devil's Deception, Beware Of The Devil

Denomination: Anglican

David Became A Great Hero By Trusting God And ...

Contributed by Michael West on Oct 2, 2008

David became a great hero by trusting God and defeating the giant Goliath—-Do you know Goliath’s last words? "Nothing ...read more

Tags: David

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Christmas Tree

Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Dec 9, 2014

Around 10 years ago I began to tell my Grandson Ryan, who then was 5 years old about how when I was his age we always had a cedar for a Christmas tree and how to this day the smell of a cedar tree reminded me of Christmas growing up as a child at home. So, we decided to go Christmas tree hunting ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:6

Tags: Christmas Tree, Saviour Born

Denomination: Baptist

Looking For Purpose In Life? Then Serve ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2009

Looking For Purpose in Life? Then Serve Others We need to ask ourselves on a daily basis the following questions: "What are we going to do to be a better Christian? What are we going to do to make our homes happier? What are we going to do to make our church better? What we are going to do to help ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:6-7

Tags: Servanthood

Too Often We Underestimate The Power Of A Touch, ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2001

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the ...read more

Tags: Compassion, Christian Love

Martin Luther: Feelings  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Mar 12, 2002

Feelings come and feelings go And feelings are deceiving; My warrant is the Word of God, Naught else is worth believing. Attributed to Martin Luther, ...read more

Tags: Emotions, Apologetics The Bible, Assurance Of Salvation

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Joe Aldrich Said In His Book, Lifestyle ...  PRO

Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Apr 30, 2002

Joe Aldrich said in his book, Lifestyle Evangelism, that “Christians are to be good news before they share the good news” St Francis of Assisi said ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?, Sharing My Testimony

Denomination: *other

Says The Wife Of A Baptist Minister Who Had Seen ...

Contributed by Greg Tonkinson on Mar 11, 2003

Says the wife of a Baptist minister who had seen many a marriage licenses. On one, after the blank for number of marriages, the groom had answered: ...read more

Tags: Parenting, Marriage Commitment

Denomination: Baptist

You Are Writing A Gospel, A Chapter Each Day, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"You are writing a Gospel, A chapter each day, By deeds that you do, By words that you say. Men read what you write, Whether faithless or ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Someone Once Said That, "Money Talks – ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Someone once said that, "Money talks – unfortunately for many of us all it ever says, is “bye-bye." Perhaps you heard those ...read more

Tags: Giving General

We Then Can Do The Perfect Will Of God For Our ...

Contributed by Tony Abram on Oct 30, 2008

We then can do the perfect Will of God for our lives and say with David Livingstone: When you are ministering to the sick and dying share these words of "I am ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will

It Comes Back To You  PRO

Contributed by Robert Travis on Jul 19, 2001

IT COMES BACK TO YOU Have you ever heard this expression, "It’s enough to make a preacher cuss." It reminds me of story about little boy trying to sell a lawn mower. The local pastor walked up and he was able to persuade him to buy the worn out lawn mower. The pastor pulled on the rope several ...read more

Tags: Commandments God's Name

Denomination: Baptist

Yet Membership In A Confessing Body Is ...  PRO

Contributed by David Yarbrough on Nov 26, 2001

Yet membership in a confessing body is fundamental to the faithful Christian life. Failure to do so defies the explicit warning not to forsake "our assembling together." His understanding of this prompted Martin Luther to say, "Apart from the church, salvation is impossible." Not that the church ...read more

Tags: Church Small Groups, Church Body Of Christ

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

In 1963…65 Percent Of Americans Said They ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005

“In 1963…65 percent of Americans said they believed in the absolute truth of all words in the Bible. Within 15 years, by 1978, the proportion of the population holding this belief had declined to 38 percent. The current figure of 32 percent represents a new low in literal belief in the Bible” (PRRC ...read more

Tags: Apologetics The Bible