In Sermon Illustrations: "THAN KSGIVING"

Jesus Is Better Than Santa!

Contributed by Gregg Rustulka on Dec 20, 2008

Jesus is Better than Santa! Santa lives at the North Pole. JESUS is everywhere. Santa rides in a sleigh. JESUS rides on the wind and walks on the water. Santa comes but once a year. JESUS is an ever present help. Santa fills your stockings with goodies JESUS supplies all your needs. Santa ...read more

Tags: Christmas

Denomination: Nazarene

Liberals Give Less Than ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009

LIBERALS GIVE LESS THAN CONSERVATIVES A couple years ago, a Syracuse University professor named Arthur C. Brooks wrote a book called "Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism". He was not particularly excited about the outcome of the study he’d done (he’d been raised ...read more

Tags: Poverty

Appreciation: Better Than A Paycheck

Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 8, 2011

APPRECIATION: BETTER THAN A PAYCHECK You don't have to teach people to complain, criticize, or be selfish. We're naturals at it. But we do have to learn to express appreciation. People need to be appreciated. A businessman went downtown to his office one morning, a couple of hours earlier than ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5

Tags: Praise, Encouragement, Gratitude, Compliment

Worship Is More Than Experience

Contributed by Perry Greene on Oct 17, 2011

WORSHIP IS MORE THAN EXPERIENCE There was a woman who went on a short term missions trip to Kenya, helping the missionaries there. Before she left, she stopped at a remote village where she attended a medical clinic. As the native women outside the clinic began to sing together, she found herself ...read more

Tags: Worship General

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

If A Man Is Filled With Anger, Than Anger ...  PRO

Contributed by Emile Wolfaardt on Jul 13, 2001

If a man is filled with anger, than anger controls his life. If a man is filled with greed, then greed dominates his life. If a man is filled with lust, then lust governs his life. If a man is filled with love, then love influences all he does. And if a man is filled with ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:18, Romans 8:14-17, Ephesians 1:13-14, 2 Corinthians 5:1-5

Tags: Love Of The Disciples, Greed, Holy Spirit In Believers, Dominate, Emotions, Anger, Control  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: *other

If There Is One Characteristic More Than Others ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

If there is one characteristic more than others that contemporary public worship needs to recapture it is this awe before the surpassingly great ...read more

Tags: Worship General, God's Holiness, Church Practices

Love Is Much Nicer To Be In Than An Automobile ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 9, 2002

Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket, or a holding ...read more

Tags: Romantic Love

Fear Is Nothing More Than Confidence In The ...  PRO

Contributed by Wayne Major on Aug 10, 2002

"Fear is nothing more than confidence in the devil."--Dr. Eldon Fuhrman, former president of ...read more

Tags: Communication General

Denomination: Methodist

What Is A Better Breastplate Than A Heart ...

Contributed by David Insell on Jul 23, 2003

What is a better breastplate than a heart ...read more

Tags: Holiness

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Can There Be A Crime More Diabolical Than The ...

Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Feb 16, 2005

Can there be a crime more diabolical than the murder of a child. We can not stomach abuse to children. Have you heard the story of Eric Sellers. Eric shook his 4 pound baby so hard that he snapped the infants thigh bone. The judge told him "Your actions tell me you’re not the father of this ...read more

Tags: Sin Exposed, Sin General

Denomination: Methodist

No Treachery Is Worse Than Betrayal By A Family ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005

No treachery is worse than betrayal by a family member or friend. Julius Caesar knew such treachery. Among the conspirators who assassinated the Roman leader on March 15, 44 B. C. was Marcus Junius Brutus. Caesar not only trusted Brutus, he had favored him as a son. According to Roman historians, ...read more

Tags: Death

Protestants Are More Than Twice As Likely As ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Protestants are more than twice as likely as Catholics to be born again Christians (57% vs. 22%). (Foster ...read more

Tags: Assurance Of Salvation

Money Is Better Than Poverty, If Only For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons. Woody Allen (b. 1935), U.S. filmmaker. “The ...read more

Tags: Money

There Is No Work Better Than To Please God; To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 9, 2006

"There is no work better than to please God; to pour water, to wash dishes, to be a cobbler,, or an apostle, all are one; to wash dishes and to preach are all one, ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

No Treachery Is Worse Than Betrayal By A Family ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

No treachery is worse than betrayal by a family member or friend. Julius Caesar knew such treachery. Among the conspirators who assassinated the Roman leader on March 15, 44 was Marcus Junius Brutus. Caesar not only trusted Brutus, he had favored him as a son. According to Roman historians, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:14-55

Tags: Crucifixion

Be More Concerned With Your Character Than With ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are. John Wooden, former coach of the UCLA Bruins ...read more

Tags: Character

Evangelism Is Nothing More Or Less Than The ...  PRO

Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 28, 2004

Evangelism is nothing more or less than the Christian’s honest response by testimony and actions to the forgiving love of God known and experienced through the life, death, and resurection of Jesus. It is, first of all, an expression of joy, gratitude, and praise. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:15

Tags: Sharing My Testimony, What Is Evangelism?

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Knowledge Is Exploding At Such A Rate—more Than ...

Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Jan 18, 2005

Knowledge is exploding at such a rate—more than 2000 pages a minute—that even Einstein couldn’t keep up. In fact, if you read 24 hours a day, from age 21 to 70, and retained all you read, you would be one and a half million years behind when you finished. How can it be, in a world where half the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25

Tags: Communication General

Denomination: Baptist

As A Cure For Worrying, Work Is Better Than ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"As a cure for worrying, work is better ...read more

Tags: Addiction

There Is A Loftier Ambition Than Merely To Stand ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down ...read more

Tags: Ambition