In Sermon Illustrations: "The World Gets Worse"

In Gods Wilderness Lies The Hope Of The World ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"In Gods wilderness lies the hope of the world the great fresh ...read more

Tags: Satan

The World Has Achieved Brilliance Without ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know ...read more

Tags: Worldliness

In Order To Understand The World, One Has To ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"In order to understand the world, one has to turn away ...read more

Tags: Worldliness

The Most Incomprehensible Thing About The World ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that ...read more

Tags: Worldliness

The World Does Not Require So Much To Be ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The world does not require so much to be informed ...read more

Tags: Worldliness

The World Is A Looking-Glass, And Gives Back To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it in turn will look sourly upon you; laugh ...read more

Tags: Worldliness

All The Worlds A Stage And Most Of Us Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

All the worlds a stage and most of us are ...read more

Tags: Worldliness

Every Great Achievement In This World Was First ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Every great achievement in this world was first carefully thought out.Thinkbut to a purpose. Think constructively.Think to rise and improve your place in life. There ...read more

Tags: Thought

The World Is Not So Much In Need Of New ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The world is not so much in need of new thoughts as that when thought grows old and worn with usage it should, like current coin, be called in, ...read more

Tags: Thought

Some Of The World's Greatest And Most Useful ...

Contributed by Clint Meade on Jun 3, 2007

Some of the world’s greatest and most useful people have suffered a physical handicap. Helen Keller was not born blind and deaf, but at nineteen months of age she came down with an illness that caused it. She went on to accomplish much in life that blessed those around her. On September 14, 1964, ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

A Hermit Once, Having Renounced The World And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

A hermit once, having renounced the world and lost all things, yet found no peace. It seemed to him in his lonely cell that the Lord was asking something more. “But I have given you everything” cried the hermit. “All but one thing,” answered the Lord. “What is it, Lord?” “Your sins.” When we ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

The Cares Of The World Evidently Rest Heavily On ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

The cares of the world evidently rest heavily on the shoulders of the very young. Pat Meehan, a lifeguard at Pismo Beach, asked a young man named Harold how ...read more

Tags: God's Omnipotence

Christmas Proves That We Are Not Alone In This World.

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Dec 6, 2022

Each December, millions of people around the world watch Frank Capra’s 1946 film, "It’s A Wonderful Life". Although it wasn’t a hit when it debuted, it has become a Christmas classic. In a Time magazine essay, Roger Rosenblatt pondered the film’s continuing appeal. He concluded that the ...read more

Tags: Christmas, Loneliness, Virgin Birth, Life Of Christ, Deity Of Christ, Humanity Of Christ, Sermons  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Are You Carrying The World On Your Shoulders?

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 15, 2023

Bruce Larson tells how he helped people struggling to surrender their lives to Christ: "For many years I worked in New York City and counseled at my office any number of people who were wrestling with this yes-or-no decision. Often I would suggest they walk with me from my office down to the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 55:22, Matthew 11:28-30

Tags: Burdens, Problems, Cares, Faith, Worry, Surrender  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Israel (Jewish) Contribution To Blessing The World

Contributed by Raymond Petzholt on Mar 13, 2024

Israel’s (Jewish) contribution to blessing the World Genesis 12:3 “And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. (also Gen. 18:18; 22:18; 26:4; 28:14; Acts 3:25) “For if the casting away of them be the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:3, Romans 11:15

Tags: Israel, Jews Bless The World

Denomination: Baptist

Light Of The W.orld Holman Hunt

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 23, 2025

A verse that means a lot to me is Rev 3:20 where Jesus says 20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me. The famous painting known as the Light of the World, was begun in 1849 and completed in ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:20

Tags: Jesus, Free Will

Denomination: Anglican

Christian Love Impacts A Heartless World  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2009

CHRISTIAN LOVE IMPACTS A HEARTLESS WORLD We live in a heartless world. The last United States census missed at least 5.7 million people who were anonymous even to the census takers. Every year thousands of unidentified and even unidentifiable bodies are found across North America. And only one out ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:1-2

Tags: Christian Love

The Number Of Hungry People In The World Rose ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 25, 2009

“The number of hungry people in the world rose to 1.02 billion this year, or nearly one in seven people, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture ...read more

Tags: Hunger, Politics

Denomination: Catholic

In The World Today...we Are Trying To Marry ...

Contributed by Hugh Laing on Feb 17, 2010

In the world today...we are trying to marry Christianity to all the wrong things...we are trying to marry it to prosperity...popularity...personalities...politics...and beloved...it ain't working 'cause it's broken! And yet many ministers preach a PROSPERITY DOCTRINE today because it feeds our ...read more

Tags: Revival

Denomination: Baptist

World Hunger Compared To American Diet

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2011

WORLD HUNGER COMPARED TO AMERICAN DIET Most of us have no idea what it is like to be really hungry. We might use the expression "I’m starving!" But the truth is far from that. • People who starve to death each year in the world: 11 million • Overweight U.S. adults: 34 million • Average calories ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 16:49-50

Tags: Food