Sermon Illustrations
Free Sermon Illustrations for Preaching :

In Sermon Illustrations: "Troubled Times"

showing 1,981-2,000 of 12,999
Filter Results
Close Filters

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

  • Show more

Category

  • Try PRO

    Confident Preaching

    Try PRO free and preach with confidence when people need it most.
    Free to start now
  • Are You At Wit's End Corner?

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 30, 2007
     | 2,494 views

    Are You At Wit’s End Corner? Are you standing at “Wits End Corner” Christian, with troubled brow? Are you thinking of what is before you, And all you are bearing now? Does all the world seem against you, And you in the battle alone? Remember at “Wits End Corner” Is where God’s power is shown. Are ...read more

  • A Construction Worker On The Job Site Fell One ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Oct 23, 2007
     | 1,014 views

    A construction worker on the job site fell one day. He landed on his back and hurt himself badly. He told the boss he would finish and leave to get help and come back. Well the pain eased a bit and because the job required him to not miss work he ignored medical help and went to work the next ...read more

  • Kevin Garvey Has A Thriving Business In Broward ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
     | 1,368 views

    Kevin Garvey has a thriving business in Broward County, Florida. For years, he was the only trapper licensed by the county to remove nuisance alligators. In 2000, he received 616 alligator complaints and removed 97 animals. As of the end of July 2001, he had already received over 1,500 complaints ...read more

  • Translation Of Psalm 23

    Contributed by Richard Francis on May 10, 2008
     | 3,454 views

    TRANSLATION OF PSALM 23 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will ...read more

  • Scientists Were Studying The Impact Of A ...

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Sep 5, 2008
     | 1,958 views

    Scientists were studying the impact of a high-cholesterol diet on heart disease. To measure this effect, they fed a group of genetically similar rabbits the same high-cholesterol diet. To their amazement, half the rabbits developed heart troubles, while the others were normal, with no noticeable ...read more

  • Help In The Garden  PRO

    Contributed by John Herrmann on Nov 14, 2008
    based on 19 ratings
     | 6,331 views

    HELP IN THE GARDEN An old Italian lived alone in New Jersey. He wanted to plant his annual tomato garden, but it was very difficult work, as the ground was hard. His only son, Vincent, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament: Dear ...read more

  • Answered Prayer On A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
     | 5,311 views

    ANSWERED PRAYER ON A PLANE WELLINGTON, New Zealand--Grant Stubbs and Owen Wilson were flying up the sloping valley of Pelorus Sound in New Zealand, admiring the beautiful panoramic view. Then there was a cough. "Bless you, Owen." "For what, Grant?" "Your cough." "I didn’t cough." "Oh." Then ...read more

  • Jehovah's Witnesses And Mormons

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,555 views

    JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES AND MORMONS New studies reveal most adult Witnesses have made a personal commitment to Christ they consider important in their life, but only 10% base their hope of salvation on a confession of sins and acceptance of Jesus as savior. 61% of Jehovah’s Witnesses, vs. 42% of ...read more

  • Temple Of Greed

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Mar 12, 2009
     | 3,785 views

    TEMPLE OF GREED Stanford Kurland ran Countrywide Mortgage through 2006. Then after the mortgage crisis began (for which Kurland may be partially responsible) he opened up PennyMac, a company that says they will help bail out the mortgage industry by buying the troubled mortgages at a reduced rate ...read more

  • C.s. Lewis On Rewards

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,410 views

    C.S. Lewis on Rewards It is God’s perfect plan and will to give a reward to those who faithfully trust and obey Him. And it is not unspiritual to expect and anticipate those rewards, if we do so in a spirit of humility and gratitude-knowing that God’s rewards manifest His grace to the undeserving. ...read more

  • Researchers Find That Multi-Taskers Perform ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 27, 2011
     | 1,597 views

    RESEARCHERS FIND THAT MULTI-TASKERS PERFORM POORLY So you think you can multitask? Texting while driving? No problem. Watching television and reading the Bible? No problem. Checking your email while listening to a spouse, a child, or a friend? No problem. In reality, however, according to a team ...read more

  • Chippie's Story  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Spencer on Nov 14, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,066 views

    CHIPPIE'S STORY Max Lucado shares the story of a parakeet named Chippie. Chippie’s owner decided to clean his cage...with a vacuum cleaner. She was almost finished when the phone rang, so she turned around to answer it. Before she knew it, Chippie was gone. In a panic she ripped open the vacuum ...read more

  • The Tragedy Of Steve Irwin

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 9, 2011
     | 3,610 views

    THE TRAGEDY OF STEVE IRWIN I loved to watch Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, but I knew he would die young. You simply do not play with wild animals without sooner or later getting in trouble. Steve survived countless snakebites; chased up a tree by a deadly komodo dragan; spat on by a red ...read more

  • The Wedding Cake On The First ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2012
     | 5,852 views

    THE WEDDING CAKE ON THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY One of the many pieces of advice we received before our wedding was to save the top tier of your wedding cake and eat and eat it on your first anniversary. We had a tiny little freezer. For one full year, this box of wedding cake sat in our freezer, denying ...read more

  • Who Is Really Lost?

    Contributed by Pastor Norman Bailey, Overseer on Aug 12, 2018
     | 4,309 views

    Sometimes in life we are so quick to judge others when they have short comings. It may be true that we may know folk that have short comings in life. They may make wrong choices in life and end up trouble. It is our responsibility to always pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ. Everybody is ...read more

  • The Gift That Goes From Zero To 200 In Six Seconds!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Oct 29, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,064 views

    Here’s a funny story for a sermon introduction when you are preaching to your men about remembering special days for the wife and family. Bob forgot his wedding anniversary and his wife was really upset. She told him, “Tomorrow morning, I expect to find a gift in the driveway that goes from 0 to ...read more

  • No Use But Useful  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 10, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,619 views

    ILLUSTRATION: “No Use but Useful” Elderly Sister Ann in China was born into quite an educated family. She had four brothers who all became doctors. She, however, was not even taught how to read and write. She began to train as a nurse, but her father fell ill and she was required to nurse him. ...read more

  • Sowing Seeds Of Peace  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Feb 11, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 6,432 views

    SOWING SEEDS OF PEACE In Europe, 1934, Hitler’s plague of anti-Semitism was infecting a continent. Some would escape it. Some would die from it. But eleven-year-old Heinz would learn from it. He would learn the power of sowing seeds of peace. Heinz was a Jew. The Bavarian village of Fourth, ...read more

  • Dr. Maurice Rawlings, Is A Cardiologist And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Aaron Burgess on Nov 20, 2002
    based on 135 ratings
     | 2,095 views

    Dr. Maurice Rawlings, is a cardiologist and professor of medicine at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Chattanooga, and his colleagues are constantly treating emergency patients, many of whom have had near-death experiences. A study of these cases by Dr. Rawlings was reported in ...read more

  • The Caterpillar's Voice  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on May 31, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,303 views

    STORIES - The Caterpillar’s Voice …Eugene Loh, in A Slice of Life, FM93.8LIVE, 17 May 2006 Once upon a time a caterpillar crawled inside a hare’s house when the hare was away, and set about making himself comfortable. When the hare returned home, he noticed new marks on the ground going into the ...read more