In Sermon Illustrations: "Two Comings"

A Young Businessman Had Just Started His Own ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

A young businessman had just started his own firm and so he rented a beautiful office and furnished it with valuable antiques. As he was sitting behind his magnificent mahogany desk, he saw a man come into the outer office. Wanting to appear busy, he picked up the phone and pretended to be working ...read more

Tags: God In The Hardships

I Heard The Story Of A Young Man Who Told His ...  PRO

Contributed by J Bernard Taylor on Jan 25, 2009

I heard the story of a young man who told his pastor that the Lord had called him into the ministry. And for several months he was busy in the work of the Lord, serving in the pulpit, leading Bible studies, going to prayer meeting, and so on. But then all of a sudden, he stopped coming to church. ...read more

Tags: Commitment To Christ

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

There’s An Old Story That The Jewish Rabbis ...

Contributed by T. Scott Womble on Jul 27, 2010

There’s an old story that the Jewish rabbis tell. As the story goes, one day a rabbi asked his servant to go and buy some good food for him in the market. When the servant returned home, he presented the rabbi with a tongue. The next day, the rabbi told the servant to go the market and buy some ...read more

Tags: Tongue

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Whitening Fast

Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Feb 13, 2012

WHITENING FAST When Dr. Rees was waiting to preach, a friend commended to him, "You sure are whitening fast!" He got up and said this from the pulpit: "There is a little white flower that comes up through the earth at this season of the year - sometimes it comes up through the snow and frost; but ...read more

Tags: Aging

Denomination: Baptist

We Study The Bible To Listen To His Voice

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jan 14, 2013

WE STUDY THE BIBLE TO LISTEN TO HIS VOICE "We study the Bible to listen to His voice that comes from outside our experience, not to listen to our own voice that is crying from within. "His Word is not one of many. It is the only Word that has been there from all eternity because it comes from ...read more

Tags: Bible Study

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Jesus To Them

Contributed by Shawn Rose on May 19, 2009

JESUS TO THEM A missionary, lost at sea, washed up on edge of a remote native village. Half-dead from exposure, starvation, and sea water, the natives nursed him back to health. He lived with them 20 years; never made a confession of faith, no songs, no sermons, no Scripture; but attended the sick ...read more

Tags: Christian Witness

Denomination: Baptist

Who's That?

Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Apr 2, 2023

Who’s that ridin’ on a colt? Who’s that lowly and humbly coming- coming into Jerusalem on that glorious Palm Sunday day? Who’s that bringin’ hope with him? Who’s that gracefully offering- offering Himself as the Shepherd to all who’ve gone astray? Who’s that? Isn’t He the Messiah? Isn’t He the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:1-11, Mark 11:1-5, John 1:29

Tags: Hosanna, Prophecy About Jesus, Poems For Palm Sunday, Palm Sunday Poem, Religious Poems  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Secret Service Christians

Contributed by David Dunn on Sep 30, 2025

A man was coming out of church one day. The pastor stood at the door to shake hands and gently pulled him aside. “Brother,” he said, “you need to join the Army of the Lord.” The man smiled, “Pastor, I’m already in the Lord’s army.” “Then how come I only see you at Christmas and Easter?” He ...read more

Scripture: John 2:11, Matthew 5:14-16

Tags: Commitment, Discipleship, Kingdom

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

You Probably Have Heard The Name Levi Strauss, ...  PRO

Contributed by Jeff Kolk on Jan 27, 2001

You probably have heard the name Levi Strauss, but do you know the name of Jacob Davis? You know of Levi Strauss because of Levi's blue jeans. Levi made the most of an opportunity given him by a man named Jacob Davis. I got the following story from the Levi's website. Levi Strauss was a dry ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

Tags: Leadership General, Workplace

Denomination: Baptist

The Picture Series Are Frozen Both In Time And In ...  PRO

Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Jan 12, 2005

The picture series are frozen both in time and in memory. The scene unfolds from the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Two runners, one American, the other from South Africa, although of British descent. The starter’s pistol fires and around the track the runners race for the finishing line. ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines, Endurance

Denomination: Pentecostal

Unexpected ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008

UNEXPECTED ANSWERS Sometimes our prayers get answered in very unexpected ways. How exciting that is! Can you remember when you had prayer answered in a way that you never thought of? I would even say that if most of our prayers are answered in a predictable way, we are not praying for the right ...read more

Tags: Prayer Answered

James Montgomery Boice On Eternal ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 30, 2010

James Montgomery Boice on Eternal Security James Montgomery Boice has a wonderful picture to show how Jesus preserves believers for all eternity: I have sometimes thought that what Jesus did in uttering these words was like something a carpenter often does. Sometimes in rough carpentry a workman ...read more

Scripture: John 10:27-29

Tags: Security

Invisible In His Own Nature [god] Became Visible ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

Invisible in His own nature [God] became visible in ours. Beyond our grasp, He chose to come within ...read more

Tags: Humanity Of Christ, Trinity, Forgiveness In Jesus

Don't Like The Style Of Worship Music? Consider ...

Contributed by Alan Chandler on Jan 22, 2002

Don’t like the style of worship music? Consider the worship Jesus Gave up in heaven to come here ...read more

Tags: Church Practices

Denomination: Methodist

No University In The World Has Ever Risen To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer true, ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

There Is A Destiny That Makes Us Brothers, None ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"There is a destiny that makes us brothers, None goes his way alone; All that we send into the lives ...read more

Tags: Family

It Is An Illusion To Think That More Comfort ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It is an illusion to think that more comfort means more happiness. Happiness comes from the capacity to feel deeply, to ...read more

Tags: Joy

Wanting Something Is Not Enough. You Must Hunger ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

There Is Little Good In Filling Churches With ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is little good in filling churches with people who go out exactly the same as they come in; the call of the Church is ...read more

Tags: Church General

The Message Of Easter Cannot Be Written In The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The message of Easter cannot be written in the past tense. It is a message for today and the days to come. It is Gods ...read more

Tags: Easter Resurrection