In Sermon Illustrations: "Two Destinies"

In An Effort To Attract The Unchurched, Some ...

Contributed by John Dobbs on Jan 9, 2010

In an effort to attract the unchurched, some churches have considered translating their unfamiliar terminology into familiar football phrases: *Blocking: Talking endlessly to the preacher at the church door and keeping everyone else from exiting. *Extra Point: What you receive when you tell the ...read more

Tags: Sports

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jun 26, 2010

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost Let me read it to you in closing: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And - sorry I could not travel both And be one traveller, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could. To where it bent in the undergrowth, Then I took the other, as just as ...read more

Tags: Disciplines General

Denomination: Anglican

The Bible And Good Leaders

Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 24, 2014

Gene Getz was leading some Bible studies on the qualifications of church leaders. Two men were there who were new Christians and had little knowledge of the Bible. After a few sessions these two men said, "You know this is the first time we've heard this list of qualifications from the Bible. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 3:4-12

Tags: Household, Godly Husbands, True Leader

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Alone In A Dark Cave

Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 14, 2019

Alone in the dark in the Cave Back in my teenage years we would go exploring caves. One day five of us went cave exploring, we only had two flashlights but being young , we thought that was enough. We were deep inside the cave and I decided to climb up a shelf, while the others waited and held the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 31:1-5

Tags: Fear, Trouble

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Good Tree

Contributed by Dr John Singarayar Svd on Mar 2, 2022

A Good Tree A lovely little girl was holding two apples with both hands. Her mom came in and softly asked her little daughter with a smile: my sweetie, could you give your mom one of your two apples? The girl looked up at her mom for some seconds, then she suddenly took a quick bite on one ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:39-45

Tags: Judgement, Good

Denomination: Other

Babe Ruth  PRO

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 7, 2002

Did you know Babe Ruth hit 851 home runs? Did you know Babe Ruth stuck out 1330 times? This is almost two strike outs for every homerun? But were records ...read more

Tags: Endurance

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Billy Sunday, A Great Preacher From The Early ...

Contributed by Pat Cook on Jun 28, 2003

Billy Sunday, a great preacher from the early 1900’s, once said: “There are two hundred and fifty-six names given in the Bible for the Lord Jesus Christ, and I suppose this was because ...read more

Tags: Descriptions Of God

Denomination: Baptist

This Communicating Of A Man's Self To His ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"This communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects, for it redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in halves; for there is no man that imparteth his joys to his friend but he enjoyeth the more; and ...read more

Tags: Compassion

John Paul Sart Summarized The Despair Of Our ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

John Paul Sart summarized the despair of our world in a two-word title, “No exit” Once you die, friend, there is no exit, no way out. Jesus Christ died. “That’s ...read more

Tags: Death

Bible Study Boom

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

Bible Study Boom According to the International Coalition of Workplace Ministries in 2000, there were 79 books published about faith and work compared to 2,000 titles in the past two years. More ...read more

Tags: Church Small Groups

Gluttony Doesn't Pay  PRO

Contributed by Charles Wallis on Oct 28, 2008

Gluttony Doesn’t Pay Reuters Life! reported that a man died just as he was about to win a university binge-eating contest in Taiwan, scoffing down two buns filled with rice ...read more

Tags: Greed

Denomination: Pentecostal

John Calvin Noted That €œa Person’s Life Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008

John Calvin noted that “A person’s life is appraised according to its purpose.” The purpose of these two men, Timothy and Epaphroditus, was to serve God with reckless ...read more

Tags: Prayer General

The Perfect Bond

Contributed by John Rollyson on Mar 27, 2009

The Great philosopher Plato: "Two things cannot be held together without a third; they must have some bond of union. And the fairest bond is that which most completely fuses and is fused into the things which ...read more

Tags: God's Love

Denomination: Baptist

The Talmud States That A Bat Kol (Heavenly ...

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 8, 2010

"The Talmud states that a Bat Kol (heavenly voice) was heard (on two separate occasions) declaring that Hillel and Samuel were worthy of the Shekinah (Divine Presence)…" [from "Jesus the Pharisee" by Harvey ...read more

Tags: Authority

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Hudson Taylor, The Great Missionary To China, ...

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010

Hudson Taylor, the great missionary to China, said: "If you want God to open up the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing, then you should also expect the devil to open up the windows of hell ...read more

Tags: Satan

Denomination: Brethren

Ready For Either

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010

READY FOR EITHER A Roman coin was once found with the picture of an ox on it. The ox was facing two things--an altar and a plough--and the inscription read: "Ready for either." The ox had to be ready either for the supreme ...read more

Tags: Servanthood

Denomination: Brethren

Sort Of Dead To Sin  PRO

Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Oct 24, 2003

Sort of Dead to Sin] In a classic Leadership cartoon by Mary Chambers, two couples are seated in a living room engaged in Bible study. One of the women is speaking. "Well," she says, "I ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General, Faith General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A National Park Ranger In British Columbia Has ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

A National park ranger in British Columbia has two sets of huge antlers, as wide as a man’s reach locked together. Evidently 2 bull moose began fighting, their antlers locked, and they could not get ...read more

Tags: Anger

You Expect Far Too Much Of A First Sentence. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"You expect far too much of a first sentence. Think of it as analogous to a good country breakfast: what we want is something simple, but nourishing to the imagination. Hold the philosophy, hold the adjectives, just give us a ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

If We Would Only Give, Just Once, The Same ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want out of life that we give to the question of what to do with a two weeks vacation, we would be startled at ...read more

Tags: Miscellaneous