In Sermon Illustrations: "Two Destinies"

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

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

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

Remember, If You Ever Need A Helping Hand, You'll ...

Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Jul 8, 2010

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm ... As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other ...read more

Tags: Servanthood

Denomination: Baptist

Fly Like An Eagle

Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Aug 13, 2008

FLY LIKE AN EAGLE A nature lover was once walking through the countryside when he came upon a farm. He walked up to the fence and looked into the barnyard. He saw lots of chickens and geese and other farm animals wandering and scratching about. Then he noticed one bird that didn’t fit. He looked ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life, Edgar Saban Mino

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

[033] A Message From A Poem – Belshazzar’s Time Had Ended

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Feb 21, 2025

[033] A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – BELSHAZZAR’S TIME HAD ENDED The purpose of this poem is to retell the story from Daniel in poem form. There is not much to say about it for it follows the biblical narrative, but it is the last stanza that is important in defining biblical principles. God’s word ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:10, Daniel 5:24-30

Tags: Wrath, Daniel, Judgment, Babylon, Belshazzar, Found Wanting  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

John Hildebrand Who Has Lived In The Artesian ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001

John Hildebrand who has lived in the Artesian Valley, near Fowler, Kansas, since he was two years old, remembers why the valley has the name it does. "There were hundreds of natural springs in this valley. If you drilled a well for your house, the natural water pressure was enough to go through ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines, Faith

Crime: Gallup's Annual Crime Poll Reports Nearly ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Crime: Gallup’s annual crime poll reports nearly 1 in 3 households experienced some type of crime during the past year, including 18% with one incident and another 14% with two or ...read more

Tags: Sin General

I Look At A Stonecutter Hammering Away At A Rock ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Nov 23, 2002

I look at a stonecutter hammering away at a rock a hundred times without so much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the 101st blow it splits in two. I know it was not the one blow that did ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines, Endurance

Denomination: Baptist

Psa 91 – Engineer Unit (1943-45)their Chaplain ...  PRO

Contributed by Michael Dugal on Jul 20, 2003

Psa 91 – engineer unit (1943-45)Their chaplain encouraged them to carry a copy of this Psalm with them as they went into battle. During two years and over 20 intense battles, the unit expereinced no deaths. During Operation ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 91:1

Tags: God Brings Hope

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

When Nothing Seems To Help, I Go And Look At A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and ...read more

Tags: Endurance

Every Politician Knows That When You Dont Have ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Every politician knows that when you dont have anything to say, shout it out. This is the Democrat strategy in the two big food fights consuming Washington this week, plotted by the Democrat firm of Obstruction, Encumbrance, ...read more

Tags: Government

A Speech Is A Solemn Responsibility. The Man Who ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A speech is a solemn responsibility. The man who makes a bad thirty-minute speech to two hundred people wastes only a half-hour of his own time. But he wastes one hundred hours of the ...read more

Tags: Communication Speech

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 to get 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: Workplace

Providence

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 18, 2010

PROVIDENCE The word 'Providence' is made up of two words: * "Pro" means "Before" and "Video" means "to see"; * The word 'Providence' simply means "to see before" * So when we talk about the ...read more

Tags: God's Omniscience

Denomination: Brethren

I Heard A Story About A Family That Tragically ...  PRO

Contributed by Klaus Mehrl on Mar 28, 2005

I heard a story about a family that tragically lost three of their four children within just two weeks to a deadly, virulent disease. One child was left – a four year old boy. The family had buried the third child just two weeks before Easter. On Easter morning the parents and the remaining child ...read more

Tags: Easter Resurrection

Denomination: Lutheran

On September 23, 1908, At The Polo Grounds In New ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005

On September 23, 1908, at the Polo Grounds in New York City, there were two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning. The New York Giants and the Chicago Cubs were battling for the National League pennant, with the score tied at 1-1. The Giants had two men on base: 19-year-old Fred Merkle on first ...read more

Tags: Endurance

The Power Of Multiplication

Contributed by Jun Tadena on Aug 25, 2006

The Power of Multiplication On a wall in the Museum of Natural Science in Chicago there is a checkerboard with 64 squares. In the lower lefthand corner is a grain of wheat. The display includes this question: "If you doubled the amount of wheat as you move from square to square, how much would you ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Largest Church In The World Is Central ...  PRO

Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Apr 4, 2007

The largest church in the world is Central Gospel Church, in Seoul, Korea. It has an estimated membership of 500,000 people, and is growing at a rate of 10,000 members a month. The pastor, Paul Y. Cho, has his city divided into 12 districts with numerous small cell groups that meet together once ...read more

Denomination: Baptist