In Sermon Illustrations: "Two Great Commands"

Rembrandt Painted Himself At The Cross

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 19, 2023

The great Dutch artist, Rembrandt, has a famous painting of the crucifixion in which your attention is first drawn to the dying Savior. Then you notice the crowd gathered around that scene, with their various attitudes and actions. Finally, you notice at the edge of the picture a lone figure ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:23, Romans 5:8

Tags: Conviction, Roman Road, Sinners, Holy Spirit, Sin, Salvation, Cross  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Not Long Ago I Read Something That Was In An ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Not Long ago I read something that was in an issue of National Geographic There was a photograph of the fossil remains of two saber-tooth cats locked in combat. To quote the article: “One had bitten deep into the leg bone of the other, a thrust that trapped both in a common fate.” The cause ...read more

Tags: Unity

The Enemy Is Not In Here

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009

THE ENEMY IS NOT IN HERE There’s an old story of two American soldiers in Vietnam. While eating lunch in the mess hall, they exchanged harsh words. And they got into a big fight. But the sergeant was there. And he grabbed those two soldiers by the collars. He took them outside. Pointed out to ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:2

Tags: Anger

Most Of Us Are Selfish. We Come To Marriage ...

Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 31, 2015

Most of us are selfish. We come to marriage like a tick on a dog. A tick gets on a dog and sucks the blood out of that dog. The tick contributes nothing to the dog. The problem in marriage is sometimes we have two ticks and no dog. We have two people draining the life out of one another, with ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 19:3-6

Tags: Marriage, Selfish, Selfish Love, Marriage Improvement

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Advertising Is To Business What Steam Is To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Advertising is to business what steam is to machinerythe ...read more

Tags: Business And Marketplace

This Is Not A Novel To Be Tossed Lightly Aside. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

This is not a novel to be tossed lightly aside. It should be ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

Character Is A By-Product; It Is Produced In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Enthusiasm Is The Mother Of Effort, And Without ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Endurance Is The Crowning Quality And Patience ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Endurance is the crowning quality And patience all the ...read more

Tags: Endurance

In Genesis It Says That It Is Not Good For Man ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

In Genesis it says that it is not good for man to be alone but ...read more

Tags: Marriage Singleness

Clutching My Cane--Straightening The Derby!" ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 25, 2004

“Clutching My Cane--Straightening the Derby!” Acts 8: 18-25 Key verse(s): 24: “Then Simon answered, ‘Pray to the Lord for me so that nothing you have said may happen to me.’” There’s an old East Texas saying: “It doesn’t matter how much milk you spill just so long as you don’t lose the cow.” To ...read more

Scripture: Acts 8:18-25

Tags: Leadership General

Denomination: Lutheran

God Is Pro - ...

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

God Is Pro - Choice! He really is! Every day of your life, until you draw your final breath, you will stand at the CrossRoads and be asked to make a choice. Which way will you choose? God has set before you two gates, one wide and one narrow. He has set before you two roads, one broad and one ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:13-21

Tags: Salvation

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Greeting Card Market Data • 86% Of The U.s. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Greeting Card Market Data • 86% of the U.S. population buys greeting cards. 80% of shoppers will need a card in the next two weeks. • 91 million U.S. households buy greeting cards. • The average Christian consumer has purchased more than 4 cards in the last 3 months. • Every card ...read more

Tags: Giving General

The Titanic Movie

Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 29, 2008

The Titanic movie Segregation of the rich and poor… Rose DeWitt Bukater, rich, educated and beautiful Caledon Hockley, heir to a Pittsburg steel fortune, handsome and sophisticated. Jack Dawson, a poor orphan who worked from job to job with no real future in sight. This particular movie focused ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

Why Palm Sunday Is Important

Contributed by Richard L. Brown on Mar 26, 2024

In 1997 I traveled to Pittsburgh to attend a Promise Keepers Meeting at Three Rivers Stadium. Men from the Ashland Area Churches rented a bus and traveled there together. Promise Keepers was created to issue a calling to men to live up to their biblical responsibilities to be good Husbands, ...read more

Scripture: Mark 11:1-11, Isaiah 50:5-7

Tags: Faith, Palm Sunday

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Both Life And Death Are Parts Of The Same ...  PRO

Contributed by Sean Smuts on Jan 29, 2003

"...both life and death are parts of the same Great ...read more

Tags: Death

Denomination: Mennonite

Give A Little Love To A Child, And You Get A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Give a little love to a child, and you get a ...read more

Tags: Children

Meekness Is The Cherish'd Bent Of All The Truly ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Meekness is the cherish'd bent Of all the truly great ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Enthusiasm Is The Inspiration Of Everything ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

You Know What A Womans Curiosity Is. Almost As ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

You know what a womans curiosity is. Almost ...read more

Tags: Curiosity