In Sermon Illustrations: "Unity in Christ" showing 121-140 of 7,257

A Little Boy On A Farm Illustrated This Concept ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

A little boy on a farm illustrated this concept of Christianity. One day the pastor came to visit and was sitting in the living room visiting withy the boy’s mother. The preacher was seated in a corner chair, so the boy did not see him as he came running into the room with a rat by the tail. The ...read more

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Men Aren't Equipped

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Men Aren’t Equipped A man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment. The next week, the man realized that he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early morning business flight to Chicago. Not wanting to be the first to break the ...read more

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Buying A New Chandelier

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Buying A New Chandelier The pastor called a special meeting of the congregation to approve the purchase of a brand new chandelier. After some discussion pro and con, an old farmer stood up and said, "Buying a new chandelier may seem like a good idea to you, but I’m against it for three ...read more

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One Man Said, "In My House, I Make All The Major ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

One man said, “In my house, I make all the major decisions and my wife makes all the minor decisions. For example, I decide such things as East-West trade, crime in the streets, welfare cheating and increase in taxes. My wife decides the minor things such as which house to buy, what kind of car we ...read more

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Here's A Great Example. I Remember Reading A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Here’s a great example. I remember reading a letter to Ann Landers by a lady named Rosie. She wrote, “A young couple in Missouri got married in 1937. ‘Mike’ worked the third shift for the railroad. He’d come home about 7 a.m. and do odd jobs around the house: fix the old car, do everything but go ...read more

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Someone Put It This Way: "A Preacher Teaches, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Someone put it this way: “A preacher teaches, though he must solicit his own class. He heals, though without pills or knife. He is sometimes a lawyer, often a social worker, something of an editor. He is a bit of a philosopher and entertainer. He is a salesman, a decorative piece for public ...read more

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John Edmund Haggai Said, "Preachers Are Praised ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

John Edmund Haggai said, “Preachers are praised as administrators, after dinner speakers, book reviewers, counselors, good mixers, organizational workers, ...read more

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Bill Bradley Was The Basketball Star Of The 1964 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Bill Bradley was the basketball star of the 1964 Olympics. Someone said to him, “I wish I could shoot baskets like you.” Bradley replied, “Would you stay in one place until you hit 24 consecutive baskets?” That can apply to almost any ministry. Practice makes perfect in almost ...read more

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J. Wilbur Chapman Was A Great Preacher Of The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

J. Wilbur Chapman was a great preacher of the past but he wasn’t always that way When he started preaching in one church, the leaders got together and said, “This man can’t preach for sour grapes. We’re going to have to fire him.” The chairman of the board asked who would go tell him that he was ...read more

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Once Upon A Time The Lone Ranger And Tonto Were ...

Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Apr 30, 2009

Once upon a time the Lone Ranger and Tonto were riding through a canyon when suddenly they were surrounded on all sides by Indian warriors. Tonto looked to the Lone Ranger and asked, “What we do, Kimosabe?” The Lone Ranger pulls his trusty horse Silver to the east to find a hidden passage, but ...read more

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Denomination: Independent/Bible

Yiddish Proverb

Contributed by Tony Abram on May 7, 2009

If a link is broken, the whole chain breaks. ...read more

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Maybe You Remember Hearing A Few Years Ago About ...

Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 7, 2009

Maybe you remember hearing a few years ago about the “The Three Tenors.” Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, and Jose Carreras, three of the world’s most renowned voices. They performed together at a concert in L.A. In a press conference, one reporter tried to stir up a little competition between ...read more

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Denomination: Baptist

Are You A Christian?

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on May 7, 2009

ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN? Two men met on a plane and one man asked the other, "Are you a Christian?" "Yes I am." "Wonderful! Are you Protestant, Catholic, or Orthodox?" "I’m a Protestant." "That’s great. So am I. Are you Calvinist or Arminian in your theology?" "I’m happy to say that I’m a staunch ...read more

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Living In Harmony

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on May 7, 2009

Mark Twain once said, "I built a cage and in it I put a dog and a cat. After a little training I got the dog and the cat to the point where they lived peaceably together. Then I introduced a pig, a goat, a kangaroo, some birds, and a monkey. And after a few adjustments, they learned to live in ...read more

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Ilustration: I Read The Story Of Nine Special ...

Contributed by Ramon Canals on Jun 5, 2009

Ilustration: I read the story of nine special people participating in the Seattle Olympics. A few years ago, at the Seattle Special Olympics, nine contestants, all physically or mentally disabled, assembled at the starting line for the 100-yard dash. At the gun, they all started out, not exactly ...read more

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Denomination: Adventist

The Concept Of

Contributed by David Hodgin on Jun 30, 2009

The concept of “The Six Degrees of Separation” is worth bringing up here. In this concept, people who study such things say that everyone in the world is at most six acquaintances apart from every other person in the world. It is referred to as “The Human Web” and works like this, I know someone, ...read more

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Grafted To Jesus And One Another

Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Nov 4, 2009

GRAFTED TO JESUS AND ONE ANOTHER Grafting is done for several purposes, but most commonly in the olive oil industry it is to get the hardy roots of one variety with the fecundity of another variety. The whole point of grafting is that each part of the grafted tree keeps its original character. The ...read more

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Denomination: Baptist

The Human Community That We Build By Ourselves ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 12, 2009

The human community that we build by ourselves can never, purely by its own strength, be a fully fraternal community, nor can it overcome every ...read more

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Denomination: Catholic

A Synergy Is Where Different Entities Cooperate ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 19, 2010

A synergy is where different entities cooperate advantageously for a final outcome. Simply defined, it means that the effect of the whole is greater than the sum of the effects of the individual parts. If used in a business application it means that teamwork will produce an overall better result ...read more

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Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

In A Peanuts Cartoon Lucy Demanded That Linus ...

Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Feb 27, 2010

In a Peanuts cartoon Lucy demanded that Linus change TV channels, threatening him with her fist if he didn't. "What makes you think you can walk right in here and take over?" asks Linus. "These five fingers," says Lucy. "Individually they're nothing but when I curl them together like this into a ...read more

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