In Sermon Illustrations: "Used For Bad"

We Need Greater Virtues To Sustain Good Fortune ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

We need greater virtues to sustain good ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Tis Known By The Name Of Perseverance In A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of ...read more

Tags: Endurance

If You Are Lonely While Youre Alone, You Are In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If you are lonely while youre alone, you are ...read more

Tags: Disappointment

Ninety Percent Of The Politicians Give The Other ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten ...read more

Tags: Government

It Is With Our Passions As It Is With Fire And ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

A Woman Drove Her Pickup Truck To The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

A woman drove her pickup truck to the fairgrounds pulling a horse trailer. She was trying to back into a space. On one side was a ditch and it was a very narrow space she was trying to back into. She would pull up and then back up. Soon people began to stand around watching her. She was getting ...read more

Tags: God's Omnipotence

Vance Havner Said, "At The Nicene Council, An ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Vance Havner said, "At the Nicene Council, an important church meeting in the 4th century A.D., of the 318 delegates attending, fewer than 12 had not lost an eye or lost a hand or did not limp on a leg lamed by torture for their Christian faith." Oswald Chambers in Christian Discipline said, ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

A Man Is As Good As He Has To Be, And A Woman ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as ...read more

Tags: Men And Women

Creative Minds Have Always Been Known To Survive ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Creative minds have always been known to survive any ...read more

Tags: Art

Ever Once In A While Some Feller Without A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Ever once in a while some feller without a single bad ...read more

Tags: Character

Good Manners Sometimes Means Simply Putting Up ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other ...read more

Tags: Hospitality

There Is A Great Scene In The 1975 Movie ‘jaws'. ...  PRO

Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 12, 2003

"There is a great scene in the 1975 movie ‘Jaws’. The Constable, played by Roy Scheider is at the dining room table lost in thought over this problem with the killer shark that’s terrorizing the water ways. Suddenly he looks out the corner of his eye and realizes his small boy is copying his ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:1-2

Tags: Faith, Imitation, Christian Disciplines, Children

Denomination: Orthodox

Poor Little Orphan Annie! It's "A Hard-Knock ...  PRO

Contributed by Jim Luthy on Jan 23, 2002

Poor Little Orphan Annie! It’s "a hard-knock life" for her and her friends. All the hard chores, the abuse, and the neglect only add insult to injury to these poor little girls already carrying the weight of abandonment. But if you’ve seen the musical "Annie," either on stage or screen, you know ...read more

Tags: God In The Hardships, Endurance, Descriptions Of God

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

When The Preacher's Car Broke Down On A Country ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jan 19, 2009

When the preacher's car broke down on a country road, he walked to a nearby roadhouse to use the phone. After calling for a tow truck, he spotted his old friend, Frank, drunk and shabbily dressed at the bar. "What happened to you, Frank?" asked the good reverend. "You used to be rich." Frank told ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will

Denomination: Baptist

Ready For More Good  PRO

Contributed by S Henriques on Jan 27, 2003

READY FOR MORE GOOD God will not turn away from doing you good. He will keep on doing good. He doesn’t do good to his children sometimes and bad to them other times. He keeps on doing good and he never will stop doing good for ten thousand ages of ages. When things are going "bad" that does not ...read more

Tags: Promises Of God, Knowing God's Will, God's Provision

Denomination: Baptist

Simpson's Cocoa Powder

Contributed by Jason Albertson on Nov 8, 2014

There was a little boy once who was reading an advertisement for Simpson’s cocoa powder and asked his mother, “Mom, what does ‘100% pure’ mean?” “It means completely clean, with nothing bad in it.” Later, as she knelt by him as he prayed before going to bed, she heard him say the words, “Dear ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:8

Tags: Purity, Personal Holiness

Denomination: Methodist

Little Pigs, Little Pigs Let Me In. Not By The ...

Contributed by Matthew Koscielski on Jun 23, 2007

Little pigs, little pigs let me in. Not by the hair of our chiny, chin, chin. Then I’ll huff and puff and blow your house in. So the big bad wolf huffed and puffed, and blew the house of the second pig in. So off they ran......... I give you this question. “My little pigs, when the Big Bad Wolf, ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Conscience Is The Small Clear Voice Deep Down ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Conscience is the small clear voice deep down inside of you, where the ...read more

Tags: Character

If We Want To Go Somewhere Intensely Enough, We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If we want to go somewhere intensely enough, we call the ...read more

Tags: Creation

Works-Oriented Salvation Verses Saving Faith

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2009

Works-Oriented Salvation verses Saving Faith Muhammad Ali was once asked what his faith meant to him. Ali replied: "[it] means [a] ticket to heaven. One day we’re all going to die, and god is going to judge us, [our] good and bad deeds. [if the] bad outweighs the good, you go to hell; if the good ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:21-23

Tags: Faith Vs. Works