In Sermon Illustrations: "Useful Earthern Pot"

When Adams Son Asked Him Why They Didnt Live In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When Adams son asked him why they didnt live in the Garden of Eden any more, he answered: Your ...read more

Tags: Sin Fall Of Man

Earth And Sky, Woods And Fields, Lakes And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of ...read more

Tags: Creation

Guilt Is Never A Rational Thing; It Distorts ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Guilt is never a rational thing; it distorts all the faculties of the human mind, it perverts them, it leaves a man no longer in the free ...read more

Tags: Guilt

Pain Insists On Being Attended To. God Whispers ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Pain insists on being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

It Is The Imagination Which Makes The World Seem ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It is the imagination which makes the world seem new to us every dayIt is the imagination which wakens the dry bones of any ...read more

Tags: Thought

As Old Wood Is Best To Burn, Old Horse To Ride, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"As old wood is best to burn, old horse to ride, old books to read, and old wine to drink, so are old ...read more

Tags: Compassion

As We Read The School Reports Upon Our ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"As we read the school reports upon our children, we realize with a sense of relief that can rise to delight thatthank ...read more

Tags: Parenting

We Should Seize Every Opportunity To Give ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

We should seize every opportunity to give encouragement. Encouragement is oxygen to the soul. The days are always dark enough. There is not need for ...read more

Tags: Gifts Encouragement

Denmark Is The Happiest Country In The World, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009

Denmark is the happiest country in the world, while the U.S. languishes as 23rd happiest, says an English ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 144:15

Tags: Happiness

Many Confess That They Have Found Christ, But In ...

Contributed by Deldrick Leasure on Apr 27, 2010

many confess that they have found Christ, but in actuality we didn’t find Christ, Christ found us because ...read more

Tags: Salvation

Denomination: Methodist

Within The Covers Of One Single Book, The Bible, ...

Contributed by Tony Abram on Mar 24, 2013

Within the covers of one single book, the Bible, are all the answers to all the problems that face us today--if only we ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

God Gave Man Work, Not To Burden Him, But To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"God gave man work, not to burden him, but to bless him, and useful work, willingly, cheerfully, effectively done, has always ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Bad Leadership

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

• 43% of U.S. workers would be willing to leave their current job because they either dislike their boss’s management style ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

J.o. Fraser, A Missionary To China Said, "Faith ...

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Aug 25, 2008

J.O. Fraser, a missionary to China said, "Faith is like muscle which grows stronger and stronger with use, rather than ...read more

Tags: Trials And Difficulties

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Contemplative Gaze ‘upon Him Whom They Have ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 10, 2009

“ A contemplative gaze ‘upon him whom they have pierced’ (Jn 19:37) leads us to reflect on the causal connection between ...read more

Tags: Sacrifices

Denomination: Catholic

"opposition."

Contributed by Darrell Campbell on Sep 19, 2022

The late evangelist Dr. B.R. Lakin use to say, "There are 3 ways to prevent opposition; know ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:12

Tags: Persecution, Godly Living

Denomination: Baptist

Full Steam Ahead

Contributed by Paul Davidson on Jan 27, 2021

I used to work for a railroad. The engineer on a train has a huge responsibility to safely operate and move that train over sometimes difficult terrain and in all kinds of weather. When you have a train roughly a mile (or more) in length, hauling over 10,000 tons of freight, running in excess of ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6

Tags: Fear, Trust, Trains

Denomination: Baptist

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

The Friendship Of John Newton

Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 3, 2011

THE FRIENDSHIP OF JOHN NEWTON While John Newton is best-known as the author of the famous hymn, "Amazing Grace," his life teemed with spiritual fruit. A new biography on his life by Jonathan Aitken gives us a peek into the legacy of the man who described himself with one simple sentence: "I am a ...read more

Tags: Friendship General

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Fix The Dishwasher

Contributed by Roy Fowler on Sep 13, 2020

A Mother and her son were talking. His mother lived for nearly 94 years. One day around her 90th year she said something like, "If I had known I would live this long, I would have fixed the dishwasher." It had stopped working. So there it sat quietly waiting to be fixed. She thought it ...read more

Scripture: James 5:7, Isaiah 64:4, Exodus 14:15

Tags: Fix Our Problem, Now Is The Time

Denomination: Independent/Bible