In Sermon Illustrations: "Vbs Salvation Service"

Mulligan

Contributed by Grant Van Boeschoten on Feb 1, 2008

"Mulligan" There are a lot of golfers out there who have convinced themselves that it is OK to cheat, they even came up with a name for it so that it didn’t sound so bad. It’s called a Mulligan, a do over, a second chance. Here is how it goes. You step up to the tee box to hit the ball and ...read more

An Arm Around Me—communion Meditation  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 1, 2003

AN ARM AROUND ME--COMMUNION MEDITATION Jackie Robinson was the first black person to play major league baseball. Breaking baseball’s color barrier, he faced jeering crowds in every stadium. Players would stomp on his feet and kick him. While playing one day in his home stadium in Brooklyn, he ...read more

Scripture: John 10:10-11

Tags: Encouragement, Friendship, Fellowship, Shame

But The Joy For Most Of Us Has Proven Fleeting ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 13, 2004

But the joy for most of us has proven fleeting because we find that we need to be forgiven again and again and again. Christ died for us, but we remain (so we believe) deeply marred. It actually ends up producing a great deal of guilt. “After all that Christ has done for you … and now you’re ...read more

An Artist, Seeking To Depict On Canvas The ...  PRO

Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Nov 1, 2004

An artist, seeking to depict on canvas the meaning of evangelism, painted a storm at sea. Black clouds filled the sky. Illuminated by a flash of lightning, a little boat could be seen disintegrating under the pounding of the ocean. Men were struggling in the swirling waters, their anguished faces ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To, Evangelism Urgency

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jehovah's Witnesses And Mormons

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009

JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES AND MORMONS New studies reveal most adult Witnesses have made a personal commitment to Christ they consider important in their life, but only 10% base their hope of salvation on a confession of sins and acceptance of Jesus as savior. 61% of Jehovah’s Witnesses, vs. 42% of ...read more

Tags: Evangelism The Lost

We Can't Take Another's Medicine To Make Him Or ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2009

We can’t take another’s medicine to make him or her well A little girl, whom we will call Ellen, was some time ago helping to nurse a sick gentleman whom she loved very dearly. One day he said to her, “Ellen, it is time for me to take my medicine, I think. Will you pour it out for me? You must ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Tags: Faith

Deep Wells Of Hope.

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jun 9, 2021

MIA: MISSING IN ACTION… WHAT DO YOU SEE? MAN IS SHORT OF DAYS AND FULL OF TROUBLE… Years ago I read where a farmer in California was having a terrible time. They had had 4 years of drought in their area and many farmers spoke of leaving farming and moving back into the city. So the exodus began. ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 12:3, Romans 4:18

Tags: Water, Hope, Wells

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Slow And Steady

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2022

The power of the Holy Spirit is not just for salvation, but for sanctification, a process that is slow and gradual. The difference might look like this: You can take ten gallons of gasoline and release a tremendous amount of power and energy by just dropping a lighted match into it. It makes a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:7-8

Tags: Holy Spirit, Energy, Fuel

Born A Christian Nation

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2003

BORN A CHRISTIAN NATION "The Bible...is the one supreme source of revelation of the meaning of life, the nature of God and spiritual nature and needs of men. It is the only guide of life which really leads the spirit in the way of peace and salvation. America was born a Christian nation. America ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence, Political Freedom

I Have Heard Karl Ingersoll, Another Grand ...  PRO

Contributed by Pat Cook on Oct 6, 2004

I have heard Karl Ingersoll, another Grand Mananer and pastor of Fredericton First Wesleyan, say, “The measure of the greatness of a man’s love for God is not found in his attention to the things he has to do, but in his attention to the things he doesn’t have to do.” That is, your salvation ...read more

Tags: Prayer General, Disciplines Scripture, Worship General

Denomination: Baptist

Traditionally We Define Grace As "The Unmerited ...

Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Dec 25, 2004

Traditionally we define grace as “The unmerited favor of God.” If I merit something, I deserve it; it means that I have earned it. A student takes “The National Merit Scholarship Exam,” scores high, and wins a college scholarship as the result. That student has earned the scholarship; he or she ...read more

Tags: God's Forgiveness

Denomination: Methodist

An Old Preacher Friend Told The Story That Before ...  PRO

Contributed by David Johnston on May 31, 2005

An old preacher friend told the story that before he got saved, he had heard his wife praying for him one day. He had abused her, and she could take no more: She prayed, “God save him or kill him.” He ran out to the old barn hayloft, and called out to God for salvation ...read more

Tags: Repentance

Denomination: Pentecostal

Distorted Teen Beliefs 86% Of Teens Claim That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Distorted Teen Beliefs 86% of teens claim that they are Christian (34% are born again) and 3 out of 5 say they believe the Bible is totally accurate in all it teaches. Yet many embrace views inconsistent with the Bible. A new Barna survey finds 2/3 stated Satan is not a living being; merely a ...read more

Tags: Children

Henri Nouwen Said In An Article In The New ...

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 10, 2006

Henri Nouwen said in an article in the New Oxford Review: “I realized that songs, good feelings, beautiful liturgies, nice presents, big dinners, and many sweet words do not make Christmas. Christmas is saying ‘yes’ to something beyond all emotions and feelings. Christmas is saying ‘yes’ to a ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

Many Times When My Wife And I Are Asked How Can ...

Contributed by Tony Abram on Jan 1, 2007

Many times when my wife and I are asked how can we keep going, country after country for almost 45 years. I tell them it is the joy of the Lord that gives strength. Winning souls is the second best joy you can have here on earth next to your own personal salvation. Remember it is not only a ...read more

Grace Is For Beggars  PRO

Contributed by Stan Coleman on Jan 17, 2007

Listen to this from R.C. Sproul: “Perhaps the most difficult task for us to perform is to rely on God’s grace and God’s grace alone for our salvation. It is difficult for our pride to rest on grace. Grace is for other people—for beggars. We don’t want to live by a heavenly welfare system. We want ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Christian Charities Won 22 Spots Among The Top ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008

Christian Charities won 22 spots among the top 100 best U.S. nonprofit groups for financial integrity, according to The NonProfit Times. Catholic Charities USA, The Salvation Army, and Habitat for Humanity were among the top 10. World Vision and Food for the Poor ranked 14th and 18th, while Campus ...read more

We Must Not Suppose That Even If We Succeeded ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We must not suppose that even if we succeeded in making everyone nice we should have saved their souls. A world of nice people, content in their own niceness, looking no further, turned away from God, would be just as desperately in need of salvation as a miserable world and might even be more ...read more

Tags: Cross Agony

Chuck Swindoll Wrote In His Book

Contributed by Shawn Rose on May 19, 2009

Chuck Swindoll wrote in his book "Salvation" – “If depravity were blue, we’d be blue all over. Cut us anywhere and we’ll bleed blue. Cut into our minds and you’ll find blue thoughts. Cut into our vision and there are blue images full of greed and lust. Cut into our hearts and there are blue ...read more

Tags: Depravity, Dead To Sin

Denomination: Baptist

If I Believed...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2011

IF I BELIEVED... An atheist once told William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, "If I believed what you Christians say you believe about a coming judgment and that impenitent rejecters of Christ will be lost, I would crawl on my bare knees on crushed glass all over London, warning men, night ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 3:3-13

Tags: Evangelism Urgency