In Sermon Illustrations: "Veering Off The Right Path" showing 1,341-1,360 of 8,199

Seeing Far Enough Ahead

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009

SEEING FAR ENOUGH AHEAD Eight-year-old Frank had looked forward for weeks to this particular Saturday because his father had promised to take him fishing if the weather was suitable. There hadn’t been any rain for weeks, and as Saturday approached, Frank was confident of the fishing trip. But, ...read more

Tags: Disappointment

Taken Out By ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009

TAKEN OUT BY WATERMELONS Years ago, I went to the Sultan Centre in Salmiya. This was back in the days when it was the only one in town, and you were still allowed to take your shopping cart up that moving ramp to the second floor. I had gone upstairs after getting some groceries. As I was coming ...read more

Tags: Trials And Difficulties

God Hears Our Singing With Ears Of Love

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Oct 16, 2022

Let me give you an illustration. It’s from the movie “The Music Man”. Have you seen that movie? “Ya got trouble, my friend, I say, trouble right here in River City.” In that movie, the con man Harold Hill has been selling band instruments, promising the townspeople that he will teach their children ...read more

Tags: Singing, Love

Denomination: Baptist

Dont Wait. The Time Will Never Be Just ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Dont wait. The time will never ...read more

Tags: Action

Nothing That Is Morally Wrong Can Be Politically ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Nothing that is morally wrong can be ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

The Habitually Punctual Make Their Mistakes ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The habitually punctual make their ...read more

Tags: Mistakes

Another Celebration In The Bank

Contributed by James Snyder on Feb 11, 2023

This month The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and I celebrate the 52nd anniversary of our engagement. In August, it’ll be the 52nd anniversary of our wedding. I can’t believe we have been together for 52 years. But, alas, here it is. I first met her in September of 1970 when I went to Bible ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6

Tags: Celebration, Anniversary, Marriage

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

I Had A Very Animated Professor At Bible College ...  PRO

Contributed by Don Carpenter on Oct 24, 2000

I had a very animated professor at Bible college by the name of Dr. Emert. He taught us about the danger of blaspheming God’s Son by claiming that He is anything less than God. He told how for some the earth opened, for some fire fell from Heaven, and for some floods came. He told us that he had ...read more

Tags: Cults

Denomination: Baptist

There Was A Church Growing So Fast It Ran Out Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Tom Evans on Apr 1, 2002

THERE WAS A CHURCH GROWING SO FAST IT RAN OUT OF PARKING SPACE. THEY WENT ACROSS THE STREET TO A SUPER-MARKET THAT WAS CLOSED ON SUNDAYS AND MADE A DEAL WITH THE OWNER OF THE SUPERMARKET TO USE THEIR PARKING LOT. THE OWNER OF THE SUPERMARKET SAID, "YOU CAN USE THE PARKING LOT 51 SUNDAYS OUT OF ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 24:1-10

Tags: Emotions

Denomination: Adventist

In San Antonio, A Man Was Sentenced To Ten Years ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 13, 2005

In San Antonio, a man was sentenced to ten years probation for a bungled burglary of a liquor store. The burglar had cut his hand badly when he broke through the roof of the store. He tried to throw a bottle of whiskey out through the hole he had created but missed, causing the bottle to fall to ...read more

Tags: Sin Exposed

The Two Coats

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Feb 17, 2011

THE TWO COATS A friend of mine once saw a tramp and decided to help him. He noticed he was wearing a dirty old coat. It was ripped and fit only for the bin. So my friend offered the tramp his coat. The tramp took it but to my friends surprise, instead of taking off the old coat and putting on the ...read more

Tags: Change, Old Coat, New Coat, Two Coats

Denomination: Brethren

The More Lucidly We Think, The More We Are Cut ...

Contributed by Chris Brady on Dec 12, 2005

"The more lucidly we think, the more we are cut off: the more deeply we enter into reality, ...read more

Tags: Supernatural

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Hell, About Which Our Fathers Spoke So ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Hell, about which our fathers spoke so fervently, seems to have cooled off so much that it would ...read more

Tags: Hell

The Secret Of Popular Writing Is Never To Put ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

The secret of popular writing is never to put more on a given page than the common reader can lap off it with no strain ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

My Boy ... Always Try To Rub Up Against Money, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"My boy ... always try to rub up against money, for if you rub up against money long enough, ...read more

Tags: Money

Churchill: Stumbling Over The Truth

Contributed by Tony Abram on Jun 30, 2012

CHURCHILL: STUMBLING OVER THE TRUTH Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as ...read more

Tags: Truth

A Sunday School Teacher Was Trying To Demonstrate ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2004

A Sunday school teacher was trying to demonstrate the difference between right and wrong to her young teen class. She chose stealing for her example. The teacher said: "All right let’s use this example. If I were to go into a man’s pocket and take his wallet with all his ...read more

Big Idea Productions' Parent Classic Media ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

Big Idea Productions' parent Classic Media Holdings, Inc. has been acquired by U.K.-based Entertainment Rights, owner of rights to many characters, including Fat Albert & the Cosby Kids, Postman Pat, and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. VeggieTales officials say the organization has a ...read more

Tags: Television And Movies

The Command To Love God And Love Our Neighbor Is ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 23, 2008

The command to love God and love our neighbor is not new to Jesus. It comes right from Torah. The Pharisees had finessed that fundamental law right out of everyday life, but Jesus not only showed us that we can’t live without it, he took it to the limit when he loved us all the way ...read more

Tags: Lord's Supper

Denomination: Catholic

An Ever-Rolling Stream!" Genesis 6: 1-3 Key ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Dec 30, 2004

“An Ever-Rolling Stream!” Genesis 6: 1-3 Key verse(s): 3: “Then the Lord said, ‘My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for hie is mortal; his days will be a hundred and twenty years.’” “It can wait until tomorrow!” Despite that old adage, “Never put off to tomorrow the things that you can do ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 6:1-3

Tags: New Year's Day, New Year

Denomination: Lutheran