In Sermon Illustrations: "Whom Do You Seek"

Lord Shaftesbury, The Great English Social ...

Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 23, 2004

Lord Shaftesbury, the great English social reformer, said near the end of his life, “I do not think that in the last 40 years I have lived one conscious hour that ...read more

Tags: Second Coming

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

There Is No Slightest Suggestion That We Are ...  PRO

Contributed by David Dewitt on Aug 11, 2004

There is no slightest suggestion that we are offered forgiveness on any other terms. It is made perfectly clear that if we do not forgive, we shall not be forgiven. There are ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

Denomination: Church Of God

When Ronald Regan Was President Of The United ...

Contributed by Richard Burkey on Jun 15, 2005

When Ronald Regan was President of the United States, he had a sign on his desk that said, "There is no limit to what a man can do or where ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

Denomination: Lutheran

Data Inundation: 57% Of Respondents To A Recent ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Data Inundation: 57% of respondents to a recent Teradata survey said that the amount of data they were handling was doubling or tripling every year and has been doing ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Quote: Eugene Peterson Describes, "Sabbath As ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 1, 2006

Quote: Eugene Peterson describes, “Sabbath as that uncluttered time and space in which we can distance ourselves from our own activities enough to see what God is doing” ...read more

Tags: Sabbath, Rest

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Alexander Graham Bell Once Said, "When One Door ...

Contributed by Darren Mccormick on Nov 7, 2006

Alexander Graham Bell once said, "When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Jim Cymbala Stated, "It Doesn't Make Sense To ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 27, 2007

Jim Cymbala stated, “It doesn’t make sense to counsel Christians who have not yet prayed about their “trouble.” Who knows what God might do to help ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

As Long As Judges Tinker With The Constitution ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"As long as judges tinker with the Constitution to do what the people want, instead of what the document actually commands, politicians who pick and confirm new federal judges ...read more

Tags: America

Hold On, My Friends, To The Constitution And To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster, and what has happened once in 6000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution, for if the ...read more

Tags: America

Nobody Is A Creative Thinker Unless Continually ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Nobody is a creative thinker unless continually he has a thorn in his flesh, that is, unless he is disturbed by something. The thick-skinned people do no creative thinking; to them ...read more

Tags: Art

Just Before The Death Of Actor W.c. Fields, A ...  PRO

Contributed by R. Darrel Davis on Jun 16, 2001

Just before the death of actor W.C. Fields, a friend visited Fields? hospital room and was surprised to find him thumbing through a Bible. Asked what he was doing ...read more

Tags: Grace, Faith Vs. Works, Apologetics General

Denomination: Baptist

Ji Packer Puts It, "Holiness Means Not Only ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

: JI Packer puts it, “Holiness means not only desiring God, but also loving and practicing righteousness, out of a constant exercise of conscience to discern right from wrong ...read more

Tags: Faith

I Dread No More The First White In My Hair, Or ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I dread no more the first white in my hair, Or even age itself, the easy shoe, The cane, the wrinkled hands, the special chair; Time, doing this to me, ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

The Day Has Come When America Is Privileged To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness, and the peace which she ...read more

Tags: War

Appearances To The Mind Are Of Four Kinds. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be; or they neither are, nor appear to be; or they are, and do not appear to be; or they are not, and yet ...read more

Tags: Human Life

Wouldn't It Be Silly For Someone To Put Milk, A ...

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on May 7, 2009

Wouldn’t it be silly for someone to put milk, a banana, ice cubes, and sugar in an electric blender and then put the top on and shake it? We all do ...read more

Tags: Power

After A Sunday School Lesson On Ten Commandments, ...

Contributed by Dr. Madana Kumar, Phd on Jan 30, 2010

After a Sunday school lesson on Ten Commandments, the Sunday school teacher asked the students, "Now, which of the Ten commandments applies to our relationship with our siblings?" A little ...read more

Tags: Family

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Great American Evangelist Of The 19th Century ...

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 25, 2008

The great American evangelist of the 19th Century D.L. Moody was challenged by a minister in a prayer meeting in Bristol, England who said: "The world has not ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Anglican

Not A Mountain Top Experience!" 1 Peter 1:13-25 ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Mar 2, 2005

“Not A Mountain Top Experience!” 1 Peter 1:13-25 Key verse(s): 15-16:“But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: ‘Be holy, because I am holy.’” Blending in! Some of us prefer blending in to sticking out in a crowd. Then again there are others who are quite ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:13-25, Luke 24:1-50

Tags: Love Of The Disciples, Distract, Focus

Denomination: Lutheran

Peanut Butter Theology

Contributed by Todd Catteau on May 27, 2015

I don’t like peanut butter. Some people get very upset when I tell them that. It’s nothing personal. It’s not a character flaw. I just don’t like it. I don’t even like the smell of it. My mother told me I ate a lot of peanut butter when I was young, so maybe I just reached my limit. My two ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:12

Tags: Generosity, Golden Rule, Thoughtfulness, Sympathize

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ