In Sermon Illustrations: "Why Suffering"

Why Should People Go Out And Pay Money To See ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and ...read more

Tags: Television And Movies

Why Does A Light Tax Increase Cost You Two ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Why does a light tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Why Should God Reveal Any More Of His Will To Us ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Why should God reveal any more of His will to us if we are not following that part of His will ...read more

Tags: God The Father

So You've Got A Problem? That's Good Why? ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"So you've got a problem? That's good Why? Because repeated victories over your problems are the rungs on your ladder to success. With each victory you grow in wisdom, stature and experience. You become a bigger, better, more successful person each ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Friends Are Like Melons. Shall I Tell You Why? ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Friends are like melons. Shall I tell you why? To find one good, ...read more

Tags: Compassion

We Dont Seem To Be Able To Check Crime, So Why ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We dont seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and ...read more

Tags: Sin General

Italian Composer Antonio Rossini Didn't Know Why ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 20, 2009

Italian Composer Antonio Rossini Didn’t Know Why His Watch Was So Valuable You cannot go forward when you have plenty when you are empty on the inside. Harry Emerson Fosdick said that, “No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 2:16

Tags: Salvation, Cup Of Salvation

Max Lucado Says, "Love Explains Why He Came. ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 16, 2010

Max Lucado says, "Love explains why he came. Love explains how he endured...Observe how Christ loved us...he didn’t love in order to get something from us ...read more

Tags: God's Love

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Why Do Chemists Make Sick People Walk All The ...

Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Jul 18, 2010

Why do chemists make sick people walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy ...read more

Tags: Addiction

Denomination: Baptist

Why Do Some Cute Babies Grow Up Ugly

Contributed by James Snyder on Sep 9, 2023

Our second great grand baby was born at the end of last year. Since then, it has been a delight to watch her grow. I will not say she is the cutest baby in the world, but I haven't met any cuter. She was born cute, and I'm not sure what part of the family she got that. Sometimes, when ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 46:4

Tags: Age, Cute, Ugly

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Rapture Why God Doesn't Reveal When

Contributed by Raymond Petzholt on Feb 26, 2024

When I and my sister were young children we use to regularly have babysitters when our parents went out in the evenings. Some of the babysitters were fun! Some weren’t. The fun ones were the ones that let us play wild games that normally our parents would never let us do in the house if ...read more

Scripture: Mark 13:32, Matthew 24:36

Tags: Second Coming, Rapture, Judgment

Denomination: Baptist

Ten Reasons Why I Never Wash My Hands!

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 25, 2024

"Ten Reasons Why I Never Wash." 1. I was forced to wash my hands as a child. 2. People who wash their hands are hypocrites--they think they’re cleaner than others. 3. There are so many kinds of soap, I could never decide which was right. 4. I used to wash my hands, but it got ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:25

Tags: Church, Easter, Attendance, Hypocrites

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Why Isn't The Book Of Enoch In Our Bible?

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Aug 24, 2024

This question illuminates one of those painful intersections between theology and church history: the canonization of Scripture. Throughout church history, many books have been scrutinized by theologians, and before those theologians, other theologians, and before such, were the members of the ...read more

Tags: Scripture, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Enoch, Inerrancy, Church History, Canon, Book Of Enoch  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

If God Is Good

Contributed by John Bright on Mar 1, 2025

There is a problem at the heart of Christianity. If God is good and loving why is there evil and suffering in the world? There is an old response when you are asked to do something: “I would if I could but I can’t so I won’t.” That response is like one of the ways our world tries to solve this ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:17

Tags: Evil, Suffering, Goodness Of God

Denomination: Methodist

Well ...

Contributed by Joe Bertone on Aug 1, 2012

WELL DONE One mentally challenged young man I heard said, “In this life God places us in His oven. In here it is hot and it hurts. No one likes being in the oven but when life is over, and the bell dings, God takes ...read more

Scripture: James 1:2-4

Tags: Endurance, Suffering, Fire, Trial, Well Done, Suffering Joy In  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

D L Moody Was Once Asked Why He Urged Christians ...  PRO

Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jun 3, 2001

D L Moody was once asked why he urged Christians to be filled constantly with the Holy Spirit. "Well," he said, "I need a continual infilling because I leak!" He pointed to a water tank which had sprung a leak. "I’m like that!" he said. It’s a fact that living in this sinful world we do need to ...read more

Scripture: Acts 8:35-40

Tags: Holy Spirit Baptism, Love Of The Disciples

Denomination: Baptist

Why We Should All Be Nice...you Never Know When ...  PRO

Contributed by Dr. Robert Mckenzie on Mar 20, 2002

WHY WE SHOULD ALL BE NICE...YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT MAY BE GOODBYE "When you were saying goodbye I heard you say, "I wish you enough." May I ask what that means?" He began to smile. "That’s a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone." He paused ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:1-17, Romans 1:1-15

Tags: Finding Fulfillment, Death Nearness

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Why Do We Cry? Because We're Sad, Or Because ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Hensley on Jan 16, 2003

Why do we cry? Because we’re sad, or because we’re happy? When we’re calm, or when we’re stressed? Because we want to, or because we can’t help it? Why do we cry, when we fall and when our feelings are hurt? Why do we cry, when someone dies, and when someone lives? Why do we cry, when someone ...read more

Tags: Endurance, Hardship Of Life

Denomination: Baptist

A Man Went To His Doctor To Find Out Why He Had ...

Contributed by David Hill on Jul 8, 2004

A man went to his doctor to find out why he had been having such severe headaches. The doctor ran some tests and after a few hours called the man into his office. "I have terrible news," he told the patient. "Your condition is terminal." "Oh, no!? the man cried. "How long do I have?" "Ten ..." ...read more

Tags: Death Nearness

Denomination: Baptist

Why Do You Follow Jesus? Patrick Morley Has Some ...  PRO

Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 12, 2005

Why do you follow Jesus? Patrick Morley has some important things to say about our answer to this question. "The American gospel has evolved into a gospel of addition without subtraction. It is a belief that we can add Christ to our lives, but not subtract sin. It is a change in ...read more

Tags: Call Of The Disciples

Denomination: Church Of God