In Sermon Illustrations: "Wings Like A Dove"

Parts Of A Cake

Contributed by Rev Dr Randall M Deal Sr on Jun 7, 2009

PARTS OF A CAKE A daughter is telling her mother how everything is going wrong, she’s failing algebra, her boyfriend broke up with her and her best friend is moving away. Meanwhile, her Mother is baking a cake and asks her daughter if she would like a snack, and the daughter says, "Absolutely Mom, ...read more

Tags: Trials And Difficulties

Denomination: Baptist

Effects Of Divorce

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 22, 2009

EFFECTS OF DIVORCE Focus on the Family states: With more than 30 years of research, we now know divorce seldom leads to a better life. Consider that: 1. Life expectancies for divorced men and women are significantly lower than for married people (who have the longest life expectancies).3 2. A ...read more

Tags: Divorce

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Staring At The Great Stone Face

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 2, 2023

Perhaps you remember Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story about the great stone face. A little lad lived in a village where there was a mountain with a rock formation which they called the great stone face. The people had a legend that someday someone would come to the village who would look like the ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:1-4, Hebrews 12:1-3

Tags: Glory, Jesus, Worship, Vision, Focus, Looking To Jesus  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Do Not Love The World

Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Jan 7, 2025

Now imagine this with me for a second. Let’s say you have a pillow and let’s say the family dog got ahold of that pillow and used it for a litter box… so you took it out and put it in the dumpster, and a family of rats moved into it and used it for a bed. And just before the day the trash truck ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15

Tags: Love Of Jesus, Desire, Love Of The World

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Richard Foster (1985,p.13) Noted: "The Demon In ...  PRO

Contributed by Andrew Chan on May 2, 2002

Richard Foster (1985,p.13) noted: “The demon in money is greed. Nothing can destroy human ...read more

Tags: Envy, Money

Denomination: Evangelical Free

G. K. Chesterton Said, "There Is No Medicine ...

Contributed by Ray Searan on Feb 21, 2007

G. K. Chesterton said, “There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

A Child At Birth Has The Capacity To Become ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

A child at birth has the capacity to become original. Or you can put him in a mold so that he ...read more

Tags: Children

What Feeling Is So Nice As A Child's Hand In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours? So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten ...read more

Tags: Children

The Consistent Testimony

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 10, 2007

Quote: John Macarthur The consistent testimony is much more likely to compel the unsaved to be drawn to the power that ...read more

Denomination: Other

Joy Wholly From Without Is False, Precarious ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Joy wholly from without is false, precarious and short. Joy from within is like smelling the rose on the tree; ...read more

Tags: Joy

Great People Are Not Affected By Each Puff Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Great people are not affected by each puff of wind that blows ill. Like great ships, they sail serenely ...read more

Tags: Peace

The Most Important Part Of Being A Salesman Is ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The most important part of being a salesman is confidence. Confidence is like going after Moby Dick with a ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 16:1-3

Tags: Confidence

If You Pick Up A Golfer And Hold Him Close To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If you pick up a golfer and hold him close to your ear, like a conch shell, and ...read more

Tags: Sports

Of All The So-Called Natural Human Rights That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Of all the so-called natural human rights that have ever been invented, liberty is least likely to ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

Individuality Is The Salt Of Common Life. You ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Individuality is the salt of common life. You may have to live in a crowd, but do not have to live ...read more

Tags: Human Life

Of Middle Age The Best That Can Be Said Is That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a ...read more

Tags: Aging

The Year Is Always Portrayed As An Old Man Or A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The year is always portrayed as an old man or a baby. Like most people, it never gets any ...read more

Tags: Aging

People Invite Me To Dinner Not Because I Cook, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"People invite me to dinner not because I cook, but because I like to clean up. I get ...read more

Tags: Character

It Is Always With Excitement That I Wake Up In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It is always with excitement that I wake up in the morning wondering what my intuition will toss ...read more

Tags: Thought

Gloria And I Raised Six Kids, All Boysexcept ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Gloria and I raised six kids, all boysexcept four The reason we had only six is ...read more

Tags: Parenting