In Sermon Illustrations: "Wolves Among Us"

To Walk With God Takes Courage, And In Old Age ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"To walk with God takes courage, and in old age God asks ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Need And Struggle Are What Excite And Inspire ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Need and struggle are what excite and inspire us; our hour of triumph ...read more

Tags: Endurance

Of The Four Wars In My Lifetime None Came About ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Of the four wars in my lifetime none came about because the ...read more

Tags: War

One Hour Of Eternity, One Moment With The Lord, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"One hour of eternity, one moment with the Lord, will make us utterly forget ...read more

Tags: Kingdom Of God

We Should Behave To Our Friends As We Would Wish ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

We should behave to our friends as we would wish our ...read more

Tags: Compassion

If I Mayn't Tell You What I Feel, What Is The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If I mayn't tell you what I feel, what is the ...read more

Tags: Compassion

A Chest Of Gold Coins Or A Fat Wallet Of Bills ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A chest of gold coins or a fat wallet of bills is of no use whatsoever to a ...read more

Tags: Money

Above All, Be Of Single Aim; Have A Legitimate ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Above all, be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Inventing Is A Combination Of Brains And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, ...read more

Tags: Thought

We Evaluate Others With A Godlike Justice, But ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We evaluate others with a Godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us ...read more

Tags: God's Judgment

Beware Of No Man More Than Of Yourself; We Carry ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our ...read more

Tags: Self

It Is Much Less What We Do Than What We Think ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It is much less what we do than what we think that ...read more

Tags: Thought

Words, In Their Primary Or Immediate ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Words, in their primary or immediate signification, stand for nothing but the ideas in ...read more

Tags: Words

It’s Difficult To Find Beauty In Death. ...  PRO

Contributed by David Yarbrough on Jun 18, 2001

It’s difficult to find beauty in death. It’s even more difficult to find beauty in a death camp. Especially Auschwitz. Four million Jews died there in World War II. A half-ton of human hair is still preserved. The showers that sprayed poison gas still stand. But for all the ugly memories of ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:8

Tags: Joy, Christian Disciplines, Cross Agony

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Messiah Sighting In Brooklyn

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 30, 2009

MESSIAH SIGHTING IN BROOKLYN In 1993 I saw a news report on T.V. it was about a "Messiah sighting" in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York. Twenty thousand Lubavitcher Hasidic Jews live in Crown Heights, and many of them believed the Messiah was dwelling among them in the person of ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:6-7

Tags: Jesus Christ

Quaker John Woolman's Longstanding Anti-Slavery ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 12, 2010

Quaker John Woolman’s Longstanding Anti-slavery Campaign John Woolman was a Quaker who grew up in Pennsylvania in the early eighteenth century. He was a contemporary of George Washington. When he was a boy he was given to the things boys often do—in this case throwing rocks at a robin’s nest ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:5-9

Tags: Servanthood

Unsung Heroines-Joash's Aunt And Nurse

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on May 2, 2022

Introduction: These two ladies risked certain death to save the crown prince (and, it might be added, the ancestor of the Messiah!) Text: 2 Chronicles 22:10-12, KJV: 10 But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 22:10-12

Tags: Joash, Unsung Heroines, Jehoshabeath

Denomination: Baptist

[125]. A Message From A Poem – He’s Risen – Easter Poem For Resurrection

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jul 8, 2025

[125]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – HE’S RISEN – EASTER POEM FOR RESURRECTION This poem is an Easter poem featuring the Resurrection. There are 7 stanzas and the first line in each gives the theme of the stanza. The first one is, “He is risen from the dead.” That must be first for all the other ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:20, 1 Corinthians 15:17-19, Luke 24:5-6

Tags: Risen From The Dead, Christ Is Risen, Christian Poetry, Christian Poems, Easter Poem, Resurrection, He Is Risen  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God's Plan For Pain!" Matthew 16:21-28 Key ...

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Mar 6, 2005

“God’s Plan for Pain!” Matthew 16:21-28 Key verse(s): 25:“‘For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it.’” “And whatever you do, make sure you don’t hurt yourself!” The tractor tire was heavy; definitely a two man job. Perched on the back of his ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:21-28

Tags: Endurance

Denomination: Lutheran

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

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Mar 3, 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