In Sermon Illustrations: "Wrist Watch Created"

Senator Mark Hatfield, Former Governor Of Oregon ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Senator Mark Hatfield, former Governor of Oregon and U.S. Senator for 30 years visited India and toured Calcutta with Mother Teresa. They visited the so-called "House of Dying," where sick children are cared for in their last days, and the dispensary, where the poor line up by the hundreds to ...read more

Tags: Parable Shrewd Manager

In Paul Tournier's A Place For You, The Famous ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

In Paul Tournier’s A Place for You, the famous author has depicted our Christian hope as a leap of faith. He said that we live in a rhythm of life between quitting one place and seeking another. He used the analogy of a trapeze artist swinging on a high bar to the utmost distance it can carry him, ...read more

Tags: Moving Forward, God's Omnipotence

God Answers His People. In The Days Of His ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

God answers his people. In the days of his uncertainty John Bunyan was tortured by doubt. “Everyone dost think his own religion rightest, both Jews and Moors and pagans. And how, if all our faith in Christ and scripture should be but a think-so, too?” But when the light broke, he ran out crying ...read more

Tags: Giving General

In 1879 The Greatest Annual Loss Of Life In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

In 1879 The greatest annual loss of life in the New England fisheries occurred, with 29 vessels and 249 fishermen lost at sea. During that year many women found themselves on lonely widow walks with and eye on the horizon hoping for the return of their loved one. A widow’s walk (or roofwalk) is ...read more

Tags: Death

Do You Remember When The Berlin Wall Came Down? ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Do you remember when the Berlin Wall came down? I still remember the speech President Reagan gave while he was in West Berlin: "General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, Come here to this gate Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate Mr. ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

Isa 57:20-21 "…the Wicked Are Like The Tossing ...

Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Jun 28, 2007

Isa 57:20-21 “…the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest… God says, ‘There is no peace for the wicked.’" After a family dinner one Sunday afternoon my dad and uncles were sitting around the living room talking politics. Uncle Walter kept dozing off and dad would tickle his ear with ...read more

Denomination: Mennonite

Worried That She'll Stop Clapping

Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Jul 3, 2009

WORRIED THAT SHE'LL STOP CLAPPING David Buttrick tells of a baby who claps her hands over most anything. "Shove breakfast cereal in the front of her, you’ll get a hand clap. Sit her in a circle of toys, and she’ll break into applause. Her parents took her to the seashore to watch the waves roll ...read more

Tags: Joy

Denomination: Wesleyan

Ronald Reagan Forgave

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 27, 2014

RONALD REAGAN FORGAVE President Ronald Reagan has always been one of my heroes in life. His forgiveness of his enemies was one of the many things that made him great. Ronald Reagan's attitude after the 1982 assassination attempt on his life made an impression on his daughter, Patti Davis. As she ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 50:15-20

Tags: Enemy, Leadership, Forgiving Others, Ronald Reagan

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Few Years Ago, When The New Volkswagen Beetle ...

Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Jan 28, 2009

A few years ago, when the new Volkswagen Beetle was introduced, one feature that received lots of attention was the claim to be burglarproof. Volkswagen bragged there was no way anybody could steal their car. To demonstrate their point, VW hired a highly skilled burglar and called a news ...read more

Tags: Security

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

God Doesn't Give Trip-Tiks

Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 9, 2009

GOD DOESN'T GIVE TRIP-TIKS You remember the AAA Trip-Tiks? You flip page by page and it showed every mile, every hotel you were going to stay at, and every sight you would see. I remember sitting in the back of my parents' car just watching mile after mile go by. And even though I knew what was ...read more

Tags: Growth In Christ

Denomination: Methodist

A Man And His Dog Were Walking On The Beach When ...  PRO

Contributed by Richard Goble on Oct 31, 2007

A man and his dog were walking on the beach when they came upon another visitor to the beach. The owner of the dog was proud of his dog’s newly mastered feat, so he said to the visitor, "Watch this!" whereupon he tossed a piece of driftwood far out into the sea and the dog immediately ran on top of ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

A Number Of Years Ago, When The New Volkswagen ...  PRO

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Nov 26, 2007

A number of years ago, when the new Volkswagen Beetle was introduced, one of the features that received significant attention was that it was burglarproof. Volkswagen bragged there was no way anybody could steal their car. To demonstrate their point, VW hired a professional burglar and called a ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Guard Your Name

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 21, 2007

Guard Your Name You got it from your father, it was all he had to give So it’s yours to use and cherish, for as long as you may live. If you lose the watch he gave you, it can always be replaced. But a black mark on your name, son, can never be erased. It was clean the day you took it, and a ...read more

Denomination: Other

William Wilberforce

Contributed by John Bright on Feb 16, 2025

One example of living for Christ in the midst of suffering is William Wilberforce (1759 – 1833). There is a wonderful movie about him that came out in 2006 – “Amazing Grace.” You can watch is for free on Youtube. The movie opens in the year 1797 with Wilberforce suffering and feeling very ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:21-25

Tags: Slavery, Amazing Grace, William Wilberforce, Abolition

Denomination: Methodist

Pamela Anderson Is Leading A Charge To Remove A ...

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 13, 2006

Pamela Anderson is leading a charge to remove a bust of KFC founder Colonel Harland Sanders from the state Capitol. The actress called the Kentucky native’s likeness "a monument to cruelty" to chickens in a statement issued by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the animal rights ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

Denomination: Independent/Bible

When The Company Founded By Andrew Carnegie Was ...  PRO

Contributed by James Dunn on Feb 11, 2002

When the company founded by Andrew Carnegie was taken over by the U.S. Steel Corporation in 1901 it acquired as one of its obligations a contract to pay the top Carnegie executive, Charles M. Schwab, the then unheard of minimum sum of $1,000,000. J.P. Morgan of U.S. Steel was in a quandary about ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment, Workplace

Denomination: Baptist

As Long As We Are In This World, The Physical ...  PRO

Contributed by Chad Wright on May 11, 2002

As long as we are in this world, the physical heart will need help. Science has found one avenue to attempt to help the heart. It has been making great strides on creating and implementing an artificial heart. The world’s first recipient, Robert Tools, lived for 151 days after his artificial heart ...read more

Tags: Fulfillment

Denomination: Lutheran

What Kids Need  PRO

Contributed by Lyn King on Jun 15, 2002

WHAT KIDS NEED Today’s kids desperately need Dads who: . . . play catch, enjoy tea parties or wrestle because the heart of a child is there and they set out to capture it. . . . laugh till their belly hurts and tears fall from their eyes while secretly creating deep friendships and memories that ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Denomination: Baptist

Kokomo Tribune Writer Scott Smith Wrote An ...

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 3, 2009

Kokomo Tribune writer Scott Smith wrote an article for the Kokomo Tribune headlined, "Dam destruction part of Wildcat Creek’s revival." It reads: "The water upstream from the old Continental Steel dam looks almost stagnant. The streambed is deep, and the surface untroubled. But the lack of rills ...read more

Tags: Purity, Trials And Difficulties

Denomination: Independent/Bible

P ...

Contributed by Larry Moyer on Aug 5, 2009

PROBLEM-SOLVING Now frankly, you know as well as I do when we want to solve a problem, we are not always the best at it, and sometimes by trying to solve a problem we just create another one. I love the story Reader’s Digest told of some men who were laying carpet in a woman’s living room. ...read more

Tags: Self, Problems

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational