In Sermon Illustrations: "Wrong Way"

One Husband Said, "Every Time My Wife And I ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 24, 2004

. One husband said, “Every time my wife and I have an argument she gets historical.” “You mean hysterical?” his friend replied. “No, ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

Charles De Gaulle Once Said: "When I Am Right, I ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005

Charles De Gaulle once said: “When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. So we were very ...read more

Tags: Sin General

C S Lewis Said Perceptively: "A Christian Isn't ...  PRO

Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Nov 10, 2007

C S Lewis said perceptively: “A Christian isn’t one who never goes wrong, but one who is enabled to repent and begin over again after each ...read more

Tags: Growth In Christ

Denomination: Baptist

Christ Will Rise

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 14, 2010

Tomb, thou shalt not hold Him longer; Death is strong, but Life is stronger; Stronger than the dark, the light; Stronger than the wrong, the right; Faith and Hope ...read more

Tags: Easter Resurrection

Denomination: Baptist

Amazing ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008

Amazing Grace In every country, on every day, there is man trying to work his way into favor with God. Many years ago the Grand Rapids Press covered this story… "Conversation to Hindu Faith Is Tortuous." "A West German businessman has completed his conversion to the Hindu faith by piercing ...read more

Tags: Salvation

Mind ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 7, 2009

Mind Reader? The Guardian, a British daily newspaper, reported on February 9, 2007 that a team of scientists has determined that reading brain waves can reveal a person’s intentions. Literally, if this report is true, science has determined a way to read the mind and determine what you intend to ...read more

Tags: Thought, Mind Of Christ

Denomination: Baptist

Pushing The Outhouse  PRO

Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 10, 2013

PUSHING THE OUTHOUSE A young boy lived in the country. His family had to use an outhouse, which the young boy hated. It was hot in the summer, cold in the winter, and always smelly. The outhouse was located near the creek so the boy decided that he would push it into the water. After a spring ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:9-14, John 8:1-11

Tags: Repentance, Discipline, Consequences, Outhouse

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

In The Best Selling Book "She Said Yes!" Missy ...  PRO

Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000

In the best selling book "She said Yes!" Missy Bernall tells the story of her daughter Cassie, one of the students killed at Columbine High School. Cassie grew up in church, she came from a nice family, had friends and a nice life. Then it all changed. When Cassie entered high school (not ...read more

Tags: Parenting, Children

Denomination: Baptist

A Man Named John Came Home From Work One Day And ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Evans on Sep 12, 2003

(A man named John came home from work one day and rushing through the door tells his wife of a man who lied to him at work. He said, there was a guy at work who stole my tools and I saw him from a distance. When I confronted him he down and out lied to me. He lied straight through his teeth even ...read more

Tags: Apologetics General, Basics, Know, Fake

A Woman Was Driving Home One Night. The Weather ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

A woman was driving home one night. The weather was really nasty. Rain was coming down in buckets and visibility was very poor. Seeing taillights ahead of her, she followed the car in front. Not being able to see, the car in front seemed to be going in the right direction. So she stuck with it. All ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 10:23-24

Tags: Leader, Follow, Easter Palm Sunday

Saved From The Guttermost To The Uttermost

Contributed by Dr. David Hallum on Sep 11, 2019

Introduction: Larry Johnson was an oil field hand. Big, loud, cursing, drinking, woman chasing and completely anti-God. He worked on one of the dirtiest jobs in the old field – he ran a workover crew. Those guys NEVER came home clean. They were covered in grime, sludge and oil from head to toe ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:7-13

Tags: Love, Salvation, Joy

Denomination: Baptist

The People Of God Are Not Merely To Mark Time, ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

The people of God are not merely to mark time, waiting for God to step in and set right all that is wrong. Rather, they are to model the new heaven and new earth, and by so doing awaken longings ...read more

Tags: Holiness, Kingdom Of God, Love Of The Disciples

Charles De Gaulle Once Said: "When I Am Right, I ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

Charles De Gaulle once said: "When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. So we were very often ...read more

Tags: Emotions

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

A Little Girl Taking An Evening Walk With Her ...

Contributed by Joseph Phillips on Mar 1, 2008

“A little girl taking an evening walk with her father when she looked up at the stars and explained oh daddy if the wrong side of heaven is so ...read more

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

In May Of 1996, The Greatest Disaster In Mountain ...  PRO

Contributed by James O. Davis on Dec 5, 2001

In May of 1996, the greatest disaster in mountain climbing occurred on Mount Everest. The climbers stayed too long at the summit. A storm began to blow in. As they made their way down to an intermediate camp, they were engulfed in a full scale blizzard. The wind exceeded 60 knots. The chill ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence, Holy Spirit Attributes, Love Of The Disciples

Denomination: Assembly Of God

As The Parents Of Three Young Children, My Wife ...

Contributed by Ricki Lee Brooks on Oct 24, 2009

As the parents of three young children, my wife and I often took advantage of many helps in order to be good nurturers. However, sometimes even our best efforts resulted in the unexpected. With hopes of teaching our oldest son the necessity of depending upon God, we began reading to him from the ...read more

Scripture: John 15:9-14

Tags: Obedience

I Dont Like The Size Of Them; The Scale Is All ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

I dont like the size of them; the scale is all wrong. The heads tend to be too big for the bodies and the hands and feet are a disaster and they keep falling into things...they ...read more

Tags: Children

The Church Is Like The Huddle On The Football ...

Contributed by Rick Pendleton on May 23, 2008

The church is like the huddle on the football field: the place you run to get new plans, to get prepared to go on offense against the enemies of God, the place where ...read more

Tags: Church General

Denomination: Baptist

There Is Something Awfully Sad And Strange ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is something awfully sad and strange about a culture in which teenage sex is condoned so long as it is safe, while teenage smoking is denounced as categorically wrong. Sex has become a mere ...read more

Tags: Marriage General