In Sermon Illustrations: "Wrong"

Oswald Chambers Once Said, "We Trample The Blood ...  PRO

Contributed by Jeff Simms on Mar 15, 2004

Oswald Chambers once said, “We trample the blood of the Son of God if we think we are forgiven because we are sorry for our sins. The only explanation for the forgiveness of God and for the unfathomable depth of His forgetting is the death of Jesus Christ. Our repentance is merely the outcome of ...read more

Scripture: Micah 7:18-19

Tags: Guilt, God's Forgiveness, God's Provision

Denomination: Baptist

Brad Bright, Son Of Bill Bright, Said That His ...  PRO

Contributed by Dan Steadman on Jun 11, 2004

Brad Bright, son of Bill Bright, said that his dad didn’t have the gift of evangelism, but he loved God so much that he talked about Him everywhere he went to anyone who would listen. Actually, Bill Bright was rather reserved, and he had to overcome the shyness to share with others. Even on ...read more

Tags: Sharing My Testimony

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Story Is Told Of A Teacher Tells About ...  PRO

Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 2, 2004

The story is told of a teacher tells about taking a 2nd grader to the library to help her learn to read. The book she choose for the girl only had pictures. So the teacher sat down with the child and said, "Why don’t you identify the pictures for me?" She started: "That’s a house, that’s a man, ...read more

Tags: Truth

Denomination: Christian Church

Some Time Ago "Reader's Digest" Told The Story ...  PRO

Contributed by Scott Malone on Apr 5, 2005

Some time ago "Reader’s Digest" told the story about a company who mailed out some special advertising business post cards with a mustard seed glued to it with the following caption that went something like this: "If you have faith as small as this mustard seed in our (particular product), you are ...read more

Tags: Giving Yourself

Denomination: Baptist

A Number Of People Think Of Satan As The ...

Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 3, 2005

A number of people think of Satan as the personification of evil. Like Uncle Sam is the personification of patriotism, the devil is the representation of all evil. Or they think that people are evil and need no one to tempt them. But if they could, just for a moment, have the curtains of this seen ...read more

Tags: Satan

Denomination: Christian Church

Orwellian In Sutter, Ca, A Close-Knit Farming ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Orwellian In Sutter, CA, a close-knit farming town northwest of Sacramento local school 7th & 8th graders are required to wear identification cards around their necks with their picture, name and grade and a RFID wireless transmitter that beams their ID number to a teacher’s handheld computer when ...read more

Tags: Children

Abortion Views Changing: A New Gallup Survey Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Abortion Views Changing: A new Gallup survey of 13 to 17 year olds finds their views on abortion significantly more conservative than their parents’ generation: Abortion is morally wrong, Teens: 72% Adults: 26%; Abortion should be legal in all circumstances, Teens: 19% Adults: 26%; Abortion should ...read more

Tags: Abortion

It Happens Every Time The Prof Calls A Group Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

It happens every time the prof calls a group of students to the board to solve a physics problem. Someone holds the chalk wrong and sends chills up and down the spines of everyone in the class with that familiar classroom torture technique: "squeaky chalk." Why does a piece of chalk produce that ...read more

Tags: Emotions

In His Early Years, American Landscape ...

Contributed by James Westmoreland on Oct 23, 2006

In his early years, American landscape photographer Ansel Adams studied piano and showed some talent. At one party, however, as Adams played Chopin’s F Major Nocturne, he recalled that "In some strange way my right had started off in F-sharp major while my left had behaved well in F-major. I could ...read more

Denomination: Disciples Of Christ

Psa 119:1 Blessed Are They Whose Ways Are ...

Contributed by Steven Cannon on Feb 13, 2007

Psa 119:1 Blessed are they whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the LORD. Blessed are they who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart. They do nothing wrong; they walk in his ways. You have laid down precepts that are to be fully obeyed. Oh, that my ways were ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

On Helping Your Brother

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 20, 2009

ON HELPING YOUR BROTHER Every poor and distressed man had a claim on me for pity, and, if I can afford it, for active exertion and (financial) relief. But a poor Christian has a far stronger claim on my feelings, my labors, and my property. He is my brother, equally interested as myself in the ...read more

Tags: Hospitality

Denomination: Other

On Our Vacation One Year, We Borrowed My Dad's ...

Contributed by Tim White on Jun 19, 2009

On our vacation one year, we borrowed my dad’s boat and went up to a beautiful mountain lake in Western Arkansas. It was narrow with fingers reaching into the mountains and piny woods. It was beautiful. The problem arose when we decided to head back to the boat landing. We missed a turn and headed ...read more

Tags: Evangelism The Lost, Trials And Difficulties

Denomination: Baptist

Working Late In The Cemetery  PRO

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Oct 29, 2009

WORKING LATE IN THE CEMETERY Late one dark night, two men were walking home after a party. They were tired and desperate to get home, so they decided to take a shortcut through a cemetery. They got to about the middle of the graveyard, and they were startled and stopped moving. There was a ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:1-20

Tags: Halloween

Denomination: Pentecostal

Traveling Couple Misspells Destination In Gps And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 10, 2009

Traveling Couple Misspells Destination in GPS and Ends Up in Wrong Place Last July the BBC news reported on how a couple from Sweden typed Carpi into their GPS when they meant Capri. Their GPS did what it was suppose to and took them 400 miles off course. A tourism official in Carpi said, "Capri is ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:6

Tags: Parable Lost Sheep

God Did His Part, I Did My Part

Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 23, 2010

GOD DID HIS PART, I DID MY PART The little boy wanted to join a church. So the deacons were examining him. They asked, "How did you get saved?" His answer was, "God did His part, and I did my part." They thought there was something wrong with his doctrine, so they questioned further. He ...read more

Tags: God's Love

Denomination: Pentecostal

Salvation Brings Forgiveness...for You And For ...

Contributed by Vonnie E James on Mar 21, 2010

SALVATION BRINGS FORGIVENESS...FOR YOU AND FOR OTHERS This person was working in a certain company for may years. However for whatever reason, he was unable to get along well with the Supervisor. The relationship was like trying to stick adhesive tape on a bottle covered with grease. He never ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

Denomination: Baptist

A Cheerful Liver  PRO

Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 1, 2010

A CHEERFUL LIVER 2 Corinthians 9:7- God loves a cheerful giver. Mary Ann O'Roark: "As a little girl I heard grown ups repeat a bible verse that I was certain said, "God loveth a cheerful liver." I asked my grandma what a liver was. "It's a part inside you," she told me, "like your stomach or ...read more

Scripture: John 20:11-18

Tags: Giving General

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

An Odd Number

Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010

AN ODD NUMBER A real Christian is an odd number anyway. He feel supreme love for One whom he has never seen. Talks familiarly every day to Someone he cannot see. He expects to go to heaven on the virtue of Another, empties himself in order that he might be full, admits he is wrong to he can be ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: *other

Good Without God

Contributed by John Sears on Jul 20, 2011

GOOD WITHOUT GOD An atheist organization recently got into hot water when it put up a billboard that crossed over onto church property. The message on the billboard read, "I can be good without God." What do you think? The funny thing is I agree, I think they are right! They have hit something ...read more

Tags: Apologetics Jesus

Denomination: Christian Church

Winning In Losing  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2011

WINNING IN LOSING Both teams that play in the Super Bowl think they will win, so both teams have special t-shirts and hats designed that declare them the victors. It costs about $2 million to have the apparel made--which means for the losing team, $2 million goes to waste, right? Wrong. A recent ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:19-23

Tags: Giving General