In Sermon Illustrations: "Year"

Encounter With God

Contributed by Samuel M on Jan 25, 2025

Moses' encounter with God, not only resurrected his calling, but it also resurrected a 400-year-old promise given to Abraham. Our experience or visitation with God not only resurrects our calling, but also resurrects the promises of our ...read more

Tags: Faith, Hope

Chris Paul: Forgiving The Murderers

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 23, 2011

CHRIS PAUL: FORGIVING THE MURDERERS In April, 2011, Rick Reilly wrote a moving story about forgiveness from the life of Chris Paul, the all-star basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets. Reilly writes: On the moonless night of November 15, 2002, five boys ran across a park, jumped a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:4

Tags: Forgiveness For Others, Ask Seek Knock

An Urgent Message At Easter

Contributed by Troy Borst on Apr 4, 2015

EASTER FAMILY TIME (p) It is Easter time and a gathering opportunity for your whole family. Your family made a commitment to all get together this year at Easter to make sure you celebrated something this year as a family. Grandma chose Easter and chose to rent a few beach houses for everyone to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:15

Tags: Evangelism, Sharing Christ, Christian Witness, Mission To Family

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Questions That Churches Must Ask Themselves

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jun 7, 2022

Why is this church here or what really is our mission? Are we truly fulfilling our mission? How did we get here? Were we a split or the first of our faith? If a split, was it because of doctrine or something/someone else? If we are the first, have we fallen from our first love position or is ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:1

Tags: Church, Purpose, Division

Denomination: Baptist

[079]. A Message From A Poem – Faithful, Lord, You Are To Me And Us

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Apr 12, 2025

[079]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – FAITHFUL, LORD, YOU ARE TO ME AND US [THIS IS WHAT I WROTE IN 2022]. Recently I had to go to Townsville for a major ear operation to address a problem I have had for over a year and which would not be treated at the local Queensland State hospital because they ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 25:20, Romans 8:27-28

Tags: Problem, Ear Operation, Townsville, Caring God, Faithful, Victory, Help, Poetry, Poem  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

George Muller, Who Was Known For His Strong ...  PRO

Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Jan 1, 2003

George Muller, who was known for his strong faith, confided, "The first 3 years after conversion, I neglected the Word of God. Since I began to search it diligently, the blessing has been wonderful. I have read ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence, Disciplines Scripture

Denomination: Baptist

During A Recent Sunday Worship Service, A ...  PRO

Contributed by Mary Lewis on Jun 7, 2004

During a recent Sunday worship service, a congregation was singing the worship chorus that goes: "I exalt thee, oh Lord...” A mother of a 5-year-old girl glanced down and realized that her daughter was fervently singing, ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

Denomination: Baptist

And You're Never Too Old To Start Getting Fit ...  PRO

Contributed by W F on Sep 21, 2004

And you’re never too old to start getting fit either physically or spiritually. My grandmother wanted to stay in shape so at the age of 60 she started walking five kilometres a day. ...read more

Tags: Endurance

Denomination: *other

Taxpayers Overpaid Their Federal Income Taxes By ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

Taxpayers overpaid their federal income taxes by a record 29% in both ‘03 and ‘04. That has pushed refunds above $200 billion a year. Final ’05 figures aren’t in, but the average ...read more

Tags: Money

Home Broadband- A Pew Internet & American Life ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Home Broadband- A Pew Internet & American Life Project report finds 84 million Americans connected via broadband in March ‘06-up 40% from 60 million one year ago. In ‘02, just 10% of ...read more

Tags: Workplace

God Created Man- Gallup Reports 46% Of Americans ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

God Created Man- Gallup reports 46% of Americans believe God created Man in present form, 36% believe Man was developed with God guiding, and 13% think God had no part in the process. This ratio has ...read more

Tags: Creation

Happiness People Who Attend Religious Services ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008

Happiness People who attend religious services weekly or more are happier (43% very happy) than those who attend monthly or less (31%) and seldom or never (26%). Pew Research has found this correlation to be consistent over ...read more

Howard Snyder, Former Pastor And Missionary, ...

Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 15, 2008

Howard Snyder, former pastor and missionary, seminary professor, wrote: "Church growth enthusiasts sometimes neglect to ask what the church really is…in two thousand years the church has not noticeably improved on the gospel or the Biblical picture of ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Pentecostal

Shorter Life

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009

SHORTER LIFE A recent study found individuals taking part in legal same-sex "marriages" in Norway and Denmark lived 24 fewer years than individuals in traditional marriages, Drs. Paul and Kirk Cameron reported at the ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 18:22

Tags: Homosexuality

Tolerance Has Its Limits?

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 22, 2025

Some people can be too tolerant. One blogger complained. She writes: “Today, my new roommate took a shower. This would be a good thing, except for the fact that it's apparently taken her two ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:1-6

Tags: Tolerance, Confrontation, Rudeness, Asserting Self

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Elizabeth Griscom: Freedom Creates Courage  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009

ELIZABETH GRISCOM: FREEDOM CREATES COURAGE On January 1, 1752, Samuel and Rebecca Griscom gave birth to a baby girl they named Elizabeth. Elizabeth grew up a Quaker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After completing her formal education, Elizabeth went on to work as an apprentice to John Webster, a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:18-19

Tags: Independence Day

Tell Santa I Tried To Be Nice

Contributed by James Snyder on Dec 19, 2020

It’s that time of the year when the conversation around the dinner table in the Parsonage has to do with naughty or nice. I must admit it's not my favorite conversation because what is naughty, and what is nice? That all depends on who you're talking to. The Gracious Mistress of the ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:7

Tags: Christmas, Nice, Naughty

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Do I Need A New Mask For Halloween?

Contributed by James Snyder on Oct 28, 2023

The older I get, the less patience I have for holidays. I certainly am not a holiday guru in any sense of the word. When I was younger, my favorite holiday was Christmas because of all the presents I got. I could never get enough gifts for Christmas. When I got older, got married and had ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 95:2

Tags: Halloween, Masks

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

God Is Like...  PRO

Contributed by Travis Souders on Apr 9, 2002

God is like... written by a 12 year old God is like tide- he cleans all our stains snapple- He’s the best stuff on Earth coke- He’s the real thing car- ...read more

Tags: God The Father, Descriptions Of God

Denomination: Pentecostal

Salt Is One Of Those Common Everyday Items We ...  PRO

Contributed by Troy Borst on Oct 31, 2003

Salt is one of those common everyday items we use without thought. We grab the shaker and shake. According to the Salt Institute (www.saltinstitute.org), over a billion dollars were spent on salt in the United States ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:13

Tags: What Is Evangelism?, Sharing My Testimony

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ