In Sermon Illustrations: "Young"

Child Care: The Nation's Largest Childcare ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Child Care: The nation’s largest childcare providers are the Roman Catholic Church and the Southern Baptist Convention with nearly 10,000 childcare centers between them. Since ’97, the number of church-based childcare centers has risen by 26% versus a 19% increase in all U.S childcare centers. ...read more

Tags: Church General

A Story Is Told Of A Father And Son Driving Down ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007

A story is told of a father and son driving down a lonely road as a blinding snow storm begins to fall, unable to see the father pulls to the side of the road there he sees off in the distance the lights of a farmhouse. The warm feeling of seeing the beacon of hope in the distance is overcome by ...read more

Grace: It Really Is Amazing! Series: Part 1: An ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007

Grace: It Really Is Amazing! Series: Part 1: An Amazing 5 Letter Word. February 18, 2007 Castalia Baptist Church. Ephesians 2: 1-10 The story is told of a Queen who had a young daughter who was faced with a deadly illness. The doctors told the Queen that she needed to stay away from her daughter’s ...read more

Arguably, No Landmark In On The West Coast Is ...

Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Mar 13, 2007

Arguably, no landmark in on the west coast is more famous or readily recognizable than the Golden Gate Bridge. It is an amazing wonder of architectural work. Most would not know that the south pier rests on the San Andreas Fault line. What a contrast between flexibility and strength. In his ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Scottish Preacher John Mcneill Liked To Tell ...  PRO

Contributed by Thomas Clawser on Feb 9, 2002

The Scottish preacher John McNeill liked to tell about an eagle that had been captured when it was quite young. The farmer who snared the bird put a restraint on it so it couldn’t fly, and then he turned it loose to roam in the barnyard. It wasn’t long till the eagle began to act like the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 103:5

Tags: Doubt, Call Of The Disciples, Leadership General, Unbelief, Transformation  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Other

Parenting Social Degeneration  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2002

PARENTING SOCIAL DEGENERATION Sheila Weller, in her book "Saint of Circumstances", reveals the untold story of Alex Kelley, who was convicted of rape in 1996. When Kelley was initially indicted he fled to Europe, spending more than eight years on the run, leading a comfortable lifestyle. ...read more

We Need To Look At Storms And Painful Scenarios ...  PRO

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 1, 2002

We need to look at storms and painful scenarios in a different light. Possibly God’s light? Wirt helps us to see through a difference lens in his book Jesus Man of Joy.Sherwood Wirt has this to say about the positive side of pain: Pain does have this positive value. It will bring to halt our ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life, God In The Hardships

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Sometimes, We Are Tempted To Think We Are The ...  PRO

Contributed by Rex S. Wignall on Oct 25, 2002

Sometimes, we are tempted to think we are the only ones who struggle with this burden. Ellsworth Kalas tells the discovery that Thomas Wolfe the fine American writer made about loneliness: Wolfe was a lonely man. He once thought that loneliness was something suffered especially, perhaps even ...read more

Tags: Disappointment

Denomination: United Methodist

There Is The Story Of Simon Wiesenthal Who Was A ...  PRO

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Nov 8, 2002

There is the story of Simon Wiesenthal who was a famed hunter of Nazi war criminals. As a prisoner, Wiesenthal was sent to a labor camp during World War II. "He found himself on a work detail in a hospital where a young SS officer lay wounded and dying. The Nazi mad Simon sit and listen while he ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General, Forgiveness For Others

Denomination: United Methodist

The Patrick You Never Knew  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 9, 2003

THE PATRICK YOU NEVER KNEW He didn’t chase the snakes out of Ireland and he may never have plucked a shamrock to teach the mystery of the Trinity. Yet St. Patrick well deserves to be honored by the people of Ireland—and by downtrodden and excluded people everywhere. Some 1,500 years ago a ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?, Great Commission, Endurance

One Of Us?  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 16, 2003

ONE OF US? One of 1995’s biggest singles was Joan Osborne’s “One of Us.” The song earned 7 Grammy Award nominations, and made a virtually unknown singer an overnight sensation. It’s a song of spiritual questioning and about conceiving of God in a modern age. These are some of the words of that ...read more

Tags: Descriptions Of God, God The Father

Professor And Speaker Tony Campolo Writes These ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 8, 2004

Professor and speaker Tony Campolo writes these challenging words: In December of 1987, I had the wonderful opportunity of speaking at the great Urbana missionary conference sponsored by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. In the course of my address to the more than eighteen thousand collegians ...read more

Richard Dehaan Tells Of A Soldier Who Was Doing ...  PRO

Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 29, 2004

Richard Dehaan tells of a soldier who was doing sentry duty on the front line in WWI. After being relieved of duty, as a Christian, he wanted to pray, to thank God for protecting him and to ask specifically for his continued protection. But the enemy lines were very close and he couldn’t go far, so ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To, Prayer Persistence

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

In Her Book, Living With Love, Josephine ...

Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Oct 27, 2004

In her book, Living with Love, Josephine Robertson tells a story. "In 1883, a youthful clergyman, the Rev. Joe Roberts, arrived by stagecoach in a blizzard to minister to the Indians of Wyoming. This great, wild area had been assigned to the Protestant Episcopal Church by President Grant. Soon ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Denomination: Baptist

Independence

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Mar 15, 2005

INDEPENDENCE Two young kids Billy and Kay were at the amusement park. Their parents tell them they can explore the park by themselves but they must go together. They were happy. Run from one ride to another. They felt they’ve grown up, they can do things on their own. They can take care ...read more

Tags: Children

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Things You'd Love To Say At Work But Can't  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2005

Things You’d Love to Say at Work But Can’t • How about never? Is never good for you? • I’ll try being nicer if you’ll try being smarter. • It sounds like English, but I can’t understand a word you’re saying. • Ah … I see the screw-up fairy has visited us again. • I like you. You remind me of ...read more

Tags: Vision

Buy Me Out  PRO

Contributed by Robert Garrett on May 29, 2005

“BUY ME OUT” A very successful businessman had a meeting with his new son-in-law. "I love my daughter, and now I welcome you into the family," he said. "To show you how much we care for you, I’m making you a 50-50 partner in my business. All you have to do is go to the factory every day and learn ...read more

Tags: Wisdom

Denomination: Baptist

Punishment Teaches The Great Lesson That Choices ...

Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Jun 16, 2007

Punishment teaches the great lesson that choices have consequences. I have been spanked, but the worst punishment I ever had was not a spanking. I called my grandmother an old “battleaxe”. I didn’t even know what it meant. She told me, “Well this old battle axe is going to make you sit in the ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Earl Palmer, In A Fine Little Book Entitled The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Earl Palmer, in a fine little book entitled The Enormous Exception, tells the story of a pre-med student at the University of California, Berkeley "who became a Christian after a long journey through doubts and questions." When Palmer asked the young man why he had chosen Jesus Christ, he answered ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

Did You Know That The Idea For Mothers Day Was ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Did you know that the idea for Mothers Day was born in a small Methodist church in Grafton, West Virginia? It was 1876 and the nation still mourned the Civil War dead. While teaching a Memorial Day lesson, Mrs. Anna Reeves Jarvis thought of mothers who had lost their sons. She prayed that one day ...read more

Tags: Parenting