In Sermon Illustrations: "bad friends"

Trust Today's Friends As If They Might Be ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Trust today's friends as if they might be ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Two Persons Will Not Be Friends Long If They ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Two persons will not be friends long if they cannot forgive each ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Friends Are Not Primarily Absorbed In Each ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Friends are not primarily absorbed in each other. It is when we are doing things together that friendship springs up painting, sailing ships, praying, philosophizing, fighting shoulder to shoulder. Friends look in the ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Among Real Friends There Is No Rivalry Or ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Among real friends there is no rivalry or jealousy of one another, but they are satisfied and contented alike whether ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Have Friends, Not For The Sake Of Receiving, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Have friends, not for the sake of ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Good Friends Are Good For Your ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Good friends are good for ...read more

Tags: Compassion

A Friend Is An Extension Of Yourself Without ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A friend is an extension of yourself without which ...read more

Tags: Compassion

The Loss Of A Friend Is Like That Of A Limb; ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The loss of a friend is like that of a limb; time may heal the anguish of the wound, ...read more

Tags: Compassion

If A Friend Of Minegave A Feast, And Did Not ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If a friend of minegave a feast, and did not invite me to it, I should not mind a bitBut ifa friend of mine had a sorrow and refused to allow ...read more

Tags: Compassion

After The Friendship Of God, A Friends ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"After the friendship of God, a friends affection is the ...read more

Tags: Compassion

The Trouble With Our Liberal Friends Is Not That ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The trouble with our liberal friends is not that theyre ignorant. Its just that ...read more

Tags: Politics

A Friend Of Mine Was Comfortable As The Senior ...

Contributed by Dr. Mark Eckart on Jul 6, 2009

A friend of mine was comfortable as the senior pastor in a local church in the Midwest. The church paid well, took great care of his family, and he was positioned to advance in his denominational movement. However, one night he attended a camp service and was listening to a missionary speaker and ...read more

Tags: Missions, Sacrifices

Denomination: Holiness

Married People Need Friends

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 26, 2011

MARRIED PEOPLE NEED FRIENDS The University of Chicago conducted a study where they found that couples that stayed together through adversity had friends who wanted them to stay together and who had a low opinion of divorce. By contrast, married people who spend time with divorced and bitter people ...read more

Tags: Marriage Struggle

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

My Friend Will Find Me

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 16, 2012

MY FRIEND WILL FIND ME Sam was a great bird dog. If he pointed to a clump of bushes, there surely was a bird in there. He was much more than just a bird dog. Often we’d share together lazy lunches in an abandoned apple orchard, and the snooze that followed. Late one afternoon, Sam and I became ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 4:7-9

Tags: Trust

Mark Twain: An Enemy And A Friend

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2013

AN ENEMY AND A FRIEND Mark Twain, "It takes your enemy and your friend working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other to get the news to ...read more

Scripture: James 3:1-12

Tags: Tongue

The Sinner's Friend

Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on May 6, 2023

There's the story told by Watchman Nee, the Chinese evangelist where he was talking to another Christian in his home. They were downstairs, as was his friend's son. The friend's wife and mother were in an upstairs room. All at once the little boy wanted something and called out to his ...read more

Scripture: John 4:1-26, Luke 19:1-10, John 1:14

Tags: Evangelism, Incarnation, Friend Of Sinners

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

In June 1839, A Spanish Schooner Left The Shore ...  PRO

Contributed by Fred Sigle on Jun 7, 2007

In June 1839, a Spanish schooner left the shore of Havana, Cuba and set SAIL for Porta Prince, another part of the ISLAND. The CARGO in the BOWELS of La Amistad (the name of the BOAT, which ironically means, The Friendship) was 53 Africans KIDNAPPED from the Mendi village of West Africa and ...read more

Tags: Friend, Friendship

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Young Harold Had A Really Bad Case Of Attention ...  PRO

Contributed by Tom Lovorn on Apr 10, 2001

Young Harold had a really bad case of Attention Deficit Disorder. On Palm Sunday, Harold’s Sunday School teacher sent empty plastic eggs home with each of her students. Mrs. Wilson told them to bring something back in the eggs next Sunday to represent Easter. She really didn’t expect Harold to ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:46-52, Luke 7:11-17

Tags: Miracles Of Jesus, Easter Resurrection

Denomination: Baptist

Rabbi Harold] Kushner's Book [when Bad Things ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Kuzma on Feb 19, 2002

[Rabbi Harold] Kushner’s book [When Bad Things Happen to Good People] was a best seller not only because it is so well written, but also because it caters to a narcissistic age. For us, any suffering, confusion or tragedy is patently unfair and undeserved because we stopped trusting a God whose ...read more

Tags: God In The Hardships

Denomination: Foursquare

Bad News Travels Fast. Within Two Hours The ...  PRO

Contributed by Jerry Falwell on May 15, 2002

Bad news travels fast. Within two hours the whole world knew that President Kennedy had been killed, who killed him, where he was killed and how he was killed. Today, still half the world does not know the good news that Jesus died, where ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency, Communication General

Denomination: Baptist