In Sermon Illustrations: "good shepherd"

Not All Good Deeds Are Good

Contributed by Tony Salisbury on Feb 12, 2011

NOT ALL GOOD DEEDS ARE GOOD For Valentine's Day several years ago I bought chocolates for everyone in my family. To help everyone remember which chocolates belonged to whom I bought different ones. One got rich dark Belgian chocolate. Another one received smooth creamy milk chocolate. All went ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Good God, Good News

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 3, 2011

GOOD GOD, GOOD NEWS Promoting his recent book "Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived", Rob Bell asked these questions: "How could that God (who condemns people to eternal punishment) ever be good? How could that ever be good news?" Well, let’s ask the ...read more

Tags: Hell

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Good Works Do Not Make A Good Man, But A Good ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

The Cost To Cure Rebellion

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2013

THE COST TO CURE REBELLION "It cost God nothing, as far as we know, to create nice things, but to convert our rebellious wills, it cost Him crucifixion." C.S. Lewis (From a sermon by ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:13-21

Tags: Salvation

Minister Runs Ad In Local Paper To Invite ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2009

Minister Runs Ad in Local Paper to Invite Straying Sheep Back into the Fold A few years ago I was reading a book by Stephen Gaukroger. He tells the story of a New York Methodist minister who saw the need to bring his ‘ninety nine righteous’ sheep back into the fold. He put an advert in the local ...read more

Scripture: John 10:1-18

Tags: Parable Lost Sheep

Goodwill For A Business Is Built By Good Goods, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Goodwill for a business is built by good goods, service, and ...read more

Tags: Business And Marketplace

A Book Is A Friend; A Good Book Is A Good ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"A book is a friend; a good book is a good friend. It will talk to you when you want it to talk, and it will keep still when you want it to keep still and there are not many who ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

A Book Is A Friend; A Good Book Is A Good ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"A book is a friend; a good book is a good friend. It will talk to you when you want it to talk, and it will keep still when you want it to keep still; and ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

No Man Is Good But As He Wishes The Good Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

No man is good but as he wishes the ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Good Is No Good, But If It Be Spend: God Giveth ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Good is no good, but if it be spend: God giveth good ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Good Company And Good Discourse Are The Very ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Good company and good discourse are the very ...read more

Tags: Communication General

The Secret Of A Good Sermon Is To Have A Good ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending and having the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 91:1-3

Tags: Pastors

It Is Harder To Be A Good Winner Than A Good ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It is harder to be a good winner than a good loser ...read more

Tags: Competition

A Good Word Made A Good Day!

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Dec 27, 2019

When was the last time you heard a good word from a total stranger? Some years back, as I was walking from the parking lot to the building where I worked at the time, that very thing happened to me. Usually there isn’t much interaction between people walking and the drivers or passengers, but ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 25:25

Tags: Respect, Sharing Good Things

Denomination: Baptist

A Shepherd Was Looking After His Sheep One Day On ...  PRO

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 24, 2005

A shepherd was looking after his sheep one day on the side of a deserted road, when suddenly a brand new Porsche screeches to a halt. The driver, a man dressed in an Armani suit, Rockport shoes, Oakleys sunglasses, Rolex watch, and a Versace tie, gets out and asks the shepherd: "If I can tell ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-20

Tags: Workplace

Denomination: Anglican

Philip Keller In His Book 'a Shepherd Looks At ...  PRO

Contributed by Matthew Mobley on Mar 28, 2008

Philip Keller in his book ’A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23’ speaks about one flock of sheep he watched as they were being led by the shepherd to what was a most magnificent and beautiful mountain stream… "The snow-fed waters were flowing pure and clear and crystal clean between lovely banks of trees. ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

Hope Of A Good Day

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008

Hope of a Good Day Max Lucado, preacher and writer, teaches that "every day deserves a chance." He feels so strongly about it, he wrote a book with the same title. Regardless of what is in our day, if we give it a chance, it can become a "good" day. Of course, coupled with this thought is the ...read more

Tags: Endurance

Goodness That Lasts  PRO

Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Dec 20, 2001

GOODNESS THAT LASTS A little girl said she liked Santa Claus better than Jesus because "you have to be good for Santa only at Christmas but for Jesus you have to be good all the time." Much of the Christmas observance at church is not far removed from that attitude. ...read more

Tags: Discipleship, Christmas, Birth Of Jesus

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Good Samaritan  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2002

Luke 10:30-37 John Darley and Daniel Batson are two Princeton University psychologists. Some years ago they decided to conduct a study, inspired by the story of the Good Samaritan. They conducted the study at Princeton Theological Seminary. They met with a group of seminarians and asked each one ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:30-37

Tags: Compassion, Christian Love

Awl For The Good  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2002

AWL FOR THE GOOD In 1809, Simon Renee Braille and his wife Monique welcomed their fourth child into the world-- a lively boy named Louis. They lived in a small stone house near Paris where Braille was the local harness maker. Leather working tools are dangerous, so the toddler had been ...read more

Scripture: John 9:1-41

Tags: Grace, God's Omniscience, God In The Hardships