In Sermon Illustrations: "wonderfully made"

So What Does This Imply As We Follow Jesus? Am I ...

Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jul 15, 2008

So what does this imply as we follow Jesus? Am I expected to be perfect? Does God expect me to be perfect? Absolutely not!! When we expect this, do you know what happens? It is not holistic at all. If anything it is at best partial because people who live with those expectations hide their ...read more

Tags: Sanctification

Denomination: Church Of God

Greed Vs. Envy

Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 11, 2008

Greed vs. Envy Envy is the evil eye that looks on the success and happiness of another and resents his being so blessed. It is different from covetousness, which desires to have what another has. Envy simply resents the other person's having it. There's an old legend about a greedy man and an ...read more

Tags: Envy

Denomination: Pentecostal

Walking In The Confidence Of God  PRO

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

Walking in the Confidence of God Self-existent Christians can walk in confidence because this God is self-existent: John 1:1-3 says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made; without Him ...read more

Scripture: John 1:3

Tags: Confidence

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

According To Stuart Briscoe: "The Industrial ...  PRO

Contributed by Andrew Chan on Apr 23, 2002

According to Stuart Briscoe: “The Industrial Revolution of the mid-19th century made it possible for many women to stay home while their husbands became the sole ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Denomination: Evangelical Free

The Gospel Alone Is Sufficient To Rule The Lives ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"The gospel alone is sufficient to rule the lives of Christians everywhere...any additional rules made to govern men’s conduct added nothing to the perfection ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Trials Teach Us What We Are; They Dig Up The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2006

“Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of; they just turn up some of the ill weeds ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

The Official U.s. Shopping Season Is From ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007

The Official U.S. Shopping Season is from September through December when nearly 40% percent of the nation’s $3 trillion in retail ...read more

Most [tax Revisions] Didnt Improve The System, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Most [tax revisions] didnt improve the system, they made it more like Washington itself: complicated, unfair, cluttered with gobbledygook and loopholes designed for those with the ...read more

Tags: Giving General

The Study Of Tools As Well As Of Books Should ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The study of tools as well as of books should have a place in the public schools. Tools, machinery, and the implements of the farm should be made familiar to every boy, and ...read more

Tags: Food

The Beauty Of Spacing Children Many Years Apart ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The beauty of spacing children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have time to learn the mistakes that were made with the older ones which permits them to ...read more

Tags: Parenting

God's Family!

Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Jun 28, 2021

It is hard to get over the disappointment that God, having made an exception in my case, didn’t seem to call nice, accomplished, courteous, alert ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:26-31, Luke 19:10, James 2:1-7

Tags: Worship, Salvation, Gospel, The Cross, Church  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

Today's Most Common Lie

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 3, 2024

What is the most common lie in the modern world? It is when we click a box on a computer screen acknowledging that, “I have read and agree to the Terms ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 12:19, Proverbs 12:22, Acts 5:3-4, Colossians 3:9, Psalm 63:11, Revelation 21:8  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Lying, Lie, Liar, Lies, Untruthful, Truthful  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Pray The Largest Prayers. You Cannot Think A ...  PRO

Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 10, 2001

Pray the largest prayers. You cannot think a prayer so large that God in answering it, will not wish you had made it larger. Pray not for crutches but for ...read more

Tags: Prayer Of Faith, Prayer General, Prayer Supplication

Denomination: Baptist

For The Reason That We Are Equal Before God, We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"For the reason that we are equal before God, we are made equal before the law of this land. And when you have said that, you have summed up and tied with ...read more

Tags: Racism

No Man Who Says, I Am As Good As You, Believes ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"No man who says, I am as good as you, believes it. He would not say it if he didThe claim to equality is made only by those who ...read more

Tags: Miscellaneous

Will Rogers Said, "Good Judgment Comes From ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Will Rogers said, “Good judgment comes from experience and a lot of that (experience) comes from bad judgment” ….In other words much of what ...read more

Tags: God In The Hardships

The Biggest Idol We Have Can Be Ourselves. ...  PRO

Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 28, 2000

The biggest idol we have can be ourselves. George Bernard Shaw put it rather neatly when he described a person in one of his plays as ...read more

Tags: Humility, Emotions, Sin Fall Of Man

Denomination: Baptist

Gareth Weldon Icenogle In Biblical Foundations ...  PRO

Contributed by Jim Luthy on Sep 21, 2001

Gareth Weldon Icenogle in Biblical Foundations for Small Group Ministry: "Small groups are trapped in the ‘paradox’ of hunger for intimacy ("It is not good for man to be alone") and fear of intimacy. ...read more

Tags: Church Small Groups, Compassion, Hunger

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Intellect Has Little To Do On The Road To ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery. There comes a leap in consciousness, call it intuition or what you will, and the solution comes to you and you dont ...read more

Tags: Discovery

Mistakes Are Costly And Somebody Must Pay. The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Mistakes are costly and somebody must pay. The time to correct a mistake is before it is made. The causes of mistakes are, first, I didn't ...read more

Tags: Mistakes