In Sermon Illustrations: "All Things Work For Good"

The Muse Of Good Friday?  PRO

Contributed by John Cuddeford on Oct 18, 2002

THE MUSE OF GOOD FRIDAY? Christmas and Easter can be subjects for poetry, but Good Friday, like Auschwitz, cannot. The reality is so horrible, it is not surprising that people should have found it a stumbling block to faith. SOURCE: W. ...read more

Tags: Jesus Christ, Crucifixion, Easter Good Friday

Denomination: *other

Giving Away Goodness  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2003

GIVING AWAY GOODNESS Mark Tidd of Webster, New York, describes an experience from his college days: “An old man showed up at the back door of the house we were renting. Opening the door a few cautious inches, we saw his eyes were glassy and his furrowed face glistened with silver stubble. He ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General, Compassion, Christian Love

One's As Good As Another  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2004

ONE’S AS GOOD AS ANOTHER Did you hear about the farmer who asked his neighbor if he could borrow a rope? The neighbor said, “Sorry, I’m using the rope to tie up my milk.” “Milk?” said the farmer. “You can’t tie up milk with a rope.” The neighbor replied, “I know, but when a man doesn’t want to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:12-27

Tags: Parable Great Banquet, Apologetics General

How Good Are The Facts?  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2005

HOW GOOD ARE THE FACTS? I claim to be an historian. My approach to Classics is historical. And I tell you that the evidence for the life, the death, and the resurrection of Christ is better authenticated than most of the facts of ancient history . . . ~E. M. Blaiklock, Professor of Classics at ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:1-15

Tags: Easter Resurrection, Apologetics Jesus

The Supreme Test Of Goodness Is Not In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

The supreme test of goodness is not in the greater but in the smaller incidents of our character and practice; not what we are when standing in the searchlight of public scrutiny, but when we reach the firelight flicker of our homes; not what we are when some clarion-call rings through the air, ...read more

Tags: Character

Calling Evil Good

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 27, 2006

Article : Calling Evil Good by H. Wallace Goddard Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Isaiah 5:20 Satan is the master of inversion. Where God offers Light, Satan provides darkness. ...read more

Tags: Disciplines General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Goodness Is Achieved, Not In A Vacuum But In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Goodness is achieved, not in a vacuum but in the company of other ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

There Is No Good In Arguing With The Inevitable. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east ...read more

Tags: Dealing With Conflicts

In A Democracy . . .good Will Without ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"In a democracy . . .good will without competence and competence without good will, are both ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

It Is Good To Be Without Vices, But It Is Not ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be ...read more

Tags: Temptation General

Just Good Enough

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

III. THIRD–YOU CAN’T RUMBLE, IF YOU DON’T KNOW THAT COMPROMISE IS THE NUMBER ONE REASON CHRISTIANS AND CHURCHES BECOME LUKEWARM. A. VERSE 16, IS NOT A PORTRAIT OF A PERSON LOSING THEIR SALVATION, THIS IS A PICTURE OF A PERSON TRYING TO STRADDLE THE FENCE BETWEEN THE WORLD AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD ...read more

Tags: Servanthood

Good Versus Great

Contributed by William Akehurst on Jun 5, 2008

GOOD versus GREAT Bill Cosby said it this way: God made a tree and said it was (pause) Good. God made a rabbit and said it was (pause) Good. Man made the refrigerator and said it was Amazing. Man made the car and said it was Awesome or Fabulous. We are fanatical about our creations. Praising ...read more

Tags: Creation

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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

Good God Almighty

Contributed by Louis Pantelis on May 21, 2009

GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY I am reminded of the story of the fellow that always fell asleep during the pastor’s sermon. The wife had decided to keep him awake - so she took a large hair pin with the intention of sticking him with it when he nodded off. Sure enough, right in the middle of the pastor’s ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 10:1-19

Tags: God The Father

Denomination: Church Of God

Good And Evil Kidneys

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 12, 2009

GOOD AND EVIL KIDNEYS According to the Talmud, "Our Rabbis taught: Man has two kidneys, one of which prompts him to good, the other to evil; and it is natural to suppose that the good one is on his right side and the bad one on his left, as it is written, ’A wise man’s ...read more

Tags: Holiness

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Overcoming Evil With Good  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2010

OVERCOMING EVIL WITH GOOD Watchman Nee, the Chinese evangelist, tells this true story. A poor, Christian Chinese farmer had rice fields high in the mountain. Every day he spent hours pumping water into the rice paddies; but when he returned to the fields the next morning, he would find that his ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:1-5

Tags: Christian Witness

Asking Good Questions

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010

ASKING GOOD QUESTIONS A friend once asked Isidor I. Rabi, a Nobel prize winner in science, how he became a scientist. Rabi replied that every day after school his mother would talk to him about his school day. She wasn't so much interested in what he had learned that day, but she always inquired; ...read more

Tags: Apologetics General

Denomination: Brethren

Asking Good Questions

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Oct 17, 2011

ASKING GOOD QUESTIONS A friend once asked Isidor I. Rabi, a Nobel prize winner in science how he became a scientist. Rabi replied that every day after school his mother would talk to him about his school day. She wasn’t so much interested in what he had learned that day, but she always inquired, ...read more

Tags: Learning

Denomination: Brethren

Taking The Good Path

Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012

TAKING THE GOOD PATH The media interviewed the second Chilean miner freed, and here is what he said, "The time down there changed me. God had one hand and the devil had the other hand, and when I was down there, I decided to let go of the devil and hold onto God. I buried 40 years of my life down ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Methodist

Overcoming Evil With Good

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2012

OVERCOMING EVIL WITH GOOD Stuart Holden (1874-1934), the author of "Prevailing Intercessory Prayer", was in Egypt and met a sergeant in a Highland regiment. "How were you brought to Christ?" he asked this bright Christian. The sergeant responded: "There was a private in the same company as myself ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23

Tags: Christian Witness