In Sermon Illustrations: "Always" showing 681-700 of 3,756

Remember, The Only Difference Between A ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 30, 2008

Remember, the only difference between a politician who uses your money to pay for abortion and the mafia chieftain who hires a contract killer is that, ...read more

Tags: Abortion

Denomination: Catholic

Just As Recently As This Week, I Was Doing Some ...  PRO

Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Sep 7, 2006

Just as recently as this week, I was doing some private devotions and during that time, I always try to read things that confront my own life. I happened to get an article from Leadership Journal, written by Gordon MacDonald. His writings always have provoked me, in fact his book Renewing Your ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

I Don't Know About You But As I Was Growing Up I ...  PRO

Contributed by Harvie Neatherlin on Jun 17, 2003

I don’t know about you but as I was growing up I worked hard at trying to figure out ways to insure that Mom or Dad would say yes. I don’t know how it worked around your house but I always got what I call the classic response. Here’s how it went, I would ask my dad if I could go somewhere or if I ...read more

Scripture: Judges 13:9-12

Tags: Communication General, Children

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

An Industrial Titan Remembered His Farm Boyhood. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

An industrial titan remembered his farm boyhood. It was his chore to go to the barn in the dark to secure the farm animals before the family bedtime. He dreaded what lurked in the shadows on the way to the distant barn. His father gave him unforgettable advice. The lantern from the farmhouse would ...read more

Tags: Workplace Evangelism

A Popular Play And Movie This Time Of Year, One I ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

A popular play and movie this time of year, one I always enjoy watching is A Christmas Carol. There is one scene that has always fascinated me. The Ghost of Christmas Past has just paid a very discomforting visit to Ebenezer Scrooge. Clearly the old miser is shaken by the entire ordeal. But when he ...read more

Tags: Christmas

A Boy Without Athletic Ability Is Chosen To Play ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2010

A Boy Without Athletic Ability is Chosen to Play a Game There was a boy who did not have much athletic ability. Every time he and his friends would play some game, he was always the last to be chosen. One day two new fellows came to play with them and were allowed to be team captains because they ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:11-13

Tags: Compassion

Monkey On Your Back?

Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 15, 2019

Get that monkey off your Back (Heb.12:1) Intro: Inter the area carrying a stuffed animal monkey on you shoulder act like it gets heavier every step GET THAT MONKEY OFF YOUR BACK The Monkey --little baby monkey--then chimp -the gorilla Christians are always struggling, one minute they are running on ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:1

Tags: Sins, Weights

Denomination: Pentecostal

Song By Pam Thum- Life Is Hard, The World Is ...

Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 30, 2007

Song by Pam Thum- Life is hard, the world is cold. We’re barely young and then we’re old. But every falling tear is always ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Keep Away From People Who Try To Belittle Your ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make ...read more

Tags: Ambition

Most People Are Bothered By Those Passages In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Most people are bothered by those passages in Scripture which they cannot understand; but as for me, I always noticed that the passages in Scripture ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

I Prefer To Have Too Much Confidence, And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"I prefer to have too much confidence, and thereby be deceived, than to be always mistrustful. For, in the first case, I suffer for a moment at being ...read more

Tags: Faith

Let Us Recollect That Peace Or War Will Not ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the ...read more

Tags: Peace

I Don't Want To Go To School And Learn Solemn ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I don't want to go to school and learn solemn things. No one is going to catch me, lady, and make me a man. I want ...read more

Tags: Children

Liberty Has Never Come From The Government. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of the government. The history of government is a history of resistance. The history of liberty is the ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

Liberty Has Never Come From The Government. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of the government. The history of government is a history of resistance. The history of liberty is the ...read more

Tags: Government

It's Odd How Few Managers As Well As Marriage ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It's odd how few managers as well as marriage partners realize that, if you give way in little things, you can ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Marrying A Man Is Like Buying Something Youve ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Marrying a man is like buying something youve been admiring for a long time in a shop window. You may love it when you get it home, but it ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Morning Is In My Heart...the Rich Spoils Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"...morning is in my heart...The rich spoils of memory are mine. Mine, too, are the precious things of today books, flowers, pictures, nature ...read more

Tags: Morning

My Love For The Real Life Of Words Increased ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"My love for the real life of words increased until I knew that I must live with them and in them, always. I knew, in fact, that I ...read more

Tags: Words

St. John Of The Cross (1542-1591) Said, "A ...  PRO

Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 25, 2001

St. John of the Cross (1542-1591) said, "A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on ...read more

Tags: Doing God's Will, Faith Vs. Works, Christian Love

Denomination: Independent/Bible