In Sermon Illustrations: "Becoming Finished"

Everything You've Learned In School As Obvious ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Everything you've learned in school as obvious becomes less obvious, as you ...read more

Tags: Thought

Money Is Like Sea-Water: The More We Drink The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Money is like sea-water: The more we drink the thirstier we become; and ...read more

Tags: Money

Those Who Give Too Much Attention To Trifling ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Those who give too much attention to trifling things become generally ...read more

Tags: Fear And Worry

Moralities, Ethics, Laws, Customs, Beliefs, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Moralities, ethics, laws, customs, beliefs, doctrinesthese are of trifling import. All that matters is ...read more

Tags: Miracles General

The Work Of Evangelism Is Never Complete Until ...

Contributed by Scott Epperson on Jul 1, 2007

"The work of evangelism is never complete until the one evangelized becomes an ...read more

Tags: Sharing My Testimony

Denomination: Pentecostal

When Three Are Shut Into A Furnace And Three ...

Contributed by Tony Abram on Jun 12, 2008

When three are shut into a furnace and three become four, that is enlargement through ...read more

Tags: God's Omniscience

I Read An Email Story This Week About A Group Of ...

Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Feb 18, 2007

I read an email story this week about a group of salesmen who attended a convention out-of-town some years back. As they rushed through the terminal to get to their departing flight, one of them accidentally knocked over a table that held a display of apples. They continued running for their ...read more

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

From Rags To Riches. These Kinds Of Stories ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

From rags to riches. These kinds of stories always excite us somewhat. They are feel-good stories and they always offer to the common person a bit of encouragement to make something of ourselves in life. HAVEN’T WE ALL DREAMED AT ONE TIME OF PERHAPS DOING SOMETHING GREAT OR EXTRA-ORDINARY? Perhaps ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

Seeing You For Real

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2011

SEEING YOU FOR REAL Just a few years ago, Leadership Journal did an interview with Saul Cruz, who along with his wife founded Armonia (Harmony) Ministries in Mexico City. They minister to hundreds of poor people all over Mexico today, but they began their ministry by planting a church on the edge ...read more

Scripture: Acts 20:17-19

Tags: Servanthood

Douglas Hyde Was A Major Leader In The Communist ...

Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jul 31, 2006

Douglas Hyde was a major leader in the Communist Party in England during the 1930’s and 1940’s. However, in 1948 he converted to Christianity. Later he wrote a fascinating little book, Dedication and Leadership, in which he pointed out that the means of developing leaders among the communists were ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 4:6-15

Tags: What Is Evangelism?, Godliness

Denomination: Pentecostal

Longsuffering  PRO

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

Longsuffering Galatians 5:22 tells us that longsuffering is a fruit of the Holy Spirit. The Greek word for longsuffering means, "patience, forbearing, perseverance, being constant, steadfast, and enduring." The practical application of this fruit is that God's Holy Spirit gives obedient ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22

Tags: Longsuffering, Fruit Of The Spirit

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Rejoice With Those Who Rejoice. Easier Said Than Done.

Contributed by Todd Catteau on Jan 23, 2024

Do you ever find it hard to be happy for people when good things happen to them? I do. Someone gets a promotion and instead of being happy for them I’m envious. A friend’s child gets an award and jealousy is my first reaction instead of joy. Why can’t I just be happy when good things happen to ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:15

Tags: Joy, Thanks, Rejoice, Baseball, Gratefulness, Rejoicing, Grace, Thanksgiving, Celebrate  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

It Is By Sitting Down To Write Every Morning ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

It is by sitting down to write every morning that one becomes a writer. Those who ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

His Soul Is Yet A White Paper Unscribbled With ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"His soul is yet a white paper unscribbled with observations of the world, wherewith, at ...read more

Tags: Children

For Such A Child I Bless God, In Whose Bosom He ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"For such a child I bless God, in whose bosom he is May I and mine ...read more

Tags: Children

The Right To Freedom Being The Gift Of God ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not in the power of man to alienate this ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

Men Who Do Not Make Advances To Women Are Apt To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women ...read more

Tags: Men And Women

That Some Should Be Rich, Shows That Others May ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and hence is just ...read more

Tags: Money

Science Has Explained Nothing; The More We Know ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the ...read more

Tags: Sin Bondage To

Science Has Explained Nothing; The More We Know ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the ...read more

Tags: School