In Sermon Illustrations: "Being Human" showing 101-120 of 7,890

The Purpose Of Human Life Is To Serve, And To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and ...read more

Tags: Friendship New Friends

There Exists In The Human Mind, And Indeed By ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There exists in the human mind, and indeed by natural ...read more

Tags: God The Father

The Care Of Human Life And Happiness, And Not ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only ...read more

Tags: Government

The Trouble With Fighting For Human Freedom Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Humanism Is Mans Rebellion Against And ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Humanism is mans rebellion against and alienation from God. This is mans slavery. How can that which produced mans slavery set him free from it? All mans efforts to possess a self-contained freedom, to find the meaning of life by his own wisdom, to build a worthy ...read more

Tags: Human Life

Humanity Is Composed But Of Two Categories, The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Humanity is composed but of two categories, the ...read more

Tags: Human Life

Every Victory For Human Freedom Will Be A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Every victory for human freedom will be a ...read more

Tags: Lordship Of Christ

To Make Mistakes Is Human; To Stumble Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to ...read more

Tags: Humor

The Greatest Achievement Of The Human Spirit Is ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and ...read more

Tags: Opportunity

Human Slavery Is Wrong, Insecure, And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Human slavery is wrong, insecure, and demoralizing. On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the ...read more

Tags: Miscellaneous

Faith Is Not The Human Notion And Dream That ...

Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Nov 1, 2009

"Faith is not the human notion and dream that some people call faith" (Luther’s Works ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Lutheran

The Weight Of Glory In A Human Soul

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 29, 2010

THE WEIGHT OF GLORY IN A HUMAN SOUL Truth: Christ and the cross unify the church when they are kept the priority of the church. In his great message given at Oxford University Church in 1941, C.S. Lewis spoke about the weight of glory within each human soul. "There are no ordinary people," said ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Tags: Evangelism The Lost

Human Ingenuity And The Genius Of God

Contributed by Jerry Stephens on Mar 26, 2016

Recently, I was watching a documentary about the top 101 inventions of all time. Pretty cool stuff. Human ingenuity is pretty amazing. We’ve figured out how to do all kinds of things. What are some of the best things human imagination has come up with? I have to tell you, they may not be very ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-29

Tags: Faith, Trusting God, Eternal Life, Human Wisdom

Denomination: Vineyard

Hypocrisy Part Of Human Nature

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 24, 2019

“Since psychological studies first began, people have given themselves top marks for most positive traits. While most people do well at assessing others, they are wildly positive about their own abilities, Dunning said. That's because we realize the external traits and circumstances that guide ...read more

Scripture: Romans 2:1-29

Tags: Criticism, Pride, Hypocrisy, Critical, Arrogance, Negative, Self Esteem, Superiority, Double Standard, Judgementalism  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Being A Big Person  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 17, 2003

BEING A BIG PERSON Thomas Watson was the founder of IBM and he could have been talking about Jesus when he said “Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous -- not just to some people in some circumstances -- but to everyone all the time.” SOURCE: Dean ...read more

Tags: Giving General, Christian Love

Being Heard By The Judge  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 1, 2004

BEING HEARD BY THE JUDGE To understand the story of the persistent widow, we need to understand its New Testament setting, Wiersbe describes it this way, “The courtroom was not a fine building but a tent that was moved from place to place as the judge covered his circuit. The judge, not the law, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:1-8

Tags: Parable Widow, Prayer Persistence

The Trouble With Being A Parent Is That By The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

The trouble with being a parent is that by the time you are experienced, you ...read more

Tags: Children

The Problem With Being Deceased

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 13, 2012

THE PROBLEM WITH BEING DECEASED ABC News reported a strange story this week: Arthur Livingston, of Prosperity, S.C., may feel prosperous and alive, but his credit report says, "File not scored because subject is deceased." That's because Livingston's bank, Bank of America, has been reporting him ...read more

Tags: Born Again

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Being Crucified With Christ

Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Aug 11, 2016

As I was typing up the many pages of notes I would use for my weekly podcast sermon, I needed to replace some letters in a name in part of my document with "M-E," so it would read correctly as I recorded. I was trying to use the ’Find & Replace’ command, but it looked a little ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 2:20

Tags: Sin, Flesh, Self, Crucified With Christ, Crucify Flesh, Crucified  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Charismatic

Being Committed To Christ

Contributed by Richard L. Brown on Nov 2, 2016

Being Committed to Christ Matthew 4:18-25 , 1 Corinthians 1: 10-18 Last summer Becky and I visited the Biltmore mansion in Ashville North Carolina. It is the single largest home ever built in America. Let me tell you it is something to see. It proved so large and so expensive to maintain, that ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:18-25

Tags: Riches, Christian Values, Being Comitted

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed