In Sermon Illustrations: "Better"

A Good Leader Remains Focused. Controlling Your ...  PRO

Contributed by David Insell on May 5, 2003

" A good leader remains focused. Controlling your destination is better than being ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Man Who Boasts Only Of His Ancestors ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

The man who boasts only of his ancestors confesses that he belongs to a family ...read more

Tags: Family

Modern Art Is What Happens When Painters Stop ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade ...read more

Tags: Art

There Is No Medicine Like Hope, No Incentive So ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as ...read more

Tags: Faith

Contentment Comes When We Remember That What God ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Contentment comes when we remember that what God chooses is far ...read more

Tags: Peace

It Is Good To Be Children Sometimes, And Never ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its ...read more

Tags: Christmas

Be At War With Your Vices, At Peace With Your ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every ...read more

Tags: New Year's Day

It Is Difficult To Make Our Material Condition ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy ...read more

Tags: Law

Success Is All It's Cracked Up To Be. Life Gets ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Success is all it's cracked up to be. Life gets better, the work ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

God Will Either Give You What You Ask, Or ...

Contributed by Tony Abram on Jul 5, 2008

God will either give you what you ask, or something far ...read more

Tags: Promises Of God

If You Want To Follow Jesus," Remarked The ...  PRO

Contributed by Barry Hidey on Jan 12, 2001

"If you want to follow Jesus," remarked the activist priest Berigan, "you had ...read more

Tags: Call Of The Disciples, Commitment To Christ, Discipleship

Denomination: Methodist

It's Great To Be Young And Dream The Dream, But ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

It’s great to be young and dream the dream, but it’s better to be old and to see that the dream ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Show Me The Books He Loves And I Shall Know The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

Associate Yourself With Men Of Quality If You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Associate yourself with men of quality if you esteem your own reputation, for tis better ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Let Us Permit Nature To Have Her Way; She ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Let us permit nature to have her way; she understands her ...read more

Tags: Creation

The Charm Of Friendship Is Liberty, And He That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The charm of friendship is liberty, and he that would destroy the one destroys, without designing ...read more

Tags: Compassion

About The Only Time Overweight Will Make A Man ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

About the only time overweight will make a man feel better is when he sees it ...read more

Tags: Men And Women

Do Not Be Too Timid And Squeamish About Your ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your reactions. All life is an experiment. The more ...read more

Tags: Action

Forgive And Forget. Easier Said Than Done, Right? ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 13, 2001

Forgive and forget. Easier said than done, right? Well, now studies are showing forgiveness is not only good theology, but good medicine as sell. According to the latest medical and psychological research, forgiving is good for our souls-and our bodies. People who forgive: benefit from better ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-9

Tags: Fulfillment, Anger, Anxiety

The Story Is Told Of The Preacher Who Went To ...  PRO

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Mar 17, 2006

The story is told of the preacher who went to visit an elderly woman from the church, just hours before she passed away. As he leaned over her bed, she whispered something in his ear. The lady later passed away. Those who attended the funeral were surprised to discover that the woman, had in her ...read more

Tags: Heaven

Denomination: Baptist