In Sermon Illustrations: "Body of Christ" showing 201-220 of 8,413

Vance Havner Was One Of The Great Preachers In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Vance Havner was one of the great preachers in the last century. Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, "Shake well before using." That is what God has to do with some of His people. He has to shake them well before they are ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 4:12-14

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C. H. Spurgeon - "Many Men Owe The Grandeur Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

C. H. Spurgeon - “Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties. We cannot be established except by suffering. It is of no use our hoping that we ...read more

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Teaching The Young To Fly

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Eugene Peterson writes about seeing a family of birds teaching the young to fly. Three young swallows were perched on a ...read more

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One Adult Swallow Got Alongside The Chicks And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

"One adult swallow got alongside the chicks and started shoving them out toward the end of the branch--pushing, pushing, pushing. The end one fell off. Somewhere between the branch and the water four feet below, the wings started working, and the fledgling was off on his own. Then the second one. ...read more

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Earl Palmer, In A Fine Little Book Entitled The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Earl Palmer, in a fine little book entitled The Enormous Exception, tells the story of a pre-med student at the University of California, Berkeley "who became a Christian after a long journey through doubts and questions." When Palmer asked the young man why he had chosen Jesus Christ, he answered ...read more

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Bill Bright, Founder And President, Campus ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Bill Bright, founder and president, Campus Crusade for Christ - I know two law partners who used to hate each other. When one became a Christian, he asked me, "Now that I’m a Christian, what should I do?" I said, "Why not ask him to forgive you and tell him you love him?" "I could never do that" he ...read more

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Love Gives Itself

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Thomas Merton: “Without love, almsgiving is no more important an action than brushing your hair or washing your hands, and the Pharisees had just as elaborate a ritual for those things as they had for alms, too, because all these things were prescribed by law, and had to be done so. “But love ...read more

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Mother Teresa Said, "I Am A Little Pencil In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Mother Teresa said, “I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is ...read more

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Noted Writer Richard Foster Said, " One Of The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Noted writer Richard Foster said, “ One of the greatest expressions of love is simply to notice ...read more

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If You Love Me

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

If you are ever going to love me, Love me now, while I can know The sweet and tender feelings Which from true affection flow. Love me now While I am living. Do not wait until I’m gone And then have it chiseled in marble, Sweet words on ice-cold stone. If you have tender thoughts of me, Please ...read more

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In An Interview With Randy Pope Of Atlanta's ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

In an interview with Randy Pope of Atlanta’s Perimeter Church, he recalled a "man who called me and said, ’I’m shopping for churches. I live in another state and I want to live near my church when I go to Atlanta.’ He said, ’Tell me a little bit about your church. I understand your church is very ...read more

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After Attending A Conference Where The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

After attending a conference where the importance of listening to unsaved people was stressed, Jan and others were relaxing in the hotel whirlpool. Two adolescent girls joined them in the tub. One of the teens, named Brittany, began passionately telling her friend about an upcoming Wiccan gathering ...read more

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Karl Barth Was A Prominent Theologian Fifty ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Karl Barth was a prominent theologian fifty years ago when I was in seminary. He was invited to deliver one of the distinguished lectureships at a theological seminary in the East. While he was there a group of ministers and theologians and dignitaries of one kind or another sat down with him in a ...read more

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Robert Raines - My Ten-Year-Old Son, Bob, Had ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Robert Raines - My ten-year-old son, Bob, had made the all-star football team in school. As I rubbed his back while putting him to bed one night, out of the quiet came a still, small voice, "Dad, is this the first time you ever rubbed an all-star’s back?" ...read more

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All Men Matter

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

G. K. Chesterton - All men matter. You matter. I matter. It’s the hardest ...read more

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Managing From Upstairs

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Joe Torre had been a catcher and a broadcast announcer for the St. Louis Cardinals. Shortly after he was named manager, according to the Pittsburgh Press, New York Yankees’ announcer Phil Rizzuto suggested that managing could be done better from high above the baseball field--from the level of the ...read more

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Perhaps No Composer Has Captured The Musical ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Perhaps no composer has captured the musical heart and soul of America as did Irving Berlin. In addition to familiar favorites such as "God Bless America" and "Easter Parade," he wrote, "I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas," which still ranks as the all-time best-selling musical score. In an ...read more

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Juanita Slater Said, "When I Was Staying With A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Juanita Slater said, “When I was staying with a neighbor’s five- and seven-year-olds I heard a squeal coming from the next room--then Becky’s voice, ‘Mike, God doesn’t love you when you do things like that.’ A ...read more

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Tony Campolo - God Carries Your Picture In His ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Tony Campolo - God carries your picture ...read more

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Reuel Howe Illustrates Redemptive Love In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Reuel Howe illustrates redemptive love in the story of a mother and her eight-year-old daughter. The girl did something which caused her to feel alienated from her mother. Although her mother tried her best to help, the daughter finally ran out of the room in anger and went upstairs. Seeing her ...read more

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