In Sermon Illustrations: "Christ Like Character"

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Was And Still Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. was and still is generally regarded as one of the most outstanding justices in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court. He was known as the Great Dissenter because he disagreed with the other judges so much. Holmes sat on the Supreme Court until he was 91. Two years later, ...read more

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Christianity Got Over The Difficulty Of Combining ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

Christianity got over the difficulty of combining furious opposites, by keeping them both, and keeping ...read more

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Did You Know That It Was Not Until 1850 That Our ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

Did you know that it was not until 1850 that our world reached the one billion mark? By 1930 we reached two billion. It took only thirty more years for the world’s population to reach three billion. We have now arrived at five billion. Statisticians tell us that by the end of the twentieth century ...read more

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Americans Spend $50 Million A Year On Subliminal ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

Americans spend $50 million a year on subliminal message tapes designed to help them do everything from improve their self-image to stop smoking. But there’s no hidden message in the National Research Council’s verdict on such techniques. The Council’s report, released in September 1992, concludes ...read more

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Much Better Kept

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

Character is much better kept than recovered. ...read more

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When Oscar Wilde Arrived For A Visit To The U.s. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

When Oscar Wilde arrived for a visit to the U.S. in 1882, he was asked by customs officials if he had anything to declare. He replied: "Only my genius." Fifteen years later, alone and broken in prison, he reflected on his life of waste and excess. "I have been a spendthrift of my genius...I forgot ...read more

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W. Michael Blumenthal, Chairman Of Unisys, Talks ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

W. Michael Blumenthal, chairman of Unisys, talks about the mistakes he made in hiring: In choosing people for top positions, you have to try to make sure they have a clear sense of what is right and wrong, a willingness to be truthful, the courage to say what they think and to do what they think is ...read more

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We Do Not Need More Knowledge, We Need More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

We do not need more knowledge, we need more character! ...read more

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The Presidency To This Day Rests More On The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

The Presidency to this day rests more on the character of the person who inhabits the office than on anything else. The Founding Fathers designed it that way. It was their idea to find a man in America with a great character and let him invest a tradition and shape a national character. They found ...read more

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The Supreme Test Of Goodness Is Not In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

The supreme test of goodness is not in the greater but in the smaller incidents of our character and practice; not what we are when standing in the searchlight of public scrutiny, but when we reach the firelight flicker of our homes; not what we are when some clarion-call rings through the air, ...read more

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I Cannot Praise A Fugitive And Cloistered ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

"I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversity, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat." John Milton, Courage - ...read more

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The Words Of Eleanor Roosevelt Ring True: One's ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

The words of Eleanor Roosevelt ring true: One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words. It is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make ...read more

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Film Maker Walt Disney Was Ruthless In Cutting ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

Film maker Walt Disney was ruthless in cutting anything that got in the way of a story’s pacing. Ward Kimball, one of the animators for Snow White, recalls working 240 days on a 4 1/2 minute sequence in which the dwarfs made soup for Snow White and almost destroyed the kitchen in the process. ...read more

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British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith Once Spent ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

British prime minister Herbert Asquith once spent a weekend at the Waddesdon estate of the 19th-century Rothschild family. One day, as Asquith was being waited on at teatime by the butler, the following conversation ensued: "Tea, coffee, or a peach from off the wall, sir?" "Tea, please," ...read more

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When I Was Very Young My Family Took Long Trips, ...

Contributed by John Shearhart on May 5, 2006

When I was very young my family took long trips, and on those trips my mom often sang. This week as I prepared my message I remembered one of her favorite songs: Listen, children, to a story That was written long ago, ’Bout a kingdom on a mountain And the valley-folk below. On the mountain was a ...read more

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I Was Reading A Few Days Ago Of A Young Man Who, ...

Contributed by Manuel Amparo on May 10, 2006

I was reading a few days ago of a young man who, in applying for a position, handed to his prospective employer a recommendation from a minister. The business man handed back the recommendation with the question, “Haven’t you something from some one who knows you on week days?” Too many look ...read more

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Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Credibility (Real & True)  PRO

Contributed by Terry Blankenship on May 16, 2006

Credibility (Real & True) If you ever testify in court, you might wish you could have been as sharp as this policeman. He was being cross-examined by a defense attorney during a felony trial. The lawyer was trying to undermine the policeman’s credibility.... Q: "Officer -- did you see my client ...read more

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Denomination: Baptist

Our Deepest Fear Is Not That We Are Inadequate. ...

Contributed by Richard Francis on May 19, 2006

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, “Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?” Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:43-45

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Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Never Forget: Compassion Expresses Outwardly What ...

Contributed by John Shearhart on May 19, 2006

Never Forget: Compassion expresses outwardly what goes on ...read more

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A Man Took His Daughter To The Carnival, And She ...  PRO

Contributed by Jim Kilson on May 25, 2006

A man took his daughter to the carnival, and she immediately ran over to a booth and asked for cotton candy. As the attendant handed her a huge ball of it, the father asked, “Sweetheart, are you sure you can eat all of that?” “Don’t worry, Dad,” she answered, “I’m a lot bigger on ...read more

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Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ