In Sermon Illustrations: "Christ like Character"

As Sure As God Puts His Children In The Furnace ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2006

“As sure as God puts His children in the furnace he will be in the furnace with ...read more

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A Man Who Does Nothing Never Has Time To Do ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2006

“A man who does nothing never has time to do anything” ...read more

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It Is A Great Pity When The One Who Should Be ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2006

“It is a great pity when the one who should be the head figure is a mere figure ...read more

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Wisdom Is The Right Use Of Knowledge. To Know Is ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2006

“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to ...read more

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Do You Think Yourself Wise? Then There's A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2006

“Do you think yourself wise? Then there’s a donkey inside your ...read more

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There Is No Fatigue So Wearisome As That Which ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2006

“There is no fatigue so wearisome as that which comes from lack of ...read more

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A Vigorous Temper Is Not Altogether An Evil. Men ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2006

“A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of ...read more

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Nature Is Mortal. We Shall Outlive Her. When ...

Contributed by Clark Tanner on Mar 9, 2006

“Nature is mortal. We shall outlive her. When all the suns and nebulae have passed away, each one of you will still be alive. Nature is only the image; the symbol; but it is the symbol Scripture invites me to use. We are summoned to pass in through Nature, beyond her, into that splendor which ...read more

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Denomination: Orthodox

Sow A Thought, Reap An Action. Sow An Action, ...  PRO

Contributed by John Shearhart on Mar 19, 2006

“Sow a thought, reap an action. Sow an action, reap a habit. Sow a habit, reap a character. Sow a character, reap a destiny.” - ...read more

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Thomas Merton Said, "It Is In Deep Solitude That ...

Contributed by Richard Tow on Apr 9, 2006

Thomas Merton said, “It is in deep solitude that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love my brothers.” From Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipleship ...read more

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Denomination: Charismatic

In 1900, The Daughters Of The American Revolution ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

In 1900, the Daughters of the American Revolution elected social reformer Jane Addams to honorary membership. But Addams’s antiwar stance during World War I and her insistence that even subversives had a right to trial by due process caused them to expel her. She commented that she had thought her ...read more

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Keith Hernandez Is One Of Baseball's Top Players. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

Keith Hernandez is one of baseball’s top players. He is a lifetime .300 hitter who has won numerous Golden Glove awards for excellence in fielding. He’s won a batting championship for having the highest average, the Most Valuable Player award in his league, and even the World Series. Yet with all ...read more

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Rowland V. Bingham, Founder Of The Sudan Interior ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

Rowland V. Bingham, founder of the Sudan Interior Mission, was once seriously injured in an automobile accident. He was rushed to a hospital in critical condition. The following day, when he regained consciousness, he asked the nurse what he was doing there. "Don’t try to talk now, just rest," she ...read more

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Super Bowl Xviii In Tampa, Florida, Was Billed As ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

Super Bowl XVIII in Tampa, Florida, was billed as the ultimate game in the ultimate city. Several years ago, Duane Thomas, then playing with the Dallas Cowboys, was preparing for Super Bowl VI in New Orleans. "If it’s the ...read more

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It Is Not What Men Eat But What They Digest That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

It is not what men eat but what they digest that makes them strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; not what we ...read more

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During The Revolutionary War, A Loyalist Spy ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

During the Revolutionary War, a loyalist spy appeared at the headquarters of Hessian commander Colonel Johann Rall, carrying an urgent message. General George Washington and his Continental army had secretly crossed the Delaware River that morning and were advancing on Trenton, New Jersey where the ...read more

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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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