In Sermon Illustrations: "Discipling Others"

Friendship Is Like Putting On Pantyhose. You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Friendship is like putting on pantyhose. You have to get one foot in and then the other, and wiggle around and tug until you get it right, and then ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Your Love Is Your Own Private Possession, But ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Your love is your own private possession, but marriage is more than something personal it is a status, an officeit is marriage, and not merely your love for each ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

The Important Thing Is That Children Should Grow ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The important thing is that children should grow up with parents who believe that there are some ways of life which for us today are better than others and that these ...read more

Tags: Parenting

We've Extended Our Definition Of Need To Include ...

Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 15, 2007

We’ve extended our definition of need to include saving for retirement, buying things we don’t need so that we don’t ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran

Realize Please That Jesus Has Just Set A ...

Contributed by Ron Macarthur on Jul 5, 2008

Realize please that Jesus has just set a standard for those who want to be in a high or leadership position. It will cost them in honest dedicated service to others; in ...read more

Tags: Obedience

Denomination: Baptist

I Cannot And Will Not Recant Anything, For To Go ...

Contributed by Charles Wallis on Nov 7, 2008

"I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no ...read more

Tags: Confidence

Denomination: Pentecostal

Sin: Radical Evil In Soul And Society By Ted ...

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 8, 2011

Sin: Radical Evil in Soul and Society by Ted Peters: "...the root of all sin is ultimately the attempt either to deny the reality of death, or to defeat it on ...read more

Tags: Sin General

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

It Is Easy To Love The People Far Away. It Is Not ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2002

It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us...Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each ...read more

Tags: Christian Love, Unconditional Love

A Leader Is A Person Who Has The Ability To Get ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 22, 2002

A leader is a person who has the ability to get others to do what they don’t want to do, and like it. President Harry S. ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Do Not Think Me Mad. It Is Not To Make Money ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"Do not think me mad. It is not to make money that I believe a Christian should live. The noblest thing a man can do is, just humbly to receive, and ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Continuing To Follow God Is Harder Than Starting ...

Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 21, 2007

Continuing to follow God is harder than starting to follow God – You become more of a threat to Satan as you mature and serve and touch others. Melissa ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

No Man Can Be Absolutely True To Himselfwithout ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"No man can be absolutely true to himselfwithout becoming original, for there is in every creature a fountain of life which, if not choked back by stones and other dead rubbish, ...read more

Tags: Art

Committees Cannot Create; They Can Only ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Committees cannot create; they can only criticize. I came across a poem the other day and its only two lines: Search all the parks in all ...read more

Tags: Church Practices

As A Political Slogan, Compassionate ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"As a political slogan, compassionate conservatism was always a low blow. Almost by definition, people who claim to be compassionate conservatives are suggesting that other kinds of conservatives ...read more

Tags: Government

A Sense Of Humor Keen Enough To Show A Man His ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities, as well as those of other people, will keep him from the commission of all sins, or ...read more

Tags: Humor

There Is A Great Difference Between Realizing, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is a great difference between realizing, On that Cross He was crucified for me, and On that Cross I am crucified with Him. The one aspect brings us ...read more

Tags: Jesus Christ

Were All Role Models, Either Positively Or ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Were all role models, either positively or negatively, no matter what station in life we occupy. Its one of the things we attain simply by being ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

If We Discovered That We Had Only Five Minutes ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If we discovered that we had only five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

A Journalist Is Someone Who Looks At The World ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A journalist is someone who looks at the world and the way it works, someone who takes a close look at things every day and reports what she sees, ...read more

Tags: News

I Still Have Two Abiding Passions. One Is My ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I still have two abiding passions. One is my model railway, the other women. But, at the age of 89, I find I am getting ...read more

Tags: Women