In Sermon Illustrations: "Dumb Things We Do"

The Trouble With Most Of Us Is That We Would ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 27:6

Tags: Friendship General

We Contend That For A Nation To Try To Tax ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and ...read more

Tags: Giving General

If We Cannot See God In The Commonalities That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If we cannot see God in the commonalities that constitute daily life, we would not recognize Christ if he walked ...read more

Tags: God The Father

Suppose That We Are Wise Enough To Learn And ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even ...read more

Tags: Promises Of God

The Future That We Study And Plan For Begins ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The future that we study and plan for ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will

We Must Welcome The Future, Remembering That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be past, and we must respect the past, knowing that ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will

The Less Government We Have The Better The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The less government we have the better the fewer laws and the less confided power. The antidote to this abuse of formal government is the influence ...read more

Tags: Government

Difficulties Are Gods Errands; And When We Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Difficulties are Gods errands; and when we are sent upon them, we should esteem if ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

We Must Somehow Get Comfortable With The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We must somehow get comfortable with the reality of periodic failure. That does not mean we should break out the pointed hats and throw a party when we see it coming. But there is no reason to schedule a wake, either. Like a trip to the dentist, the thought of occasional reverses ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

The Probability That We May Fail In The Struggle ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

We Cannot As Christians Easily Classify ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We cannot as Christians easily classify ourselves [or others] as either a success or failure. There is a mixture of both in us all. In fact, it is only as we understand failure and accept it that we discover the secret of ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Retirement, We Understand, Is Great If You Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Retirement, we understand, is great if you are busy, rich and healthy. But then, under ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

We Are Living At A Time When Creeds And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

We are living at a time when creeds and ideologies vary and clash. But the gospel of human ...read more

Tags: God In The Hardships

Christmas Is A Bridge. We Need Bridges As The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows past. Todays Christmas should mean creating happy hours ...read more

Tags: Christmas

What An Inspiration For The New Year If We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

What an inspiration for the new year if we should plan our life as though it ...read more

Tags: New Year's Day

If We Really Think That Home Is Elsewhere And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If we really think that home is elsewhere and that this life is a ""wandering to find home,"" why should ...read more

Tags: Home

It Is Well That War Is So Terrible, Or We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It is well that war is so terrible, or we should ...read more

Tags: War

It Is Not An Army That We Must Train For War; It ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It is not an army that we must train for ...read more

Tags: War

Humanity Will Not Be Cast Down. We Are Going ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Humanity will not be cast down. We are going onswinging bravely forwardalong the grand high roadand already behind the ...read more

Tags: Human Life

We Have Grasped The Mystery Of The Atom And ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the ...read more

Tags: Sermon On The Mount