In Sermon Illustrations: "Dumb Things We Do"

We Can Gain No Lasting Peace If We Approach It ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or with fear. We can gain it only if we proceed with the understanding, the ...read more

Tags: Peace

We Learn The Inner Secret Of Happiness When We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We learn the inner secret of happiness when we learn to direct our inner drives, our interest, and our ...read more

Tags: Joy

We Speak And We View Only In Part Because The ...

Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jun 13, 2005

We speak and we view only in part because the afterlife is a place we have never been. Talking about heaven and hell is sort of like a person taking a vacation to a place he/she has never been before. Take Hawaii, for instance. I’ve never been there. I would love to go, and perhaps one day will ...read more

Tags: Heaven

Denomination: Methodist

The More Lucidly We Think, The More We Are Cut ...

Contributed by Chris Brady on Dec 12, 2005

"The more lucidly we think, the more we are cut off: the more deeply we enter into reality, ...read more

Tags: Supernatural

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

We Shall Be Rich Or Poor Only As We Seek Or ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

We shall be rich or poor only as we seek or reject those ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

We Go Wrong Because We Refuse To Discipline ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We go wrong because we refuse to discipline ourselves, ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines

When We Ask For Advice, We Are Usually Looking ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When we ask for advice, we are usually looking ...read more

Tags: Wisdom

If We Want To Go Somewhere Intensely Enough, We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If we want to go somewhere intensely enough, we call the ...read more

Tags: Creation

If We Have Been Pleased With Life, We Should ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes ...read more

Tags: Death

If We Are What We Eat, Then Im Easy, Fast And ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If we are what we eat, then Im easy, ...read more

Tags: Food

We Are All So Much Together, But We Are Dying ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We are all so much together, but we are ...read more

Tags: Disappointment

If We Treat People As They Are, We Make Them ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat them as who they can be, we help them to ...read more

Tags: Friendship New Friends

Now At Last We Can Admit To Ourselves That We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Now at last we can admit to ourselves that we will never read Das Kapital or reread Moby Dick. Never master karate, visit Tibet,write the great novel. Never win the Congressional Medal of ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

We Ought To Treat Our Elderly As If We Expect To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

We ought to treat our elderly as if we expect to ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

What Can We Gain By Sailing To The Moon If We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

If We Desire To Avoid Insult, We Must Be Able ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it ...read more

Tags: War

What We Must Decide Is How We Are Valuable ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

What we must decide is how we are valuable rather than ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

When We Have Accepted The Worst, We Have ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When we have accepted the worst, we have nothing more to lose. And that automatically ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

The More We Love Our Friends, The Less We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Could We See When And Where We Are To Meet ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when ...read more

Tags: Compassion