In Sermon Illustrations: "Eternal Destiny" showing 341-360 of 1,517

Helen Adams Keller Who Had No Eyes To See These ...  PRO

Contributed by Michael Gibney on Aug 7, 2002

Helen Adams Keller who had no eyes to see these earthly things of life states, “It gives me a deep, comforting sense that "things seen ...read more

Tags: Heaven, Kingdom Of God

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

William Cullen Bryant: Truth

Contributed by Harold Orndorff on May 25, 2004

As William Cullen Bryant has written: Truth crushed to earth shall rise again, the eternal years of God are hers; but error, wounded, ...read more

Tags: Truth, Truth Absolute

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Upon A Life I Did Not Live, Upon A Death I Did ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"Upon a life I did not live, upon a death I did not die; another’s life, another’s death, I stake my ...read more

Tags: Cross Agony

A Comfortable Old Age Is The Reward Of A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay, it should ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

I Do Hope Your Christmas Has Had A Little Touch ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I do hope your Christmas has had a little touch of Eternity in among the rush and pitter patter and all. It always seems such a mixing of this ...read more

Tags: Christmas

Today Is A Day Which We Never Had Before, Which ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Today is a day which we never had before, which we shall never have again. It rose from the great ocean of eternity, and ...read more

Tags: Present

Life Begins At The Cross

Contributed by James Mercer on Dec 8, 2009

LIFE BEGINS AT THE CROSS We don’t begin to live until we believe on Jesus and receive this everlasting life. A popular book a generation ago was entitled, Life Begins at Forty, where the author sought to prove that a person just enters the prime of life at forty years of age. The new saying is ...read more

Tags: Born Again

Denomination: Baptist

S. Truett Cathy, "If You Wish To Enrich Days, ...

Contributed by Craig Hamlin on Jan 5, 2004

S. Truett Cathy, “If you wish to enrich days, plant flowers; If you wish to enrich years, plant trees; If you wish to enrich ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Baptist

Call Him Not Old Whose Visionary Brain Holds ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Call him not old whose visionary brain Holds o'er the past its undivided reign. For him in vain the envious seasons ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

To Live In The Presence Of Great Truths And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent idealsthat is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him, ...read more

Tags: Emotions

In May Of 1846 An Evangelist, Now Mostly ...  PRO

Contributed by Timothy O'fallon on Jun 27, 2004

In May of 1846 an evangelist, now mostly forgotten, named “James Caughey” (pronounced “coffee”) visited a chapel in Nottingham England and preached a sermon on the words recorded in St. Mark, “Therefore I say unto you, what things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Pentecostal

Religion A Vs. Religion B

Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010

RELIGION A VS. RELIGION B The 19th-century Danish theologian Soren Kierkegaard identified two kinds of religion--Religion A and Religion B. The first is "faith" in name only (2 Tim. 3:5). It's the practice of attending church without genuine faith in the living Lord. Religion B, on the ...read more

Tags: Religion

Denomination: *other

Macarthur Told About A Time That He And His ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008

MacArthur told about a time that he and his family came back from vacation to find a large giant sunflower plant growing right in the middle of their garden, but he said they never even had the thought, that it came from any other seed than a giant sunflower seed. "You sow a thought and you reap ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Sowing The Flesh

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008

SOWING THE FLESH MacArthur told about a time that he and his family came back from vacation to find a large giant sunflower plant growing right in the middle of their garden, but he said they never even had the thought, that it came from any other seed than a giant sunflower seed, "You sow a ...read more

Tags: God's Holiness

At A Recent Missions Conference Attended By ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 11, 2002

At a recent missions conference attended by thousands of evangelical students, only one third of the participants indicated their belief that "a person who does not hear the ...read more

Tags: Great Commission, Evangelism Urgency

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Strong, Serene, Unquenchable Faith In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Strong, serene, unquenchable faith in the loving kindness of God will enable us to look fearlessly toward the end of the temporal existence and the beginning of the eternal, and will ...read more

Tags: Faith General

Os Guinness On Staying Relevant

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2011

OS GUINNESS ON STAYING RELEVANT Os Guinness wrote: "To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal." (From a ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:19-20

Tags: Truth Absolute

Speaking Of Heaven D.l. Moody Said, "We Believe ...  PRO

Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Oct 4, 2002

Speaking of heaven D.L. Moody said, “We believe it is just as much a place and just as much a city as New York is, and a good deal more; because New York will pass away, and that city will abide forever. It has foundations, whose builder and maker is God” (Classic Sermons on Heaven and Hell; ...read more

Tags: Heaven

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Common Good  PRO

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 9, 2009

COMMON GOOD The other criterion is the common good, the good that is linked to living in society. It is the good of "all of us," individuals, families and intermediate groups forming society. It is a requirement of justice and society to take a stand for the common good and strive toward it. ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 79:5-13

Tags: Justice

Denomination: Catholic

When One Receives Christ,it Is Said That He Has ...

Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 4, 2010

When one receives Christ,it is said that he has "eternal life." We must understand that this is far more than just living forever. It is to have living within you the divine life of God Himself. The truth is, the born again child of God will live as long as God lives for God lives within him. That ...read more

Tags: Salvation

Denomination: Baptist