In Sermon Illustrations: "Fallen Leaves"

An Ambassador Is A Person Who, Having Failed To ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"An ambassador is a person who, having failed to secure an office from the people, is given one by the Administration ...read more

Tags: Christian Witness

Impersonal America

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 14, 2011

IMPERSONAL AMERICA Here is how Max Lucado rates us as a society: "Call us a fast society, an efficient society, but don’t call us a personal society. Our society is set up for isolation. We wear ear buds when we exercise. We communicate via e-mail and text messages. We enter and exit our house ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 4:7-12

Tags: Friendship General

70% Of Mothers Of Children Under 5 Would Like To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

70% of mothers of children under 5 would like to leave the workforce. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Parenting

9 In 10 Children Raised In Evangelical Churches ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

9 in 10 children raised in evangelical churches leave the church by age 18. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Children

Books Are The Legacies That A Great Genius ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation, as presents ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

Teenagers Havent Changed Much. They Still Grow ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Teenagers havent changed much. They still grow up, leave home and get married. The big difference is that today ...read more

Tags: Children

So When A Great Man Dies, For Years Beyond Our ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"So when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken, The light he leaves behind him ...read more

Tags: Greatness

False Friends Are Like Our Shadows, Keeping ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"False friends are like our shadows, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine but leaving us ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Some People Come Into Our Lives And Quickly Go. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our ...read more

Tags: Human Body

Unless A Man Has Been Taught What To Do With ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Unless a man has been taught what to do with success after getting it, the achievement of it must ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

An Optimist Stays Up Until Midnight To See The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. I pessimist stays up to ...read more

Tags: Endurance

Happy Is The Man Who Walks So Close To God, That ...

Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010

"Happy is the man who walks so close to God, that he leaves no room for the Devil to come in between." — Anonymous ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:13-18

Tags: God In The Hardships

Denomination: *other

Division In The Church

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 20, 2008

DIVISION IN THE CHURCH We might sum up the divisions in this church this way according to Parsons: i. "I follow Paul" -- This group may have taken the attitude that Paul started this church and he will always be the leader. These are the traditionalists. 1. They always live in the past and never ...read more

Tags: Divisions

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Chrysostom On Ecclesiastes  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 21, 2011

CHRYSOSTOM ON ECCLESIASTES Eutropius had fallen into disgrace. As the highest-ranking official in the Byzantine Empire (late fourth century), he served as the closest adviser to the emperor Arcadius, then ruling in Constantinople. But Eutropius abused his imperial power and aroused the anger of ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 1:2, 2 Kings 16:10-16

Tags: Evangelism How To

Remember Not Only To Say The Right Thing In The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines, Christian Love

Hire People Who Are Better Than You Are, Then ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with it.Look for people who will aim for the ...read more

Tags: Workplace

It Was Not The Matter Of The Work, But The Mind ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It was not the matter of the work, but the mind that went into it, that countedand the man who was not content to do small ...read more

Tags: Fear And Worry

When You Put Down The Good Things You Ought To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

When you put down the good things you ought to have done and leave out bad ...read more

Tags: Aging

Solitude, Though It May Be Silent As Light, Is ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men ...read more

Tags: Suffering Loneliness

Universities Thrive Because Of The Freshmen, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Universities thrive because of the freshmen, who bring so much with them when they arrive, and the graduates, who ...read more

Tags: School