In Sermon Illustrations: "Fear Of Man"

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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009

MORE ON PRAYER Leonard Ravenhill - Prayer is not an argument with God to persuade him to move things our way, but an exercise by which we are enabled by his Spirit to move ourselves his way. Harry Emerson Fosdick - Prayer is putting oneself under God’s influence. Pope Pius XII - A man without ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:5-15

Tags: Prayer How To

The Power Of Unity

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2022

In one of Aesop's fables, he describes an old man who had several sons, who were always falling out with one another. He had often, but to no purpose, exhorted them to live together in harmony. One day he called them together, and he gathered a bundle of sticks and tied them together, and asked ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 4:12

Tags: Fellowship, Community, Small Groups

Poor Short-Term Memory

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2022

A man was working in his backyard one day when his neighbor began talking to him over the fence. He said, “Yeah, my wife and I went to one of those seminars yesterday, you know, where they teach you ways to improve your memory and such.” His neighbor commented, “Really? What was the name of the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 22:19

Tags: Communion, Lord's Supper

Can You Conquer Yourself?

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 27, 2023

GREAT QUOTES ON SELF-CONTROL Edmund Hilary the first man who conquered Mount Everest was asked by an interviewer about his passions for climbing mountains. He gave this reply: "It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves." Peter the Great of Russia is quoted as saying, "I have ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23

Tags: Works Of The Flesh, Self Control, Holy Spirit, Self, Self Denial, Crucified With Christ, Fruit Of The Spirit, Discipline  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Four Battles With Self Control

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 5, 2023

FOUR BATTLES WITH SELF CONTROL IN PROVERBS: Uncontrolled lust. (Proverbs 6:26: “For the prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, and the adulteress preys upon your very life”). Uncontrolled spending (Proverbs 21:20: “In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 6:26, Proverbs 21:20, Proverbs 23:29-30, Proverbs 29:11, Galatians 5:23  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Proverbs, Lust, Spending, Anger, Alcoholism, Drunkenness, Fruit Of The Spirit, Self Control  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Raising Cain

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jun 26, 2023

Cain was so angry he would not be talked out of his sin—even by God. Eve, however, had to be talked into her sin by Satan; but Cain “belonged to the evil one” (1 John 3:12). It is as if he could not wait to destroy his brother—a natural man’s solution to his own failure. God’s advice was that ...read more

Tags: Cain, Abel, Offerings, Eve, Genesis, Sin, Murder, Adam, Hate  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Deconstruction, Deconstruction, Deconstruct, Decon....

Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Sep 20, 2024

One cannot insist that all truth claims are power plays, that all truth claims destroy freedom. C. S. Lewis writes in The Abolition of Man: “But you cannot go on ‘explaining away’ forever: you will find that you have explained explanation itself away. You cannot go on ‘seeing through’ things ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:16, John 18:38, Acts 26:25

Tags: Doubt, Truth, Objective Truth, Deconstructing Faith

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Little Things Add Up

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 15, 2025

MY SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER TOLD A STORY OF A MAN THAT WORKED IN THE COAL MINES IN EAST TENNESSEE. The man drove a coal truck from the coal temple to the rail road loading dock. It was a short quick trip. Each time the driver drove by the house where he lived. He made a quick stop threw a very large ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:13

Tags: Small, Little

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Pledge -- Prayer

Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 6, 2025

Two men were arguing at work one day about religion. Neither really knew what they were talking about. Finally one said, “Man, you don’t know anything about religion. I’ll bet you ten dollars you can’t even repeat the Lord’s Prayer.” The other grinned. “Oh yeah? It’s a bet!” He straightened up ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-17, Hebrews 4:12, Psalm 119:105

Tags: Scripture, Discipleship, Truth, Authority

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

When Ronald Regan Was President Of The United ...

Contributed by Richard Burkey on Jun 15, 2005

When Ronald Regan was President of the United States, he had a sign on his desk that said, "There is no limit to what a man can do or where ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

Denomination: Lutheran

God Can Have Our Money And Not Our Hearts, But ...  PRO

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Sep 24, 2005

“God can have our money and not our hearts, but He cannot have our hearts without having our money.” (Disciplines of a Godly Man, R. Kent ...read more

Tags: Gifts Giving

Denomination: Baptist

Wha Lies Here?

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

Wha lies here? I, Johnny Doo. Hoo, Johnny, is that you? Ay, man, but a’m dead noo. Anonymous. “Johnny Doo,” from Geoffrey Grigson’s Faber Book ...read more

Tags: Death

Jesus Saith Unto Him, I Am The Way, The Truth, ...

Contributed by Tony Abram on Nov 18, 2006

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 1. He is not a way. HE IS THE WAY! 2. He is not a ...read more

The Hero Is The One Who Kindles A Great Light ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The hero is the one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by. The saint is the man who ...read more

Tags: Love Of The Disciples

When I Was A Boy Of 14, My Father Was So ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Appearances To The Mind Are Of Four Kinds. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be; or they neither are, nor appear to be; or they are, and do not appear to be; or they are not, and yet ...read more

Tags: Human Life

Depend Upon Yourself. Make Your Judgment ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Depend upon yourself. Make your judgment trustworthy by trusting it. You can develop good judgment as you do the muscles of your body by judicious, daily exercise. To be ...read more

Tags: God's Judgment

Get Your Direction Before You Try For ...

Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010

"Get your direction before you try for distance." -— The Bible Friend (Encyclopedia of 15,000 Illustrations) "When a man does not know what harbor he is headed for, no wind ...read more

Tags: Doing God's Will

Denomination: *other

Be Different

Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010

BE DIFFERENT "The hardest struggle of all is to be something different from what the average man is." - Charles M. Schwab "If you do things well, do them better. Be ...read more

Tags: Miscellaneous

Denomination: *other

The Greatest Cause Of Atheism

Contributed by Troy Borst on Apr 25, 2013

THE GREATEST CAUSE OF ATHEISM Brennan Manning: "The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians: who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, walk out the door, and deny Him by their ...read more

Tags: Atheism, Christian Witness

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ