In Sermon Illustrations: "First Things"

Too Full  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001

TOO FULL God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 2:8

Tags: God's Provision, Promises Of God

Our Misery Is That We Thirst So Little For These ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and ...read more

Tags: Parable General, Kingdom Of God

If You Would Not Be Forgotten As Soon As You Are ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do ...read more

Tags: Workplace Evangelism, Death

Compromise Is Simply Changing The Question To Fit ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005

Compromise is simply changing the question to fit the answer. Merrit Malloy, Things I ...read more

Tags: Apologetics Jesus

In His Book Celebration Of Discipline, Richard ...

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Nov 20, 2006

In his book Celebration of Discipline, Richard Foster observes, “More than any other discipline, fasting ...read more

Denomination: Congregational

In The Book To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 25, 2007

In the book To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee writes, "The one thing that doesn’t abide by ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Smoking Is A Shocking Thingblowing Smoke Out Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Smoking is a shocking thingblowing smoke out of our mouths into other peoples mouths, eyes, and noses, ...read more

Tags: Addiction

Character Counts In Advertising As In All Other ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Character counts in advertising as in all other things. Only men of intelligence and initiative can fully comprehend that ...read more

Tags: Business And Marketplace

Creative Thinking May Mean Simply The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Creative thinking may mean simply the realization that there's no particular virtue in doing ...read more

Tags: Art

It Is, However, Only By Fidelity In Little ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"It is, however, only by fidelity in little things that a true and constant love of God can be ...read more

Tags: Faith

Tim Hawkins Video, "Full Range Of Motion"

Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Nov 29, 2007

Tim Hawkins video, "Full Range of Motion" In this video Tim Hawkins talks about the crazy ...read more

Denomination: Wesleyan

C.s. Lewis: "Faith Is The Art Of Holding Onto ...

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Aug 25, 2008

C.S. Lewis: "Faith is the art of holding onto things your reason has once accepted, in ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

You Can Motivate By Fear. And You Can Motivate ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

You can motivate by fear. And you can motivate by reward. But both of these methods are only temporary. The ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

There Is Too Much Stress Today On Material ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

There is too much stress today on material things. I try to teach my children not so much the ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

The Men Who Build The Future Are Those Who Know ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The men who build the future are those who know that greater things are yet to come.Their minds are ...read more

Tags: Faith

I Feel About Airplanes The Way I Feel About ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I feel about airplanes the way I feel about diets. It seems to me they are wonderful ...read more

Tags: Flying

Free Will, Though It Makes Evil Possible, Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

The Genius So-Called Is Only That One Who ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The genius so-called is only that one who discerns the pattern of things within the confusion of details ...read more

Tags: Thought

If God Gave His Own Son For Us, How Could He ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If God gave His own Son for us, how could He ever bring Himself to ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

Oh, The Rapture Mingled With Reverential, Holy ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Oh, the rapture mingled with reverential, holy fear for it is a rapturous, yet divinely fearful thing to be indwelt by the ...read more

Tags: Holy Spirit General