In Sermon Illustrations: "Fix Our Problem"

I Am Concerned For The Security Of Our Great ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I am concerned for the security of our great nation, not so much because of any threat from without, but because of ...read more

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To Break Our Own Record, To Outstrip Yesterdays ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"To break our own record, to outstrip yesterdays by todays, to bear our trials more beautifully than we ever dreamed we could, to whip the tempter inside and out as we never whipped him before, to give as we never have given, to do our work with more ...read more

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Nothing Liberates Our Greatness Like The Desire ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, ...read more

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Whatever We Believe About Ourselves And Our ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Whatever we believe about ourselves and our ability ...read more

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In Sunday School We Invest Our Lives In The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

In Sunday School we invest our lives in the lives of others; they in turn invest ...read more

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Once We Assuage Our Conscience By Calling ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Once we assuage our conscience by calling something a necessary evil, it begins to look more and ...read more

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Let Our Teaching Be Full Of Ideas. Hitherto It ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Let our teaching be full of ideas. Hitherto it has been ...read more

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When Our Children Will Run To School And Walk ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When our children will run to school and walk from school, I will know that our teachers are ...read more

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This World, After All Our Science And Sciences, ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle; wonderful, inscrutable, magical and ...read more

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Our Thought Is The Key Which Unlocks The Doors ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Our thought is the key which unlocks the ...read more

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If We Fill Our Hours With Regrets Of Yesterday ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If we fill our hours with regrets of yesterday and with the worries of tomorrow, we have no ...read more

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All Our Words Will Be Useless Unless They Come ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

All our words will be useless unless they come from within words which do not give the light ...read more

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E. Our Bodies Are So Wonderfully Created. In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

E. Our bodies are so wonderfully created. In each 24 hours the average adult body accomplishes much: 1. Your heart beats 103,689 times every 24 hours. 2. Your blood travels 168,000,000 miles every 24 hours. 3. You breathe 23,040 times every 24 hours. 4. You inhale 438 cubic feet of air every 24 ...read more

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Apart From Our Lord, It Is Hard To Think Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Apart from our Lord, it is hard to think of historical figures whose dying words were, "It is accomplished" Alexander the Great conquered Persia, but broke down and wept because his troops were too exhausted to push on to India. Hugo Grotius, the father of modern international law, said at the ...read more

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Our Founding Fathers Believed Very Strongly In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Our founding fathers believed very strongly in God’s presence. When our earliest universities began, most of them were founded to train Christian preachers. * When Harvard was established in 1636, their statement of purpose said, “Every student’s main aim is to know Jesus Christ, & to recognize ...read more

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As We Begin Our Study Today It Is Necessary That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

As we begin our study today it is necessary that we understand that these temptations were very much real. C. S. Lewis made these insightful observations about temptation: “No man knows how bad he is until he has tried very hard to be good. A silly idea is current that good people do not know what ...read more

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William H. Willimon, In His Commentary On Our ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

William H. Willimon, in his commentary on our Gospel lesson for this morning, offers an interesting lens through which we might view this text. He says, and I quote, “How do we see?… What we see seems to be connected to some sort of template in the brain. When sensory images are fed in through the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:24

Tags: Easter Resurrection

Our Christian Lives Is Summed Up In This Old ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Our Christian lives is summed up in this old English hymn. This is the message of Romans 3:20-31 Lord I was blind - 1856 Lord, I was blind: I could not see In Thy marred visage any grace; But now the beauty of Thy face In radiant vision dawns on me. Lord, I was deaf: I could not hear The ...read more

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John Paul Sart Summarized The Despair Of Our ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

John Paul Sart summarized the despair of our world in a two-word title, “No exit” Once you die, friend, there is no exit, no way out. Jesus Christ died. “That’s ...read more

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Our American Culture, As Well As Many Other ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Our American culture, as well as many other parts of the world, is becoming increasingly more friendless. A recent study by American Sociological Review indicates that the average American has just two close friends, compared with three in 1985. In the last 20 years our circle of close friends is ...read more

Tags: Easter Resurrection