In Sermon Illustrations: "Forsaken Things"

98% Of U.s. Teens Say Being A Virgin In High ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

98% of U.S. teens say being a virgin in high school is a good thing. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Sexuality

Perseverance Is More Prevailing Than Violence; ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield ...read more

Tags: Endurance

Sunshine Is Delicious, Rain Is Refreshing, Wind ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad ...read more

Tags: Creation

Weather Is A Great Bluffer. I Guess The Same Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Weather is a great bluffer. I guess the same is true of our human society things can look dark, then a break ...read more

Tags: Creation

I Have Never Seen A Bad Television Program, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I have never seen a bad television program, because I refuse to. God gave me a mind, and ...read more

Tags: Television And Movies

If You Would Have A Happy Family Life, Remember ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If you would have a happy family life, remember two things: in matters of principle, stand like a rock; in ...read more

Tags: Family

Fame Is A Pearl Many Dive For And Only A Few ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment

You Know How Congress Is. They'll Vote For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

You know how Congress is. They'll vote for anything if the thing they vote for will turn around and vote for ...read more

Tags: Government

Empty Pieties And Good Resolutions Are Part Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Empty pieties and good resolutions are part of the natural equipment of every proper man. They were never meant to be performed or fulfilled, but ...read more

Tags: New Year's Day

One Quickly Gains A Sense From The Bible That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"One quickly gains a sense from the Bible that wherever the Holy Spirit is found in the lives of people, strange and wonderful ...read more

Tags: Holy Spirit General

Humor Is Perhaps A Sense Of Intellectual ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective, an awareness that some things are really important, others not; and that the two ...read more

Tags: Humor

One Man May Hit The Mark, Another Blunder; But ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"One man may hit the mark, another blunder; but heed not these distinctions. Only from the alliance of the one, working with ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Let Us, Then, Be What We Are, And Speak What We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Let us, then, be what we are, and speak what we think, and in all things keep ourselves loyal to truth and ...read more

Tags: Compassion

The Percentage Of Mistakes In Quick Decisions ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The percentage of mistakes in quick decisions is no greater than in long-drawn-out vacillations, and the effect of decisiveness ...read more

Tags: Mistakes

If A Man Has Any Brains At All, Let Him Hold On ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If a man has any brains at all, let him hold on to his calling, and, in the grand sweep of ...read more

Tags: Disciplines General

If God Is Really Preparing Us All To Become ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If God is really preparing us all to become that which is the very highest and best thing possible, there ought never to be a ...read more

Tags: Emotions

Leadership Is Much More An Art, A Belief, A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. The visible signs of artful ...read more

Tags: Gifts Leadership

The Constant Use Of Long, Involved Words Proves ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The constant use of long, involved words proves two things: 1) that youre learned, and 2) that youre ignorant ...read more

Tags: Words

St Gregory The Great ...

Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Feb 7, 2010

St Gregory the Great says "The proof of love is in the works. When love exists it works great things. But when ...read more

Tags: Love Of The Disciples

Denomination: Anglican

What's On The Other Side  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002

WHAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE A sick man turned to his doctor, as he was preparing to leave the examination room and said, "Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what lies on the other side." Very quietly the doctor said, "I don’t know." "You don’t know? You, a Christian man, does not know what is on ...read more

Tags: Fear And Worry