In Sermon Illustrations: "Friendship New Friends"

True Friendship Multiplies The Good In Life And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island ... to find one real ...read more

Tags: Compassion

He Ought Not To Pretend To Friendships Name, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"He ought not to pretend to friendships name, Who reckons not ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Friendship Requires Great Communication Between ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Friendship requires great communication between friends. Otherwise, it can ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Friendship Is Almost Always The Union Of A Part ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with a part of another; ...read more

Tags: Compassion

A Friend Of Mine

Contributed by Spencer Miller on Jun 3, 2013

A FRIEND OF MINE Branch Rickey, whose name was recently placed back into our memories in the wonderful movie '42' a story about the baseball great Jackie Robinson, was a devout Christian. Once while head of the old Brooklyn Dodgers, he attended negotiations involving a certain ballplayer's ...read more

Tags: Commitment To Christ

Denomination: Baptist

Friends And Acquaintances?

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Jan 26, 2020

Junior high/middle school basketball is always fun to play, and more fun to watch. These youngsters have acquired some skill—more or less—and it’s still more for fun than for competition. Oh, sure, we wanted to win, and few athletes that don’t want to win will ever get very far in any kind of ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:3

Tags: Youth, Book Of Life, Athletics, Friends, Relationship  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Friendship Is One Of The Sweetest Joys In Life. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Friendship is one of the sweetest joys in life. Many might have failed beneath the bitterness of ...read more

Tags: Compassion

A Friendship That Makes The Least Noise Is Very ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A friendship that makes the least noise is very often the most useful; for which reason I prefer ...read more

Tags: Compassion

The Friendships Which Last Are Those Wherein ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The friendships which last are those wherein each friend respects the other's dignity to the point of ...read more

Tags: Compassion

A New Heart, A New Life  PRO

Contributed by Guy Caley on Jan 19, 2003

A NEW HEART, A NEW LIFE It was March 18. Leanne tried not to think about the fact that Melvin would have been 39 today. The face of the man driving the van flashed in her mind. She tried not to feel the anger. Once more the scream of brakes, the crash and then the silence replayed itself in her ...read more

Tags: Repentance, Salvation

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Bad News, Then Good News  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011

BAD NEWS, THEN GOOD NEWS Nearly 20 years ago at the height of Operation Desert Storm, Ruth Dillow received a very sad message from the Pentagon. The message stated that her son, Clayton had stepped on a landmine in Kuwait and was killed. Ruth later wrote these words, "I can't begin to describe my ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-20, Matthew 28:8

Tags: Emmaus Road, Post Easter, Easter Resurrection

Good News And Bad News  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011

GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS A man went to see his doctor in a state of high anxiety. "Doctor," he said, "you have to help me. I'm dying. Everywhere I touch it hurts. I touch my head and it hurts. I touch my leg and it hurts. I touch my stomach and it hurts. I touch my chest and it hurts. You have to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:12-19

Tags: Trials And Difficulties

Good News, Bad News

Contributed by Ken Miller on Feb 22, 2013

GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS A gallery owner tells one of his artists that heÍs got some good new and bad news. The artist asks for the good news first. "Well," he replies, "the good news is that a man came in here today asking if the price of your paintings would go up after you died. When I told him they ...read more

Tags: Disappointment

Denomination: Bible Church

Good News Bad News

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 9, 2020

A woman walks into a doctor’s office. She schedules an appointment and sits down it the waiting room. Whem it’s her turn to talk to the doctor, she describes all of her symptoms, and they’re unlike anything he’s heard before. The doctor runs a few tests and steps out of the room. He comes back ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:18-27

Tags: Curse, Disease, Sickness, Illness, Redemption Of Body  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Bad News And Worse News!

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Dec 21, 2023

Doctor to patient: "I have bad news and worse news." Patient: "So let's have it." Doctor: "The bad news is that you only have 24 hours to live." Patient: "I can't imagine what could be worse than ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:13, John 16:33

Tags: Problems, Faith, Tribulation, Difficulties, Bad News, Tests, Trials  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Divine Friendship Is The Very Acme Of Bliss; ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Divine friendship is the very acme of bliss; and there is no rank equal to that involved in this sublime prerogative. All human friendship is but a shadow of the divine. Abraham was ...read more

Tags: Compassion

We Force No Doors In Friendship, But Like The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We force no doors in friendship, but like the Christ in Revelation, we stand reverently at the door without, to knock. And only if the door is opened from within, may ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Friendship Standeth Stiffly In Storms. Time ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"friendship standeth stiffly In storms. Time draweth wrinkles in a fair Face, but addeth fresh colours to a fast Friend, which neither heat, nor cold, nor ...read more

Tags: Compassion

The Ability To Form Friendships, To Make People ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The ability to form friendships, to make people believe in you and trust you is one of the few absolutely fundamental qualities of success.The young man who can make friends quickly ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Mindy Caliguire In Spiritual Friendship Says, ...

Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 1, 2007

Mindy Caliguire in Spiritual friendship says, “What do you do when you can’t stand the thought of praying, when the words of the Bible seem plastic and false… when you have been doing everything ‘right’ and the bottom falls out? It’s at these times when it is the spiritual friends who throw ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ