In Sermon Illustrations: "Garbage Out"

Be Different If You Dont Have The Facts And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Be different if you dont have the facts and knowledge required, simply listen. When word gets out that you can listen when others ...read more

Tags: Leadership Listening

The Most Powerful Combination Of Emotions In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The most powerful combination of emotions in the world is not called out by any cosmic event, nor is it found in novels or history books; merely, it is ...read more

Tags: Parenting

The Left Sincerely Believes That Ordinary ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The Left sincerely believes that ordinary Americans are imbeciles unfortunates who are sorely in need of a keeper (big government) to bring us in out of ...read more

Tags: Politics

We Have A Strange Illusion That Mere Time ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sinBut mere time does nothing either to the fact or to the guilt of a sin. The guilt is washed out ...read more

Tags: Sin General

Pride Slays Thanksgiving, But An Humble Mind Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for ...read more

Tags: Temptation Pride

Every Great Achievement In This World Was First ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Every great achievement in this world was first carefully thought out.Thinkbut to a purpose. Think constructively.Think to rise and improve your place in life. There ...read more

Tags: Thought

A Woman Overheard The Church Custodian Talking To ...

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 25, 2010

A woman overheard the church custodian talking to a deacon. She thought he was talking about the pastor, but was actually talking about the furnace: ...read more

Tags: Pastor, Zeal

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Amy Grant Says:

Contributed by Kelly White on Oct 14, 2011

Amy Grant says: "When we pour out our miseries, God just hears a melody, beautiful the mess we are, the honest cries of a ...read more

Tags: Affliction

Denomination: Foursquare

Pastor Mark Driscoll States: "The Only Thing ...

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Apr 3, 2013

Pastor Mark Driscoll states: "The only thing that gets me out of bed on Monday morning is the picture in the Book of Revelation of King ...read more

Tags: Jesus Christ

Denomination: Congregational

Dr. Karl Menninger, The Famed ...  PRO

Contributed by Larry Sarver on Apr 30, 2001

Illustration: Dr. Karl Menninger, the famed psychiatrist, once said that if he "could convince the patients in psychiatric hospitals that their sins were ...read more

Tags: God's Forgiveness, Forgiveness For Others, Forgiveness General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Man Can No More Diminish God's Glory By ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling ...read more

Tags: God's Omnipotence

You Cannot Teach A Child To Take Care Of Himself ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

You cannot teach a child to take care of himself unless you will let him take care of himself. He will make mistakes, and out of these ...read more

Tags: Children

Im Like A Big Old Hen. I Cant Cluck Too Long ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Im like a big old hen. I cant cluck too long about the egg Ive just laid because Ive got five ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

I Thought I Could Change The World. It Took Me ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"I thought I could change the world. It took me a hundred years to figure out I cant change the world. I can only change ...read more

Tags: Change

To Make The Improving Of Our Own Character Our ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

To make the improving of our own character our central aim is hardly the highest kind of goodness. True goodness forgets itself and goes out to do the ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Henry And Tom Blackaby Have Said That "Other ...

Contributed by Jeff Simms on Oct 27, 2003

Henry and Tom Blackaby have said that “Other people can have absolutely no effect on whether God can carry out his will. Only we ...read more

Tags: Doing God's Will

Denomination: Baptist

Green Efforts

Contributed by Paul Wallace on Mar 4, 2009

GREEN EFFORTS The news told of a hotel in California trying to be as "green" as possible. So they took out Gideon bible from the rooms, and put ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

Denomination: Wesleyan

I'll Match My Flops With Anybody's But I ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I'll match my flops with anybody's but I wouldn't have missed 'em. Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

Jesus Christ Didnt Commit The Gospel To An ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Jesus Christ didnt commit the gospel to an advertising agency; He commissioned disciples. And He didnt command them to put up signs and pass out ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

When You Decide Gods Way Shall Be Your Way, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When you decide Gods way shall be your way, immediately you begin to walk. You stop worrying about whether you will ...read more

Tags: Faith General