In Sermon Illustrations: "Getting Worse"

The Things I Want To Know Are In Books. My Best ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

The things I want to know are in books. My best friend is the man who will ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

Treat It As A Job Not A Mystical Calling. Then ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Treat it as a job not a mystical calling. Then youll get up every morning and go to work, instead of ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

What The World Really Needs Is More Young People ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

What the world really needs is more young people who will carry to their jobs the same enthusiasm for ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

You Have A Rudder-Like Control On Your Life, ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"You have a rudder-like control on your life, and you get that control largely by the ...read more

Tags: Goals

One Half Of Knowing What You Want Is Knowing ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must ...read more

Tags: Promises Of God

Im Not In Retirement. I Just Dont Want To Work ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Im not in retirement. I just dont want to work so much, and I dont get ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

No Man Can Sit Down And Withhold His Hands From ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

No man can sit down and withhold his hands from the warfare against wrong and get ...read more

Tags: War

Before Going To War Pray Once; Before Going To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Before going to war pray once; before going to sea, pray twice; and before ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

The Mind Is A Wonderful Thing. It Starts Working ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The mind is a wonderful thing. It starts working the minute you are born and never stops ...read more

Tags: Learning

The Darkest Hour In Any Mans Life Is When He ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The darkest hour in any mans life is when he sits down to plan how to get ...read more

Tags: Money

I Showed My Appreciation Of My Native Land In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way by getting out of ...read more

Tags: Appreciation, Government

Blisters Are A Painful Experience, But If You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Blisters are a painful experience, but if you get enough blisters in the same place, they will eventually produce a ...read more

Tags: Aging

Small Girl's Essay On Parents: The Trouble With ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Small girl's essay on parents: The trouble with parents is that they are so old when we get them, ...read more

Tags: Parenting

You Don't Have To Be Afraid Of Praising God Too ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

You don't have to be afraid of praising God too much; unlike humans ...read more

Tags: Praise, Prayer How To

Nothing Ruins A Class Reunion Like The Fellow ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Nothing ruins a class reunion like the fellow who has managed to stay young-looking ...read more

Tags: Friendship General

Most Time Is Wasted, Not In Hours, But In ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Most time is wasted, not in hours, but in minutes. A bucket with a small hole in the bottom gets just as empty as a ...read more

Tags: Time

A Problem For Many Christians In Dealing With ...

Contributed by John Van Der Heide on Jun 9, 2009

A problem for many christians in dealing with temptations is that though they remember to command Satan to get behind ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:11-14

Tags: Temptation, Temptation General

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

If You Lack

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Preacher Vance Havner said, “If you lack knowledge, go to school. If you lack ...read more

Tags: Parable Ten Virgins

My Favorite Theology: "I Am Only As Big As The ...

Contributed by Arliss Beavers on Apr 4, 2008

My favorite theology: "I am only as big as the things that I allow to get me ...read more

Tags: Covenant

Denomination: Church Of God

Has Anyone Ever Asked You?  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 31, 2011

HAS ANYONE EVER ASKED YOU? Opal Whetset is a Christian writer. One night she was on a Greyhound bus between Flagstaff, Arizona and Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was a cold February night and the bus stopped in a small Indian community. A young American Indian teenager boarded the bus and sat down ...read more

Scripture: Romans 13:8-10

Tags: Christian Witness