In Sermon Illustrations: "Greatness"

Visionary People Are Visionary Partly Because Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Visionary people are visionary partly because of the very great ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Coming From Behind Is Still One Of The Greatest ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Coming from behind is still one of the greatest lessons, and the ability to do it ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

The Mediocre Teacher Tells. The Good Teacher ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher ...read more

Tags: Learning

The Pleasantest Things In The World Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts, and the great art in life ...read more

Tags: Thought

To Express Unafraid And Unashamed What One ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

To express unafraid and unashamed what one really thinks and feels is one of the ...read more

Tags: Thought

The Divine Words Grow Together With The One Who ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 1, 2012

"The divine words grow together with the one who reads them." ...read more

Tags: Bible Truth

Denomination: Catholic

Why Palm Sunday Is Important

Contributed by Richard L. Brown on Mar 26, 2024

In 1997 I traveled to Pittsburgh to attend a Promise Keepers Meeting at Three Rivers Stadium. Men from the Ashland Area Churches rented a bus and traveled there together. Promise Keepers was created to issue a calling to men to live up to their biblical responsibilities to be good Husbands, ...read more

Scripture: Mark 11:1-11, Isaiah 50:5-7

Tags: Faith, Palm Sunday

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Listen To This News Clipping. "Gambling, ...  PRO

Contributed by Douglas Vincent on May 28, 2004

Listen to this news clipping. “Gambling, robbery, sexual immorality, and violence is prevalent. Half of all children are born out of wedlock; purity and fidelity to the marriage vow are sneered out of fashion. Corruption in politics is rampant. The world is broken.” This clipping is from 1694. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:13

Tags: Brokenness, Church Small Groups

Denomination: Methodist

An Interesting Incident Happened During The ...  PRO

Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Feb 8, 2007

An interesting incident happened during the victorious march of Alexander the Great to conquer the known world for the Grecian empire. A young soldier became greatly frightened in the heat of battle, dropped his sword and shield and fled. An officer dispatched several soldiers to apprehend the ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

C S Lewis - The Choice

Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Sep 19, 2022

I am trying here to prevent anyone from saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Jesus. “I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept his claim to be God.” That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-6, Philippians 2:5-11, Colossians 1:15

Tags: Jesus, Jesus Divinity, Nature Of Jesus, Moral Teacher

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Tongue Is A Rudder To Give Us Direction

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 6, 2024

Two warships with the largest full-load displacement in the world are the US Navy aircraft carriers. The USS Nimitz and Dwight D. Eisenhower weigh about 91,400 tons. They are 1,092 feet in length overall and have a speed well in excess of 30 knots with their nuclear-powered 280,000 horsepower ...read more

Tags: Ships, Rudders, Vision, Mouth, Words, Tongue, Small Things, Gossip, Direction  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Rust Frets Even Men Of Iron!" Judges 15: 11-20 ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jul 22, 2004

“Rust Frets Even Men of Iron!” Judges 15: 11-20 Key verse(s): 18 “Because he was very thirsty, he cried out to the Lord, ‘You have given your servant this great victory. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?’” Though writing more than a hundred years ago, ...read more

Scripture: Judges 15:11-20

Tags: Disappointment, Emotions

Denomination: Lutheran

[011] A Message From A Poem - A Very Present Help In Times Of Trouble

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jun 14, 2024

[011] A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - A VERY PRESENT HELP IN TIMES OF TROUBLE Stanza 1 - Psalm 54:1-4 Stanza 2 - Psalm 56:3-4 Stanza 3 - Psalm 50:15,23 Stanza 4 - Psalm 55:22 This poem of four stanzas has a stanza dedicated to each of four verses in the Psalms. I love the Psalms and at times of ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 54:1-4, Psalm 56:3-4, Psalm 50:15, Psalm 55:22, Psalm 50:23  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Help, Burden, Deliverer, A Present Help, Save Me, The Day Of Trouble  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Repetition Of Small Efforts Will Accomplish ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001

The repetition of small efforts will accomplish more than the occasional use of great ...read more

Tags: Peace, Gifts General, Faith

If Jesus Christ Be God And Died For Me Than No ...

Contributed by Richard Sharp on Mar 29, 2007

IF Jesus Christ be God and Died for me than no sacifice is to Great for me to give to Him. ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Ct Stud "If Jesus Christ Be God And Died For Me ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

CT STUD "IF Jesus Christ be God and died for me then no sacrifice is to ...read more

Tags: Worship Benefits

Neither Genius, Fame, Nor Love Show The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

The Mightiest Works Have Been Accomplished By ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The mightiest works have been accomplished by men who have kept their ...read more

Tags: Dreams

What The New Year Brings To You Will Depend A ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

What the New Year brings to you will depend a great deal on what ...read more

Tags: New Year's Day

To Improve The Golden Moment Of Opportunity, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our ...read more

Tags: Opportunity