In Sermon Illustrations: "Greatness"

Quote: "You Are Called Not So Much To Do Great ...

Contributed by Chris Jordan on Jan 17, 2009

QUOTE: “You are called not so much to do great things, as to be a great person--and that person is Jesus Christ. The church of Jesus Christ is the resident presence of Jesus in the world. That’s a foundational principle of incarnational Christianity: It doesn’t aim to get people to God; it brings ...read more

Tags: Workplace Evangelism

Denomination: *other

Joy Is The Great Note All Through The Bible. We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Joy is the great note all through the Bible. We have the notion of joy that arises from good spirits or good health, but the miracle of the joy of God has nothing to do with a man's life or his circumstances or the condition he is in. Jesus does not come to a ...read more

Tags: Joy

I Exhort You Also To Take Part In The Great ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater ...read more

Tags: Dealing With Conflicts

Now, In Reality, The World Have Paid Too Great ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much ...read more

Tags: Dealing With Conflicts

Great Emergencies And Crises Show Us How Much ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources ...read more

Tags: Dealing With Conflicts

We Grow Great By Dreams. All Big Men Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winters evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them, nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the ...read more

Tags: Dreams

An Educational System Isn't Worth A Great Deal ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

An educational system isn't worth a great deal if it teaches young people how to make a living but ...read more

Tags: Culture

Human Misery Is Too Great For Men To Do Without ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Human misery is too great for men to do ...read more

Tags: Faith General

The Great Act Of Faith Is When A Man Decides He ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The great act of faith is when a man ...read more

Tags: Faith General

My Mother Had A Great Deal Of Trouble With Me, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Fishing Is Much More Than Fish...it Is The Great ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Fishing is much more than fish...It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine ...read more

Tags: Sports

Fame Makes Great Men Greater And Little Men ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Fame makes great men greater and ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment

The Charm Of Fame Is So Great That We Like Every ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment

Scarcely A Great Man Cannot Be Named Who Has Not ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Scarcely a great man cannot be named who has not failed the first time. In such defeat no shame lies; the shame consists in one's not retrieving it. We should be ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Come, Captain Age, With Your Great Sea-Chest ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Come, Captain Age, With your great sea-chest full of treasure Under the yellow and wrinkled tarpaulin Disclose the carved ivory And the ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Old Age Has A Great Sense Of Calm And Freedom, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom, when the passions have relaxed their hold and have escaped, ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Great God Of Love: We Praise You For Jesus The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Great God of love: We praise you for Jesus the Christ, and on this the celebration of his birthday, we thank you for his coming. We thank you for the prophet's hope and the angel's song for the birth in Bethlehem. We thank you that in Jesus you joined us, sharing human hurts and pleasures. In this ...read more

Tags: Christmas

Many Great Ideas Have Been Lost Because The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Many great ideas have been lost because the people who had them could ...read more

Tags: Thought

My Friends Have Come Unsought. The Great God ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

My friends have come unsought. The great God ...read more

Tags: Compassion

In Times Of Great Anxiety We Can Draw Power ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"In times of great anxiety we can draw power from our friends. We should at such times, however, avoid friends who sympathize too ...read more

Tags: Compassion