In Sermon Illustrations: "Hard To Believe"

Be Kind; Everyone You Meet Is Fighting A Hard ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Be kind; everyone you meet is fighting ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

There Is Only One Quality Worse Than Hardness Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

There is only one quality worse than hardness of the heart and that ...read more

Tags: Heart

If People Fought Sin As Hard As They Do Middle ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If people fought sin as hard as they do middle age, earth ...read more

Tags: Aging

Its Pretty Hard To Be Efficient Without Being ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Its pretty hard to be efficient without ...read more

Tags: Workplace Balance

Its Hard For A Fellow To Keep A Chip On His ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Its hard for a fellow to keep a chip on his shoulder if you ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Nothing Is So Hard For Those Who Abound In ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive ...read more

Tags: Parable Rich Fool

There Is Only One Quality Worse Than Hardness Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

There is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and ...read more

Tags: Thought

If People Fought Sin As Hard As They Do Middle ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If people fought sin as hard as they do middle age, earth ...read more

Tags: Sin General

Striving For Success Without Hard Work Is Like ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

A Successful Man Cannot Realize How Hard An ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A successful man cannot realize how hard an ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

If Hard Work Is The Key To Success, Most People ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If hard work is the key to success, most people would ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

Charlie Brown Learns The Hard Way That Lucy ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2009

Charlie Brown Learns The Hard Way that Lucy Didn’t Repent Repenting means changing our minds about who God is. Secondly: repenting means changing our minds about the way we live our lives. If God is all powerful and all caring and all loving, then it’s in my best interests to live a life that’s ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:15

Tags: Repentance

How Hard Do You Prepare For Sermons?

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 4, 2021

Howard Hendricks shares this insight about the value of preparing and study for sermons... " When I was a college student—I worked in the college dining hall, and on my way to work at 5:30 am. every morning I walked past the home of one of my professors. Through a window I could see the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-17, 2 Timothy 4:1-3, 2 Timothy 2:15

Tags: Sermons, Shepherding, Feeding The Flock, Sermon Preparation, Studying The Word  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

I Have Always Believed In The Inspiration Of The ...

Contributed by David Insell on Jul 29, 2003

I have always believed in the inspiration of the Holy Scriptures, whereby they have become the expression to man of the ...read more

Tags: Apologetics The Bible, Bible Influence

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

I Believe That The Resolutions Less Likely To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I believe that the resolutions less likely to be kept are those most likely to be made the high that proved ...read more

Tags: New Year's Day

What Does God's Voice Sound Like?  PRO

Contributed by Anne Benefield on Feb 4, 2009

WHAT DOES GOD'S VOICE SOUND LIKE? Erwin McManus, a pastor in Los Angeles, tells a great story about recognizing God's voice. My son, Aaron, was five or six when he began asking me, "What does God's voice sound like?" I didn't know how to answer. A few years later, Aaron went off to his first ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-21

Tags: Hard Heart, Dealing With Conflicts

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Active Vs. Passive Hardening Of The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2010

ACTIVE VS. PASSIVE HARDENING OF THE HEART We have to distinguish between active hardening and passive hardening (of the heart). What we have in this verse is an example of God’s punitive judgment against a wicked man. Pharaoh was already wicked. Pharaoh already had an evil heart, out of which came ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:24-28

Tags: Hard Heart, Sin General

What Do You Believe?  PRO

Contributed by Troy Borst on Jan 16, 2001

WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE? 6 out of 10 Americans believe Satan is only a symbol and not real 47 % of Christians believe the same thing 1 out of 4 Christians believe it doesn’t matter what religion you are because all of them are the same and they all lead to God 31% of Christians believe Heaven can be ...read more

Tags: Heaven, God, Paranormal, Satan, Salvation, Universalism  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

People Seem To Believe That They Have An ...  PRO

Contributed by Jerry Vargo on Feb 1, 2001

People seem to believe that they have an inalienable right to be happy--"I want what I want and I want it now." No one wants to wait for anything and, for the most part, no one ...read more

Tags: Peace, Christian Disciplines

Denomination: Pentecostal

Know What You Believe  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 23, 2002

KNOW WHAT YOU BELIEVE The contention of the atheist is logically unsustainable and realistically unlivable. English journalist Steve Turner, in a work entitled, “Creed” sums it up pretty well: We believe in Marxfreudanddarwin. We believe everything is OK as long as you don’t hurt ...read more