In Sermon Illustrations: "Holiness Of God"

What If Porcupines Could Dance? They Are God's ...  PRO

Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Aug 2, 2005

What if porcupines could dance? They are God’s idea of the animal kingdom’s version of a cactus. Imagine a cactus gliding, twirling around the ballroom as the orchestra plays a waltz. Or look at that cactus in an embrace of the tango - striding, dipping, heads bobbing to the music. Cheek-to-cheek. ...read more

Scripture: Romans 15:7

Tags: Church Body Of Christ, Unity

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Bible Teaches That God Is Awesome, He Is ...

Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 3, 2005

The Bible teaches that God is awesome, He is higher, greater and majestic than we can ever imagine. In fact no one can even look upon God and live. Why, even Indiana Jones understood that. When his arch enemy and Nazi,Rene Belloq, not only finds the sacred Ark of the Covenant, which in the ...read more

Tags: Promises Of God

Denomination: Christian Church

Faith For My Deliverance Is Not Faith In God. ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005

Faith for my deliverance is not faith in God. Faith means, whether I am visibly delivered or not, I will stick to my belief that God is love. There are some things only ...read more

Tags: Daniel

Robert Wuthnow, Author Of God And Mammon In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006

Robert Wuthnow, author of God and Mammon in America states, "The more orthodox the (church) member’s belief and faith, the higher the giving--except among Catholics." (In general Catholic giving lags behind Protestant giving.) He also has discovered very predictable giving increases as a result of ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Redefining God Across The Country, Many Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Redefining God Across the country, many are redefining God. “Dissatisfaction with conventional images of an authoritarian or paternalistic deity, people are embracing quirky, individualistic conceptions of God to suit their own spiritual needs,” notes Lisa Miller in a 4/21/00 Wall Street Journal ...read more

Tags: God The Father

Relevant, A Magazine About "God, Life And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Relevant, a magazine about “God, life and progressive culture” for 18-34-year-olds, has a 65,000 circulation and attracts 340,000 Web site visitors monthly. ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

As God Becomes Man "Not By Conversion Of The ...  PRO

Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 29, 2006

‘As God becomes Man “Not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh, but by taking of the Manhood into God,” so here; Charity (or love) does not dwindle into merely natural love but natural love is taken up into, made the tuned and obedient instrument of, Love Himself… Thus in our very ...read more

Tags: Humanity Of Christ

Denomination: Church Of God

The Word Of God Well Understood And Religiously ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"The Word of God well understood and religiously obeyed is the shortest route to spiritual perfection. And we must not select a few favorite passages to the exclusion of others. Nothing ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

If Jesus Christ Be God And Died For Me, Then No ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to ...read more

Tags: Divinity Of Christ

Talking To Men For God Is A Great Thing, But ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is ...read more

Tags: Prayer Adoration

Was It Not Great Blindness That God Almighty, Who ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

Was it not great blindness that God Almighty, who created us, has so often made known to us that he is our Father, and finally even gave his Son for us; and he himself stands there and calls us poor sinners, saying "Come to me, all who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest." And we ...read more

Tags: Cross Agony

The Climax Of God's Happiness Is The Delight He ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"The climax of God’s happiness is the delight He takes in the echoes of His excellence in the ...read more

Tags: Worship Purpose

The True Man Of God Is Heartsick, Grieved At The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"The true man of God is heartsick, grieved at the worldliness of the Church...grieved at the toleration of sin in the Church, grieved at the prayerlessness in the Church. He is disturbed that the corporate prayer of the ...read more

Tags: Church General

The Idea That The Service To God Should Have ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"The idea that the service to God should have only to do with a church altar, singing, reading, sacrifice, and the like is without doubt but the worst trick of the devil. How could the devil have led us more effectively astray than by the narrow conception that service to God takes place only in a ...read more

Tags: Endurance

Wherever The Fear Of God Rules In The Heart, It ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 9, 2006

"Wherever the fear of God rules in the heart, it will appear both in works of charity and piety, and neither will ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 7:10-13

Tags: Christian Values

There Is No Work Better Than To Please God; To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 9, 2006

"There is no work better than to please God; to pour water, to wash dishes, to be a cobbler,, or an apostle, all are one; to wash dishes and to preach are all one, ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

God Will Prepare Everything For Our Perfect ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 9, 2006

God will prepare everything for our perfect happiness in heaven, and if it takes my dog being there, I ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

At Sundry Times, And In Diverse Manners, God Was ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 9, 2006

“At sundry times, and in diverse manners, God was pleased to speak to our fathers by the prophets, before he spoke to us in these ...read more

Tags: God The Father

It Is Not My Ability, But My Response To God's ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2006

“It is not my ability, but my response to God’s ability, that counts.” ...read more

Tags: Joy

For All The Promises Of God In Him Are Yea, And ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

"For all the promises of God in Him are yea, and in Him Amen, unto the glory of God by us" (II Corinthians 1:20). The word "amen" is a most remarkable word. It was transliterated directly from the Hebrew into the Koine Greek of the New Testament, then into Latin and into English and many other ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?