In Sermon Illustrations: "Human Authors"

There Exists In The Human Mind, And Indeed By ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There exists in the human mind, and indeed by natural ...read more

Tags: God The Father

The Care Of Human Life And Happiness, And Not ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only ...read more

Tags: Government

The Trouble With Fighting For Human Freedom Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Humanism Is Mans Rebellion Against And ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Humanism is mans rebellion against and alienation from God. This is mans slavery. How can that which produced mans slavery set him free from it? All mans efforts to possess a self-contained freedom, to find the meaning of life by his own wisdom, to build a worthy ...read more

Tags: Human Life

Humanity Is Composed But Of Two Categories, The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Humanity is composed but of two categories, the ...read more

Tags: Human Life

Every Victory For Human Freedom Will Be A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Every victory for human freedom will be a ...read more

Tags: Lordship Of Christ

To Make Mistakes Is Human; To Stumble Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to ...read more

Tags: Humor

The Greatest Achievement Of The Human Spirit Is ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and ...read more

Tags: Opportunity

Human Slavery Is Wrong, Insecure, And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Human slavery is wrong, insecure, and demoralizing. On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the ...read more

Tags: Miscellaneous

The Need For Human Relationships Is A Deep As ...

Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jan 22, 2009

“The need for human relationships is a deep as anything humans experience. Infants who are given adequate amounts of food and water die if they do not receive human contact. Adults surrounded by people all day long cry out for friendships that will break down the walls of loneliness around them. ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Denomination: Pentecostal

Faith Is Not The Human Notion And Dream That ...

Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Nov 1, 2009

"Faith is not the human notion and dream that some people call faith" (Luther’s Works ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Lutheran

The Weight Of Glory In A Human Soul

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 29, 2010

THE WEIGHT OF GLORY IN A HUMAN SOUL Truth: Christ and the cross unify the church when they are kept the priority of the church. In his great message given at Oxford University Church in 1941, C.S. Lewis spoke about the weight of glory within each human soul. "There are no ordinary people," said ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Tags: Evangelism The Lost

Tough Ladies And Human Nature

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 29, 2011

TOUGH LADIES AND HUMAN NATURE I used to enjoy the old "Where's the Beef?" commercial. Everyone, it seems, knows a "where's the beef" type of lady. Germany has them, too: BERLIN (Reuters) - A feisty 90-year-old German woman chased away three would-be burglars from her rural farmhouse with her ...read more

Tags: Human Life

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Human Ingenuity And The Genius Of God

Contributed by Jerry Stephens on Mar 26, 2016

Recently, I was watching a documentary about the top 101 inventions of all time. Pretty cool stuff. Human ingenuity is pretty amazing. We’ve figured out how to do all kinds of things. What are some of the best things human imagination has come up with? I have to tell you, they may not be very ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-29

Tags: Faith, Trusting God, Eternal Life, Human Wisdom

Denomination: Vineyard

Hypocrisy Part Of Human Nature

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 24, 2019

“Since psychological studies first began, people have given themselves top marks for most positive traits. While most people do well at assessing others, they are wildly positive about their own abilities, Dunning said. That's because we realize the external traits and circumstances that guide ...read more

Scripture: Romans 2:1-29

Tags: Criticism, Pride, Hypocrisy, Critical, Arrogance, Negative, Self Esteem, Superiority, Double Standard, Judgementalism  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Fully Divine And Fully Human

Contributed by John Bright on Apr 17, 2025

"Hypostatic union" sounds fancy in English, but it's actually a simple term. Hypostatic means personal. The hypostatic union is the personal union of Jesus's two natures: one fully human and one fully divine. What the doctrine of the hypostatic union teaches is that these two ...read more

Scripture: John 1:14, Philippians 2:7

Tags: Divine, Human, Hypostatic Union

Denomination: Methodist

Dave Brown, Author Of "Entertaining Ourselves In ...

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Aug 12, 2005

Dave Brown, author of “Entertaining Ourselves in church” speaks about “Neil Postman, a professor of communications arts and sciences at New York University wrote a fascinating book called, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. He says, “Postman doesn’t write as a ...read more

Tags: Television And Movies

Denomination: Salvation Army

The Inerrant Word Of God

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 21, 2020

"Divine Inspiration is not asserted of the authors of Scripture but of the writings themselves. But inspiration was not mechanical. The Holy Spirit did not destroy the personality and individual characteristics of the individual writers but rather so worked through the entire being of the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:14-17, 2 Timothy 4:1-3

Tags: Bible, Truth, Inspiration, Word Of God, Inerrancy  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

According To Psychologist William Damon, Respect ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2002

According to psychologist William Damon, respect for the parent who exercises proper authority leads to respect for legitimate social institutions and to respect for law. In his book The Moral Child, Damon writes, “The child’s respect for parental authority sets the direction for civilized ...read more

Scripture: Mark 16:17, John 10:4-16

Tags: Authority, Respect

It Has Always Been Tough To Be A Young Person ...  PRO

Contributed by James Chandler on Apr 1, 2003

It has always been tough to be a young person growing up. And it has always been tough to be a parent and raise children into adults. Consider these quotes: "I see no hope for the future for people if they are dependent on the frivilous youth of today. For certainly all youth are reckless beyond ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 18:2

Tags: Authority, Children

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ