In Sermon Illustrations: "Ideas"

Always Keep A Window Open In Your Mind For New ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Always keep a window open in your mind ...read more

Tags: Thought

Another Form Of Wastefulness Is Expenditure Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond ...read more

Tags: Words

Public Interest Is A Term Used By Every ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Public interest is a term used by every politician to ...read more

Tags: Government

The Touch Of God At Christmas  PRO

Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Dec 8, 2003

THE TOUCH OF GOD AT CHRISTMAS This is from a 60 Minutes broadcast from a few years ago. It’s an excerpt of what Harry Reasoner said around Christmas time that I want you to hear. Listen carefully – he said: Eleven years ago I did a little Christmas piece and it seemed like a good idea to repeat ...read more

Tags: Christmas

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Novelist Ayn Rand Had Mesmerized A Student ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Novelist Ayn Rand had mesmerized a student audience at Yale University with her prickly ideas. Afterward a reporter from Time magazine asked her, "Miss Rand, what’s wrong with the modern world?" Without hesitation she replied, "Never before has the world been so frantically committed to the idea ...read more

Tags: Faith

Hope Against Hope  PRO

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 22, 2002

This idea of hope against hope means to hope without ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Greater Than The Tread Of Mighty Armies Is An ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea ...read more

Tags: Thought

An Invasion Of Armies Can Be Resisted, But Not ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea ...read more

Tags: Thought

The Only Condition Of Peace In This World Is To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The only condition of peace in this world is to have no ideas, or, at ...read more

Tags: Peace

We Dont Ask Research To Do What It Was Never ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We dont ask research to do what it was never meant to do, and ...read more

Tags: Truth

When I Was In Kalkaska Mi, Working As A ...  PRO

Contributed by Bob Soulliere on Mar 10, 2006

When I was in Kalkaska Mi, working as a volunteer fireman, we once went to help someone who had fallen through the ice. When we got there he had already been rescued by some bystanders. What happened was he wandered to far out on unsafe ice, not knowing that there was an underground spring feeding ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20

Tags: Evangelism Fear Of

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Tell Them Out Loud  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008

TELL THEM OUT LOUD Scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer once said "The best way to send an idea is to wrap it up in a person." The theological word for all of that is incarnation, meaning "in the flesh." Jesus was the incarnation of God. Jesus was the way that God sent His "idea" to humanity; there was ...read more

Scripture: Luke 21:18-25, Hebrews 1:1

Tags: Christmas

C.s. Lewis: "Everyone Says Forgiveness Is A ...  PRO

Contributed by David Ward on Jan 23, 2006

C.S. Lewis: “Everyone says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:13, Matthew 7:1-6

Tags: Forgiveness For Others, Hypocrisy, Job, Forgiveness, Family Relationships, Financial, Employer, Relationships, Love  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

It Is Very Iniquitous To Make Me Pay Debts You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It is very iniquitous to make me pay debts you have no idea of ...read more

Tags: Money

Words, In Their Primary Or Immediate ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Words, in their primary or immediate signification, stand for nothing but the ideas in ...read more

Tags: Words

Everyone Is A Genius At Least Once A Year; A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Everyone is a genius at least once a year; a real genius has his ...read more

Tags: Thought

Above All, Do Not Talk Yourself Out Of Good ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Above all, do not talk yourself out of good ideas by trying to expound on ...read more

Tags: Thought

A Basic Rule For Managers Is Pass The Pride ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A basic rule for managers is Pass the pride down. People like to create when they ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

The Origin Of The Envelope  PRO

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 8, 2010

THE ORIGIN OF THE ENVELOPE Back in 1820 the average person in England wrote only three letters a year--and with good reason. Letters in those days were mailed without a cover and could be read by anyone. But William Mulready had an idea to ensure privacy—the envelope. It was an idea he stole ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

Denomination: Brethren

Modern Art Is What Happens When Painters Stop ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade ...read more

Tags: Art