In Sermon Illustrations: "In The World But Not Of It"

We Ought To Give Thanks For All Fortune: If It ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is good, because it is good, if bad because it works in us patience, humility and the contempt ...read more

Tags: Joy

And Lo In A Flash Of Crimson Splendor, With ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"And lo in a flash of crimson splendor, with blazing scarlet clouds running before his chariot, and heralding his majestic ...read more

Tags: Creation

Pain Insists On Being Attended To. God Whispers ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Pain insists on being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

A Narrow-Minded Man Has A Narrow Outlook. The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A narrow-minded man has a narrow outlook. The walls of his world shut out the broader horizon of affairs. Prejudice can ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

And Thus Was Kept The First Christmas, The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"And thus was kept the first Christmas, the Christmas in the year one, with carols by the choir of heaven, and Gods own Son, the Saviour of the ...read more

Tags: Christmas

You May Be Whatever You Resolve To Be. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"You may be whatever you resolve to be. Determine to be something in the world, and you will be something. I cannot never ...read more

Tags: New Year's Day

It Isn't The Polls Or Public Opinion Of The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It isn't the polls or public opinion of the moment that counts. It's right and wrong and leadership. Men with fortitude, honesty and a belief in ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

What A Pity That So Many People Are Living With ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

What a pity that so many people are living with so few friends when the world is full of lonesome strangers who would ...read more

Tags: Compassion

To Know What You Prefer Instead Of Humbly ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to ...read more

Tags: Miscellaneous

Modern Liberalism Seems To Have Forgotten The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Modern liberalism seems to have forgotten the fact that if America hadnt paid the price, blood, sweat and hard work and the financial ...read more

Tags: Politics

Every Man Is Prompted By The Love Of Himself To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine that he possesses some qualities superior, either in kind or degree, to those ...read more

Tags: Self

Leadership Is A Great Burden. We Grow Weary Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Leadership is a great burden. We grow weary of it at times...But if we are not to shoulder the burdens of leadership in the free world, then who will? ...read more

Tags: Gifts Leadership

The Sacraments Are An Essential Element Of ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 22, 2009

The sacraments are an essential element of Christ’s redemption of the world. They are a real foretaste, as the Holy Father writes, of the eschatological fulfilment ...read more

Tags: Lord's Supper

Denomination: Catholic

We Are In A Very

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Apr 12, 2009

we are in a very “unstable, unsteady and turbulent postmodern world.” Sweet goes on to offer, “what we face can be seen as a threat, but also as an ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

Denomination: Salvation Army

Jerry Cook Said: "When Love, Acceptance And ...

Contributed by C Jordan on Sep 12, 2009

Jerry Cook said: "When love, acceptance and forgiveness prevail, the church becomes what Jesus was in the world - a center of love, designed for ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

Denomination: *other

It Is [high] Time For Us To Reclaim The ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 27, 2010

it is [high] time for us to reclaim the excitement and joy of those first disciples, and to tell the world that we have found ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

Denomination: Catholic

An Authentic Voice

Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 24, 2012

AN AUTHENTIC VOICE The world is waiting to hear an authentic voice, a voice from God--not an echo of what others are doing and ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:1-5

Tags: Preaching

Denomination: Baptist

Righteousness In The Heart  PRO

Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Jan 21, 2013

RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE HEART A CHINESE PROVERB: "If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character. If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there will be ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:33

Tags: Heart, Righteousness

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

One More Round

Contributed by Jerry Thorpe on Mar 8, 2013

Boxing Champion James J. Corbett, when asked, "What's the most important thing for a person to do to become the champion of ...read more

Tags: Endurance

Denomination: Church Of God

I Was A Member Of The Young And Restless In The ...  PRO

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 3, 2002

I was a member of THE YOUNG AND RESTLESS in THE GENERAL HOSPITAL in the city of DALLAS. I was waiting to see THE DOCTORS. They told me I was at THE EDGE OF NIGHT, my condition was very serious. Suddenly, I realized I had just ... ONE LIFE TO LIVE. I wanted to see ALL MY CHILDREN before I entered ...read more

Tags: Emotions, Basics Of Christianity

Denomination: Assembly Of God