In Sermon Illustrations: "Living Way"

You Are The Bows From Which Your Children As ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

You are the bows from which your children as living ...read more

Tags: Parenting

True Meaning Of Repentance, Citation: Lesslie ...  PRO

Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Feb 27, 2003

[True Meaning of Repentance, Citation: Lesslie Newbigin, Mission in Christ’s Way, pp. 2-3] In Mission in Christ’s Way Lesslie Newbigin (d. 1996), long-time missionary to India, writes about the true meaning of repentance: I remember once visiting a village in the Madras diocese. There was no road ...read more

Tags: Call Of The Disciples, Repentance

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

If You Have The Truth And It's A Matter Of Life ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

If you have the truth and it’s a matter of life or death, you had better be assertive. For example, I do a tremendous amount of flying. It has been my observation that pilots are some of the most arrogant people you would ever want to meet. First of all, in all my years of air travel they have ...read more

Tags: World Religions

Architectural Design By Touch

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 8, 2012

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN BY TOUCH Three years ago (2008), Chris Downey had just started a promising architectural job at a successful design firm. A few weeks after he took the job, he noticed that there was something wrong with his vision. The doctors told him he had a tumor wrapped around his optic ...read more

Scripture: James 1:2-4

Tags: God In The Hardships

Why Bad Things Happen

Contributed by Roy Fowler on Jun 19, 2020

So, what should we say then when bad things happen? Some may say God is still all powerful and all knowing so it seems like it’s still God’s plan that this bad thing happened isn’t it? Kinda, sort of or maybe. There is a difference between what God allows and what God wants. I know that sounds ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:4-5

Tags: Dont Ignore Gods Instructions, Follow Gods Instructions

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Good News: Finish The Race!

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 27, 2021

Philippians 3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. WRONG WAY, ROY ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:13-14, Hebrews 12:1

Tags: Get Up, Finish Well

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Missionary J. Hudson Taylor- When God’s ...  PRO

Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 9, 2001

Missionary J. Hudson Taylor- When God’s work is done in God’s way for God’s glory, it ...read more

Tags: God The Father, God's Provision, Church Practices

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Some People Think God Does Not Like To Be ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"Some people think God does not like to be troubled with our constant coming and asking. The way to trouble ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:5-13

Tags: Prayer Adoration

Children Know The Grace Of God Better Than Most ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Children know the grace of God Better than most of us. They see the world The way the morning brings it back to ...read more

Tags: Children

Profound Joy Of The Heart Is Like A Magnet That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Profound joy of the heart is like a magnet that indicates the path of life. One has to follow it, even though one ...read more

Tags: Joy

Wanting Something Is Not Enough. You Must Hunger ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Americans Are Just Beginning To Regard Food The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Americans are just beginning to regard food the way the French always have. Dinner is not what you do in the evening ...read more

Tags: Food

Almost All Employees, If They See That They ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Almost all employees, if they see that they will be listened to, and they have adequate information, will be able to find ways to improve their own ...read more

Tags: Leadership Listening

When We Come To The Lord With Our Burden, He ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When we come to the Lord with our burden, He just lifts up His child, burden and all, ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Some Of You May Remember That In My Early Days I ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Some of you may remember that in my early days I was a sort of a bleeding heart liberal. Then I ...read more

Tags: Politics

No Research Is Ever Quite Complete. It Is The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"No research is ever quite complete. It is the glory of a good bit of work that it opens the way for something still better, ...read more

Tags: Truth

Except That Right Side Up Is Best, There Is Not ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Except that right side up is best, there is not much to learn about holding a baby. There are 152 distinctly different ...read more

Tags: Baby Dedication

Theres Something So Beautiful In Coming On Ones ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Theres something so beautiful in coming on ones very own inmost thoughts in another. In one way its ...read more

Tags: Thought

I Never Liked To Work, I Mean Manual Work.i ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I never liked to work, I mean manual work.I always found ways to get out of work I ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Joan Osbourne: "What If God Was One Of Us? Just ...

Contributed by Daniel Haas on Aug 7, 2009

Joan Osbourne: "What if God was one of us? Just a slob like one of us. Just a stranger on the ...read more

Tags: Jesus Christ

Denomination: Congregational