In Sermon Illustrations: "Long"

Flashlights Are Powerful But Has Limited Life. ...

Contributed by Jose Imperial on Jan 4, 2008

Flashlights are powerful but has limited life. Independent light are powerful only at the beginning but fail in the long run. Most dangerous people in the church are ...read more

Tags: Arminianism

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Marrying A Man Is Like Buying Something Youve ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Marrying a man is like buying something youve been admiring for a long time in a shop window. You may love it when you get it home, but it ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

When One Door Closes, Another Opens; But We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do ...read more

Tags: Opportunity

Eschatology Is Like Golf

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jun 23, 2018

Eschatology or the study of the end times is like golf, it’s fun it gives you something to do but in the long run it you end ...read more

Tags: Revelation, End Times, Second Coming

Denomination: Wesleyan

True Vision Is Always Twofold. It Involves ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

True vision is always twofold. It involves emotional comprehension as well as physical perception. Yet how rarely we have either. We generally only ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

In The Ideal World Of Todays Liberals, ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"In the ideal world of todays liberals, apparently, there simply would be no conservatives or, if there were, theyd keep their mouths shut. For the Left, free speech ...read more

Tags: Politics

Titanic Love

Contributed by Casey Sabella on Apr 6, 2012

TITANIC LOVE "What I remember about that night - what I will remember as long as I live - is the people crying, 'I love you.'" ...read more

Tags: Suffering Loneliness

Denomination: Independent/Bible

When The Beatles Sang "Once There Was A Way, To ...

Contributed by Christian Breuninger on Dec 12, 2005

When the Beatles sang “Once there was a way, to get back homeward” they gave voice to this universal desire that God planted into our hearts. It’s a ...read more

Tags: Evangelism The Lost

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

When God Permits His Children To Go Through The ...

Contributed by Nathan Parker on Feb 9, 2008

When God permits His children to go through the furnance, He keeps His eye on the clock & His hand on the thermostat. His loving ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

I Believe God Is Made Sad At The Sight Of So ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I believe God is made sad at the sight of so many of us trying to work things out for ourselves. He longs to help ...read more

Tags: God The Father

Time Is Too Slow For Those Who Wait, Too Swift ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who ...read more

Tags: Time

C.s. Lewis On Pride

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010

C.S. LEWIS ON PRIDE "A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and of course, as long as you're looking down, ...read more

Tags: Pride

Denomination: Brethren

A Proud Man Is Always Looking Down On Things And ...  PRO

Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 14, 2012

A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you’re looking down, you can’t see ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:9-14

Tags: Pride

Denomination: Baptist

What Would Have Happened Had Moses Tried To ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005

What would have happened had Moses tried to figure out what was needed to accomplish God’s command? One of the biggest arithmetical miracles in the world was required in the desert. Moses led the people of Israel into the desert….Now what was he going to do with them? They had to be fed, and ...read more

Tags: Moses

Do All The Good You Can By All The Means You Can ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

“Do all the good you can by all the means you can in all the places you can at all the times you can to all the people you ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

A Book Is Good Company. It Comes To Your ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"A book is good company. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never. It is not offended at your absent-mindedness, nor jealous if you turn to other ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

We Have A Dog Named Buster. Buster ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Illustration: We have a dog named Buster. Buster loves to play ball. He will chase a ball as long as you will throw it for him. This should be the picture of a ...read more

Tags: God Brings Purpose

G.k. Chesterton Said, "Hope Means Hoping When ...

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jul 4, 2007

G.K. Chesterton said, "Hope means hoping when things are hopeless, or it is no virtue at all. As long as matters are really hopeful, hope is mere flattery or platitude: It is only ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

I Give Myself To You To Be Your ...

Contributed by Daniel Haas on Jan 5, 2009

"I give myself to you to be your husband. I promise to love and sustain you in the covenant of marriage, from this day forward, in sickness and in health, in plenty and in ...read more

Tags: Weddings

Denomination: Congregational

The Great Enemy Of Clear Language Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between ones real and ones declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words ...read more

Tags: Communication General