In Sermon Illustrations: "Love Of The World"

A Child's Eyes Those Clear Wells Of Undefiled ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"A child's eyes Those clear wells of undefiled thought What on earth can be more beautiful? Full of hope, love, and curiosity, they meet your own. In prayer, how ...read more

Tags: Children

Ji Packer Puts It, "Holiness Means Not Only ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

: JI Packer puts it, “Holiness means not only desiring God, but also loving and practicing righteousness, out of a constant exercise of conscience to discern right from wrong ...read more

Tags: Faith

Clinging To Christ

Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Feb 4, 2008

This promise is to those who “love God.” They are of course, believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and cling to Him for their lives like drowning men and women clinging to what they know will ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Curiosity Will Conquer Fear Even More Than ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will; indeed it has led many people into dangers which mere physical courage would shudder away from, for hunger and ...read more

Tags: Curiosity

Be Careful With Hatredhatred Is A Passion ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Be careful with hatredHatred is a passion requiring one hundred times the energy of love. Keep it for a cause, not an individual. Keep it for intolerance, injustice, stupidity. For hatred is the strength of the ...read more

Tags: Anger

To Our Mothers We Owe Our Highest Esteem, For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"To our mothers we owe our highest esteem, for it is from their gift of life that the flow of events begins that shapes our destiny. A mothers love, nurturing and beliefs are among the strongest ...read more

Tags: Parenting

The Most I Can Do For My Friend Is Simply To Be ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want ...read more

Tags: Compassion

The Number One Way A Man Can Succeed In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The number one way a man can succeed in fulfilling a woman's primary love needs is through communication. By learning to listen to a womans feelings, a man can effectively shower a woman with ...read more

Tags: Men And Women

The New American Finds His Challenge And His ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The new American finds his challenge and his love in the traffic-choked streets, skies nested in smog, choking with the acids of industry, the screech of rubber, and houses leashed in ...read more

Tags: Government

The Eucharist Has A "Nuptial Character. . .it Is ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 7, 2009

The Eucharist has a “nuptial character. . .it is the sacrament of the Bridegroom and of the Bride.” Moreover, “the entire Christian life bears the mark of the spousal love of Christ and the Church. . .Baptism. . ...read more

Tags: Lord's Supper

Denomination: Catholic

She Was Not Made From His Head To Top ...

Contributed by Mark Armstrong on Jul 19, 2009

She was not made from his head to top him, Nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, But out of his side to be equal with him, Under his arm to be ...read more

Tags: Marriage, Weddings

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Roman Historian Livy: "Wealth Has Made Us ...

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Aug 10, 2011

Roman historian Livy: "Wealth has made us greedy, and self-indulgence has brought us, through every form of sensual excess, to be, if I may so put it, ...read more

Tags: Death

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Happy Is That Christian Who Cares For Nothing So ...

Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 6, 2012

Happy is that Christian who cares for nothing so much as to be holy and loving like his Master, while he lives, and a companion of his Master when he ...read more

Tags: Disciples

Denomination: Baptist

Quote: "Faith's Supreme Longing Is For The ...

Contributed by N A on May 18, 2008

QUOTE: “Faith’s supreme longing is for the return of the glory that has departed from the sanctuary… If we today could rediscover the virtue in that Name, the victory in that Name, the violence in that Name, we ...read more

Tags: Prayer Answered

Denomination: *other

In The Movie "The Matrix," At The Beginning When ...

Contributed by Jim Miller on Nov 3, 2003

In the movie "The Matrix," at the beginning when Morpheus reveals the truth about the matrix to Neo (the red pill, blue pill scene). It’s a great picture of the world of sin, and people being blind ...read more

Tags: Sin Deceptive, Sin General

Denomination: Brethren

The Ability To Calm Your Soul And Wait Before God ...

Contributed by Jordon Leblanc on Oct 22, 2006

The ability to calm your soul and wait before God is one of the most difficult things in the Christian life. Our old nature is restless...the world around us is frantically in a hurry. But a ...read more

Denomination: Wesleyan

Advertising: The Education Of The Public As To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Advertising: The education of the public as to who you are, where you are, and what you have to offer in the way of skill, talent or commodity. The only man who should not advertise is the man ...read more

Tags: Business And Marketplace

You Cant Wait For Inspiration, You Have To Go ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"You cant wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club. An absolutely necessary part of a writers equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

A Survivor Of A Nazi Death Camp Wrote These ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

A survivor of a Nazi death camp wrote these words very bitterly: "Here’s to a world that did not care. To those who had eyes but would not see. To those who had ears but ...read more

Tags: Fear And Worry

A Very Famous Doctor Named Dr. Suess, Wrote A ...

Contributed by Michael West on Mar 17, 2008

A very famous doctor named Dr. Suess, wrote a story similar to Paschal’s findings, it is titled “Horton Hears a Who” about a very small infinitesimal world, held in the trunk of an ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible