In Sermon Illustrations: "Making Excuses"

The Basis Of Our Political Systems Is The Right ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. But the Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and ...read more

Tags: America

Self Can Never Cast Out Self, Even In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Self can never cast out self, even in the regenerate man. Praise God The death of Jesus, once and forever, is the death to self. And the gift of the Holy ...read more

Tags: Salvation

Our Prayer Will Be Most Like The Prayer Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Our prayer will be most like the prayer of Christ if we do not ask God to show us what is going to be, or to make any particular thing happen, but ...read more

Tags: Faith

A Well-Known Athlete Of Avignon, France, Named ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

A well-known athlete of Avignon, France, named Meissonnier, literally struggled with an incurable disease, and his last words were, “O Death if ...read more

Tags: Faith

The Commonplace Sun In The Commonplace Sky ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The commonplace sun in the commonplace sky Makes up the commonplace day; The moon and the stars are commonplace things, And the flower that blooms, and the bird that sings; But dark is the ...read more

Tags: Creation

Can The Humble Request Of Believing Lips ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Can the humble request of believing lips restrain, accelerate, change the settled order of events? Can prayer make things that are not to be as though they were? Yes, a thousand times yes ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To

Everyone Knows That By Far The Happiest And ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Everyone knows that by far the happiest and universally enjoyable age of man is the first. What is there about babies which makes us hug and kiss and fondle them, ...read more

Tags: Baby Dedication

A Person Who Doubts Himself Is Like A Man Who ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by ...read more

Tags: Doubt

Robert Lewis Stevenson, Peering Out Of The ...

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Sep 22, 2010

Robert Lewis Stevenson, peering out of the window saw a workman come by and light the gas lights along the street. When asked what he was watching, the ...read more

Tags: Christian Witness

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Unworthy

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Dec 17, 2020

I am not worthy to be called a child of God/man of God or even to call His name. His grace, love and shed blood makes me those things ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:15

Tags: Grace, Love, Blood

Denomination: Baptist

And, Finally, We Are To Apply Christ In ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 8, 2003

And, finally, we are to apply Christ in everything we do and say so that others will be pointed to the first part of the resolution and come to know Christ as their Savior. Your witness is more far reaching than you will ever know. This past week on Dr. Dobson’s Focus On The Family I heard this ...read more

Tags: Faith, Sharing My Testimony

V. Mcgee Estimates That 75% Of The Members Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 31, 2001

.V. McGee estimates that 75% of the members of the average church might not be genuinely saved.(religious club) Billy Graham states that 80% of those who make salvation ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 7:1-8

Tags: Great Commission, Legalism, Jesus Teachings, Eleven Disciple, Becoming A Christian, Assurance Of Salvation  (view more)  (view less)

Give Me The Love That Leads The Way, The Faith ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"Give me the love that leads the way, The faith that nothing can dismay, The hope no disappointments tire, The passion that will burn like fire, Let me not sink to be ...read more

Tags: Faith General, Disappointment, Walking Away

We Get Very Little Wisdom From Success, You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We get very little wisdom from success, you know. Success makes a fool of you, but failure can come only from great effort. One ...read more

Tags: Wisdom

Instead Of Praying For Victory, We Settle For ...  PRO

Contributed by Bob Briggs on Jul 6, 2004

“Instead of praying for victory, we settle for temporary relief. We pray that God will make the devil leave us alone, when the Lord is telling us to pursue our ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To

Denomination: Pentecostal

Human Nature Is Not A Machine To Be Built After ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to ...read more

Tags: Human Life

There Is Nothing More Becoming Any Wise Man, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is nothing more becoming any wise man, than to make choice of friends, for by them thou shalt be judged what thou art; let them therefore be wise and ...read more

Tags: Compassion

If You Have Anything Really Valuable To ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If you have anything really valuable to contribute to the world it will come through the expression of your own personality, that single spark of divinity that sets you off ...read more

Tags: Human Life

All Truly Wise Thoughts Have Been Thought ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times, but to make them really ours we must think them over again honestly, ...read more

Tags: Thought

In A Catholic Church A Sign Was Hanging Over A ...  PRO

Contributed by Ed Wood on May 21, 2002

In a Catholic church a sign was hanging over a shrine which said, "This Shrine is out of order. Do not worship here." That is a parable of what sin does to the Christian. It ...read more

Tags: Sin Separates From God, Sin Exposed

Denomination: Baptist