In Sermon Illustrations: "Making Time For God"

Philosophy No—wealth Yes: Just Under 40% Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Philosophy No—Wealth Yes: Just under 40% of college freshmen say it is essential to develop a meaningful philosophy of life compared with 86% in ’67. Meanwhile, interest in being “very well-off financially” was at it’s highest level in 13 years finds the 38th annual American Freshman Survey. 60% ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

Here's An Example From Nature Shared By Another ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 25, 2006

Here’s an example from nature shared by another fellow Preacher. When Mt. St. Helens erupted in May 1980, hundreds of square kilometers were obliterated under a sea of mud and ash. Every living thing was destroyed, buried, or burned. But within four months, the first flowers were blooming, within a ...read more

Tags: God In The Hardships

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A New Movie

Contributed by William Huegel on Jan 27, 2006

A new movie There is a new Christian movie out called “The End of the Spear”. It is the story of five young missionaries who were killed trying to reach the Auca Indians in the jungles of South America with the Gospel. All five of these courageous and faith-filled young men were speared to ...read more

Tags: God In The Hardships

Denomination: Baptist

Dr's Believe In Miracles: 3 Out Of 4 American ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Dr’s Believe In Miracles: 3 out of 4 American doctors believe in miracles, finds a the survey conducted by HCD Research and the Louis Finkelstein Institute for Religious and Social Studies of the Jewish Theological Seminary in NYC. Perhaps the most surprising finding is that 55% of doctors have ...read more

Tags: God In The Hardships

Suicide Attitudes: About Fifteen Million People ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Suicide Attitudes: About fifteen million people (7% of all adults) have attempted suicide at some point in their lives, according to a recent Harris Poll. The research also revealed that 21% of adults have thought seriously about taking their own lives, and 25% believe that ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

What Is The Value Of A Life? Business Week ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

What Is The Value Of A Life? Business Week magazine reports that economists estimate how many lives are saved by a particular government regulation, and then compare that with the cost of implementing the new rule. Here are some results: It costs $3,000 to save one life (with the regulation of ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

Charles F. Kettering, Former Research Head Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Feb 6, 2006

Charles F. Kettering, former research head of General Motors, was fond of telling this story. When he called a research and development meeting on a particular problem of not an immediate probability of presenting a ready solution, and he wanted the problem solved, he’d take care to first find a ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 7:1-2

Tags: God's Omnipotence

Denomination: Lutheran

You See, We've All Heard Stories Of People Who ...  PRO

Contributed by Lynn Malone on Feb 6, 2006

You see, we’ve all heard stories of people who lucked up and found something hidden away in an attic that turned out to be really valuable, and we figure, if it could happen to them, it could happen to us. We hear stories like Ted and Virginia from Arizona. There story was found on Antiques ...read more

Tags: Kingdom Of God

Denomination: Methodist

All Things Bright And Beautiful

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

He gave us eyes to see them, And lips that we might tell, How great is God Almighty, Who has made all things well. Cecil Frances Alexander (1818–1895), Irish ...read more

Tags: God The Father

I Heard Bro. J. T. Pugh Tell A Story Of One Of ...

Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Feb 8, 2006

I heard Bro. J. T. Pugh tell a story of one of the four men who made such a dramatic impact on his life. He mentioned that this man was an evangelist back in the 1940’s. The nation was still in the midst of great financial throes from the Great Depression and from the Second World War. He said ...read more

Tags: God In The Hardships

Denomination: Pentecostal

Spare Me Through Your Mercy, Do Not Punish Me ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

Spare me through your mercy, do not punish me through your justice. Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109), British philosopher, ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

Love Must Precede Hatred, And Nothing Is Hated ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

Love must precede hatred, and nothing is hated save through being contrary to a suitable thing which is loved. And hence it is that every hatred is caused by love. Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274), Italian ...read more

Tags: Love For God

Nothing In Vain

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

God and nature do nothing in vain. Aristotle (384–322 B.C.), Greek philosopher. Politics, bk. 1, ...read more

Tags: God The Father

Impossibilities

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"We have a God who delights in ...read more

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I Want Deliberately To Encourage This Mighty ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"I want deliberately to encourage this mighty longing after God. The lack of it has brought us to our present low estate. The stiff and wooden quality about our religious lives is a result of our lack of holy desire. Complacency is a deadly foe of all spiritual growth. Acute desire must be present ...read more

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I Have But One Passion - It Is He, It Is He ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"I have but one passion - it is He, it is He alone. The world is the field and the field is the world; and henceforth that country shall be my home where I can be ...read more

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Love Is Kindled In A Flame, And Ardency Is Its ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"Love is kindled in a flame, and ardency is its life. Flame is the air which true Christian experience breathes. It feeds on fire; it can withstand anything rather than a feeble flame; but when the surrounding atmosphere is frigid or lukewarm, it ...read more

Tags: Love For God

I Have Found That There Are Three Stages In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"I have found that there are three stages in every great work of God: first, it is impossible, then it is ...read more

Tags: God The Father

We Cannot But Admit That Not Even The Least ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"We cannot but admit that not even the least thing takes place unless it is ordered by God. For who have ever been so concerned and curious as to find out how much hair he has on his head? There is no one. God, however, knows the number. Indeed, nothing is too small in us or in any other ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will

Wherever You Are, Be All There. Live To The Hilt ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"Wherever you are, be all there. Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will