In Sermon Illustrations: "New Beginnings"

From The Official Handbook Of The United States ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2001

From the official Handbook of the United States Peace Corps. What it says that a Peace Corp volunteer has to do if he is attacked by an anaconda snake. The anaconda is the largest snake in the world. You might think it was the boa constrictor. The anaconda is in the family with the boa constrictor, ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 21:4-9

Tags: Endurance, God In The Hardships

We Live In A Moment Of History Where Change Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present ...read more

Tags: Change

Friends Are Essential To Success; They Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Friends are essential to success; they are still more essential to happiness. To win place, power, honor and happiness, begin by ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Is Not Marriage An Open Question, When It Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Everything Has Been Said Before, But Since ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens, we have to keep going back ...read more

Tags: Communication Speech

Once We Assuage Our Conscience By Calling ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Once we assuage our conscience by calling something a necessary evil, it begins to look more and ...read more

Tags: Satan

Robert Browning – Life In A Love ...

Contributed by Gerald Du Preez on Jul 20, 2010

Robert Browning – Life in a Love 1855: • “To dry one’s eyes and laugh at a fall, And ...read more

Tags: Trials And Difficulties

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Quote: "As The Grave Grows Near, My Theology Is ...

Contributed by Manuel Amparo on May 10, 2006

Quote: “As the grave grows near, my theology is growing strangely simple, and it begins and ends with Christ as the ...read more

Scripture: John 14:6

Tags: Jesus Christ

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Art At Its Most Significant Is A Distant Early ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Art at its most significant is a Distant Early Warning System that can always be relied on to tell the old ...read more

Tags: Art

Being Born From Above Is A Perennial, Perpetual ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Being born from above is a perennial, perpetual and eternal beginning; a freshness all the time in thinking and in talking and in ...read more

Tags: Salvation

When It Comes To Housework The One Thing No Book ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

When it comes to housework the one thing no book of household management can ever tell you is ...read more

Tags: Family

All Great Deeds And All Great Thoughts Have A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street ...read more

Tags: Creation

Based On Plummeting Viewers, Circulation ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Based on plummeting viewers, circulation numbers and ad rates, we can say with some certainty, the American people ...read more

Tags: Politics

Dr. A. T. Pierson Says That There Has Never Been ...  PRO

Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Jan 22, 2004

Dr. A. T. Pierson says that there has never been a revival in any country or locality that did not begin with united prayer. I have already described the First Great Awakening and how God responded to prayer. Let me now give you some more examples. By the middle of the 19th Century the country was ...read more

Tags: Prayer Adoration

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Impact Of Put-Downs On A Marriage

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 25, 2011

THE IMPACT OF PUT-DOWNS ON A MARRIAGE In order to uncover the processes that destroy unions, marital researchers study couples over the course of years, and even decades, and retrace the star-crossed steps of those who have split up back to their wedding day. What they are discovering is ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:29

Tags: Marriage Struggle

Just When I Think I Got Everything Covered

Contributed by James Snyder on Apr 16, 2022

Dr. James L. Snyder I like to have an organized life. I must confess that my idea of organization is not The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage’s idea. We may share many things, but not planning and organization. When she begins a project, it is well planned and organized down to the tiniest ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 14:40

Tags: Organization, Planning, Crafts

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Test Of Insanity In The 1800's: Placed In A Room ...

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 24, 2008

TEST OF INSANITY in the 1800’s: Placed in a room with a sink and a mop & bucket. Sink is stopped up and the water is turned on. Water begins to overflow unto the floor. An insane person will react by grabbing the mop and feverishly working to clean the water from the floor while it continues to ...read more

Faith Does Not Operate In The Realm Of The ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Mar 14, 2002

Faith does not operate in the realm of the possible. There is no glory for God in that which is humanly possible. Faith begins ...read more

Tags: Faith General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Don't Let Life Discourage You; Everyone Who Got ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 5, 2002

Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where ...read more

Tags: Emotions, Endurance

Faith Does Not Operate In The Realm Of The ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 31, 2004

“Faith does not operate in the realm of the possible. There is no glory for God in that which is humanly possible. Faith ...read more

Tags: Faith General

Denomination: Baptist