In Sermon Illustrations: "New Years Resolutions"

Journalism Is The Art Of Collecting Varying ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Journalism is the art of collecting varying kinds of information (commonly called news) which a few people possess and of transmitting it to a much larger ...read more

Tags: News

Being A Journalist Is Simply Wonderful. It Is A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Being a journalist is simply wonderful. It is a lifelong license to follow that most basic human traitcuriosity. It is permission to probe and delve into whatever interests you, as thoroughly or as superficially as you like, and then move on. You have a license to ask virtually any human ...read more

Tags: News

Every Journalist Who Is Not Too Stupid Or Too ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible. He is a kind of confidence man, preying on peoples vanity, ignorance, ...read more

Tags: News

As I Look Back Over A Misspent Life, I Find ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"As I look back over a misspent life, I find myself more and more convinced that I had more fun doing news reporting than in any ...read more

Tags: News

Nothing Less Than The Highest Ideals, The Most ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Nothing less than the highest ideals, the most scrupulous anxiety to do right, the most accurate knowledge of the problems it has to meet, and a sincere sense of moral responsibility will save journalism from a subservience ...read more

Tags: News

I Await The Hour When A Journalist Can Be ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I await the hour when a journalist can be driven from the press room for venal practices, as a minister can ...read more

Tags: News

All Journalists Are, By Virtue Of Their ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"All journalists are, by virtue of their handicraft, alarmists; this is their way of ...read more

Tags: News

Never Cite, To Justify A Story, The Publics ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Never cite, to justify a story, the publics right to know. The publics right to know is just a self-righteous phrase to mask the ...read more

Tags: News

Journalism Has Other Rewards. Youll Comfort The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Journalism has other rewards. Youll comfort the afflicted. Youll afflict the comfortable. Youll ask impolite questions of ...read more

Tags: News

Journalists Do Not Live By Words Alone, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes ...read more

Tags: News

I Still Believe That If Your Aim Is To Change ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more ...read more

Tags: News

Journalisms Ultimate Purpose [is] To Inform The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Journalisms ultimate purpose [is] to inform the reader, to bring him each day a letter from home and never to ...read more

Tags: News

The Only Qualities For Real Success In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The only qualities for real success in journalism are rat-like cunning, a plausible manner and a little literary ability. The ability to steal ...read more

Tags: News

Journalism Justifies Its Own Existence By The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Journalism justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of ...read more

Tags: News

Trust No One Journalists Are Not Your Friends. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Trust no one Journalists are not your friends. Its not that reporters arent decent peoplethey are. They are not interviewing you to meet a new friend, but to get a ...read more

Tags: News

Real Journalists Ask Questions, They Dont ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Real journalists ask questions, they dont answer them; they ask for opinions, they dont give them; they report ...read more

Tags: News

April 2, ...

Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010

April 2, 2008 North Korean Students Arrested for Reading the Bible This news is from Free North Korea Broadcasting. Ten college students in Ham Kyung Book Do Chung, North Korea, were recently investigated and arrested for reading a Bible and watching a video CD about the Bible. According to Free ...read more

Tags: News

Denomination: Baptist

Golden Years

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009

GOLDEN YEARS New research finds the happiest Americans are the oldest. Older adults are more socially active than the stereotype of the lonely senior suggests, social activity can help keep away the blues. Duke Univ. aging expert Linda George reports the odds of being happy increase 5% with every ...read more

Tags: Aging

All Things New

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jun 16, 2009

ALL THINGS NEW Years ago, I had the classic New Jersey car accident: I was hit from behind as I stopped for someone in a crosswalk. The guy actually got out of his car threw up his hands and exclaimed, "What the blank are you stopping for?" I got out of my car and motioned to the crosswalk, "I ...read more

Tags: Born Again

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Certain Congregation Was About To Erect A New ...  PRO

Contributed by Norbert Garcia on May 29, 2001

A certain congregation was about to erect a new church edifice. The building committee, in consecutive meetings passed the following resolutions: 1. We shall build a new church 2. The new building is to be located on the site of the old one. 3. The material in the old building is to be ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:17

Tags: Unity, Church Practices, Church General

Denomination: Adventist