In Sermon Illustrations: "Nominal Christian"

Your Face Gives It Away  PRO

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 12, 2009

YOUR FACE GIVES IT AWAY There's a story of three prospectors who found a rich vein of gold in California during the gold rush days. They realized what a great discovery they had, and they decided, "We’ve a really good thing going here, as long as no one else finds out about it." So they each took ...read more

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High Cost Is Expected

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 12, 2009

HIGH COST IS EXPECTED In the past missionaries boarded ship not expecting to ever see their homeland again. Some even sold themselves into slavery because that was the only way other slaves could have a chance to hear the gospel. High cost and sacrifice was something expected of the body of ...read more

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The Wrong Kind Of Loyalty

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009

THE WRONG KIND OF LOYALTY There is a story of a Japanese soldier, Lt. Hiroo Onada, left on the island Lubang in the Philippines on December 25, 1944, with the command to "carry on the mission, even if Japan surrenders." Onada continued his war alone. All efforts to convince him to surrender or to ...read more

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We Are Not ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009

WE ARE NOT INVINCIBLE "Humanly speaking, this was a time when God’s glory was discounted, and His people were not a testimony to His great Name." Sinclair Ferguson’s "Isaac’s Storm" is a very interesting book about the hurricane that wiped out Galveston in 1900. One of the main plot lines of the ...read more

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I Am One Of Them

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009

I AM ONE OF THEM As a third-century man was anticipating death, he penned these last words to a friend: "It’s a bad world, an incredibly bad world. But I have discovered in the midst of it a quiet and holy people who have learned a great secret. They have found a joy, which is a thousand times ...read more

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On Excellent ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009

ON EXCELLENT WORK A year or so ago, on the cover of the New York "Herald Tribune" Sunday magazine, I saw a picture of the Statue of Liberty taken from a helicopter. It showed the top of the statue’s head. I was amazed to see the detail there. The sculptor had done a painstaking job with the ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:23

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No Act Of Kindness, No Matter How Small, Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, ...read more

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Kindness, A Language Which The Dumb Can Speak ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Kindness, a language which the dumb can speak and the ...read more

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The Heart Benevolent And Kind The Most Resembles ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The heart benevolent and kind The most ...read more

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Little Deeds Of Kindness, Little Words Of Love, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Little deeds of kindness, little words of love, Make our earth an ...read more

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Am I As Spontaneously Kind To God As I Used To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Am I as spontaneously kind to God as I used to be, or am I only expecting God to be kind to me? ...How much kindness have I shown Him this past ...read more

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Kindness Is The Kingpin Of Success In Life; It ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Kindness is the kingpin of success in life; it is the prime factor in overcoming friction and ...read more

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He Is Beneficent Who Acts Kindly, Not For His ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"He is beneficent who acts kindly, not for his own ...read more

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Kindness Makes A Fellow Feel Good Whether It's ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it's being ...read more

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Ask Any Decent Person What He Thinks Matters ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Ask any decent person what he thinks matters most in human conduct: five to one ...read more

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A Little Kindness From Person To Person Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A little kindness from person to person is better than a vast ...read more

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I Wonder Why It Is That We Are Not All Kinder To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I wonder why it is that we are not all kinder to each other than we are. How much the ...read more

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As Memory Scans The Past, Above And Beyond All ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"As memory scans the past, above and beyond all the transitory pleasures of life, there leap forward those supreme hours when you have been enabled to do unnoticed kindnesses to those round about you, things to trifling to ...read more

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How Beautiful A Day Can Be When Kindness Touches ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

How beautiful a day can be when ...read more

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You Can Never Do A Kindness Too Soon For You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

You can never do a kindness too soon for you never know how ...read more

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