In Sermon Illustrations: "Only"

There's An Old Saying That Goes Something Like ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

There’s an old saying that goes something like this: “Some people will change when they see the light. Other ...read more

Tags: Assurance Of Salvation

The Man Without Enthusiasm Is Trying To Move ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The man without enthusiasm is trying to move the machinery of his life with lukewarm water. Only one thing will happen; he will stall. ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

All Emotions Are Pure Which Gather You And Lift ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

All emotions are pure which gather you and lift you up; that emotion is impure which seizes only one ...read more

Tags: Emotions

A Skillful Politician Is One Who Can Stand Up ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A skillful politician is one who can stand up and rock the boat and make you believe he is the only ...read more

Tags: Government

Nobody Grows Old By Merely Living A Number Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years wrinkle the face, ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Time Has No Divisions To Mark Its Passage; There ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Time has no divisions to mark its passage; there is never a thunderstorm to announce the beginning of a new year. It is only we ...read more

Tags: New Year's Day

We Never Know The True Value Of Friends. While ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

We never know the true value of friends. While they live we are too sensitive of their faults; when we have ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Young Love Is A Flame; Very Pretty, Often Very ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

There Is Hardly Anything In The World That Some ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who ...read more

Tags: Money

Great Opportunities Come To All, But Many Do ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Great opportunities come to all, but many do not know they have met them. The only preparation to take advantage of them ...read more

Tags: Opportunity

A Big Corporation Is More Or Less Blamed For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A big corporation is more or less blamed for being big. It is big only because it gives service. If it doesnt give ...read more

Tags: Workplace

You Must Have Been Warned Against Letting The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are ...read more

Tags: Enjoyment

Parents Who Expect Gratitude From Their Children ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Parents who expect gratitude from their children (there are even some who insist on it) are like usurers who gladly risk ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Liberals Always Claim To Know Exactly What To Do ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Liberals always claim to know exactly what to do as soon as it's too lateLiberals are the only known species whose powers of reasoning ...read more

Tags: Politics

The Toughest Thing About Success Is That You've ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

Yesterday Is A Memory; Tomorrow Is An ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Yesterday is a memory; tomorrow is an imagination; today is eternity. Cut out two days of your life, yesterday with its mistakes, ...read more

Tags: Present

The Truth Is A Snare: You Cannot Have It ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The truth is a snare: you cannot have it without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, ...read more

Tags: Truth

Within The Covers Of One Single Book, The Bible, ...

Contributed by Tony Abram on Mar 24, 2013

Within the covers of one single book, the Bible, are all the answers to all the problems that face us today--if only we ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

An Umpire Named Babe Pinelli Once Called Babe ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 3, 2001

An umpire named Babe Pinelli once called Babe Ruth out on strikes. When the crowd booed with sharp disapproval at the call, the legendary Ruth turned to the umpire with disdain and said, "There’s 40,000 people here who know that the last pitch was ball, tomato head." Suspecting that the umpire ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 17:1-21

Tags: Resist, Judgment

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Ten Reasons Why I Never Wash  PRO

Contributed by Dean Kennedy on Aug 26, 2002

"Ten Reasons Why I Never Wash." 1. I was forced to wash as a child. 2. People who wash are hypocrites--they think they’re cleaner than others. 3. There are so many kinds of soap, I could never decide which was right. 4. I used to wash, but it got boring. 5. I wash only on Christmas or Easter. ...read more

Tags: Church General, Becoming A Christian

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational