In Sermon Illustrations: "Own Wits"

Every Man Takes The Limits Of His Own Field Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

I Rejoice In Life For Its Own Sake. Life Is No ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle for me. Its a sort of splendid torch which Ive got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as ...read more

Tags: Learning

A True Friend Embraces Our Objects As His Own. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A true friend embraces our objects as his own. We feel another mind bent on the same end, enjoying it, ensuring it, ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Wherever You Are It Is Your Own Friends Who Make ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Wherever you are it is your own friends who ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Ever Has It Been That Love Knows Not Its Own ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Let Everyone Sweep In Front Of His Own Door And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door and the whole ...read more

Tags: Character

A Man Should Never Be Ashamed To Own He Has ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A man should never be ashamed to own he has been wrong, which is but saying in other words that he is ...read more

Tags: Becoming A Christian

Guilt Pins A Fig-Leaf; Innocence Is Its Own ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Guilt pins a fig-leaf; Innocence is ...read more

Tags: Holiness

True Patriotism Hates Injustice In Its Own Land ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more ...read more

Tags: Patriotism

The First Object Of My Heart Is My Own Country. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The first object of my heart is my own country. In that is embarked my family, my ...read more

Tags: Patriotism

Your Own Christian Life Must Be Genuine And Real ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Your own Christian life must be genuine and real if you are to be a convincing teacher. ...read more

Tags: Learning

The Man In History Who Refused His Own Pardon

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Dec 18, 2021

In the early 1800’s, President Andrew Jackson issued a full pardon to George Wilson, a man sentenced to be hanged for his crime. However, believe it or not, George Wilson refused the pardon from President Jackson. But could he legally refuse the President’s pardon? Supreme Court Justice John ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-12

Tags: Salvation, The Gospel, Pardon, How To Be Saved, Choices, Receiving Christ, Evangelism  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

[069]. A Message From A Poem – Evolution Owns Not The World

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 28, 2025

[069]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – EVOLUTION OWNS NOT THE WORLD Evolution is a nasty belief for it comes directly from Satan himself, and is a denial of the creation of God. Don’t you think it is strategically planned that evolution is a fiercely held belief by atheists, humanists, most University ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 6:7-8, Colossians 1:15-16

Tags: Poem, Humanism, God Is Not Mocked, Stupidity, Flea Brain, Creation, Evolution, Creator, Adam And Eve, Poetry, Big Bang Theory  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Aristides On Christians

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2012

ARISTIDES ON CHRISTIANS Writing in about 125 AD, a Christian philosopher by the name of Aristides looked at Christianity and said this: "They walk in all humility and kindness, and falsehood is not found among them, and they love one another. They despise not the widow, and grieve not the ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:11-20

Tags: Christian Witness

Finishing Well

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009

FINISHING WELL Dr. J. Robert Clinton, professor at Fuller Seminary, did a study of male leadership in the Bible and determined that only 30% of them finished well. Wow! The odds are against us! Consider also this next example. The World Cup is over. Italy beat France in a shootout, 5-3, in the ...read more

Tags: Christian Witness

The Definition Of A Saint  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 15, 2010

THE DEFINITION OF A SAINT A young boy went with his parents touring around Europe one summer. Part of their tour included visits to the great old cathedrals of the past. As he visited cathedral after cathedral, he was impressed the massive stained glass portraits of the disciples and of other ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:14-16

Tags: Christian Witness

Ravi Zacharias: Changed Lives Show The Truth Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2011

RAVI ZACHARIAS: CHANGED LIVES SHOW THE TRUTH OF CHRIST In his book Has Christianity Failed You? Ravi Zacharias points to one of the greatest proofs for the truth of Christ and the reality of his resurrection: the changed lives of Christians. He writes: "During the course of nearly 40 years, I ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16

Tags: Christian Witness

All Because Of Angus

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 25, 2011

ALL BECAUSE OF ANGUS In Ernest Gordon’s true account of life in a World War II Japanese prison camp, Through the Valley of the Kwai, there is a story that never fails to move me. It is about a man who through giving it all away literally transformed a whole camp of soldiers. The man's name was ...read more

Scripture: John 15:13

Tags: Christian Witness

Walking On Water In Los Angeles  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2011

WALKING ON WATER IN LOS ANGELES [James Bryan Smith, The Good and Beautiful Life (InterVarsity Press, 2010), pp. 131-132 | posted 7/05/2010] In the early 1990s, gang violence erupted in Boyle Heights, a section of East Los Angeles. Eight gangs were in conflict in the parish around the Dolores ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:9

Tags: Christian Witness

John Newton: Infidel Restored  PRO

Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jan 18, 2009

John Newton: Infidel Restored John Newton continued his ministry into his old age, turning a deaf ear to friends who urged him to accept retirement, as by the time he reached 80 he was almost blind and partially deaf. "I cannot stop" he replied. "What! Shall the old African blasphemer stop while ...read more

Tags: Christian Witness

Denomination: Baptist