In Sermon Illustrations: "Power Of One"

This Past Thursday, I Had The Opportunity To Ride ...  PRO

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Nov 8, 2004

This past Thursday, I had the opportunity to ride with 2 deputies in the Oviedo area. That night, I rode with a deputy as he patrolled his area and one of the things we did was drive around behind many of the stores and shopping centers to make sure there were no problems there. Of the patrol ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 6:8, Isaiah 6:9

Tags: Repentance, Salvation, Confession Of Sin

Denomination: Baptist

Professor Merrill C. Tenney, Dean Of The Wheaton ...  PRO

Contributed by Clark Frailey on Dec 19, 2000

Professor Merrill C. Tenney, Dean of the Wheaton Graduate School of Theology, is quoted as saying: "Neglect one area of the Scriptures in our teaching and preaching and ...read more

Tags: Gifts General, Bible Influence, Bible Study

Denomination: Baptist

When Thinking About The Concept Of War, Carl Von ...  PRO

Contributed by Charles Mallory on Oct 6, 2001

WHEN THINKING ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF WAR, CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ, IN HIS EPIC BOOK "ON WAR" WROTE, "WAR…IS AN ACT OF VIOLENCE ...read more

Tags: God Brings Hope

Denomination: Free Methodist

At A Recent Missions Conference Attended By ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 11, 2002

At a recent missions conference attended by thousands of evangelical students, only one third of the participants indicated their belief that "a person who does not hear the ...read more

Tags: Great Commission, Evangelism Urgency

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Says The Wife Of A Baptist Minister Who Had Seen ...

Contributed by Greg Tonkinson on Mar 11, 2003

Says the wife of a Baptist minister who had seen many a marriage licenses. On one, after the blank for number of marriages, the groom had answered: ...read more

Tags: Marriage Commitment, Parenting

Denomination: Baptist

Lord, Make Me A Crisis Man. Let Me Not Be A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"Lord, make me a crisis man. Let me not be a mile-post on a single road, but make me a fork that men must turn one way or ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Karl Rahner, Quoted In The Wittenburg Door – ...

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 17, 2006

Karl Rahner, quoted in the Wittenburg Door – “The number one cause of atheism is Christians. Those who proclaim God with their mouths and deny Him with their ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

You And I Must Not Complain If Our Plans Break ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"You and I must not complain if our plans break down, if we have done our part. That probably means that the plans of One ...read more

Tags: Church Practices

What I See In Nature Is A Grand Design That We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"What I see in Nature is a grand design that we can understand only imperfectly, one with which a responsible person must look at with humility. This is a genuine ...read more

Tags: Creation

Difficult Times Have Helped Me To Understand ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way and that so many things that one ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

The Beauty Of The Soul Shines Out When A Man ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but ...read more

Tags: Endurance

We Know The Widest Thing In The Universe Is Not ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

We know the widest thing in the universe is not space; it is the potential capacity of the human heart. And one of the worlds greatest tragedies is that we allow our hearts to ...read more

Tags: Heart

Home Is The Wallpaper Above The Bed, The Family ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Home is the wallpaper above the bed, the family dinner table, the church bells in the morning, the bruised shins of the playground, the small fears that come with dusk, the streets and ...read more

Tags: Home

The Life Of Every Man Is A Diary In Which He ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another, and his humblest hour is when he compares the ...read more

Tags: Learning

Nobody Ever Got Into Any Trouble Listening. ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Nobody ever got into any trouble listening. That's about the safest thing that one can do in life. If you listen to people and you pay ...read more

Tags: Leadership Listening

Nothing In This World Appeases Loneliness As ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Nothing in this world appeases loneliness as does a flock of friends ...There is always at least one who will understand, inspire, and give you the lift you may ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Friendship Is Like Putting On Pantyhose. You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Friendship is like putting on pantyhose. You have to get one foot in and then the other, and wiggle around and tug until you get it right, and then ...read more

Tags: Compassion

There Is A Need To Create Ideals Even When You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is a need to create ideals even when you cant see any route by which to achieve them, because if there are no ideals then there can be no hope and then one ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Men Have Yet To Learn The Value Of Human ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Men have yet to learn the value of human personality. The fact that a person is white, or black, or yellow, of one race or another, of this religion or thatthese things are not ...read more

Tags: Human Life

The American People Will Never Knowingly Adopt ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of liberalism they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America ...read more

Tags: Politics