In Sermon Illustrations: "Self Centered"

Constitutions Are Checks Upon The Hasty Action ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Constitutions are checks upon the hasty action of the majority. They are the self-imposed restraints of a whole people upon a majority of them to secure ...read more

Tags: America

Our Country Was Conceived In The Theory Of Local ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Our country was conceived in the theory of local self-government. It has been dedicated by long practice to that wise and beneficent policy. It is ...read more

Tags: Government

You Are As Young As Your Faith, As Old As Your ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

A Wired Generation: Those Between Ages 10 And 17 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

A Wired Generation: Those between ages 10 and 17 will center much of their life around the Internet. They will spend over 23 years of their lives online. They will send an average of 304,000 e-mails and just 265 hand-written love notes. 66% of all marriages will ...read more

Tags: Children

Kids Online: About 90% Of U.s. Children And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Kids Online: About 90% of U.S. children and adolescents ages 5-17 use computers, and about 60% use the Internet. About 25% of 5-year-olds use the Internet, and this number rises to over 50% by age 9, and to at least 75% by ages 15-17. ...read more

Tags: Children

Blue Collar 34.9% Of U.s. Blue Collar Workers Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Blue Collar 34.9% of U.S. blue collar workers are female vs. 31.6% in ’00. Hispanics make up 22.5%, up from 19%. Caucasians declined from 59.1% to 52.8%. Blacks fell from 17.6% to 15.9%. ...read more

Tags: Workplace

You Know Frank Sinatra's Famous Song, "I'll Do It ...

Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Nov 12, 2000

You know Frank Sinatra’s famous song, "I’ll do it my way." That’s the philosophy of self and of this ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Denomination: Baptist

Writing Is An Apprenticeship That Leads To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Writing is an apprenticeship that leads to soul, to Self. It involves digging deeply into territory which we keep hidden, not only from ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

Every Path Does Not Lead To God. Jesus Blazed A ...

Contributed by Charles Wallis on Nov 7, 2008

"Every path does not lead to God. Jesus blazed a stand-alone trail void of self-salvation." Max ...read more

Tags: Salvation

Denomination: Pentecostal

Old Age Is As Forgetful As Youth, And More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Old age is as forgetful as youth, and more incorrigible; it displays the same inattentiveness to conditions; its memory becomes self-repeating and ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

I Think That Love Is The Only Spiritual Power ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I think that love is the only spiritual power that can overcome the self-centeredness that is inherent in being alive. Love is the thing ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

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

A Non-Repentant Church

Contributed by John Bartol on Nov 7, 2012

A NON-REPENTANT CHURCH Lack of repentance is the root cause of powerlessness in the church, in this materialistic, self-indulgent age. There can be no spiritual ...read more

Tags: Repentance

Denomination: Baptist

Others Have Prejudices, But We Have ...  PRO

Contributed by Pat Cook on Aug 5, 2005

Others have prejudices, but we have convictions. Others are conceited, but in me it’s self-respect. Others are social-climbing snobs, but with me it’s just trying to get ahead. If you are unyielding about your views of Scripture, that’s just plain stubbornness; but in me, it’s contending for ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:2, Luke 15:25-32

Tags: Forgiveness For Others, Worry

Denomination: Baptist

The Sexual Revolution Notwithstanding, Nearly All ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

The sexual revolution notwithstanding, nearly all married couples are monogamous, two new sex surveys say. A university of Washington, Seattle, study in October’s American Journal of Public Health found 94 percent of married couples had one partner in the previous year. Likewise, a survey by the ...read more

Tags: Marriage Commitment

Ravi Zacharias Is One Of The Most Prominent And ...

Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 22, 2010

Ravi Zacharias is one of the most prominent and effective Christian speakers and writers of our time. Once Ravi was doing a lecture at Ohio State U. As he was being driven to the auditorium, the driver went past the new Wexner Art Center. The driver said, "This is a brand new art building for ...read more

Tags: Truth, Postmodernism

Denomination: Pentecostal

D.a. Carson Once Said, "Hell Is Not A Place Where ...

Contributed by Greg Buchner on Mar 13, 2005

D.A. Carson once said, “Hell is not a place where people are consigned because they were pretty good blokes, but they just didn’t believe the right stuff. They’re consigned there, first and foremost, because they defy their maker and want to be at the center of the universe…and who ...read more

Tags: Hell

Denomination: Methodist

Home Movies 75% Of Adults Prefer Watching Movies ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Home Movies 75% of adults prefer watching movies at home vs. in a theater, finds a Pew Research Center survey, up from 67% in ‘94. 71% watch at least one movie a week, mostly at home. Broadcast, cable or satellite TV lead, but 50% ...read more

Tags: Television And Movies

Tame The Tongue  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008

TAME THE TONGUE Employed by the human-development center of a corporation in the Midwest, a young woman was training the employees in proper dress codes and etiquette. One day as she was stepping onto the elevator, a man casually dressed in jeans and a golf shirt got on with her. Thinking of her ...read more

Tags: Tongue

Thomas Merton Writing To Dorothy Day ...

Contributed by Mick Court on Jun 22, 2008

Thomas Merton writing to Dorothy Day – “To some this quote will mean nothing, to others it describes an important stage in the journey .... We should in a way fear for our perseverance because there is a big hole in us, an abyss, and we have to fall through it into emptiness, but the Lord will ...read more

Tags: Trust

Denomination: Catholic