In Sermon Illustrations: "Serving Others"

The Instruction We Find In Books Is Like Fire. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

There Is A Destiny That Makes Us Brothers, None ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"There is a destiny that makes us brothers, None goes his way alone; All that we send into the lives ...read more

Tags: Family

Even In The Common Affairs Of Life, In Love, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security we have when we trust ...read more

Tags: Joy

Without Humility, We Keep All Our Defects; And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Without humility, we keep all our defects; and they are only crusted over by pride, which conceals them ...read more

Tags: Humility

The Great End Of Education Is To Discipline ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather ...read more

Tags: Culture

In The All-Important World Of Family Relations, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"In the all-important world of family relations, three other words are almost as powerful as the famous I ...read more

Tags: Family

I Know No Class Of My Fellowmen, However Just, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I know no class of my fellowmen, however just, enlightened, and humane, which can be wisely and safely trusted ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

Under Democracy, One Party Always Devotes Its ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Under democracy, one party always devotes its chief efforts to trying to prove that the other is unfit to rule ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

The Whole Difference Between A Man Of Genius ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The whole difference between a man of genius and other menis that the former remains in great part a child, seeing with the ...read more

Tags: Thought

It's Ok To Fail. It's Inhuman Not To Fail. It's ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It's OK to fail. It's inhuman not to fail. It's frightening if we are unaware of our own failures because we will then ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Problems Breed Problems; But Problems Also Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Problems breed problems; but problems also are the main breeding ground for success. Seldom does real success, ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

The Time Draws Near The Birth Of Christ, The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The time draws near the birth of Christ, The moon is hid, the night is still; The Christmas bells from hill ...read more

Tags: Christmas

Humor Is Perhaps A Sense Of Intellectual ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective, an awareness that some things are really important, others not; and that the two ...read more

Tags: Humor

One Man May Hit The Mark, Another Blunder; But ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"One man may hit the mark, another blunder; but heed not these distinctions. Only from the alliance of the one, working with ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Two May Talk Together Under The Same Roof For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Two may talk together under the same roof for many years, yet never really meet; and two others ...read more

Tags: Compassion

The Eyes See What The Heart Loves. If The Heart ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The eyes see what the heart loves. If the heart loves God and is single in this devotion, then the eyes will ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Mistakes Of The Tongue Have Destroyed More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Mistakes of the tongue have destroyed more people, ruined more marriages, and cost more businessmen their jobs and ...read more

Tags: Mistakes

I Care Not So Much What I Am In The Opinion Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I care not so much what I am in the opinion of others, as what I am in my own. I would be rich ...read more

Tags: Self

Mistakes Of The Tongue Have Destroyed More ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Mistakes of the tongue have destroyed more people, ruined more marriages, and cost more businessmen their jobs and ...read more

Scripture: James 1:26, James 3:8, Philippians 2:9-11

Tags: Tongue, Tame The Tongue

48% Of Americans Have Helped A Homeless Or Poor ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008

48% of Americans have helped a homeless or poor person in the past week other than handing ...read more