In Sermon Illustrations: "Spending Time Wisely"

It Is Difficult To Accept Death In This Society ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it ...read more

Tags: Death

In My Plays I Want To Look At Life At The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

In my plays I want to look at life at the commonplace of existence as if we had just turned a corner ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

It Is Easier To Believe A Lie That One Has Heard ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It is easier to believe a lie that one has heard a thousand times than to believe a fact ...read more

Tags: Faith General

I Don't Feel Old. I Don't Feel Anything Until ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon. Then ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

No Resolutions Have I Made As Folks Are Wont To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

No resolutions have I made As folks are wont to do The ones I made this time last ...read more

Tags: New Year's Day

Too Often Man Handles Life As He Does Bad ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Too often man handles life as he does bad weather. He whiles away the time ...read more

Tags: Learning

For All Are Friends In Heaven, All Faithful ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"For all are friends in heaven, all faithful friends; And many friendships in the days of time Begun, ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Love Doesnt Just Sit There, Like A Stone; It ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Love doesnt just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Before Going To War Pray Once; Before Going To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Before going to war pray once; before going to sea, pray twice; and before ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Have You Noticed That Even The Busiest People ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Have you noticed that even the busiest people are never too busy to take time to ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Our Passions Are Like Convulsion Fits, Which, ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Most Preachers Handle Sin As They Would Handle ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Most preachers handle sin as they would handle snakes, at arms length and with no greater intimacy and for no ...read more

Tags: Pastors

My Advice Is, Never Do Tomorrow What You Can Do ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"My advice is, never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is ...read more

Tags: Productivity

Nothing Ruins A Class Reunion Like The Fellow ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Nothing ruins a class reunion like the fellow who has managed to stay young-looking ...read more

Tags: Friendship General

The Great Omission In American Life Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The great omission in American life is solitude. . . that zone of time and space, free from the outside pressures, ...read more

Tags: Suffering Loneliness

Dealing With People Is So Very Difficult, This ...

Contributed by John Quigley on May 29, 2007

Dealing with people is so very difficult, this week on Thursday as I was working on my sermon for today, my computer system went down. I was no longer able to connect to the internet, I was studying for the sermon and I was no longer able to do so. I called the folks at Wild Blue and told them what ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

In The Town Of Port Hope In Ontario, There Is A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

In the town of Port Hope in Ontario, there is a monument erected, not for a politician or a war hero, but for a poor, unselfish working man who gave most of his life and energy to help those who could not repay him. Joseph Scriven was born in Dublin 1820. In his younger days, he had the potential ...read more

Tags: Faith

Persecution In Uganda, Story Of Kefa ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 2, 2009

Persecution in Uganda, Story of Kefa Sempangi Kefa Sempangi (whose story is told in the book A Distant Grief, Regal Books) was a national pastor in Africa and barely escaped with his family from brutal oppression and terror in his home country of Uganda. They made their way to Philadelphia, where ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:16-24

Tags: Persecution

Our Misery Is That We Thirst So Little For These ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and ...read more

Tags: Parable General, Kingdom Of God

With Me  PRO

Contributed by Dean Kennedy on Nov 25, 2002

WITH ME "I find it a comfort that God not only walks with me through tough times, but he hurts ...read more

Tags: Descriptions Of God, God In The Hardships, Promises Of God

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational