In Sermon Illustrations: "Temptation Power"

Its A Great Mistake, I Think, To Put Children ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Its a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when their growing powers of observation and ...read more

Tags: Children

What We Do Not See, What Most Of Us Never ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of ...read more

Tags: Endurance

Over The Course Of Time This Gave Us A Deep ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Over the course of time this gave us a deep respect for ideas, both our own and those of others, and an understanding that conflict through ...read more

Tags: Dealing With Conflicts

The Supreme End Of Education Is Expert ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things the power to tell the good from the bad, the genuine from the counterfeit, and to prefer ...read more

Tags: Culture

The Government Of The United States Is A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The government of the United States is a definite government, confined to specified objects. It is not like the state governments, whose powers are more general. ...read more

Tags: Government

Friends Are An Aid To The Young, To Guard Them ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Friends are an aid to the young, to guard them from error; to the elderly, to attend to their wants and to supplement their failing power of action; to those ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Liberals Always Claim To Know Exactly What To Do ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Liberals always claim to know exactly what to do as soon as it's too lateLiberals are the only known species whose powers of reasoning ...read more

Tags: Politics

Somehow Liberals Have Been Unable To Acquire ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Somehow liberals have been unable to acquire from life what conservatives seem to be endowed with at birth: namely, a healthy skepticism ...read more

Tags: Politics

Distance Is No Bar, Space No Barrier, To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Distance is no bar, space no barrier, to reaching the remotest place on earth. Nor is the power of prayer diminished by the distance between the ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To

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

But It Doesn't Always Go According To Plan; In ...

Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Oct 5, 2009

But it doesn’t always go according to plan; in fact some days do anything but go according to plan. I can remember a day when I was on faults (I was for years a faults-man in the power distribution industry) I was called out in the wee small hours, to a Ute that had hit a pole and the lines had ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:11

Tags: Suffering Joy In, Planning, Plans, Making Plans

Denomination: Salvation Army

Jeep Gets Stuck In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2010

Jeep Gets Stuck in the Sand There are vast numbers of people - today - who are defeated in their lives! Their conqueror may be some wrong action or some mental evil such as fear or worry! I am convinced that nobody need be defeated by anything - Jesus, the Christ, is the answer! The story is told ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:8

Tags: Holy Spirit In Believers

Give The Spirit More Of You

Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 13, 2012

GIVE THE SPIRIT MORE OF YOU R.A. Torrey: "It is of the highest importance from the practical standpoint that we decide whether the Holy Spirit is merely some mysterious and wonderful power that we in our weakness and ignorance are somehow to get hold of and use, or whether the Holy Spirit is a ...read more

Tags: Holy Spirit In Believers

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Fred Smith Notes, "When God Selects Our Service, ...  PRO

Contributed by Dana Chau on Sep 7, 2001

Fred Smith notes, "When God selects our service, He sends the power. When we volunteer, we keep control, ...read more

Tags: Knowing God's Will, Christian Disciplines, Faith

Denomination: *other

Andrew Fletcher In 1709 Once Said, "Give Me The ...

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 19, 2002

Andrew Fletcher in 1709 once said, “Give me the making of the songs of a nation and I care not who makes the laws.” Music has a ...read more

Tags: Communication General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

I Have Discovered That If The Bible Is Taught ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I have discovered that if the Bible is taught the way it should be that it will be like a powerful magnet drawing youth unto the Lord Jesus ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

While Modern Technology Has Given People ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"While modern technology has given people powerful new communication tools, it apparently can do nothing to alter the fact ...read more

Tags: Communication General

Any Kind Of Knowledge Gives A Certain Amount Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Any kind of knowledge gives a certain amount of power. A knowledge of details has served in many a crisis. A knowledge of details has often ...read more

Tags: Promises Of God

A Man Can Never Be The Same After Hearing Gods ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A man can never be the same after hearing Gods truth spoken in the power of Gods Holy Spirit; he will either obey and ...read more

Tags: God The Father

Hope And Despair Are Both Projections Of The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Hope and despair are both projections of the imagination. Despair all too readily embraces the ills it perceives. Hope imagines the good that can be ...read more

Tags: Thought