In Sermon Illustrations: "Than Ksgiving"

Stranger Than Fiction: A True Story

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008

STRANGER THAN FICTION: A TRUE STORY A young couple from another church came to one of our assistant pastors for counseling about marital problems they started having soon after their wedding. After just a few minutes of interviewing the two, he could see they were miles apart in tastes, ideas, and ...read more

Tags: Bible Study

Surely There Can Be No Deeper Joy Than That Of ...

Contributed by Tony Abram on Feb 7, 2009

Surely there can be no deeper joy than that of saving ...read more

Tags: Evangelism The Lost

Dying Was More Useful Than Living

Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Mar 28, 2009

DYING WAS MORE USEFUL THAN LIVING In the 4th Century there was a Christian called Telemachus who decided that the only way to protect himself from the corruption of the world and to serve God was to become a hermit and live in the desert. One day as he rose from his knees, it dawned on him that ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Anglican

Isolation, Loneliness More Difficult Than ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009

ISOLATION, LONELINESS MORE DIFFICULT THAN PAIN William H. Willimon, in his commentary on our text, shared the following story from his childhood. "A little girl in my second grade class got the dreaded disease of polio. Our teacher described to us the possible complications of her disease. She ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:40-45

Tags: Loneliness, Suffering Loneliness

It Is Easier To Isolate Ourselves Than Live As ...

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 4, 2009

"It is easier to isolate ourselves than live as pilgrims in society. It is easier to assimilate and be like everyone else than to live as pilgrims in society. But God calls us to take the more difficult path: to participate in society ...read more

Tags: Worldliness

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Giving Up Is Better Than Ecstasy

Contributed by Sean Harder on Dec 4, 2009

GIVING UP IS BETTER THAN ECSTASY Scott Peck writes in his book "The Road Less Traveled: "I spent much of my ninth summer on a bicycle. About a mile from our house the road went down a steep hill and turned sharply at the bottom. Coasting down the hill one morning, I felt my gathering speed to be ...read more

Tags: Sacrifices

God Is No Fonder Of Intellectual Slackers Than ...

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jan 18, 2010

"God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than of any other slacker." ...read more

Tags: Thought

Denomination: Wesleyan

A Greater Hero Than You Think

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2011

A GREATER HERO THAN YOU THINK One summer morning as Ray Blankenship was preparing his breakfast, he gazed out the window, and saw a small girl being swept along in the rain-flooded drainage ditch beside his Andover, Ohio, home. Blankenship knew that farther downstream, the ditch disappeared with ...read more

Scripture: John 15:13

Tags: Hero, Heroism, Culvert

More Accustomed To Action Than Talk  PRO

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Aug 11, 2011

MORE ACCUSTOMED TO ACTION THAN TALK All great enterprises begin at a critical moment--a moment when a decision is made and someone launches himself into a never-to-be-forgotten enterprise. PIZARRO, the noted Spanish explorer, faced such a moment. He languished with his men on a small island ...read more

Tags: Commitment To Christ

Denomination: Baptist

Reactions Can Be Worse Than Actions  PRO

Contributed by Larry Wilson on Sep 12, 2011

REACTIONS CAN BE WORSE THAN ACTIONS While in seminary, I worked at a local Christian radio station. Part of my duties was to take hourly meter readings from the transmitter and place them on a log sheet that was subject to FCC review. The building featured indoor/outdoor green carpet, and the day ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:1-16

Tags: Action

Denomination: Baptist

There Is No Greater Priority Than This: To Enable ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 8, 2011

There is no greater priority than this: to enable the people of our time once more to encounter God, the God who speaks to us and shares his love so that ...read more

Tags: Growth In Christ

Denomination: Catholic

It Is Often Easier To Fight For Principles Than ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It is often easier to fight for principles than ...read more

Tags: Principles

It Is Better To Ask Some Of The Questions Than ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It is better to ask some of the questions than to ...read more

Tags: Truth

There Is A Fellowship More Quiet Even Than ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly ...read more

Tags: Suffering Loneliness

Let They Speech Be Better Than Silence, Or Be ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Let they speech be better than silence, ...read more

Tags: Communication Speech

Nothing Is More Despicable Than A Professional ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Nothing is more despicable than a professional talker who uses his words as ...read more

Tags: Communication Speech

Generosity Is Giving More Than You ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Generosity is giving more ...read more

Tags: Gifts Giving

Character Is More Important Than Intelligence ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Character is more important than ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

The Talent Of Success Is Nothing More Than ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well; and doing well whatever you do, without a thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

Nothing Is More Vulnerable Than Entrenched ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Nothing is more vulnerable than ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success