In Sermon Illustrations: "The Blessed Hope"

Confidence Is That Feeling By Which The Mind ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with ...read more

Tags: Confidence

Why Should There Not Be A Patient Confidence In ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any ...read more

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Dreams And Imagination Propel Us Toward ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Dreams and imagination propel us toward tomorrow. They give us hope in ...read more

Tags: Dreams

To Be 70 Years Young Is Sometimes Far More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

We Ought Not To Heap Reproaches On Old Age, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We ought not to heap reproaches on old age, seeing that we ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Laughter Is An Instant Vacation. Giving Is A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 16, 2008

"Laughter is an instant vacation. Giving is a two-week cruise—with ...read more

Tags: Poverty

May It [the Declaration Of Independence] Be To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"May it [the Declaration of Independence] be to the world what I believe will be (to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all), the signal of arousing man to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition has persuaded ...read more

Tags: America

Brothers, You Are Christ To The World. Christ ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Brothers, you are Christ to the world. Christ has no hands but your hands to touch and bless and heal, no feet but your feet to lead men in the path of truth, no arms but your arms to gather the scattered, no tongue but your tongues ...read more

Tags: Jesus Christ

Let Others Boast Them As They May, Of Spirits ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Let others boast them as they may, Of spirits kind and true, Whose gentle words and loving smiles Have cheerd them on life through; And though they count of friends a host, To bless the paths they've ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Commentator William Barclay Writes: "When A Man ...

Contributed by Doug Lyon on Feb 17, 2008

Commentator William Barclay writes: “When a man leaves this world, be he righteous or unrighteous, he leaves something in the world. He may leave something that will grow and spread like a cancer or a poison, or he may leave something like the ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Brezhnev's Wife Defies Atheism

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2010

BREZHNEV'S WIFE DEFIES ATHEISM As Vice President, George Bush represented the U.S. at the funeral of former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Bush was deeply moved by a silent protest carried out by Brezhnev’s widow. She stood motionless by the coffin until seconds before it was closed. Then, just ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 53:1

Tags: Atheism

William Carey Fights Discouragement

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 15, 2010

WILLIAM CAREY FIGHTS DISCOURAGEMENT William Carey, the father of the modern missionary movement, arrived in India in 1793 with a burden to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to those who had never heard the name. For seven years he proclaimed the gospel message faithfully week after week, month ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:1-20, Mark 4:35-41

Tags: Disappointment

The Enduring Frog

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 13, 2012

THE ENDURING FROG We can flourish and develop in new ways or we can drown in despair. Story from India: One night two frogs found themselves in a dairy. Hopping and jumping around as frogs do they both jumped into a milk pail half full of milk. After swimming around for some time they tried to ...read more

Tags: Endurance

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Grace Is Unconquerable Lovewaits Not For Merit ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Grace is unconquerable lovewaits not for merit to call it forth, but flows out to the most ...read more

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In Praising Or Loving A Child, We Love And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"In praising or loving a child, we love and praise not that which is, ...read more

Tags: Children

It Is At Night That The Astronomers Discover New ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It is at night that the astronomers discover new worlds. It is often in the night of failure that ...read more

Tags: Discovery

It Is At Night That The Astronomers Discover New ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It is at night that the astronomers discover new worlds. It is often in the night of failure that ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

A Vision Without A Task Is A Dream; A Task ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A vision without a task is a dream; A task without a vision is drudgery; A vision and a ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

A Little Boy Was Saying His Bedtime Prayers With ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005

A little boy was saying his bedtime prayers with his mother: "Lord, bless Mommy and Daddy, and God, GIVE ME A NEW BICYCLE!!!" Mom: "God’s not deaf, son. Boy: "I know, Mom, but Grandma’s in ...read more

Tags: Prayer Answered

Ivan The Iv Was The First Czar Of All Russia. He ...  PRO

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Aug 14, 2001

Ivan the IV was the first Czar of all Russia. He was such a cruel man that they called him "Ivan The Terrible." He married 7 wives & abused them all. He was immoral & violent. He used to throw animals off the Kremlin Walls just to watch them die. But when he died in 1584, historians record ...read more

Tags: Government

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ