In Sermon Illustrations: "The Old Nature"

Lack Wisdom?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 29, 2025

I am told there was a happy old man. People came from far and wide to sit at this man’s feet and learn. One day a young man asked him: HOW DID YOU GET SUCH WISDOM? It was evening. The old man said: Saddle up the fastest horse and ride as fast as possible. Go due east until you come to a big river. ...read more

Scripture: James 1:5

Tags: Wisdom, Study, Opportunity

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Compromise Is Simply Changing The Question To Fit ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005

Compromise is simply changing the question to fit the answer. Merrit Malloy, Things I ...read more

Tags: Apologetics Jesus

Sure, I'm For Helping The Elderly. I'm Going To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Sure, I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself someday. ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

If You Continue To Work And To Absorb The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If you continue to work and to absorb the beauty in the world around you, you will find that age ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Maturing Men And Women Must Avoid Ruts, Fixed ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Maturing men and women must avoid ruts, fixed habits, old ways. The antidote for aging is action, both ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

While One Finds Company In Himself And His ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

You're Young When Its As Easy To Go Upstairs As ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"You're young when its as easy to go upstairs as down, and youre old when it's as ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

If You Don't Learn To Laugh At Trouble, You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to ...read more

Tags: Humor

Spring Still Makes Spring In The Mind When ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Spring still makes spring in the mind When sixty years are told; Love makes anew this ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

A Marriage Seldom Goes On The Rocks When A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A marriage seldom goes on the rocks when a couple finds something in common to laugh about. For ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

I Wouldn't Mind Being Called Middle-Aged If Only ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I wouldn't mind being called middle-aged if only I knew a few ...read more

Tags: Aging

The Most Successful Businessman Is The Man Who ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

A Newspaper Is Lumber Made Malleable. It Is Ink ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A newspaper is lumber made malleable. It is ink made into words and pictures. It is conceived, born, ...read more

Tags: Culture

Community: A Lost Art  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 14, 2011

COMMUNITY: A LOST ART I inherited an old trunk that sat in my grandma’s basement. It had belonged to the generation before, who had used it to bring their possessions across the sea from Sweden. It sits in my dining room. It smells a little musty, but I treasure it as a link to my heritage. I was ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

Tags: Hospitality

I Worry Too Much

Contributed by Troy Borst on May 31, 2012

"I WORRY TOO MUCH" I was perusing the Internet this week and found ExperienceProject.com that has an entire section of the website called "I worry too much." Worry must be one of those universal emotions and conditions that all of us deal with. These are some of the comments left by ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:22-34, Philippians 4:6-8

Tags: Worry, Ready

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Why Does God Allow Hardship?  PRO

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 16, 2008

WHY DOES GOD ALLOW HARDSHIP? We live in a mixed-up, messed-up world. Sometimes terrible things happen that don't make any sense at all, and we wonder why? Steven Curtis Chapman is one of the best known singer-songwriters of contemporary Christian music. Over the last 15 or 20 years his songs have ...read more

Tags: Difficulties, Trial, Hardship Of Life, Father, Family, Hardship, Missions, Fatherhood  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

I Have Discovered The Secret Formula For A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I have discovered the secret formula for a carefree Old Age: ICR-FI -- ""If You ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

If We Keep Well And Cheerful We Are Always ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If we keep well and cheerful we are always young, and at last die in youth, even ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Let Us Bealways Children Before God; For In His ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Let us bealways children before God; for in His eyes we are but children. Old age itself, in presence of ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Spring Is Wonderful. It Makes You Feel Young ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Spring is wonderful. It makes you feel young enough to do all the things you're ...read more

Tags: Creation