In Sermon Illustrations: "Too Literal"

Great People Are Those Who Make Others Feel ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Great people are those who make others feel that they, ...read more

Tags: Greatness

Old Age Is Ready To Undertake Tasks That Youth ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Of The Four Wars In My Lifetime None Came About ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Of the four wars in my lifetime none came about because the ...read more

Tags: War

Life Is Not So Bad If You Have Plenty Of Luck, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique, and ...read more

Tags: Learning

Editors Are Extremely Fallible People, All Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Editors are extremely fallible people, all of them. Dont put ...read more

Tags: Workplace

I Have Lived Long Enough To Be Battered By The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I have lived long enough to be battered by the realities of life, and not too ...read more

Tags: Miscellaneous

To Be Witty Is Not Enough. One Must Possess ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to ...read more

Tags: Humor

A Young Woman Once Chewed Out A Preacher For ...  PRO

Contributed by Davon Huss on May 26, 2003

A young woman once chewed out a preacher for preaching the cross of Jesus too vividly. It was alleged that such was causing her primary-age daughter to have nightmares. How horrible that someone, especially a child, would be bothered by our Lord’s crucifixion. Right? Or is it! We should be ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:16

Tags: Cross, Jesus Christ

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Disturb Us, O Lord  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 8, 2011

DISTURB US, O LORD Sir Frances Drake: "Disturb us, Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves, when our dreams have come true because we have dreamed too little, when we arrive safely because we have sailed too close to the shore. Disturb us, Lord, when with the abundance of things we ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:1-4

Tags: Christian Values

I Like Linebackers. I Collect Em. You Cant Have ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I like linebackers. I collect em. You cant have ...read more

Tags: Sports

Experience Is The One Thing You Have Plenty Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Experience is the one thing you have plenty of when you're ...read more

Tags: Experience

God Is Always Trying To Give Good Things To Us, ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

Be Persuaded, Timid Soul, That He Has Loved You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Be persuaded, timid soul, that He has loved you too much ...read more

Tags: God The Father

That's What A Congressman Or Senator Is For To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

That's what a Congressman or Senator is for to see that too much money don't ...read more

Tags: Government

The Dangers Of A Concentration Of All Power In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ...read more

Tags: Government

A Good Laugh Is A Mighty Good Thing, And Rather ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A good laugh is a mighty good thing, and rather too scarce a good ...read more

Tags: Humor

What Ought To Be Done To The Man Who Invented ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

What ought to be done to the man who invented the celebrating of anniversaries? ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

By The Time A Man Can Read A Woman Like A Book, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"By the time a man can read a woman like a book, he is too old ...read more

Tags: Men And Women

There Comes A Moment When You Begin To Realize ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

There comes a moment when you begin to realize that virtually anything is possible that ...read more

Tags: Possibilities

The Eating Thing  PRO

Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Sep 29, 2002

The Eating thing Let me share with you a fairly personal issue that I’m working through that has caused me to ask this question about loving God. Last year – in fact for a number of years now I have been aware that I have been struggling with an addiction. As soon as I say the word it arouses ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 34:8

Tags: Addiction

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance