In Sermon Illustrations: "Trials Mature Us"

An Estimated 11 Million Undocumented Migrants ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007

An estimated 11 million undocumented migrants currently live in the U.S.; up to 750,000 yearly enter ...read more

Books Cds & Dvds Accounted For 3.6% Of Total '05 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007

Books CDs & DVDs accounted for 3.6% of total ’05 e-commerce sales in the U.S. at $2.5 ...read more

We Are Living So Fast, And Inventing So Fast, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"We are living so fast, and inventing so fast, and changing so fast, and there are so many of us, that he who does not advertise is left to ...read more

Tags: Business And Marketplace

We May Be Tossed Upon An Ocean Where We Can See ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"We may be tossed upon an ocean where we can see no landnor, perhaps, the sun or stars. But there is a chart and a compass for us to study, to ...read more

Tags: America

Dont Let Satan Make You Think You Are So Good ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Dont let Satan make you think you are so good that you dont need the grace of God. We are a bad ...read more

Tags: Grace

So Great Is My Veneration For The Bible That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"So great is my veneration for the Bible that the earlier my children begin to read it, the more confident my hope that they will prove ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

We Ought To Give Thanks For All Fortune: If It ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is good, because it is good, if bad because it works in us patience, humility and the contempt ...read more

Tags: Joy

God Gave Man Work, Not To Burden Him, But To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"God gave man work, not to burden him, but to bless him, and useful work, willingly, cheerfully, effectively done, has always ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Bad Leadership

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

• 43% of U.S. workers would be willing to leave their current job because they either dislike their boss’s management style ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

A Contemplative Gaze ‘upon Him Whom They Have ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 10, 2009

“ A contemplative gaze ‘upon him whom they have pierced’ (Jn 19:37) leads us to reflect on the causal connection between ...read more

Tags: Sacrifices

Denomination: Catholic

We Act As Though Comfort And Luxury Were The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all tht we need to make us really ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Virtue, Morality, And Religion. This Is The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone that renders us invincible. These are the tactics we should study. ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

When Adams Son Asked Him Why They Didnt Live In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When Adams son asked him why they didnt live in the Garden of Eden any more, he answered: Your ...read more

Tags: Sin Fall Of Man

Earth And Sky, Woods And Fields, Lakes And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of ...read more

Tags: Creation

Guilt Is Never A Rational Thing; It Distorts ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Guilt is never a rational thing; it distorts all the faculties of the human mind, it perverts them, it leaves a man no longer in the free ...read more

Tags: Guilt

Pain Insists On Being Attended To. God Whispers ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Pain insists on being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

It Is The Imagination Which Makes The World Seem ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It is the imagination which makes the world seem new to us every dayIt is the imagination which wakens the dry bones of any ...read more

Tags: Thought

As Old Wood Is Best To Burn, Old Horse To Ride, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"As old wood is best to burn, old horse to ride, old books to read, and old wine to drink, so are old ...read more

Tags: Compassion

As We Read The School Reports Upon Our ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"As we read the school reports upon our children, we realize with a sense of relief that can rise to delight thatthank ...read more

Tags: Parenting

We Should Seize Every Opportunity To Give ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

We should seize every opportunity to give encouragement. Encouragement is oxygen to the soul. The days are always dark enough. There is not need for ...read more

Tags: Gifts Encouragement