In Sermon Illustrations: "Veering Off The Right Path" showing 21-40 of 8,199

Follow The Path Of The Unsafe, Independent ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of crackpot than the stigma of conformity. And on ...read more

Tags: Discovery

If You Find A Path With No Obstacles, It ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably ...read more

Tags: Endurance

The Path Of Rescue—follow The Light

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011

THE PATH OF RESCUE--FOLLOW THE LIGHT Bob Russell shared an interesting illustration about darkness and light several years back with the Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, KY. He said: "Every once in a while we get a bird inside this sanctuary. He doesn't really want to be in here, but ...read more

Scripture: John 8:12

Tags: Salvation

Trust The Narrow, Unbeaten Path

Contributed by Sean Harder on Aug 5, 2011

TRUST THE NARROW, UNBEATEN PATH When I was younger I went hiking up Golden Ears Mountain. Several years earlier I went with my school and there was a nice rope bridge that crossed the waterfalls to keep you on the trail up the top of the mountain. The path that led to the bridge was wide, covered ...read more

Tags: Trust

Cut-Off Forgiveness

Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 15, 2011

CUT-OFF FORGIVENESS John MacArthur: "I'll never forget one time when I cut off a guy in a Porsche. I was driving a Volkswagen bus. He had a convertible with a hat and the whole routine- Sunglasses, leather jacket, everything. So he pulled up beside me. He started to curse. He just cursed and ...read more

Tags: Peace

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

On Christian Joy

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009

ON CHRISTIAN JOY Billy Sunday said, "To see some people today you would think that the essential of Christianity is to have a face so long you could eat oatmeal out of the end of a gas pipe." William Barclay said that "A gloomy Christian is a contradiction in terms, and nothing in all religious ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 16:11

Tags: Joy, Path

Are The Right People Doing The Right Thing? ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

Are The Right People Doing The Right Thing? Today’s rapid changes often overwhelm existing management and operations structures. I can perform an on-site audit and give you seasoned, objective and step-by-step direction on how your ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Ultimately, Property Rights And Personal Rights ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Ultimately, property rights and personal rights are the same thing. The one cannot be ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Selecting The Right Person For The Right Job Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Selecting the right person for the right job is the ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Right Of Way. The Right Of Way Is Something ...

Contributed by Stephan Brown on Apr 11, 2005

Right of way. The right of way is something given never taken. Right of way tells you when you should wait for someone else to go; it ...read more

Tags: Humility

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Point: Sometimes, The Only Path To Peace Is ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 8, 2007

[The Point: Sometimes, the only path to peace is straight through struggles.] In Hosea 2:15 God says "I will make the valley of Achor a door of hope." Many years ago I read a book entitled "Door of Hope"; it pointed out that the Hebrew word "achor" means "trouble". So, what God may have *really* ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 2:15

Tags: Hope, Suffering, Troubles, Trial

Switching Off The Message  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2010

SWITCHING OFF THE MESSAGE The Word will protect us. No soldier is going to go to battle without his armor and his weapons. Yet many Christians today rarely even pick up their bible. A former park ranger at Yellowstone National Park tells the story of a ranger leading a group of hikers to a fire ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:17

Tags: Bible Influence

Monogamy Trade-Offs?

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 28, 2011

MONOGAMY TRADE-OFFS? The Utah Chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) is promoting polygamy as a solution to the problems of working mothers. Elizabeth Joseph said, "I've maximized my ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

No Love, No Friendship Can Cross The Path Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Every Temptation That We Meet In The Path Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Every temptation that we meet in the path of duty is another chance of filling our ...read more

Tags: Temptation General

The Right Side  PRO

Contributed by Larry Daugherty on May 22, 2001

THE RIGHT SIDE The story is told of a little girl who had lived her life in the city and was acclimated to the many street lights at night. She had opportunity to go to the country on a vacation. One starlit night, she and her mother stood gazing up into the sky without any street lights to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:1-30

Tags: Heaven, Preparation

Denomination: Holiness

Right Or Wrong?  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 3, 2002

RIGHT OR WRONG? Because of the Qur’an’s attitude toward sin, many orthodox Muslim theologians have traditionally adapted a nominalistic view of ethics. An act is not intrinsically right or wrong. It is only right when God specifically declares it to be such according to his ...read more

The Right Prayer  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002

THE RIGHT PRAYER In Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich," Ivan endures all the horrors of a Soviet prison camp. One day he is praying with his eyes closed when a fellow prisoner notices him and says with ridicule, "Prayers won’t help you get out of here any faster." ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To, Prayer Persistence

The Right Choice

Contributed by Mark Wood on Feb 18, 2006

A.W. Tozier said: The man or woman who is wholly and joyously surrendered to Christ can’t make a wrong choice ...read more

Tags: Character

Denomination: Baptist

Ape Rights

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009

APE RIGHTS The Spanish Parliament’s move to grant rights previously reserved for human beings to chimpanzees and other apes is a victory for those seeking to minimize the uniqueness of humanity, a bioethics specialist says. An environmental committee in Spain’s legislature approved a resolution on ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:26-27

Tags: Animals