In Sermon Illustrations: "Wise Men"

Talking To Men For God Is A Great Thing, But ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To

All The Misfortunes Of Men Spring From Their Not ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

All the misfortunes of men spring from their not knowing how to live quietly ...read more

Tags: Disciplines Silence

Men Wish To Be Saved From The Mischiefs Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but ...read more

Tags: Sin General

The Wounds Inflicted By Men And Women On Each ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The wounds inflicted by men and women on each other constitute the fundamental fault line running beneath all other human conflictIts the biggest reconciliation ...read more

Tags: Becoming A Christian

It Is The Function Of Speech To Free Men From ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage ...read more

Tags: Communication Speech

Few Men Are Born Leaders. Leadership Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Few men are born leaders. Leadership is achieved by ability, alertness, experience and keeping posted; by willingness to accept responsibility; a knack for getting along with ...read more

Tags: Gifts Leadership

There Was Never A World In Greater Need Of Men ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There was never a world in greater need of men and women who know the way, and can keep ...read more

Tags: Gifts Leadership

It Is The Mark Of Weak Men That They Break Down ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It is the mark of weak men that they break down under unusual responsibilities, of strong men ...read more

Tags: Strength

Men's Best Successes Come After Their ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Men's best successes come after their ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

There Is A Paradox In Pride It Makes Some Men ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is a paradox in pride it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents ...read more

Tags: Temptation Pride

Great Men Are They Who See That The Spiritual ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Great men are they who see that the spiritual is stronger than any material force, ...read more

Tags: Thought

Men Occasionally Stumble Over The Truth, But ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most pick themselves up and hurry off ...read more

Tags: Truth

The Demand For Absolute Liberty Brings Men To ...

Contributed by David Tack on Jul 6, 2009

The demand for absolute liberty brings men to the depths of slavery. Dietrich ...read more

Tags: Servanthood, Sonship Vs. Slavery

Denomination: Baptist

Solzhenitsyn: Men Have Forgotten God  PRO

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 24, 2009

SOLZHENITSYN: MEN HAVE FORGOTTEN GOD In his 1983 acceptance speech for the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn recalled the words he heard as a child, when his elders sought to explain the ruinous upheavals in Russia: "Men have forgotten God; that’s why all this has ...read more

Tags: Apostasy

Denomination: Baptist

We Need Men Of The Cross, With The Message Of ...

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010

We need men of the cross, with the message of the cross, bearing the marks ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Brethren

The Rise And Fall Of Nine Rich Men  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2011

THE RISE AND FALL OF NINE RICH MEN A popular story recounts a meeting that may have taken place at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago in 1923. There is debate whether the meeting in fact occurred, but what is not in question is the actual rise and fall of the men featured in the story, who were ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-10

Tags: Money

One Rascal Among Honest Men

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 19, 2011

ONE RASCAL AMONG HONEST MEN A king visited a slave ship, and there was a slave galley where they chain men to the oars and they row and a man beats the drum and another man has a lash to make them row. And they would take the prisoners of the state and put them to use, pulling on the oars. The ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:8-10

Tags: Confession Of Sin

The Fear Of The Lord Is The Foundation Of Wisdom

Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on May 8, 2016

In a crazy move, a woman at the Toronto zoo who lost her hat at the tiger enclosure decided that she was going to retrieve it. She climbed the outer fence, dropped over the edge and scrambled around to find her hat. Fortunately for her there was a second fence between her and her hat. A ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 9:10

Tags: Wise Decisions, Fear, Foundation Of Wisdom

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Helping People Help Themselves

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 24, 2019

From Parade magazine comes the story of self-made millionaire Eugene Land, who greatly changed the lives of a sixth-grade class in East Harlem. Mr. Lang had been asked to speak to a class of 59 sixth-graders. What could he say to inspire these students, most of whom would drop out of school? He ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 1:4-8, Revelation 1:17-18

Tags: Help, Success, Wise Generosity, Benevolance

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Saving On Parking Shrewdly

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 22, 2025

A woman goes to a bank in NYC and takes out a loan for $5,000. She leaves her Rolls Royce as collateral. They carefully park it in their garage, confused as to why a millionaire would take out a loan for only $5,000. Two weeks later, she returns. She pays off the loan plus $15.55 interest. The ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:1-9, Luke 16:1-9, Matthew 10:16

Tags: Wise, Shrewd, Creative, Clever, Conniving  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Independent/Bible