... mud, and sections of the foundation were cantilevered from the supports ...
2. The Firm Foundation of Despair
Illustration
... truths, only on the firm foundation of unyielding despair, can the ...
3. A Sure Foundation
Illustration
Charles W. Colson
Francis Schaeffer shared a platform with former cabinet member and urban leader John Gardner, during which Gardner spoke on the need to restore values to our culture. After he finished, a Harvard student asked him: "On what do you build your values?" Gardner, usually articulate and erudite, paused, looked down, and said, "I do not know." I repeatedly encounter the same reaction. When I have contended before scholars and college audiences that in a secular, relativistic society there is no basis for ethics ...
4. Built Upon Love
Matthew 7:24-29
Illustration
Brett Blair
... choices. They did not excavate foundations. You built a house in ... one remains. Same materials, different foundations. The imagery is not about ... everything all at once. Which foundation are you building your house ... . Build your house on the foundation of love, joy, peace, forgiveness ...
5. Dig Down To Build Up
Illustration
Brett Blair
... dig down until a strong foundation can be built, one that ... skyscraper. A doghouse needs no foundation, and an ordinary house can ... requires a deep and solid foundation. So it is in our ... is totally dependent on the foundation below.
6. Every House Is Tested
Matthew 7:21-29
Illustration
Brett Blair
... weather; it is in the foundation upon which the house is ... can begin constructing a proper foundation when they are in the ...
7. The First Billionaire
Luke 17:11-19
Illustration
Brett Blair
... John D. Rockefeller established his foundation. This new direction eventually led ...
8. The Shifting Sands of Tower of Pisa
Matthew 7:21-29
Illustration
Brett Blair
... . The tower had no firm foundation. You may not know this ...
9. Take Time
Mark 6:30-34,45-56
Illustration
Martin Greyford Phiri
... to read; it is the foundation of wisdom. Take time to ...
10. Neighborly Prayer
Luke 10:25-37
Illustration
King Duncan
... . One day a children's foundation set up a meeting between ...
11. How Is John Quincy Adams?
2 Tim. 4:6-8; 2 Cor. 4:7-9
Illustration
Brett Blair
... . It is tottering upon the foundations. Time and the seasons have ...
12. Forgiveness: Where Ordinary Folks Struggle
Matthew 18:15-20
Illustration
Scott Hoezee
Recently the Templeton Foundation, which has campaigned for an ...
13. Parched Christians
Illustration
John H. Morgan
... some countries today. The objective foundation of our spiritual lives, the ...
14. Building According to Code - Sermon Starter
Matthew 7:21-29
Illustration
Brett Blair
... another. But, said Jesus, the foundations, one built upon the rock ... Jesus spoke about houses and foundations he knew what he was ...
15. Pride Is the Source of Your Problem
John 12:1-11
Illustration
William Beausay II
... want." That belief was the foundation for his life. Yet even ... after his foundation crumbled and he lost everything ...
16. Dynamite The Church
Illustration
Michael P. Green
... to install dynamite under the foundation of all the munitions plants ... ample dynamite poured into its foundation so that if in the ...
17. His Lust to Be Number One
Illustration
Lloyd J. Ogilvie
... hoping to so weaken the foundation that eventually it would topple ...
18. Pillars Driven into the Sand
Matthew 7:21-29
Illustration
Jef Olson
... sand itself will provide the foundation necessary to support the house ...
19. Sowing Tiny Seeds
Matthew 13:31-35
Illustration
King Duncan
... fashion a stone in the foundation of my own faith." Whoever ...
20. The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
Mt 25:31-46; Lk 23:26-43
Illustration
Brett Blair
... whose roar shakes the very foundations of the forest. At the ...
21. Prepare the Way - Sermon Starter
Mark 1:1-8
Illustration
Brett Blair
... something that would shake the foundations of the earth and he ...
22. Back To Basics: The Three R's of Baptism - Sermon Starter
Mark 1:4-11
Illustration
Brett Blair
... importance of building a strong foundation for a child's future ...
23. Would You Take The Crown Without The Cross? - Sermon Starter
Mk 1:9-15; Lk 4:1-13; Mt 4:1-11
Illustration
Brett Blair
... . These three temptations form the foundation for all other temptations. And ...
24. From the Efforts of One Man
Illustration
Brett Blair
... Charles led directly to the foundation of the MethodistChurch. On June ...
25. How to Fail Successfully - Sermon Starter
Mark 6:1-13
Illustration
Maxie Dunnam
... lesson which will provide the foundation for our theme, "how to ...
26. We Expect the Ground to Be Firm
Mark 13:1-8
Illustration
Mickey Anders
... to the bedrock because our foundations need to tie to something ...
27. History of Christ the King Sunday
John 18:28-40, 1 John 2:15-17
Illustration
Brett Blair
... a word, shaken to its foundations and on the way to ...
28. Drawn to God
Jn 17:20-26
Illustration
King Duncan
... is our hope and the foundation of our lives.
29. The Cost of Discipleship - Sermon Starter
Luke 14:25-35
Illustration
Brett Blair
... need be. It shakes our foundations, topples our priorities, pits us ...
30. The Pursuit of Happiness
1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
Illustration
Leonard Sweet
... phrase . . . a phrase that is foundational to our national identity and ...
31. The Christmas Candy Cane
Illustration
Staff
... symbolize the solid rock, the Foundation of the Church and firmness ...
32. Mooving Cows
Illustration
Michael P. Green
... not move. He is the foundation of our faith, the faithful ...
33. Word Meaning
Illustration
Michael P. Green
... Wren himself laid the first foundation stone in what was to ...
34. The Christ of Bethlehem
Illustration
Mack Stokes
... established an institution is the foundation of the Church that bears ...
35. Chickens Coming to Roost
Illustration
Editor James S. Hewett
... ordered inexpensive concrete for the foundation, put in cheap wiring, and ...
36. True Disciples
Illustration
Dale Cope
... to build on that right foundation for our lives? That is ...
37. More Than Feelings (Weddings)
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Illustration
James McCormick
... to be built upon a foundation so shaky. The Apostle Paul ...
38. A Sudden Storm that Tests Everything
Matthew 7:24-29
Illustration
Phil Thrailkill
... than they had anticipated. The foundation Pisano had designed for the ... "tilt" of the Tower. The foundations were shored up and reinforced ... building site. How's the foundation of your life doing this ...
39. The Most Important Occupation
Illustration
Michael P. Green
... equipped to provide those firm foundations upon which one can subsequently ... is worth revisiting what were foundational ideas from the past to ... still believe these to be foundational for their lives today.
40. We Can't Contain God In Our Cups!
Job 38:2-7; Job 40:4-5; Job 23:6-7
Illustration
Zan W. Holmes
... you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me ...
41. Casting the Net on the Other Side of the Boat
John 21:1-14, Matthew 4:18-22, 1 Corinthians 9:1-27
Illustration
John R. Steward
... its posts in a rock foundation, and this explains why it ...
42. I AM THE CHURCH
Illustration
John H. Krahn
... in him was the strong foundation upon which the church must ...
43. Hymns at Midnight
Acts 16:16-40
Illustration
Larry Powell
... was a great earthquake. The foundations of the jail quivered and ...
44. The Silent Bible
Matthew 7:21-29
Illustration
Donald M. Tuttle
... 's lives on a solid foundation, listening to Jesus is essential ...
45. How Could He Say That?
John 14:1-4, Matthew 7:24-29
Illustration
Larry Bethune
... was built on a strong foundation, and when the rains came ...
46. The Magna Carta of the Human Soul
Romans 12:9-21
Illustration
Leonard Sweet
... . The "Magna Carta" was the foundational document that led to the ...
47. I’m Standing on His Shoulders
Illustration
Brett Blair
... as Christians...we are the foundation to lift others up so ...
48. Cheap Advice Is Often Hypocritical Advice
Matthew 7:24-29
Illustration
Brett Blair
... house to have a solid foundation, don't you?" Charlie Brown ...
49. A Vision for Coca-Cola
Mark 1:29-39
Illustration
Gary Nicolosi
... a solid spiritual and moral foundation? St. Paul felt a passion ...
50. We Hold These Truths to Be Self-evident
John 18:28-40
Illustration
John A. Dane
... today, but it was the foundation of our Declaration of Independence ...