September 5, 2010
Luke 14:25-33
Philemon 1-21
Jeremiah 18:1-11
Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18

Failure, they say, is the...

Epiphany 6 | Ordinary Time 6

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"Failure," they say, "is the path of least persistence." That truth was demonstrated in the movie, Chariots of Fire, in which the runner, Harold Abrahams, is devastated by losing a race -- the first one he ever lost.

He tells his girlfriend, Sybil, "If I can't win, I won't run."

Sybil shoots back, "If you don't run, you can't win."...

This Sermon Illustration Failure, they say, is the... is based on 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 and relates to Epiphany 6 | Ordinary Time 6 of Cycle B of the lectionary. This Sermon Illustration on 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 is just one of over 15,000 Sermon Illustrations at SermonSuite.com. SermonSuite also offers online sermons and professionally published sermons, lectionary sermons, non-lectionary sermons, sermon illustrations, worship resources, preaching resources, sermons on prayer, prayers, Christian drama, lectionary worship, lectionary workbooks and homilies. ...

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