ARISTOTLE ONASSIS There was a Greek tycoon whose name was a household word in this country. You have already guessed... Aristotle Onassis. Onassis once said, "All that really counts these days is money. It's the…
Sermon Illustrations
ULTIMATE TIGHTWAD My great-grandfather Laramer had seen hard times, and he did not like to waste anything. In the mornings he would chew a wad of tobacco, and when he was done chewing it, he…
SHALLOW COMMITMENT A cartoon by Jim Berry depicts a pastor who is performing a marriage ceremony for a young couple with the words: "To have and to hold, until the going gets tough."
TURN BRICKS TO BUILDINGS A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. From newscaster David Brinkley
ANT BRIDGE SOLUTION The ants found their way to the picnic and began to individually take crumbs several times their size back to their colony. But as the ants took the crumbs away, they encountered…
CALMING THE STORM Sometimes the Lord calms the storm. Sometimes He lets the storm rage and calms his child.
EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS When in sorrow, call John 14. When people fail you, call Psalm 27. If you want to be fruitful, call John 15. When you have sinned, call Psalm 51. When you worry,…
SUCCESSFUL COMPENSATION In a famous study by Victor and Mildred Goertzel entitled Cradles of Eminence, the home backgrounds of three hundred highly successful people were investigated. These three hundred subjects had made it to the…
BREAK EVEN IN LIFE A person brings nothing into this world, and takes nothing out. And considering the kind of world it is, he's extremely lucky thus to break even. By Danny Pyles in The…
ANGELS COVERED THE CROSSES Harold tried out for the Christmas pageant. He wanted to play the role of Joseph, but was selected to be "just a shepherd." Further evidence of miscasting came when his sister…
THE MAN WHO WOULD NOT BUDGE When the usher noticed a man stretched across three seats in the movie theater, he walked over and whispered, "Sorry, sir, but you're allowed only one seat." The man…
MIKEY'S GOAL The following story is narrated by a soccer mom: Last night was the last soccer game for my eight-year-old son's soccer team. It was the final quarter. The score was two to one…
BREAKS IN THE JOURNEY A husband and wife were driving home after working at their Bible camp for a week. As they made the six-hour journey home, they took turns driving so one could rest…
I WANT TO BE SIX YEARS OLD To Whom It May Concern, I hereby officially tender my resignation as an adult. I have decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of a six-year-old again.…
TODAY I woke up early today, excited over all I get to do before the clock strikes midnight. I have responsibilities to fulfill today. I am important. My job is to choose what kind of…
CONTOUR OF CHARACTER There will be faults and cracks in the character of man who withstood the endless stresses of many changing tides. But under the great, good hand of God, each mark, each line,…
LANDINGS NEED IMPROVEMENT The New Guinean tribesmen's introduction to the white man's Balus or "bird" was sometimes traumatic, sometimes humorous. In the 1950's pilot Peter Manser, flying a Taylorcraft Auster J-5 was carrying a young…
LUCKY POLICY About fifty years ago, a newspaper in a large city was trying to increase its number of subscribers by offering an insurance policy included in the cost of the subscription price. New subscribers…
GOOD & NOT GOOD Some years ago the king of a small African country and his friend were on a hunting expedition. The king always had a positive attitude and regardless of what happened, he…
LETTER FROM HURRICANE VICTIM Here is a touching letter from Krista Keck in Greenville, North Carolina to her friends and family after Hurricane Floyd: Dear family and friends, Thank you so much for the concerned…
