HOW YOU SUCCEED It's how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success. -- David Feherty
Sermon Illustrations
ADDITIONAL HORSEPOWER Camping was the standard vacation in my family. Every year in August my father would pack up all of the camping gear into the wagon and off we would go towards the mountains…
TACITUS: NERO AND THE CHRISTIANS Cornelius Tacitus, born circa A. D. 52-55, senator under reign of Vespasian, A.D. 112- 13 was proconsul, or governor of Asia. Annals circa A.D. 116 - "So far, the precautions…
PECKING ORDER A few years ago a minor scientific discovery of the "pecking order" among hens caught popular imagination. Within a flock of hens, one is dominant. She pecks away at any that arouse her…
PRAYER TO SNEEZE AT The State Supreme Court decided in May, 1991 that the U.S. Constitution prohibited invocations at commencement exercises. Keeping within the controversial ruling, students at a Riverside County high school in Yuca…
BITTERSWEET He who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.
MY HERO: MY MOTHER All that can be written has perhaps been written about mothers. But I did not write it, and it was not written about MY mother. My mother was left a widow…
A MAALOX MOMENT Good old Mr. Wilson is sitting in his chair reading the newspaper. Mrs. Wilson is looking out the window as Dennis the Menace walks past the house. you can almost hear the…
GRAEBEL'S BEST YEAR YET David Graebel of Wausau, Wisconsin started with one truck and built one of the largest moving companies in the world. In 1990 Graebel Worldwide Movers lost one its largest accounts to…
HOW TO KILL A CHURCH DON'T participate beyond tithing--let "them" handle things, THEN complain that the members have no voice in the Church. DECLINE all offices and committee appointments, THEN offer vociferous advice on how…
WHEN IT'S TIME FOR A SOAKING "I hate to fail, but when it's time to take a bath, I get in the tub." T. Boone Pickens, Jr.
THE ABILITIES OF THE BRAVE Forti nihil difficile - to the brave, nothing is difficult.
IN THE FACE OF FAILURE A missionary wrote me: "Sometimes adversity tempts me to discouragement in the face of seeming failure. But I take courage and press on anew, as I remember that God does…
SO LONG HEROES Hagar the Horrible is in the pub with all his buddies. He gives a toast, "Here's to all the brave Viking warriors who march into battle tomorrow against overwhelming odds!" Hagar's not…
NAPOLEANIC COMPENSATION Lord Nelson, England's famous naval hero, suffered from seasickness throughout his entire life. However, the man who destroyed Napolean's fleet did not let it interfere with his career. He not only learned to…
SURE IS HUMAN OUT THERE In a recent issue of Family Circus by Bil Keane, the oldest little girl, Dolly, comes into the house all hot and sweaty and says, "Boy, it sure is human…
THE CANAL VINDICATION The next time you're being bombarded with criticism, remember Col. George Washington Goethals, the man who successfully completed the Panama Canal. He had problems enough with the geography and climate involved, yet…
TOO MANY CREATORS Those who are amazed that God could create the earth in six days seem to have forgotten that He did not have theologians, politicians and lawyers around to complicate the process.
THE PET BULL There's an amusing story in the section called LITE FARE of a recent issue of The Christian Reader. It seems this particular woman was always volunteering to help with the chores on…
OOPS! - PART 2 Our story is not complete without telling of a man who could not give a convincing explanation about his broken arm. He kept muttering about trying to stick his arm through…
