GREATEST VALUES Who will spend this dollar next after me and for what? What, to you, was the most important thing you ever owned? How did you get it? Where do you feel most uncomfortable…
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…
RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES OVER MONEY Did you hear about the couple who split because of religious differences? He was broke, and she worshipped money.
DISHONEST BIRD That bird is not honest that fills its own nest. An ancient proverb
FIND YOUR FORTUNE A sea horse gathered up his seven pieces of eight and went to find his fortune. Before he had traveled very far he met an eel who said, "Psst. Hey, bud, where…
BUY THEM IN Most churches collect money during services. The Frederick Christian Fellowship Church in Frederick, Maryland, gave it away. The first 200 adults to attend the nondenominational church for the first time Sunday were…
UNDERCAPITALIZED LIFE You come into this world with nothing - and you leave with nothing. That's the trouble with life - it's undercapitalized.
SLAVES OF THEIR MONEY Their property held them in chains which shackled their courage and choked their faith and hampered their judgement and throttled their souls. If they had stored up their treasure in heaven,…
C. S. LEWIS ON GAMBLING "Gambling ought never to be an important part of a man's life. If it is a way in which large sums of money are transferred from person to person without…
LEVEL OF LOSS He who loses money loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; he who loses faith loses all.
JUDAS CHOSE MONEY Why did Judas betray Jesus. Several potential reasons given. Speculation on his background and where he came from. John insists that it was monetary greed which finally overwhelmed Judas. Incensed by the…
FILTHY LUCRE Sandor Ferenczi, the Hungarian disciple of Sigmund Freud, once wrote an article with the title "On the Ontogenesis of the Interest in Money." Anticipating some of the attitudes of the 1960s, the doctor…
PAYROLL PRIORITIES One day four employees from different departments rushed to use the copier at the same time. The person from accounts payable said, "We have to get our bills paid, so I should go…
DATING DEFINITIONS DATING - the process of spending enormous amounts of money, time, and energy to get better acquainted with a person whom you don't especially like now, but will learn to like a lot…
KIDS DESCRIBE LOVE Here is an assortment of ways children have described love and romance: CONCERNING THE ORIGINS OF LOVE "Cupid kissed God and that got the ball rollin'." Julio, age 9 "One of the…
FELLOWSHIP OF SEEKERS A broken-hearted dog owner placed an ad in the paper, promising one million dollars to the person who found his missing puppy. One day later, he decided to visit the newspaper to…
He who loses money, loses much; he who loses a friend, loses more; he who loses faith, loses all.
PAINFUL PUNS Hangover: The wrath of grapes. Income Tax: Capital punishment. A used car is not always what it's jacked up to be. Two silkworms were in a race. They ended up in a tie.…
PAINT THE JEWELS An elderly woman decided to have her portrait painted. She told the artist: "Paint me with diamond earrings, a diamond necklace, emerald bracelets, a ruby broach, and gold Rolex." "But you are…
EDUCATION OR IGNORANCE The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.
