VALUE OF A DIME Inflation hasn't ruined everything. A dime can still be used as a screwdriver.
Sermon Illustrations
THE SOUND OF MONEY Long ago money talked -- then it whispered -- now it's almost silent.
MORE SOUNDS OF MONEY Money may talk, but why can't it talk louder, speak with authority, and say what I want it to say? Another similar illustration like the two above may be found in…
CHECK THE LIST AND GO TO WORK From her column in 1988, Ann Landers relates one man's philosophy concerning the motivations for working -- "Get up, first thing, check Forbes list of 500 richest people…
LETTERS BETTER THAN MONEY I ran short of money while visiting my brother, and borrowed fifty dollars from him. After my return home, I wrote him a short letter every few weeks, enclosing a five-dollar…
BEATLES WROTE SWIMMING POOLS "Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, 'Now, let's write a swimming pool'." By former…
MONEY LIMITATIONS The WALL STREET JOURNAL quoted an anonymous wit who defined money as "an article which may be used as a universal passport to everywhere except heaven, and as a universal provider for everything…
PROTECTED RICHES Lyndon Johnson reflected the American spirit of greed in the 1960's when he said: "Don't forget, there are two hundred million of us in a world of three billion. They want what we've…
ONE LESS RESPONSIBILITY God's saints throughout the centuries have shown a holy indifference to money. John Wesley, informed that his house had just burned down, had this reaction, "The Lord's house burned. One less responsibility…
NEW AND IMPROVED MATERIALISM While you (the Baby Boomers) were out admiring each other, we (the next generation) have become more narcissistic and materialistic than you ever dreamed was possible. For your generation, being raised…
TITHES AND PASTORS A USA TODAY survey indicated that 30% of pastors in America don't tithe. From Breaking the 100 - 200 Barrier Seminar, sponsored by the Fuller Institute, March 10 - 11, 1994, Indianapolis,…
GENEROSITY AND TAXES The truly generous giver never needs to know if the gift is tax-deductible before giving it or not.
FINANCIAL PLASTIC SURGERY One of the most needed types of surgery and the least practiced by the modern family is plastic surgery. The symptoms are too many possessions, and not enough money to pay for…
JAPANESE RICHES The Japanese people are rich, but they are extremely poor in spirit," says Kousuke Sanpei, director of the Agon-shu Buddhist sect's Tokyo center. For the first time in history Japanese workers are earning…
MONEY HABITS Don Marquis once said: "There is nothing so habit- forming as money." The greatest addiction today is the habit of accumulating money. We forget why we want it, what it is for, and…
POOR COLLECTIONS CLUB The Parson from Snuffy Smith is in the General Store, and the storekeeper asks, "Could you pay a LITTLE DAB on your bill, Parson? COLLECTIONS are MIGHTY PORE this month an'..." The…
ALL YOU WANT Dennis the Menace catches his friend Joey trying to get a paper out of a newspaper machine without putting in any money. He says, "Wait, Joey!! First you havta put in the…
COMING UP SHORT OF CONVERSION Recalling that Martin Luther, the father of Protestantism, once said, "The last part of a man to be converted is his pocketbook," Peisker added, "We have come up short of…
SHREWD FINANCES Here is a remnant that never got used in our Stewardship issue in September of 1989... In Luke 16, Jesus relates the parable of the shrewd manager who, having been fired, blatantly cheats…
SILVER SEPARATION There was a member of a church who never made a contribution to his church - NEVER! The pastor was made aware of this fact and decided to visit the man concerning this…
