STAY USER-FRIENDLY Don't let your technology and methods stand in the way of the message of love and forgiveness through Jesus Christ. Here is an amusing example of good technology gone bad: Here is bad…
Sermon Illustrations
WAIT FOR THE WIND "Larry Newman has everything he needs to pilot his hot air balloon, Earthwinds, around the world. He has experience: In 1978, he navigated the Atlantic ocean, and in 1981, the Pacific;…
TOO MANY PICTURES The school pictures had finally arrived and a kindergarten age boy could hardly wait to show his mother his picture. As soon as he got home from school, he proudly handed them…
HUMAN CREATIONS After the beginning, man began. And man said, "Let there be wheels and man invented vehicles (from pony carts to jet airplanes). And man said, "Let there be laboratories and factories". And man…
THE LONG AND WINDING WORK The retired fellow felt like he had been tricked by his employer. For his retirement he had been given a beautiful gold watch that winded automatically whenever he would move…
STICKS AND STONES Solomon wrote: "The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life, but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit (Proverbs 15:4)." Several years ago I found a wonderful illustration of this while…
BUILDING BRIDGES OF TRUST Americans are great at building high- rise condos, super highways, and spaceships. What we're not doing so well is creating credibility among ourselves. Untruth seems to be not only acceptable but…
NEWS COVERAGE BETTER It's not the world that's got so much worse, but the news coverage that's got so much better. G. K. Chesterton
EINSTEIN DESCRIBES THE RADIO You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand…
COMPUTER INTELLIGENCE Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.
NOTHING KNOWLEDGE INCREASE There has been an alarming increase in the number of things you know nothing about. From Internet address:
TECHNOLOGY NOT SO NEW There is nothing new about some of our high tech inventions. For example, teleconferencing and answering machines existed prior to their high tech counterparts in form of a party-line.
ELECTRONIC EXCEPTIONS On a recent flight to Washington, D.C., heard over the intercom system: "Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We'll be reaching our cruising altitude of thirty thousand feet shortly, at which…
A STRONGER DEFENSE Robert Watson-Watt discovered a method of sending out electromagnetic energy to be directed at incoming enemy aircraft. The British Government wanted him to develop some kind of death-ray, but he finally convinced…
FALSE FUTURES With the advent of 900 numbers that charge the caller for each minute he or she speaks, there have come numerous options. Phone sex is bad enough, but then comes the false promises…
MY COMPUTER Windows 95 displays an icon--a picture--on the screen that is entitled: "MY COMPUTER" which, when activated, reveals the contents of the computer. God has given us an inner source to help us know…
ON-LINE EVANGELISM Christians are using the Internet as a tool for Christian communication and outreach. A number of churches and organizations now have Web Sites for cyber-surfers to stop in and get acquainted. While doing…
IF MICROSOFT BUILT CARS Here are the top ten ways things would be different if Microsoft built cars... 1. A particular model year of car wouldn't be available until AFTER that year, instead of before.…
D R. SEUSS ON COMPUTERS The following was taken from a December 23, 1996 newsletter of First Card: If Dr. Seuss wrote technical manuals... Here's an easy game to play. Here's an easy thing to…
MIXED-UP WORLD What kind of world is this that drives on parkways and parks on driveways?
