It has been said that change is the very nature of life itself. To live life is to know change—to experience change. We must accept that! Things never stay the same! In New England there’s…
Sermon Illustrations
An actress was suffering from nervous tension and strain. She went to see a psychiatrist. “You need a change. Get away from your normal routine, do something different,” he said. “A change?” she screamed. “During…
The newest member of a golfing foursome was a bit nervous on his first outing. Intent on making a good impression, tHe man teed up the ball, spread his feet, fixed his stance, and then…
Two caterpillars were inching along the ground when suddenly they were shrouded by an enormous shadow. Then, just as suddenly, the shadow disappeared. A beautiful monarch butterfly had momentarily soared overhead and blocked the sun’s…
Mother Teresa of Calcutta did God’s work for many years in the streets of India, ministering to the dying poor. “For them and for me,” she once said, “the greatest development of human life is…
Several years ago, a clever former U.S. Government bureaucrat started a national association for professional bureaucrats. The motto of the organization is: "When in charge, ponder; when in trouble, delegate; when in doubt, mumble."
Three men set out on a journey. Each carried two sacks around his neck - one in front and one in back. The first man was asked what was in his sacks. "In this one…
Several years ago there appeared a newspaper article about a little boy who had wandered from his South Dakota home. His parents couldn't find him. State Police, Boy Scouts, friends and neighbors all joined in…
Jessica Mclure, a two-year-old from Midland,Texas, was trapped at the bottom of an abandoned well for two days while the entire nation stood by, watching around-the-clock live news coverage of rescuers attempting to free her.…
"I stood stock-still on the jungle path, confronted by a Papuan pygmy, a former headhunter. I stared at the diminutive creature. At such close range he seemed subhuman." So the Reverend Don Baker relates. A…
Man does not live by bread alone, but he also does not live long without it. To eat is to acknowledge our dependence, both on food and on each other. It also reminds us of…
I am the bread of life...Whoever eats of this bread will live forever." (John. 6:48, 51). "A little boy from the inner-city was struck by a car and taken to the hospital. It was quickly…
In Eugene O'Neil's story "Days Without End," John Loving, a Roman Catholic boy, prays that his parents, both of whom have been injured, might not die. But their lives were not saved by the kind…
A man came back from a weekend "encounter" experience and when a friend asked him how it was, he said, "I died!" The friend asked him what he meant. "You see," the man answered, "I…
A hospital emergency room nurse received a call from a very excited man who screamed, "I'm going to rush my wife to your hospital. She's having a baby!" "Calm down," said the nurse, "and please…
A very wealthy man invited his four married daughters to dinner. "I'm getting on in years," he said to them, "and I've lived a full life for which I'm grateful. But I continue to be…
The pastor of a rural congregation travelled several hundred miles to make arrangements for a sign to be placed outside the Church. When he arrived he discovered he had lost the dimensions. He wired his…
Two little boys were comparing the habits of their grandparents when one asked, "Every time I come over to your house to play, I see your grandfather sitting in the same chair reading the same…
Three people were talking about some of the newer translations of the Bible. One said, "I like the New English version of the Gospels. It's easier reading than all the older versions." Said the second…
A pastor in Washington, D.C. had an early morning Bible Study Program on TV. Each Sunday after the program, he would stop at the hospital to visit sick parishioners. On one such visit, he received…
