COMMUNICATION/TRUTH/GOSSIP -- THE "F.O.A.F." STORY Did you know that there are catfish so large down at the ____ dam, divers refuse to go down there? They say they can eat a man!" The first time…
Sermon Illustrations
POWERS TO BURN Everyone knows on any given day that there are energies slumbering in him which the incitements of that day do not call forth . . . Compared with what we ought to…
OBEDIENCE God willing, I will push and politick no more . . . the mountains are too high, history is too long and eternity is longer. God is too great, man is too small, there…
INVISIBLE LIFE The day was warm and sunny, and after lunch I took Tricia into the woods behind the house to explore with her the places I remembered from my own childhood. A dark stream…
THE VALUE OF A GLIMPSE A glimpse is not a vision. But to a man on a mountain road by night, a glimpse of the next three feet of road may matter more than a…
KINDNESS/SERVING Salem Kirban tells the following story: East Berlin is communist controlled. West Berlin is free. Some people in East Berlin one day took a truckload of garbage and dumped it on the West Berlin…
WORKING TOGETHER Charles Osgood tells the story of two ladies who live in a convalescent center. Each of these ladies had suffered incapacitating strokes. Margaret's stroke caused her left side to be restricted while Ruth's…
RUSH, RUSH I heard recently about a man who prided himself on being exceedingly punctual. He followed a very precise routine every morning. His alarm went off at 6:30 a.m. He rose briskly, shaved, showered,…
EXCUSES Here's an old classic you might not have used for a time. It's entitled "Pastor Quits Sports: Twelve Reasons Why A Local Clergyman Stopped Attending Athletic Contests." Everytime I went, they asked me for…
THE OGRE IN THE PIT Once upon a time there was a White Knight looking for adventure. He came to a village where legend told of a terrible ogre in a pit. Bravely the White…
RISK To laugh is to risk appearing the fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out for another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk exposing our true self.…
CAUGHT A brand new lawyer in his brand new office on his first day in practice sees a prospective client walk in the door. He decides he should look busy, so he picks up the…
MOTIVATION THAT WORKS The loaded station wagon pulled into the only remaining campsite. Four youngsters leaped from the vehicle and began feverishly unloading gear and setting up a tent. The boys then rushed off to…
LEVELS OF LOVE A little girl stayed for dinner at the home of her first-grade friend. The vegetable was buttered broccoli and the mother asked if she liked it. The child replied very politely, "Oh…
ADJUSTING YOUR GOALS TO REALITY One bitterly cold winter night a young man plodded through knee- high snow to the home of the girl he had been dating regularly. Tonight was the night. He asked…
PERSPECTIVE Saul's soldiers thought Goliath was too big to kill. David thought he was too big to miss!"
USING OUR BURDENS A biologist tells how he watched an ant carrying a piece of straw which seemed too heavy. The ant came to a crack in the ground which was too wide for it…
HOPE Several years ago a school teacher assigned to visit children in a large city hospital received a routine call requesting that she visit a particular child. She took the boy's name and room number…
THE MEANING OF EASTER -- CHILD'S VERSION Our three-year-old, Nicole, was as anxious for Easter to come as she had been for Christmas to come. Since my wife was expecting our third child in just…
MIXED MOTIVES Arnold Schwarzenegger is quoted as saying: "I read where one wife plans to divorce her husband as soon as she can find a way to do so without making him happy.
