WAR AND PEACE About ten years ago, a great new archaeological discovery was made, one of the most important in the annals of biblical archaeology. A new Dead Sea Scroll was found. This scroll contained…
Sermon Illustrations
SIDE BY SIDE They lie on the table, side by side; The Holy Bible and the TV Guide. One is well-worn but cherished with pride. (Not the Bible, but the TV Guide). One is used…
PROFESSION AND REALITY People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one. Leo J. Burke
IT TAKES ALL KINDS For every winning jockey, there are 25 people shoveling manure. Funny, Funny World
OVERFLOWING I 've never made a fortune And I'll never make one now But it really doesn't matter 'Cause I'm happy anyhow! As I go along my journey I've reaped better than I've sowed I'm…
HOW DO YOU THINK OF GOD? At first I saw God as my observer, my judge, keeping track of the things I did wrong, so as to know whether I merited Heaven or Hell when…
THE PERFECT PASTOR Results of a computerized survey indicate that the perfect pastor preaches exactly 15 minutes. He condemns sin, but never embarrasses anyone. He works from 8 a.m. until midnight and is also the…
DON'T LET THEM GET AWAY "I'm really worried," said one little boy to a friend. "Dad slaves away at his job so I'll never want for anything, so I'll be able to go to university…
THE TREASURE AND THE KNOWLEDGE An ancient Rabbinical legend tells of a man named Simon who lived in Krakow, Poland. In the story, Simon has a vivid dream about a great treasure buried under a…
SIMPLE EXEGESIS Last month I shared an item from an article by Vernon Grounds. Here's one more that's too good to hide. He tells a story that he heard from a friend, Pastor Bernard Travaieille,…
COURAGE, OR JUST PLAIN SPUNK I 've been reading a biography of Mary Slessor and have found the account of the well-known 19th century missionary to be particularly inspiring. In her early days in Scotland,…
GET READY FOR THE TOUGH TIMES I enjoyed an article in ML Journal (Vol. VI, No. 1, Word, Inc.) entitled "Get Ready for The River's Rising" by Vernon Grounds, President Emeritus of Denver Theological Seminary.…
SOMETIMES BEING JUST A VISITOR HAS ITS ADVANTAGES A preacher was addressing the people one Sunday, trying to impress upon them the importance of religion. "All you people of this congregation," he cried from the…
PRAYER REMINDER George Reindrop, in his book No Common Task, tells how a nurse once taught a man to pray, and in doing so changed his whole life from being a dull, disgruntled and dispirited…
A SENSE OF DESTINY I was re-reading the biography of Peter Marshall, A Man Called Peter by Catherine Marshall and found, once again, this story about Peter's sense of God's hand on his life: One…
JUST THE SITE! London businessman Lindsay Clegg told the story of a warehouse property he was selling. The building had been empty for months and needed repairs. Vandals had damaged the doors, smashed the windows,…
CARE FOR MY SON A wealthy man died, apparently without leaving a will. Consequently, according to law, the estate was to be divided among the several surviving cousins who were the next of kin. Also…
THE CRITIC British columnist Bernard Levin, commenting on the taste of two music critics: "If this pair had been present at the miracle of the loaves and fishes, one of them would have complained that…
A STONE IN THE SUN We were hiking in the mountains out West when I saw the stone -- a small one, about the size of a half-dollar, with smooth rounded edges. Ordinarily I would…
THE VISIBILITY OF JESUS Ben Haden of Chattanooga, Tennessee says he heard recently about a little seven-year-old boy who went to an evangelistic service. He went on Monday night, Tuesday night, Wednesday night, Thursday night,…
