EVANGELISTIC IMPOTENCE Years ago in America when many people travelled by train, and buggies were still common, there was a tragedy at a rural railroad crossing. A carriage containing an entire family was struck by…
Sermon Illustrations
OBJECTIONS Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome. Samuel Johnson
WHO'S BLAMED? A professional football coach was hired to manage the team. They had been experiencing a bad season. Like all football teams, if they don't win the coach is replaced. To succeed in football…
AUTHENTICITY A Chinese boy who wanted to learn about jade went to study with a talented old teacher. This gentleman put a piece of the stone into the youth's hand and told him to hold…
DANDELIONS A gardener took great pride in caring for his lawn. But one year it grew full of dandelions. He tried every method and product to get rid of them, but nothing worked. Exasperated, he…
AFFIRMATION Everyone needs recognition for his accomplishments, but it is possible to carry the need too far. Such people are like the little boy who says to his father: "Let's play darts. I'll throw and…
THE PHILOSPHICAL APPROACH TO TAIL CHASING A big dog saw a little dog chasing its tail and asked, "Why are you chasing your tail so?" Said the puppy, "I have mastered philosophy; I have solved…
DO YOUR BIT It seems this knight was riding through the forest when he spotted a little sparrow lying alongside of the road -- and in a very peculiar manner. So he dismounted from his…
EASTER CROWN Crowns have always been the sign of authority and Kingship. Charlemagne, whom historians say should deserve to be called "great" above all others, wore an octagonal crown. Each of the eight sides was…
GET THE STORY STRAIGHT A group of four- year-olds were gathered in a Sunday School class in Chattanooga. And the teacher, to keep their attention and also by nature, is extremely enthusiastic. She looked at…
FIRST PRIORITY A young Ensign, after nearly completing his first overseas cruise, was given an opportunity to display his capabilities at getting the ship under way. With a stream of commands, he had the decks…
FLEXIBILITY Cornelius Vanderbilt, who controlled the New York Central, regarded Jay Gould, who headed the lesser Erie Railroad, as an upstart. At one time, he made an attempt to force Gould out of the railroad…
THE POWER OF LOVE Tears glistened in the eyes of the Salvation Army officer Shaw as he looked at the three men before him. Shaw was a medical missionary who had just arrived in India,…
PROBLEM SOLVING A woman in Terre Haute, Indiana, called the police station to report a skunk in her cellar. The police told the woman to make a trail of bread crumbs from the basement to…
SEVERE JUDGMENT A Christian lady wanted a parrot that could talk. She looked in several shops before finding one. The owner told her, however, that the parrot had been previously owned by a bartender and…
WHEN JESUS CALLS It's like the delightful story about the farmer and his mule. A farmer owned a mule that was very important to him because it was a good plowing animal. The mule got…
BUSTED SMILES "Freddie, you mustn't laugh out loud in the school room," the teacher warned. "Teacher, I didn't mean to. I was just smiling and the smile busted."
THE CHURCH I think that I shall never see A church that's all it ought to be. A church whose members never stray Beyond the straight and narrow way; A church that has no empty…
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A CHANGE MAKES Once upon a time there was a prince who fell in love with a fair maiden. But his enemy captured the fair maiden and held her captive in a…
HELP FROM EXPERIENCE Two nimrods flew deep into remote Canada for elk hunting. Their pilot, seeing that they had bagged six elk, told them the plane could carry only four out. "But the plane that…
