WE NEED ONE ANOTHER A young woman was waiting for a bus in a slum area one evening when a rookie policeman approached her. "Want me to wait with you?" he asked. She replied, "Thank…
Sermon Illustrations
GOD'S LOVE We call it mercy -- it is God's forgiving love. We call it providence -- it is God's caring love. We call it kindness -- it is God's understanding love. We call it…
PERSPECTIVE The police were called to help restore order at the Presbyterian Home for the Aged -- the scene of a week-long revolt. Three militant octogenarians were arrested after a scuffle in the north parlor.…
THE AMBIGUITY OF SINNERS/SAINTS There is the story of the man who came down from the Carolina mountains. He was all dressed up and carrying his Bible. A friend saw him and asked, "Elias, what's…
CLOUT -- WHO HAS IT? An ad appeared in the classified section of the newspaper that read: "I would like to announce that the ad I put in this newspaper last Saturday was in error.…
SPREAD THE WORD The story is told of a small dog which had been struck by a car and was laying by the side of the road. A doctor, driving by, noticed that the dog…
MOTIVATION -- THE PLUS FACTOR I had one of those civic responsibilities the other day -- to be the invocator at a luncheon. I heard one good story there about the two fellows who were…
THE INFLUENTIAL MOTHER -- Eve, Jezebel, Priscilla, Debra, Susannah Wesley, etc. I was reading about the revered and sainted Susannah Wesley, mother of John and Charles and 17 other children, who supposedly spent such a…
WITHOUT MOTHER THE PLACE IS REALLY EMPTY Some time back I saw a cartoon in the SatEvePost that showed a young boy about five or six years old talking on the telephone, and he's saying,…
THE SELF-GIVING MOTHER A few years ago I read an account of the extreme sacrifice of a mother's love in a newspaper in Southern California. About 6:00 a.m. on a Wednesday morning James Lawson of…
SPEAKING WITHOUT THINKING from Christian Leadership Letter by World Vision, Feb '82. Mrs. Bloomfield had been a member of St. John's church for 25 years. As she walked toward the pastor, who stood waiting at…
THE SACRIFICIAL LIFE I was listening to one of my favorite preachers on tape the other day -- Chuck Swindoll of Fullerton, CA -- and he spoke about the importance of investing in the two…
THE INCONTROVERTIBLE EVIDENCE OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE I was also reminded recently of another old story I'd long forgotten (in the pages of Pulpit Helps (Mar 82). It's the one about the bold unbeliever who was…
COMMUNICATIONS Larry Ballenger, (an important link in my own personal 'good old boy' network) shares this story from their weekly newsletter: It seems a woman called the fire department in agitation one day. "Come as…
UNSPOILED MOTIVATION I 'm always delighted when I come across stories about the things that motivate people -- especially when they are true. Here's an actual incident that was passed on to me by my…
FRIENDSHIP Another reader, David Miller of the United Methodist Church in Lavergne, Tennessee sent in some stories to share. Here's one I particularly liked: One could not but be moved by the story of the…
THE CHURCH -- A TEAM, NOT COMPETITORS Some missionaries in the Philippines set up a croquet game in their front yard. Several of their Agta Negrito neighbors became interested and wanted to join the fun.…
LOST IN TRANSLATION I attended the Pastor's Conference at Mt. Hermon Conference Center here in our area recently and heard Chuck Swindoll of the Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton, California. He shared this story on…
OUR READERS WRITE And I asked Jesus, "Lord, do you really love me?" And he replied, "Yes, I really do." "Just how much do you love me, Lord?" I inquired. And he said, "This much."…
IN TUNE WITH GOD'S UNIVERSE Thomas Lane Butts, Methodist pastor from Montgomery, Alabama, reports that he heard this in a lecture given by Dr. William Muehl at Minister's Week at Candler School of Theology, Emory…
