PEOPLE PERSPECTIVES God loves a dangling Christian (totally dependent on him.) As we refresh others, we, ourselves are refreshed. Take time to love; it's God-like. Pretend you're a star and poke a hole in someone's…
Sermon Illustrations
HIT THE WALL FOR GOD I was at a Bible study when a young man said, "God just spoke to me and told me to trust him and run into that brick wall running as…
THE OX AND THE MULE For some time an old farmer had been plowing with an ox and a mule teamed together; working them pretty hard. The young ox said to the mule, "Let's play…
CONFUSING CONVERSION A Jewish man moves into a Catholic neighborhood. Every Friday the Catholics go crazy because, while they're morosely eating fish, the Jew is outside barbecuing steaks. So the Catholics work on the Jew…
UNDER HER WINGS An article in National Geographic several years ago provided a penetrating picture of God's wings. After a forest fire in Yellowstone National Park, forest rangers began their trek up a mountain to…
QUALITY FIRST The bull bellows loudest; The cow gives the milk. A butterfly is beautiful; The worm spins the silk. And barreled goods are valued By the contents (not the keg). The rooster does the…
SOMETHING AROUND THE CORNER If there is one thing that gives radiance to everything, it is the idea that something is around the corner. -- G. K. Chesterton
SAVED BY HIS FAITH The sheriff and deputy of Jones county (the free state of Jones) were abducted while transporting two inmates from Parchman. Everyone thought they were dead when the inmates shot a police…
COMEDY COLLECTION I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury. -- George Burns I wouldn't object to my wife having the last word--if only she'd get to it. -- Henny…
NEVER WASTE YOUR PAIN! Dear Lord, Please grant that I shall never waste my pain; for... To fail without learning, To fall without getting up, To sin without overcoming, To be hurt without forgiving, To…
FULL HOUSE Once upon a time there was a householder who lived with his wife, his two small children, and his elderly parents in a very small hut. The man did his best to be…
BECOMING SHORT When I began my ministry, I was six foot, three inches tall, but there have been so many occasions when those who introduced me to speak have whispered, "Bishop, please be short." This…
PUNS FROM NORM WILSON Two boll weevils grew up in South Carolina. One went to Hollywood and became a famous actor. The other stayed behind in the cotton fields and never amounted to much. The…
GO INTO POLITICS OR GO STRAIGHT Two convicts were discussing their future plans. One of them said he planned to go into politics upon his release from prison. The other said that he had decided…
SLAVE TO WHAT WE WRITE Of the unspoken word thou art still the master; of the spoken word thou art no longer the master; of the written word thou art the slave. By Joe Bayly,…
SIGN OF FORGIVEN During an adult Bible study, the teacher asked a woman how she perceived the church. The woman said that she thought of the church as a hospital for sinners and that we…
Business | Character | Employees | Honesty | Humor | Integrity | Labor | Short Shorts | Trust | Work
EMPLOYMENT TRUST If you suspect a man, don't employ him, and if you employ him, don't suspect him. A Chinese Proverb
Discipleship | Education | Ideas | Knowledge | Learning | Remembering | Short Shorts | Understanding
PLATO ON EDUCATION Education does not consist in telling people new things, it consists of extracting from their memories what they already know. -- Plato
INFORMATION PLEASE When I was quite young, my father had one of the first telephones in our neighborhood. I remember well the polished old case fastened to the wall. The shiny receiver hung on the…
PERFECT SLIP A little boy walked into the women's clothing section of a large department store and shyly spoke to the sales clerk. "I want to buy my mother a slip," he told her, "but…
