CHRISTIANITY & CITIZENSHIP Our ancestors established their system of government on morality and religious sentiment. Moral habits, they believed, cannot safely be entrusted on any other foundation than religious principle, not any government secure which…
Sermon Illustrations
FIND OUT WHY If at first you don't succeed, find out why. By Steven Covey
SOME FUNNY BUMPER STICKERS Very funny, Scotty. Now beam down my clothes. The gene pool could use a little chlorine. A flashlight is a case for holding dead batteries. Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone,…
THE GOOD BOOK IS THE BEST BOOK The New Testament is the very best book that ever was or ever will be known in the world. -- Charles Dickens
WEAPONS & WAR Nations do not arm for war. They arm to keep themselves from war. By Barry M. Goldwater, Why Not Victory? 1962
HOW HOT IS HELL? - -reported as a true story from a Yale professor A thermodynamics professor had written a take home exam for his graduate students. It had one question: "Is Hell exothermic (gives…
THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO UH-OH! You mistake your brother's fungus experiment for a casserole and have two helpings. You catch the little boy you're baby-sitting on the phone ordering pizza . . . from…
HOLINESS OF GOD The holiness of God reaches across the entire front of biblical faith linking the nature of the gospel . . . to the meaning of the Cross. Unless the Holy returns to…
TOSSING FOR TEE TIME Perkins was twenty minutes late at the first tee one Sunday morning, and the other three members of the regular foursome were almost ready to drive off without him. "I agreed…
SOCK IN THE MOUTH A young couple decided to wed. As the big day approached, they grew apprehensive. Each had a problem they had never before shared with anyone, not even each other. The groom-to-be,…
MUMBLE YOUR DOUBTS When in charge, ponder. When in trouble, delegate. When in doubt, mumble. From Jan Hartlove, Longmont, Colorado- -used in a longer context in the February of 1990 issue of Parables, Etc. as…
PROPERTY LAWS 1. If I like it, it's mine. 2. If it's in my hand, it's mine. 3. If I can take it from you, it's mine. 4. If I had it a little while…
SPORTSMANSHIP IN ACTION One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than 50 preaching it. Knute K. Rockne, Coaching (Devin-Adair)
FISH NOW OR HUNT LATER It is better to go fishing with your child NOW, Than to go hunting for him LATER.
SPOILED CHILDREN It is better to be a good parent than a good gardener. You can throw out spoiled vegetables, but the spoiled children you have to keep.
COUNTING RIBS Sometimes women are overly suspicious of their husbands. When Adam stayed out very late for a few nights, Eve became upset. "You're running around with other women," she charged. "You're being unreasonable," Adam…
INSTANT BOOK PLAY Books had instant replay long before televised sports. -- Bern Williams
FOOLISHNESS OF FOOTBALL Never participate in a sport where the coach urges you to do insane and dangerous things that he himself does not do. Football is a good example. If you watch a football…
FAME & FLEAS Walt Disney was once asked how it felt to be a celebrity. He answered, "It feels fine when it helps to get a good seat at a football game. But it never…
CLENCHED FISTS We cannot shake hands with clenched fists.
