SALVATION PARACHUTE Salvation by grace is like a parachute; there just isn't any substitute!
Sermon Illustrations
RAW DEAL FOR THE DEVIL He had been in politics for too long a time. He was jaded. His sensitivity was gone. And into his office walked the devil himself. Satan conversed with him for…
WEATHER LOGIC Tourist: "What's that you have there?" Old Timer: "That there's a weather gauge." Tourist: "How can you possibly tell the weather with a piece of rope?" Old Timer: "It's simple. When it swings…
EXCITEMENT OR RESURRECTION A preacher was visiting with his congregates after the Sunday morning service when a determined-looking woman approached him. Obviously displeased, she said, "Pastor, as a member of the pulpit committee, I was…
OTHER SIDE OF MOTIVATION Self-discipline is the other side of the motivation coin. Lack of self-discipline is actually lack of motivation. Increase your motivation, and self-discipline will follow.
WRONG CRUSOE Years ago, the great tenor, Enrico Caruso, took his car to an auto mechanic for repairs. When Caruso told the shop owner his name, the man was obviously impressed. The man asked, "You…
TOBACCO TERROR The following admonition was posted over the church door by an Austin, Texas pastor: You chewers of that noxious weed Which grows on earth's most cursed sod Be pleased to clean your filthy…
VIRTUE INCREASED The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we would appear to be. All human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice…
PERHAPS THE WRONG CHURCH Top 10 ways you know you're in a "different" church: The church bus has gun racks. The church staff consists of Senior Pastor, Associate Pastor and Socio-pastor. They use the "Dr.…
TOUGH OPERATION A gynecologist who had lost interest in his medical practice decided to change careers and enrolled in auto mechanic school. He performed well in the course but was still shocked when he got…
THE SOLDIER It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech. It is the…
RESISTERS & RESPONDERS Jonathan Edwards observed that any true revival will tend to give rise to two groups: the resisters and the responders. The resisters are those who constantly examine and scrutinize the motives of…
NET INCOME & GROSS LIFESTYLE Actor Erroll Flynn once said that his only financial problem was that his net income did not support his gross lifestyle.
CAPSULE SERMONS The hardest part of a job is getting started. You can't control the length of your life, but you can control its width and depth. Praise does wonders for the sense of hearing.…
WHAT JUDAS LOST What a tragic example for all to behold. He had a great opportunity and didn't take it. He had great weaknesses and didn't overcome them. He received a warning and didn't heed…
NOAH'S FLOOD LIGHTS Question: "What kind of lights did Noah's ark have?" Answer: "Flood lights!"
BREECH BIRTH One day, a cattle farmer heard one of his cows bellowing out in the North Forty (the mud pit behind the barn). It sounded like she was in hard labor. He went out…
SHARK FISHING A priest was walking along the cliffs at Dover when he came upon two locals pulling another man ashore on the end of a rope. "That's what I like to see," said the…
COOKBOOKS & DIET BOOKS Other than the Bible the two biggest sellers in any bookstore, according to Andy Rooney, are cookbooks and diet books. The cookbooks tell you how to prepare the food, and the…
DRINKING COFFEE A good cure for a hangover is to drink black coffee the night before instead of the morning after. -- Laurence J. Peter
