Patience is the ability to let your light shine even though your fuse is blown. From Bruce Rowlison, Gilroy, California
Sermon Illustrations
A Bible that is falling apart is usually owned by someone who is not. From Bruce Rowlison, Gilroy, California
We must all use the gifts that we have. The woods will be silent if only the best birds sing. From Bruce Rowlison, Gilroy, California
Swallowing angry words is easier than having to eat them. From Bruce Rowlison, Gilroy, California
If you worry, why pray? If you pray, why worry? From Bruce Rowlison, Gilroy, California
Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears. From Bruce Rowlison, Gilroy, California
It is nice to be important, but it is more important to be nice. From Bruce Rowlison, Gilroy, California
Joy shared is joy doubled. Sorrow shared is sorrow halved. From Bruce Rowlison, Gilroy, California
Without clouds in our lives, we would never see the beautiful sunsets and dawns. From Bruce Rowlison, Gilroy, California
CUNNING INSTEAD OF BELIEF In the last of C. S. Lewis's books about the mythical land of Narnia, he describes a pitiful scene. Among the mythical creatures of dwarfs, talking beasts, and other things, they…
NO HIGH HIGHER There is no high like the Most High! From T. Parker, O'Fallon, Missouri
LIFE IS NO BRIEF CANDLE I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I…
DEATH WITHOUT GOD One of the most disturbing deaths I have witnessed was the death of a man who for years had spurned every mention of Christ or the gospel. He spent the last days…
FROM PROSTITUTE TO QUEEN Let's imagine that a king made a decree in his land that there would be a blanket pardon extended to all prostitutes. Would that be good news to you if you…
BULL & LION I was trying to find information on hunting in the Old Testament days, and it was right there in the International Standard Bible Dictionary. Amenhotep III (1400 BC) of Egypt boasted killing…
UNDERSTANDING GOD'S WAYS G. Campbell Morgan, commenting on the death of James and the deliverance of Peter: "Life can never be perfectly understood in the process of living it; we must wait. Just beyond the…
PITIFUL SELF PITY The attractiveness of pity and the ugliness of self-pity are unarguable. Yet we live in a society in which self-pity far exceeds pity. The excessively popular genre of literature, the celebrity autobiography,…
ALL TASTE THE SAME A Persian in the market in Old Jerusalem buys a packet of pecan nuts. He hands one to his wife, who is dutifully following him around. After a while, she asks…
OBVIOUS ADS A man saw a sign over a plumbing supply store that read: "Cast Iron Sinks". The man walked into the store and complained, "Listen, I don't know if you realize it or not,…
MAKING A DULL PREACHER All work and no play-gerism makes Jack a dull preacher. Marshall Leggett
