NAME NOT THERE There was a young man who served his country during the Vietnam War. He was the lead man on a jungle patrol: the one responsible for looking for land mines, booby traps,…
Sermon Illustrations
FLESH AGENDA There was a full page ad in People magazine in early 1997 that announced the line-up of shows on Sunday night on USA Network. They were "Pacific Blue," "Silk Stalkings," "The Big Easy."…
FISHING TIME & CONDITIONS From B.A.S.S. MAIL on the TNN Network's The Bassmasters, a man wrote to the television show with the question, "How can I become a professional fisherman?" The answer to his question…
TRUTH TAKES TWO It takes two to speak the truth. One to speak and another to listen. -- Henry David Thoreau
OFF TO A GOOD START Dear God, so far today, I have done all right. I have not gossiped, and I have not lost my temper. I have not been grumpy, nasty, or selfish, and…
FROM BURDENS TO BLESSINGS A preacher who was speaking at a small church in the midwest went to the home of a widow for lunch. He was sitting in the living room, while she prepared…
GOOD INGREDIENTS Raising children is like cooking. If you want something to come out well, you must not skimp on the ingredients. Adapted from Healing Ministry magazine
MOTHER MATTERS A mother is someone who buys you underwear when you really wanted a model airplane. From the Christian Word, sponsored by Downtown Baptist Church of Oklahoma City
NICE GUYS FINISH FAST A basic rule for all preachers and public speakers is this: NICE GUYS FINISH FAST!
SOLD SHORT There was a sign in the window of a vacant building that said: WE UNDERSOLD THEM ALL! From Bruce Rowlison, Gilroy, California
SMART HORSE A cowboy with a broken leg was explaining his injury to his friend. "I was riding my horse up in the hills when I fell. We were quite a ways from the ranch,…
SIGNS OF CHRIST'S COMING I am no longer looking for the signs of Christ's coming; I am now listening for the sound of his coming: the trumpet of God; I've seen all the signs I…
BURDEN GOD No college offers a course entitled: Trials 101. But life can and does get hectic, often daily. Trials are not optional, but required courses in life. God's Word tells us that when we…
WHEN OUR LEADER DIES Two men in a totalitarian country were talking. One of the men told how he had recovered from a serious illness. "Thank God, I'm fully recovered now!" he said. His friend…
VIEWS OF GOD The Christian Faith: Teaches that God is the "pivot point" of life. That God is the ultimate reality. That there are some absolutes... some unchanging truths that apply equally to all. Secular…
THE TRINITY The doctrine of the Trinity is both crucial and complex. He who denies it may lose his soul; he who too much strives to understand it may lose his wits. Dr. Robert South,…
MIRACLES & PUMPKINS The philosophical case against miracles is somewhat easily dealt with. There is no philosophical case against miracles. There are such things as the laws of nature rationally speaking. What everybody knows is…
SPIRITUAL ADRENALINE A constant state of adrenaline arousal, although physically damaging, is often experienced as pleasant excitement and stimulation. And it is this that makes it most dangerous, because we can come to think of…
MIND & MOUTH SIZES Here is a bad combination: A narrow mind and a wide mouth. Adapted from a submission by John Fitts, Palm Harbor, Florida
VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS If John was a voice crying in the wilderness, the wilderness was crying for a voice... Despair comes not because the going is hard, but because we doubt that the going…
