GOODNESS INVESTMENT Goodness is the only investment that never fails. - - Thomson
Sermon Illustrations
TOO MUCH SUNSHINE All sunshine makes the desert. -- Arabian Proverb
WONDERING GOD'S SECRETS When people cease to wonder, God's secrets remain unrevealed. -- Anonymous
CONVICTIONS OR DOUBTS I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray to keep your doubts to yourself. -Goethe
LIFE & MUSIC Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. -- Samuel Butler
THE RIGHT WAY Jim was walking down the street to have breakfast at the corner cafe when a young man slammed on his brakes and stopped right next to Jim. The young driver hurriedly rolled…
MOTIVES & ACTIONS God is also very concerned about our motives. The Scriptures teach that what we are is far more important to God than where we are; why we do something, more than what…
PICK YOUR KIND OF WAR Television news and newspapers continually remind us that all the major governments throughout the world are trying to eliminate the nuclear threat of war. But the same countries seem to…
RESPECTING DESTRUCTIVE POWER Since I have no mechanical ability, I admire people who can build and repair things. During a church building program, I was watching an electrician install a complex control panel. I said…
FAITH LIFT Perhaps you never thought of going to church as a beauty treatment, but it is a wonderful way to get your "faith: lifted."
THANKFUL THIEF "Give thanks to the Lord..." - Psalm 105:1 A robber in Vancouver, B.C. called to say thanks after taking an undisclosed amount of money from a branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia,…
THE ENVELOPE PLEASE One day, about eight years ago, Carol and I found ourselves in the position of being richer than we thought. We, like most other people, always seem to have more month than…
WORTH & GRACE Years ago a commander decided to reward the work of one of his soldiers by awarding him a Commendation Medal. The commander wrote the award certificate detailing the soldier's work and activities.…
CONSISTENT CHRISTIANS Is this for you? If any Christians treated their weekday job like they do their church -- staying at home when the weather is bad, or when they feel lazy or sleepy --…
THE CROSS FILTER In early October our family took a little one-day drive up toward Binghamton, New York. Driving up Highway 17 we were enjoying the beautiful autumn colors that were in full bloom at…
EASY OBJECTIVITY "It's always easy to see both sides of an issue we are not particularly concerned about." -- Mark Twain
TRAPPED & ALONE In 1989, in the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake comes the heart-touching story of Buck Alvin Helms. Helms is a fifty-seven-year-old, two hundred and forty pound longshoreman, who friends describe as…
POOR JUDGE OF DOGS Teddy Roosevelt once had a little dog that was always getting into fights and always getting licked. Somebody said, "Colonel, he's not much of a fighter." Teddy replied, "Oh, he's a…
LOSING THEIR HEADS A few hundred years ago two men were talking in France. The one asked the other what he did for a living. The man said that he kept his head, while all…
THE MEN OF THE HOUSE A man was cleaning house while his wife was in town shopping. Decked out in an apron, while vacuuming, he heard the doorbell ring. Leaving the vacuum running he went…
