THE WORD COMMITMENT One of the characters from the comic strip, "Shoe" is sitting at the counter trying to pick up a woman who is also sitting at the counter. Since they are both birds,…
Sermon Illustrations
GOD & THE GROCERY STORE DOOR A young boy was listening to his teacher tell about the power of God -- specifically that God is everywhere and would never leave us or forsake us. She…
TORN PANTS BETTER A young boy came into the house covered with mud after finishing a rough day at play. "Mom," he shouted at the top of his voice, "If I fell out of a…
ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE That age- old question: "Why am I here?" need not worry one a lot. For the answer, dear friend, You may not comprehend Till just past the end when you're not. Dwight Payton
BJARNI SYNDROME The Greenlander's Saga records the adventures of the Norse explorers who sailed across the North Atlantic Ocean in search of uncharted lands. Bjarni Herjolfssen found his way into that saga by accident. He…
TELLING BY THE CLIFF There is a sense of relief in remembering that I'm not God and am therefore not responsible for being God... Sometimes, as a Bible teacher I feel that God has put…
DROWNING SORROWS People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim. Ann Landers
ONE-LINER WISDOM "Check carefully to see if you any words out." "I used up all my sick days, so I'm calling in dead." "Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?" "There…
LOVE YOU NOT TO PIECES A visit from my granddaughter, age three, inspired me to bubble, "Allison, I love you to pieces." "I love you, too, Grandma." she sweetly replied. "But all together." Pat Shafer,…
CONQUERING MOUNTAINS You never conquer a mountain. You stand on the summit a few moments; then the wind blows your footprints away. Arlene Blum -- The preceding three illustrations
A CRUCIFIED CHURCH It may take a crucified church to bring a crucified Christ before the eyes of the world. W.E. Orchard in The Temple
LOVE LIGHTS FIRES Love lights more fire that hate extinguishes. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
DOING WITHOUT Editor George W. Hunt wrote this in the winter on the hundredth anniversary of his father's birth: "To our eyes, the world of 1895 looks like a world 'without' in every... imaginable way.…
MIRACLE UNDER THE HOOD Often the origins of a story can't be traced. Such is this one which had been told to others and a nationwide TV audience by the late Howard Conatser, founder of…
One big difference between outlaws and in-laws is that outlaws don't promise to pay it back. Source unknown
BUILD ME A SON Former General Douglas MacArthur wrote this wonderful prayer: "Build me a son, Oh Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak and brave enough to face himself…
BASEBALL WAS BETTER Baseball is what we were, and football is what we have become. -- Dorothy L. Sayers
MANY NAMES NEEDED The Inuit who live in the frozen lands of the North have more than one word for snow. There is one word for "snow on the ground" another for "falling snow" and…
PRETEND HE IS DAD A boy who just turned sixteen years of age took his driver's test. Afterward, his mom asked him if he had been nervous. "I was while waiting to drive," he replied.…
UNCOLLARED A priest went on vacation to a little resort town. A local fellow engaged him in conversation and when he found he was a priest, he said, "My lay church group is having a…
