“Then God said, ‘Let the earth sprout vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them,’ and it was so.” (Genesis 1:11). In a book…
Sermon Illustrations
“Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these others?” (John 21:15). After listening to her suitor’s marriage proposal, a woman tried to be subtle in her response,…
“…as they passed through Phoencia and Samaria, they told how the pagans had been converted” (Acts 15:31). Gilbert West was a noted British educator and author. Sir Edward Littleton was a famous English judge. West…
“…I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am” (Philippians 4:11). A seventeenth-century Italian author wrote a book in which he commented on the social conditions of the time in Lombardy. “So long…
“…so we should not go on sleeping, as everyone else does” (I Thessalonians 5:6). Do you remember the fairy tale, “The Sleeping Beauty”? There is to be a royal wedding. The wicked witch is not…
“Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord.” (ICor. 1:31). A man who was suffering from constant headaches visited his doctor. “Doctor, I don’t know why I keep on getting these awful headaches,” he said.…
...the greatest among you must behave as if he were the youngest, the leader as if he were the one who serves” (Luke 22:26). C. S. Lewis recalled the time when he first started going…
I don’t have to tell you that today, the desktop computer is almost as commonplace as a toaster over. But few of us, especially the younger generation take the time to reflect on just how…
“What gain, then, is it for a man to win the whole world and ruin his life?” (Mk. 8:35-36). A little fish named Gil was, in fact, the smallest fish in the pond. Because of…
“You have learned how it was said, ‘You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say this to you: love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (Matthew 5:43). Enmity…
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, a gentle Father and the God of all consolation, who comforts us in all our sorrows, so that we can offer others, in their…
“From the cup I drink of you shall drink; the bath I am immersed in you shall bathe” (Mark 10:39). In the introduction to a book entitled “Being Home,” there is a beautiful little story…
“Then, taking a cup, He gave thanks and said, ‘Take this and share it among you’” (Luke 22:17). A pastor in Greensboro, North Carolina, tells this wonderful, true story of a four-year-old niece named Alisha:…
“The Word was the true Light that enlightens all men” (John 1:9) A generation ago, a man named Marshall McLuhan emerged as the wise man of the Communication Era. His name was on the lips…
“A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver” (Proverbs 25:11). A Navy ordinance officer who is able to explain in great detail what makes guided missiles tick, had just…
“Why does this man speak that way?” (Mark 2:7). At a PTA meeting, a statistician was introduced to explain changes in the grading of exams. “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen,” he began. “The main point…
“What would this idle babbler wish to say?” (Acts 17:18). An English Professor has written an article entitled “Masters of Babble.” The subtitle is, “Turning Language Into Stone.” The article is about one of the…
“Christ was raised from the dead… so we too might walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4). “Savior? — Who Needs a Savior?” is the title of a chapter in “The Parables of Peanuts” book.…
“Whoever seeks to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it” (Luke 18:33). There was a man who was attracted to Jesus’ Gospel and who had been coming to…
A few years ago, television newscaster Ted Koppel delivered the commencement address at Duke University. The speech was based on the Ten Commandments. The Dean of the Chapel at Duke said later, It was the…