“We are fellow-workers with God” (I Corinthians 3:9). The story is told of a bricklayer who had tried to move about five hundred pounds of bricks from the top of a four-story building to the…
Sermon Illustrations
“We are going to have a feast… he was lost and is found” (Luke 15:24). There is the story of a man who had an inordinate liking for the color yellow. Everything around him had…
“Father ... Give us each day our daily bread” (Luke 11:3). A three-year-old boy had been naughty all day. His mother sent him to bed early as punishment. He marched off without a protest, but…
“Now, about the collection…” (1 Corinthians 16:1). Having forgotten to set his clock alarm, and being eager to get to Church on time, a certain pastor was driving well over the speed limit when he…
“The people as a whole hung on His words” (Luke 19:48). The late Vince Lombardi, the celebrated former coach of the Green Bay Packers professional football team, faced a difficult challenge one Monday morning on…
“…and the altar burst apart and the ashes from the Altar were scattered” (I Kings 13:5). A clergyman turned author tells the story of the first funeral service he conducted: It left a bad taste…
“I cannot say that you have done well in holding meetings that do you more harm than good ... I hear that when you come together as a community, there are separate factions among you”…
“He felt compassion for them because they were like Sheep without a shepherd and He began to teach them many things” (Mark 6:34). As they were leaving Church one Sunday, a man confided to his…
“ …whoever does the Will of God, he is my brother” (Mark 4:35). A man decided that it was time for him to become a regular Church-goer. He hoped to find the kind of congregation…
“Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another” (John 4:11). There was a Church with a bright young pastor but a very small congregation. Among the handful of parishioners was…
“I am the gate. Whoever enters through Me will be safe…” (John 10:9). . . . Do not ride in automobiles; they cause 20% of all accident fatalities; . . . Do not stay at…
“My spirit exalts in God My Savior” (Luke 1:47). “I bring you news of great joy… a Savior has been born to you” (Luke 2:30-31). “The popularity of Santa Claus is astonishing. In one form…
“The Word was made flesh, He lived among us” (John 1:14). Remember way back when a husband was not allowed to go into the labor room with his expectant wife? He was told to have…
“I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly” (John 10:10). There is a beautiful and inspiring Christmas legend about the poor people who lived in a forest village in old Rumania. Their…
“We are to love them because He loved us first” (I John 4:19). Are you willing to … ...stoop down and consider the needs and the desires of little children; to remember the weakness and…
“Clouds and gusts and yet no rain, such is the man whose promises are princely but never kept” (Proverbs 25:14). Early one December, members of a Bible Class at a large private, religiously oriented University…
“Whoever humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven” (Mt. 18:6). Novelist Katherine Ann Porter wrote a little true story of the time she helped her five- year-old niece…
“God loves a cheerful giver” (II Corinthians 9:7). The young native boy on a remote Pacific island listened carefully as the missionary teacher explained why it is that Christians give presents to each other on…
“May Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God Our Father who has given us His love…comfort you and strengthen you in everything good that you do or say” (II Thessalonians 2:16). After attending a Christmas…
“The Word was the true light that enlightens all men” (John 1:9). A woman whose husband died six months before Christmas, sat down to write out a Christmas card to a close friend. This is…