SONSHIP A promising young executive quit his job and before leaving, stopped in to say goodbye to the boss. The boss lamented, "I'm sorry to see you go. Actually, you've been like a son to…
Sermon Illustrations
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT I forgot where I read these words by Donald Grey on Galatians 5:22, 23 on the fruit of the spirit. But Barnhouse put it this way: "Love is the key. Joy…
WHO QUALIFIES? Then, along the same line, there's the recounting of the "Recruiting, Appointing and Calling" of the twelve as retold in an item
HUMILITY Whenever I think of man's propensity to pomposity -- and his need for humility (Romans 12:3), I think of Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem "Ozymandias." I met a traveller from an antique land Who said:…
SHARING IS PART OF COMMUNITY It seems there was this fellow who was about to make his first parachute jump. The plane carried him up to the proper altitude and he was told, "This is…
ECONOMY -- BUDGETS Husband to wife as they plan a budget in the current inflationary times: "Let's start with the basic necessities -- food, clothing and shelter. We have a choice of any two." Ralph…
THE CHURCH The Christian Communications Laboratory relates the story of a small mid-western weekly paper which ran a story saying, "We are pleased to announce that the cyclone which blew away the Methodist church last…
FACING THE HARSH TRUTH One of my other favortie cartoons is Momma by Mel Lazarus. One of his strips shows Momman entertaining her perpetual suitor, Mr. K. Frankly, he's not much of a catch, but…
PROBLEMS -- SOLUTIONS There is always an easy solution to every human problem -- neat, plausible and wrong. H. L. Mencken, Bits and Pieces
THE GREAT DECISION A little boy was told by his doctor that he could save his sister's life by giving her some blood. The six-year-old girl was near death, a victim of disease from which…
OUR ONENESS IN CHRIST I was at the 120-year- old institution to speak (Indiana State Prison). Only weeks earlier, Stephen Judy had been electrocuted there. An execution always creates a special tension in a prison,…
PRAYER'S FOCUS There was a five-year-old attending a formal wedding some years ago. The girl was sitting with her grandmother. She had been in Sunday School but had never attended a formal church service. During…
THE GOSPEL OF THE SECOND CHANCE Then the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time: (Jonah 3:1). In some ways that is the most startling truth in the Book of Jonah. God…
PERSPECTIVE -- A PUZZLER During World War II, a General and his subordinate Lieutenant in the states were travelling from their base to a base in another state. They were forced to travel with civilians…
ATONEMENT It was a mountain one-room school house where severe discipline was used to keep the rowdyism of uninterested pupils in check. The noon recess was ended and the teacher was interrogating the class with…
BE SURE OF YOUR COURSE AND KEEP ON GOING! The setting was a cold January morning in a little town in Wisconsin, where I then was, on the southern shore of Lake Superior. It happened…
CLOTHING IDENTIFIES US It seems a woman was telling her friend about the friendship her son Christopher had struck up with young Katie, a neighbor's daughter. The two five-year-olds were inseparable all summer, climbing trees,…
MALICE Charles Colson, in his recent letter (Prison Fellowship), points out a new level of malice abroad today with the marketing of a new family board game called "Capital Punishment." He points out that instead…
FLATTERY AND HYPOCRISY When the Pharisees came to encounter Jesus, they came filled with fake charm and smooth talking words (Matthew 22: 16, 17). They remind me of the description of Zoltan Karpathy by Professor…
REAL POWER Billy Graham recently spoke in the San Jose area, and on the closing day told this story which you may remember. It's a favorite. It seems there was a strong man who traveled…
