DETERMINED TO BE MISERABLE I 've noticed that no matter how up-beat you preach, no matter how much gospel good news you lay on some people, some are absolutely determined to see the dour side…
Sermon Illustrations
YOU MUST DO YOUR PART Question: How many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb? Answer: Only one, but the light bulb must really want to change.
AUTHENTIC EMPATHY One of the stories that came to us in our recent summer contest makes a strong statement about the ability to truly empathize. It was from something of Ann Kiemel's and was
PREJUDICE ( Acts 11) To take the gospel to the Gentiles meant overcoming deep-seated prejudices of many years. Here's a few pithy quotes on the subject: Passion and prejudice govern the world; only under the…
PREJUDICE Prejudices are the props of civilization. Andre Gide, THE COUNTERFEITERS
PREJUDICE And here's some from Paul Eldridge: The older the prejudice the hardier. Some are perennials.
PREJUDICE Prejudices are the pillars of society. Few are the Samsons strong enough to shake them.
PREJUDICE Prejudice is the shrewdest of mathematicians. Whatever it adds, subtracts, multiplies or divides, the result is always as anticipated. Paul Eldridge, MAXIMS FOR A MODERN MAN
IN TUNE WITH GOD'S UNIVERSE Thomas Lane Butts, Methodist pastor from Montgomery, Alabama, reports that he heard this in a lecture given by Dr. William Muehl at Minister's Week at Candler School of Theology, Emory…
OUR READERS WRITE And I asked Jesus, "Lord, do you really love me?" And he replied, "Yes, I really do." "Just how much do you love me, Lord?" I inquired. And he said, "This much."…
LOST IN TRANSLATION I attended the Pastor's Conference at Mt. Hermon Conference Center here in our area recently and heard Chuck Swindoll of the Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton, California. He shared this story on…
THE CHURCH -- A TEAM, NOT COMPETITORS Some missionaries in the Philippines set up a croquet game in their front yard. Several of their Agta Negrito neighbors became interested and wanted to join the fun.…
FRIENDSHIP Another reader, David Miller of the United Methodist Church in Lavergne, Tennessee sent in some stories to share. Here's one I particularly liked: One could not but be moved by the story of the…
UNSPOILED MOTIVATION I 'm always delighted when I come across stories about the things that motivate people -- especially when they are true. Here's an actual incident that was passed on to me by my…
COMMUNICATIONS Larry Ballenger, (an important link in my own personal 'good old boy' network) shares this story from their weekly newsletter: It seems a woman called the fire department in agitation one day. "Come as…
THE INCONTROVERTIBLE EVIDENCE OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE I was also reminded recently of another old story I'd long forgotten (in the pages of Pulpit Helps (Mar 82). It's the one about the bold unbeliever who was…
THE SACRIFICIAL LIFE I was listening to one of my favorite preachers on tape the other day -- Chuck Swindoll of Fullerton, CA -- and he spoke about the importance of investing in the two…
SPEAKING WITHOUT THINKING from Christian Leadership Letter by World Vision, Feb '82. Mrs. Bloomfield had been a member of St. John's church for 25 years. As she walked toward the pastor, who stood waiting at…
THE SELF-GIVING MOTHER A few years ago I read an account of the extreme sacrifice of a mother's love in a newspaper in Southern California. About 6:00 a.m. on a Wednesday morning James Lawson of…
WITHOUT MOTHER THE PLACE IS REALLY EMPTY Some time back I saw a cartoon in the SatEvePost that showed a young boy about five or six years old talking on the telephone, and he's saying,…
