WHAT IS YOUR HOPE? You may remember the story of the long and rough Atlantic crossing where the seasick passenger was leaning over the rail of the ocean liner and had turned several shades of…
Sermon Illustrations
GOALS One of my favorite Peanuts cartoons shows Charlie Brown and Linus having one of their frequent philosophical discussions while leaning on a brick wall. Charlie Brown asks, "Do you ever think much about the…
SELF AND EGOCENTRICITY And speaking of the self-oriented life, I am reminded of the old story about the newly elected politician who was visiting Washington D.C. to get acquainted. He was visiting in the home…
THE SPIRIT OF CALEB -- THE REAL MC COY I recently read the new Word biography Bob Pierce: This One Thing I Do by Franklin Graham with Jeanette Lockerbie. Pierce, you may recall, was the…
POWERLESS -- YET CALLED As the days and weeks pass by and I come to know the students of the language school better, I realize more and more how insecure, fearful, and often lonely many…
EMPTY OR FULL I gave them to Him, All the things I'd valued so. Until I stood there empty-handed./Every glittering toy did go. And I walked earth's lonely highways In my rags and poverty; 'Till…
FULFILLING EXPECTATIONS A certain farmer was known for his thrift and he moved into an area that frequently had tornados. He hadn't experienced such disasters before but he had heard many a story about how…
YOUR HIDDEN POTENTIAL An American Indian tells about a brave who found an eagle's egg and put it into the nest of a prairie chicken. The eaglet hatched with the brood of chicks and grew…
PROFIT AND LOSS I counted all my dollars while God counted crosses; I counted gains while He counted losses; I counted my worth by the things gained in store, But He sized me up by…
REALITIES THAT SHOW The following was sent in by Dr. Charles Steiner of Morgantown, PA: It seems that in earlier times in England there lived a king who travelled a great deal. Much of the…
ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITIES Arthur Gordon tells this story: "When I was around thirteen and my brother was ten, Father promised to take us to the circus. But at lunch there was a phone…
RISK Go out on a limb -- that's where the fruit is! Will Rogers
THE ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE In some parts of Mexico hot springs and cold springs are found side by side - - and because of the convenience of this natural phenomenon the women often bring their…
MOST PRECIOUS POSSESSION Pastor Rittenhouse and his family were on vacation travelling down the highway when they saw a suitcase fly off the top of a car going the opposite direction. They stopped to pick…
AN ASSORTMENT OF GIVERS There are three kinds of givers -- the flint, the sponge and the honeycomb. To get anything out of a flint you must hammer it. And then you get only chips…
THE SURROUNDING MASTER -- ENCOURAGING THE SMALL GIFT I was able to use the following story about Poland's famous concert pianist and prime minister, Ignace Paderewski which I found in Leadership: A mother, wishing to…
HOW ARE YOU? A common greeting of these days is, "How are you?" The stereotype reply is, "Fine, and how are you?" I frequently give this reply to my friends who would be dismayed and…
A CINCH The smash hit of the circus in Moscow was the beautiful lady lion tamer. She had the animals under complete control and at her command the fiercest lion of all came up to…
THE STUNNING IMPACT OF CHRISTMAS An old pioneer travelled westward across the great plains until he came to an abrupt halt at the edge of the Grand Canyon. He gawked at the sight before him:…
THE STAR Back during World War II a little boy and his daddy were driving home on Christmas Eve. They drove past rows of houses with Christmas trees and decorations in the windows. In many…
