TOUGH TO HIDE YOUR TRUE FEELINGS An Easterner who walked into a Western saloon was amazed to see a dog sitting at a table playing poker with three men. He asked, "Can that dog really…
Sermon Illustrations
FORM AND SUBSTANCE A devout Christian who had a cat used to spend several minutes each day at prayer and meditation in his bedroom. He read a portion of scripture and a devotional book, followed…
LIFE AND RISK A newspaperman, visiting the Raider's football camp a few years ago had just come from the Jack London Historic Monument. He read a sample of London's prose to quarterback Ken Stabler: "I…
IT'S HARD TO HELP SOME PEOPLE Two Cub Scouts, whose younger brother had fallen into the lake, rushed home to mother with tears in their eyes. One of them sobbed, "We try to give him…
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THE POWER OF A SMILE One day as a woman was crossing a street at London station, an old man stopped her. He said to her, "Excuse me, Ma'am, but I want to thank you."…
THE PLAGUE OF MEDIOCRITY Miss Jones, an elderly spinster, lived in a small midwestern community. She had the notoriety of being the oldest resident of the town. One day she died and the editor of…
BUILDING CHARACTER In the northeastern United States codfish are a big commercial business. Note the following facts: There is a market for eastern cod all over, especially in sections farthest removed from the northeast coastline.…
THE POWERFUL MOTIVATION OF HABITS Farmer Brown and farmer Green were neighbors. Farmer Brown had a dog that loved to chase cats. Farmer Green had a cat that hated dogs. Whenever Brown came to visit…
FOR SPRINGS OR SCRAP HEAP A blacksmith, about eight years after his conversion, was approached by an intelligent unbeliever with the question: "Why is it you have so much trouble? I have been watching you…
THE LITTLE VOICE INSIDE Mark Twain once told the following story in a speech he delivered on "honesty." When I was a boy, I was walking along a street and happened to spy a car…
JUMPING TO CONCLUSION It seems these two men came from Arctic cold regions where they had lived all their life, flying into Miami airport. On the bus to the hotel, they passed one of the…
THE DEEPER MEANING OF POISON IVY At a summer religious camp for children one of the counselors was leading a discussion on the purpose God had for everything He created. They began to find good…
"SAID THE INNKEEPER" I cannot take these poor;/ They do not pay;/ They brand the house, they bring disgrace;/ I had to send the pair away . . ./ And yet, there was a strange…
UNDERSTANDING THE MODERN CHRISTMAS SCENE I liked the cartoon by Guindon that showed a weary lady shopper resting for a moment with her arms filled with packages. She is in the middle of a very…
HIS MYSTERIOUS WAYS - BIRTH AND DEATH We lived on a farm in the mountains of Virginia, and for many years my mother made her home with us. But one morning Mother woke up completely…
A CHILD'S UNDERSTANDING OF CHRISTMAS Walter Lauster of the Naples, Florida Church of God, sent in the following true story from his own experience: I was sitting in my office on the first Saturday of…
WHAT YOU DO WITH JESUS AT CHRISTMAS The kids were putting on the Christmas play. To show the radiance of the new born Savior an electric light bulb was hidden in the manger. All the…
A DIFFERENT VIEW It was just a few days before Christmas. Two men who were next-door neighbors decided to go sailing while their wives went Christmas-shopping. While the men were out in their sailboat, a…
THE WORK OF CHRISTMAS BEGINS When the song of the angels is silent When the star in the sky is gone When the kings and princes are home When the shepherds are again tending their…
