MEMORABLE PRAYER Teach us, good Lord, to serve thee as thou deservest: To give and not to count the cost; to fight and not to heed the wounds; to toil and not to seek for…
Sermon Illustrations
THE STORY OF THE PRAYING HANDS The famous "Praying Hands" picture was created by Albrecht Durer, the son of a Hungarian goldsmith. He was born in Germany in 1471 and died if 1528. As is…
DEFEAT In the annals of American history perhaps one of the most moving of speeches is that which was given by Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Tribe: I am tired of fighting. Our chiefs…
WHO HELPS THE HELPER? The story is told of a young man who went to a renowned doctor in Paris complaining of depression. He asked what he could do to get well. The doctor thought…
CLEVER EXCUSES As the young boy was trying to sneak his date back into her home -- very late -- the couple was met by a very angry father at the head of the stairs.…
THE REAL CHRIST The people who hanged Christ never accused Him of being a bore -- on the contrary; they thought Him too dynamic to be safe. It has been left for later generations to…
DON'T YOU WISH YOU COULD GET AWAY WITH THIS? When I read the following item in the Jul 11 issue of Time magazine about IBM Chairman John Opel, I must confess the grass looked awfully…
UNCHANGING REALITY Lincoln was trying to make a point. His hearer was unconvinced and stubborn. So Lincoln tried another tack. He said to the disputer, "Well, let's see now. How many legs does a cow…
OVERCOMING ADVERSITY One other quote from Engstrom's book he attributes to Dr. F. Carlton Booth (of Fuller Seminary and World Vision): Some of the world's greatest men and women have been saddled with disabilities and…
HE WAS ADEQUATE Dr. Dan Poling in his book Faith is Power, tells of his son's departure for overseas duty in W.W. II as a chaplain. He said to his father, "Dad, I don't want…
PRESS ON Press on! Though mist obscure The steep and rugged way, And clouds of doubt beset, Soon dawns the brighter day. Keep on! Though hours seem long And days deep-fraught with woe, Let patience…
WRONG CHOICES This story is about a man named Fred who inherited 10 million dollars, but the will provided that he had to accept it either in Chile or Brazil. He chose Brazil. Unhappily it…
PLAN AHEAD True story. Our family and some relatives were travelling south from Los Angeles to visit San Diego and then on to Mexico for a day of tourist shopping in Tijuana. On route we…
THE DAFFODILS The house was a mess. Dirty dishes were on the table. The living room was in disarray, boots and gloves strewn about from a snow trip to the mountains the day before. Then…
ALL OUT EFFORT One more from Twining Campbell. He sent in an item from Halford Lucock's Communicating the Gospel (The Lyman Beecher Lectures at Yale, page 145): I was impressed several years ago that Eugene…
ACCOMPLISHMENTS As someone who strives towards maintaining a positive mental attitude, I especially appreciated the Garfield cartoon which shows Garfield and Odie chasing one another through the yard. As Garfield heads for a tree, and…
DANGEROUS OPPORTUNITY In the language of China there is hardly a more suggestive or challenging word that "crisis." It is made up of two characters, "way gee." Each of these is half a word, the…
SPORTS Coach Darrell Royal who was a former coach of Texas tells of one of those great football battles between Texas and Oklahoma. Oklahoma had Texas down on their own two yard line and Coach…
ONE MORE STEP An explorer name Fridtjof Nansen was lost with one companion in the Arctic wastes. By miscalculation they ran out of all their supplies. They ate their dogs, the dog's harnesses, the whale…
THE POWER OF A GREAT CHALLENGE One of the most effective advertisements ever written appeared in a London newspaper earlier in this century. It read, "Men wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long…
