MARRIAGE -- HOW TO GET ALONG A Lawyer and a psychologist were making small talk at a party. "You and your wife get along very well," said the lawyer. "Do you ever have differences of…
Sermon Illustrations
CHILDREN'S THOUGHTS ABOUT JESUS A university student went around asking little children about Jesus. Susan, age six, said, "I don't know if there was a Jesus but I believe in him anyway." John, age nine,…
DEALING WITH IRRITATIONS CONSTRUCTIVELY -- THE OYSTER There once was an oyster whose story I tell, Who found that sand had got under his shell; Just one little grain, but it gave him much pain,…
OUR MOBILE GENERATION I read recently of a man who lived in the same town in the midwest all of his life -- in fact, until recently he even had lived in the same house…
SO YOU'RE THE NEW PASTOR AND YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE CHANGES? I 've enjoyed reading a book entitled Corporate Messiah: The Hiring and Firing of Million- Dollar Managers by Patricia O'Toole (Signet, 1984, page 208).…
JUSTICE One winter day not so long ago a man went shopping at the local neighborhood mall. When he returned to his car he noticed a rather foul oder coming from under the hood and…
CARELESS APPEARANCE In Atlanta, a woman seeking a divorce complained that her husband was careless about his appearance. She said: "He hasn't showed up in two years." Funny, Funny World
LEAVE THE LIGHTS ON A mother and her small daughter were walking past the house in Springfield, Illinois, where Abraham Lincoln once lived. The lights were burning inside, making the home seem warm and inviting.…
DEATH As I sit in the study on a beautiful, cool August afternoon, I look back with many thanks. It has been a great run. I wouldn't have missed it for anything. Much could and…
POTENCY A number of the lectionary passages deal with the potent presence of the Lord (Jeremiah 20:10-13; Matthew 10:26-33; 37-24; 11-25-30). This potency of the Lord's presence is pictured in C. S. Lewis's Narnian Chronicles…
HUMAN BEHAVIOR A couple went to a lumberyard to buy some 2x4's. The man at the yard said, "We don't have 2x4's but we have 4x2's." The husband said, "I'll have to talk to my…
WHERE HE LEADS ME In "pastures green?" Not always. Sometimes He Who knoweth best, in kindness leadeth me In weary ways, where heavy shadows be. And by "still waters?" No, not always so; Ofttimes the…
HOPES -- LIVELY OR CRUSHED In speaking on I Peter I picked up on the theme of "Lively Hopes Versus Crushed Hopes" Think of how many things could have crushed the hopes of Peter and…
TOMORROW'S HOPE Psychologist William Marston asked three thousand people, "What have you to live for?" He was shocked to discover that ninety-four percent were simply enduring the present while they waited for the future, waited…
DEATH I dreamed Death came the other night, And Heaven's gate swung wide, With kindly grace an Angel came, And ushered me inside. And there to my astonishment, Stood folks I'd known on Earth. Some…
NOT DEAD UNTIL FORGOTTEN This legend, set in an African village, began with Ogaloussa as he set out to hunt one morning, leaving behind his pregnant wife and four sons. Ogaloussa was eventually killed by…
TRANSFORMED When you speak on I John 3 (We shall be changed) you might use the analogy of the popcorn popper. The kernels are cooking away in the hot oil, complaining of the heat, but…
THE NINE TESTS OF CONFUCIUS FOR JUDGING MEN "Man's mind," says Confucius, "is more treacherous than mounts and rivers, and more difficult to know than the sky. For with the sky you know what to…
DIAGNOSIS A man was bothered with continual ringing in his ears, bulging eyes, and a flushed face. Over a period of three years he went to doctor after doctor. One took out his tonsils, one…
THANK GOD The roar of the world in my ears, Thank God for the roar of the world! Thank God for the mighty tide of fears Against me always hurled! Thank God for the bitter…
