PAY AS YOU GO A conductor on the Santa Fe was converted and united with the church. After he had been faithful in his religious duties for some weeks, he was asked one Sunday morning…
Sermon Illustrations
KISSING POWER Husbands who kiss their wives every morning before leaving for work usually live five years longer than those who do not. A kissing husband has fewer automobile accidents, loses up to 50% less…
GIVING-WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW A favorite story is of a man of substance approached to contribute to a major financial campaign. The urgent need and compelling case were stated, and the call was made for…
NOW I SEE! Rev. Don Holesapple, a Baptist preacher, tells the story on himself about the time he said he received a call from a woman who was quite upset over the death of her…
FUND RAISING A woman lived in a big city neighborhood that was going downhill very fast. The area was becoming increasingly over-crowded, noisy and dirty. It was a bad situation. The woman decided something would…
JUDGE NOT, EVEN IN WORSHIP I plucked this piece from Dr. Paul Brand, veteran missionary surgeon: During my life as a missionary surgeon in India and now as a member of the tiny chapel on…
TO FORGIVE AND FORGET Clara Barton was never known to hold resentment against anyone. One time a friend recalled to her a cruel thing that had happened to her some years previously, but Clara seemed…
THE DEEP NEED TO FORGIVE When Leonardo Da Vinci was painting "The Last Supper," he became angry with a man and lashed out at him. He even threatened him. Then he went back to his…
PARENTING TEENS I 'm tempted to believe Mark Twain's philosophy: When a kid turns 13, stick him in a barrel, nail the lid shut, and feed him through the knot hole. When he turns 16,…
RAISING PROBLEM KIDS A college sophomore who had spent most of the school year in one kind of trouble or another received the following card from his parents who were vacationing in Greece: "Dear Son,…
GET EVEN Along the theme of "Don't get mad, get even" is the story about the fellow who died and his widow expected to receive all his wealth. She gave him a nice funeral and…
BETTER LET GOD HANDLE VENGEANCE A husband and wife were having a quarrel over the breakfast table. The quarrel remained unfinished as it was time to get to work. The wife, having trouble with the…
PREPARING FOR A NEW VOCATION A man became disenchanted with the city life he was living. He decided to move to the country and start a chicken farm. He bought a farmhouse with some land…
LOVE Melvin Johnson, Elder in the Church of God, sent us this definition of Love from Ann Lander's column: 19711 Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and…
TRANSIENT FORGIVENESS Two little brothers, Harry and James, had finished supper and were playing until bedtime. Somehow, Harry hit James with a stick, and tears and bitter words followed. Charges and accusations were still being…
SPECIAL SALE PRICE One afternoon three children entered a flower show, two boys and a girl. They were about nine or ten years old, raggedly dressed, but at this moment well-scrubbed. One of the boys…
BECAUSE HE WASN'T KILLED We heard of a man and woman who gave a sizeable contribution to the church to honor the memory of their son who lost his life in the war. When the…
LEARNING QUICK HOW IT WORKS Pastor Doyal Van Gelder of Prior Lake, Minnesota writes: One morning as our son, Ronnie, was getting ready to go to kindergarten, he turned to me and said, "I think…
GOD'S LOVE Isn't it odd That a being like God, Who sees the facade, Stills loves the clod He made out of sod? Now isn't it odd? Ray Stedman, "Preaching Today" cassettes, as reported by…
MAKE UP YOUR MIND! My eight-year-old son, Noah, was discussing parent problems with his little friend. Of course, they had a lot of complaints. Dustin was overheard grumbling, "First they teach you to talk, then…
