PURPOSE OF MISSION A scene on a calendar depicts the founder of the Salvation Army, William Booth. He is out on a rough sea at night in a small lifeboat. As the waves rage, Booth…
Sermon Illustrations
WHAT ARE YOU SAVING? In the mountains of China, a native mother was busily washing her clothes in the mountain stream. As she worked, her little daughter played contentedly along the bank of the river.…
TATTLE TALE It was Sunday morning in Africa along the Congo River. The Missionary team was loading into their boat to go to a preaching appointment with a tribe about two hours away. As they…
WHATEVER YOU WANT I was recently privileged to spend time in the bush country of the Southern Highland, Papua New Guinea, with a seasoned Missionary veteran. As we were setting up housekeeping in a grass…
USING UP YOUR BIBLE A missionary visited a remote village for several months and finally began to see converts. One man even walked for three days to hear the gospel. Upon leaving the missionary gave…
PASSING IT ON There's not a Christian person today who isn't somehow the product of missionary efforts, the fruit of missionaries who went outside their national boundaries and brought the good news of Jesus to…
IMPRESSIONS As Robert Morrison, the missionary to China, drew near to the scene of his work, the American captain of his ship said to him: "And so, Mr. Morrison, you really expect to make an…
THE SPIRIT OF CALEB LIVES ON Life began at 47 for "Father" Heyer - Carl Friedrich Heyer, a Lutheran minister. After years of missionary work on the American frontier in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys,…
WE DON'T WANT THEM Early Lutheran Missionaries in the West Indies served the Danish landlords who ruled the islands, now the United States territory of the Virgin Islands. One of the pastors asked, "What of…
A GOD LIKE THAT A missionary told how she was once describing the loving character of the Christian's God to a company of her Chinese sisters. As she went on in her holy enthusiasm, picturing…
ON THE CHEAP A minister was exhorting his flock to support foreign missions. One man loudly objected, "I don't approve of foreign missions." "But surely," the minister countered, "You know the Bible tells us to…
THE DECAYING CHURCH An artist was asked to paint a picture of a decaying church. To the amazement of many, instead of depicting on canvas a tottering old building, he portrayed a stately edifice of…
THE DIFFERENCE CHRIST MAKES A British Earl visited the Fiji Island. Because he was an infidel, he critically remarked to an elderly chief, "You're a great leader, but it's a pity you've been taken in…
BRAINERD INFLUENCE David Brainerd was born in Massachusetts in 1718. Although he lived only twenty-nine years, young Brainerd walked with God. Brainerd was a missionary to the Indians along the Hudson and Delaware rivers in…
SCHWEITZER Albert Schweitzer, missionary, musician, biographer, philosopher, and surgeon, turned his back on wealth and prestige when he sailed for Africa in 1913. An old abandoned hen house was his first hospital, an old camp…
CAST YOUR BREAD UPON THE WATERS W. A. Criswell, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas, wrote of an experience he had in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Dr. Criswell preached in the downtown Baptist…
POWER "The power of the Holy Ghost promised in the first chapter of Acts is not given that the Christian may enjoy an unusual religious experience. It is given that the Christian may take the…
THE LESSON OF THE ANTS A party of missionaries was sitting at tea one afternoon, when suddenly an ant appeared on the white tablecloth, made its way to one of the tea cakes, walked around…
I BELIEVE IN MISSIONS Because the greatest mission ever known was when God sent His only begotten Son into the world to save it. Because the world will never be brought to Christ until men…
THE BIBLE A MISSIONARY BOOK Every book in the New Testament was written by a foreign missionary. Every epistle in the New Testament that was written to a church was written to a foreign missionary…
