"... if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed” (John 8:36). “When Christ freed us He meant us to remain free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to the yoke…
Sermon Illustrations
There is the story of a tavern proprietor who locked up his place at three a.m. and went straight home to bed. He had slept only a few minutes when the telephone rang. He picked…
“The Little Prince” is one of those rare literary gems, simple enough for children, yet profound enough to keep adults thinking all their lives. The little Prince comes to earth from another planet, and he…
Dick needs Jane and Jack needs Jill And Tom is Jerry’s chum. Need we mention Mutt and Jeff And Tweedles Dee and Dum? Sherlock Holmes and Watson Were as thick as any thieves, And don’t…
I send you love, I send you light; I bless your soul with all my might. I give you all that I can give, And pray that it will help you live. A life that’s…
On her first day of work, the newly hired office manager was asked to contribute to a collection for a woman who was getting married; on the second day, for a guy who was retiring;…
There is the story of three trees which were talking among themselves about their future. The first tree said, “I’d really like to be made into a cradle so that a baby could be laid…
Do you remember Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick” — the story of the great white whale? Most people used to think of it simply as being a great sea story, an adventure story. But the critics…
A recent issue of LIFE magazine posed the question, “Who is God?” The editors interviewed people of all faiths, worldwide, and found most of them eager to talk about God. Among those interviewed were a…
Stanley Frank and Paul Sann tell a classic story about a cub reporter in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, at the time of the disastrous “Johnstown Flood” in 1889. The first report of the flood reached the nearest…
Historian H.G. Welles, in his “religious” period during World War I, said... Religion is the first and last thing, and until a man has found God, he begins at no beginning and works to no…
“God abides in those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God, and they abide in God. So we have known and believe the love that God has for us.” (IJn.4:15-16). In an introductory…
A very holy man who had served for many years in a big downtown church decided to shift gears in his middle-age by settling down as pastor to a small, rural congregation. This occurred many…
In a “Charlie Brown” cartoon, little Linus, looking very forlorn, asks Lucy, “Why are you always so anxious to criticize me?” Lucy, looking very self-righteous, replies, “I just think I have a knack for seeing…
A father sat his teenage son down to offer some valuable advice. The father was concerned that the boy didn’t handle criticism very well. “Son,” he lectured, “you’ve got to learn how to take criticism.…
Said the newly married bridegroom, “Now that we are married, my dear, I hope you won’t mind my mentioning a number of defects I’ve noticed about you.” “Not at all, dear,” she replied. “Those defects…
In his book “The Silence,” the Japanese Christian author, Shusako Endo, tells a story about the persecution of the Japanese Christians during the Sixteenth Century. In Shusako Endo’s story, a Jesuit priest named Rodrigus travels…
A poem by Stoddard Kennedy compares Jesus’ coming to the modern city of Birmingham in England with Jesus going to Calvary: When Jesus came to Calvary they nailed Him on a tree. They crowned Him…
In the rock musical, “Godspell,” whose very name is the old English word for gospel, Jesus is in the midst of crucifixion when a moving litany occurs. Jesus speaks, “O God, I’m bleeding.” The people…
The following notice appeared in the “Personals” column of a small Massachusetts weekly newspaper: “Retired schoolteacher, tired of reading, writing and ‘rithmetic! Is there a gentleman, in his late 60s or older, who can help…
