For many years Alice had been a top student in all her classes: in elementary school, high school and college. Three years after earning her undergraduate degree, she was still in school doing graduate work.…
Sermon Illustrations
A young woman is rushed to the hospital — she arrives unconscious — shock has set in and she is very near death. Emergency Room nurses struggle to find a pulse and cannot get a…
“Those who try to make their life secure will lose it, but those who lose their life will keep it” (Luke 17:33). The poet Kahil Gibran has written a few lines that beautifully summarize what…
In one of Dylan Thomas’ poems, he talks of death in many moods and ways, but each stanza ends with the beautiful phrase, “But death shall have no dominion.” Death is real. Death is coming.…
A little girl’s pet cat died and her mother, trying to comfort her, said, “But dear, don’t you know that Fluffy is up in Heaven now with God?” The little girl cried all the more…
There is a haunting story about a wealthy merchant in Baghdad who sent his servant to the market place one morning. There the servant saw the figure of death moving among the people. Death seemed…
“Let Me firmly assure you, he who believes has eternal life.” (Jn: 6:47). A few years ago, a news photographer won an award for a picture of death he had taken. A young woman was…
Dr. Bernard Seltzer, an outstanding surgeon, discovered in mid-life that he also had a gift for writing. Among other works, he has written a best-selling book that has been much talked about. It is called,…
An enterprising office worker would leave work each day pushing a wheelbarrow full of sand. The guard at the gate knew that he was stealing something, so he would check through the sand thoroughly. He…
The celebrated journalist, Heywood Broun once wrote: It is better, I think, even to be wrong upon occasion than to be forever an “Inquiring Neutral”...Into every life must come a time to step left or…
There is a wonderful story of General MacArthur during World War II. He called in his chief engineer on one occasion and asked it if would be possible to build a bridge across a certain…
Two eight-year-old boys were overheard on the playground discussing their respective religions. ”What Church do you go to?” the first boy asked. ”I don’t go to Church. I go to temple. I’m Jewish,” explained the…
The story is told of an infidel who died after willing his farm to the devil. The next of kin sued to have the will voided on the ground that this was a case in…
Two little boys walking to Sunday School were discussing the previous week’s lesson on the Devil. One boy asked, “Do you believe all that stuff we learned about the Devil last week?” His friend thought…
”Discipline yourselves, keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour.” (I Peter 5:8). An elderly woman, well known for her kindness, never had a bad thing…
Almost everyone has had the experience as a child of riding on a Merry-Go-Round. The Merry-Go-Round is still a featured attraction on most carnival midways and seaside boardwalks. The interesting thing about the carrousel is…
All of us have days when we wish that we had just stayed in bed. One comedian moaned, “I overslept this morning and in the rush to get started, I burned my toast, spilled coffee…
There is an amusing story about a college football game which turned out to be a terrible mismatch. One team outweighed the other by thirty pounds per player, was more experienced and better coached. The…
When a young woman from Norway moved to America, she chose not to live in the largely Scandinavian area of rural Minnesota where her relatives had settled. Instead she chose New York City. Several years…
The father of an autistic boy explains that it is in the eyes of his son that he most fully recognizes the Presence of God: I think the whole quest for oneness, for spiritual connection…
