THE SPICE OF WIFE With the world spinning so fast and friendships being so few, a marriage may be the only stable and secure commitment a couple will know throughout their hurried life. It must…
Sermon Illustrations
UNFINISHED FURNITURE A sign in a Christmas tree lot the day after Christmas: We sell unfinished furniture!
LONG TERM COMMITMENT A young couple were preparing to marry and assured each other of how hard they would both work to see this marriage last. They would be willing to share and sacrifice for…
CHILDREN NEED PERSEVERANCE In dibbling beans the old practice was to put three in each hole: one for the worm, one for the crow, and one to live and produce the crop. In teaching children,…
LIFE IN NEW ENGLAND I must confess that I have spent little time in this part of the United States. Here are a few cute stories that will hopefully portray the dry wit of the…
MORE BLESSED TO GET? Jim Taylor, pastor of Tri-Community Christian Fellowship in Oracle, AZ, wrote in the November/December, 1989 issue of Charisma of an interesting experiment with some of the major Christian ministers who faithfully…
MISSED AT LAST! In one of the tenement houses in New York City a doctor was sent for. He came, and found a young man very sick. When he got to the bedside, the young…
CHINESE COMMUNISM An internal circular (dated March 31, 1982) was sent out by the central committee of the Chinese Communist Party stating its policy regarding all religions in China. Listed below are the main points…
BRILLIANT CONVERSATIONALIST A gossip talks about others, a bore talks about himself. . . and a brilliant conversationalist talks about you.
SUCCESS What a man needs to get ahead is a powerful enemy. (Wendell Wilkie)
PURPOSE Fear not that your life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall never have a beginning. (Cardinal Newman)
PERSPECTIVE What we call the beginning is often the end, and to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. (Maxie Duncan in Dancing at My Funeral)
IDENTITY Use what language you will; you can never say anything but what you are. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
TRUST All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
A FRIEND A true friend is one who dislikes the same people you dislike.
OBEDIENCE When I read the Bible, the parts that trouble me the most are not the ones I don't understand, but the ones I do understand. (Mark Twain)
THE OFFENSE OF LIFE Any church that is alive will always be living on the edge of heresy. (Reul Howe) This collection
PSALM 23, ANTITHESIS By Marcia K. Hornok The clock is my dictator, I shall not rest. It makes me like down only when exhausted. It leads me to deep depression./It hounds my soul. It leads…
KID'S CONCERNS Here are some letters kids wrote to their ministers. . . Dear Minister: I know that God loves everybody, but he never met my sister. Dear Minister: I would like to bring my…
COLD FEET "Psychiatrists say that in the process of thinking, blood is drawn from the feet to the brain, suggesting that this may explain why, when we think very long about doing something, we get…
