DERAILED INTERESTS Once upon a time a group of people with common interests got together and decided to build a train. The train, they agreed, would help them reach destinations that currently were out of…
Sermon Illustrations
RUTHLESS RIDER A sign carried by a hitch- hiker: "Whither thou goest, I will go."
PAIN IN THE NECK Perhaps you have heard how the different parts of the body got together to determine who would be the boss. The brain said, "Since I already coordinate every function of the…
ALL OR NOTHING Bear Bryant, former head football coach at Alabama and one of the greatest football coaches of all time, was once interviewed after it was announced that only one player from his team…
TURTLE TOP Someone has said, "One thing is for sure, if you see a turtle on top of a fence post you know he had help getting there."
WE ALL HAVE OUR JOBS The city editor had just been informed that a wire had fallen across Main Street in a storm. He assigned two reporters to the story. "No one knows whether the…
GIFTS FOR DESSERT This is an illustration I heard somewhere a long time ago about how the spiritual gifts (of Romans 12) divided among the members of the Body of Christ can work together: A…
SYMBIOSIS The relationship between the termite and the protozoa is a good example of what is known as symbiosis. Symbiosis is a partnership between two organisms who join together for mutual benefit. The dictionary says…
BRIDGE THE GAP On one of the earlier editions of the now popular T.V. show "America's Funniest Home Videos" there was the segment from Japan where a brother and sister had come to a break…
THE KING'S CANDELABRA An old janitor spent hour upon hour shining the golden candelabra that sat on the church piano, often times taking it home on Saturday night to make sure it was polished brightly…
SHARED STRENGTHS A blind man and a lame man happened to come at the same time to a very bad piece of road. The former begged the latter to guide him through his difficulties. "How…
STICK TOGETHER There is an old story that refuses to die about a sailor who was fishing with a land lover, a man who couldn't swim, who had never been around water much in his…
FREEDOM The primary principle of Christian ethics and Christian politics must be respect for every person simply as a person. If each man and woman is a creation of God, whom God loves and for…
THE IMMUTABLE PRESBYTERIAN Told by her grandson that in Sunday School the teacher said Jesus was Jewish, the Presbyterian grandmother said, "Well, that may be, but I assure you, God is still a Presbyterian."
FOOTBALL FANS & CHURCH GOERS The average football fan may be more dedicated to the worship of a pigskin oval than the average Christian is to the worship of God. Consider the contrasts: 1. Football…
YUPPIES' PRAYER Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray my Cuisinart to keep, I pray my stocks are on the rise, And that my analyst is wise, That all the wine I sip…
PESEP90 ONE OF OUR SUBSCRIBERS is in the process of writing a book of jokes. He has given permission to share a few of them with you. . .A Baptist child attending a Catholic school…
DO AS YOU'RE TOLD The blacksmith was instructing a novice in the way to treat a horseshoe. "I'll bring the shoe from the fire and lay it on the anvil. When I nod my head…
JUST PASSING THROUGH In the last century, a tourist from America paid a visit to a renowned Polish rabbi, Hofetz Chaim. He was astonished to see that the rabbi's house was only a simple room…
SIDING WITH THE DEVIL While a man dressed in a devil costume was walking to a Halloween costume party, it began to rain torrentially. The man ran for the first cover he could find. It…
