UNDERCOVER BAG-LADY After a busy day, my wife and I made a late-evening stop at Denny's restaurant. That's where we met Betty. Her appearance in every way said she was "a bag-lady" from around 6th…
Sermon Illustrations
FULL COURSE MEALS Food for the Body and Soul - A few years ago a friend and I were going to pick up a pastor-friend and his wife at a local airport. On our way…
THE HIDDEN IDENTITY The broken body of a homeless man who was hit by a car was brought to a hospital emergency room. His identity was finally made by looking in his sock and finding…
AMNESIA JOE A homeless man brought to the mission by the state patrol. He could not speak and seemed to be blocking out his past. His brother finally located him at the mission and took…
THE MOTHER KILLER A man felt great guilt over the death of his mother. She had died after eating a meal of cabbage cooked by her son. For two years after that event, her son…
FROZEN FEET "Old Pat" was begged by the Nashville mission not to go out drinking with the money he had earned, but he refused to listen. Nor did he heed the advice to buy additional…
LETTER FROM A 14-YEAR-OLD I can still hear the sound of thundering guns telling me that somewhere nearby people are dying. Ever since we left the village I feel as though something has been shattered…
A HOMELESS FRIEND Bad luck - the light turned red, and I was trapped standing at the corner. I prayed for it to change quickly. He was standing too close to me. And besides, it…
WILTED LIVES An elderly woman had been teaching the same group of girls in a Sunday School class for several years. She had come to know each one quite well. Each had at some time…
UNGRATEFUL GUEST Many years ago King Alfonso of Aragon was known for his unselfish Christian life. Unfortunately, the people of his court did not share his sense of gratitude toward the Lord, and his officers…
COMPLETING EACH OTHER Back in the late 40's, just after the close of World War II, Jimmy Durante, the famous comic, got a call from Ed Sullivan, asking Durante to go with him to a…
A MILE THAT SHOWED CONCERN During the week he was a bus driver. On Sunday he taught our Sunday School class. At fifteen, like many youths, I became a Sunday School dropout. I assured myself,…
KNOW THE LETTERS "It's not the most intellectual job in the world, but I do have to know the letters." Vanna White (co-host of "Wheel of Fortune"), from Campus Life, March 1990
THE NUN AND THE BED PAN A little nun was on a much desired mission assignment to the Apache Indians. She is so excited that she drives past the last gas station without noticing that…
CORN ON THE PALM On Palm Sunday, I took my three-year-old nephew to Church. When the ushers walked down the aisle with armloads of palms, Mike cried out, "Oh boy, corn on the cob!"Margaret M.…
A FAIR PRICE In Harrieta, Michigan, a thirty year old man entered a Methodist Church on Sunday morning and held the congregation hostage with a rifle. While police were en route, one parishioner asked how…
WHAT CANCER CAN'T DO Cancer is so limited... It cannot cripple love, It cannot shatter hope, It cannot corrode faith, It cannot eat away peace, It cannot destroy confidence, It cannot kill friendship, It cannot…
THE GOD FOUNDATION A right conception of God is basic not only to systematic theology but to practical Christian living as well. It is to worship what the foundation is to the temple; where it…
RESTORED FORGIVENESS Ultimately, forgiving others and ourselves is possible only when we have experienced God's forgiveness by placing our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior from sin and its consequences. He died…
The Preference of the Disenchanted I would rather be your morning paper, than the one who made you breakfast. I would rather be your secretary, than the one who never made eye contact last night.…
