CRITICISM Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People
Sermon Illustrations
FREE FROM CRITICAL LISTS Even the most devoted couple will experience a stormy day at least once in a while. A grandmother, celebrating her golden wedding anniversary, told the secret of her long and happy…
THE COST OF BEING FREE The warranty on a new color TV set had no sooner run out than the set started causing trouble. The lady of the house called the company, and they sent…
IT TAKES A THINKER TO TINKER After several hours of trying to put a newly purchased gadget together according to the instruction sheet, the buyer, in desperation, took it down to the old gardener who…
BIG WORRIES A big worry drives out a small one. And since there is always a bigger worry coming along, you have nothing to worry about. System Forms Brochure, August 1988
QUIET WISDOM Intelligence is like a river - the deeper it is, the less noise it makes. System Forms Brochure, August 1988
INCOME DOWNFALL If your outgo exceeds your income, then your upkeep will be your downfall. System Forms Brochure, August 1988
MORAL PAINT Morality is like paint. It is not good until it is applied. System Forms Brochure, August 1988
BIG HAT OR BIG SHOES The bigger a man's head gets, the easier it is to fill his shoes. System Forms Brochure, August 1988
HANG ON FOR SUCCESS Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. System Forms Brochure, August 1988
SOCRATIC DIRECTION Someone once asked Socrates, "How can I get to Mount Olympus?" "Just make sure that every step you take goes in that direction," Socrates replied. From Jeris E. Gragan, Daniel's Three Disciples
SHARKS DON'T HAVE TONGUES Last night, briefly, I saw the end of the film "Jaws" on the television. Did you ever see the film? You know, I do think that the movie is unfair to…
MODELING FOR WHOM? One of America's favorite commercials of 1990 is the Duracell battery commercial featuring a pink bunny rabbit that "keeps going and going and going..." There is one problem... the ad is an…
HELD RESPONSIBLE A young couple attending our church wanted to have children, but there were physical obstacles and they finally resorted to the help of medical specialists. When Janie did get pregnant, it was discovered…
TONGUE IS GOOD AND BAD The midrash tells a tale of Rabbi Shimon ben Bamliel who told his servant, Tabbai, to buy some good food. The servant returned with some tongue. Then the Rabbi asked…
RICHES UNDER FOOT The young prospectors loaded their canoe, food and drilling equipment onto the train. from the end of the unfinished railway, they canoed west through rocky country covered with spruce trees and moss.…
GOD ANSWERS IN A SECOND One day a man asked, "Jehovah, how long is a thousand years to you?" The eternal one answered with a blink, "Just a second." "Lord," the man said next, "How…
ENOUGH, ALREADY In a court case, a man was giving such unbelievable testimony that the judge warned him he was in danger of perjuring himself. "Are you aware," the judge asked, "of what will happen…
A GOOD CHAPTER OF LIFE My church has begun using the Evangelism Explosion visitation program. During one visit in which I was giving the presentation, something happened that gave new life to an illustration in…
THE LIGHT WAS ON I was gone with some churchmen to Grand Junction. My wife was home with our girls, ages 2 and 4. She was in the kitchen when there was a knock at…
