TOO MANY GOLF STROKES "Uff-da, Hans! Golfing must be bad for da heart," remarked Hilda. "Vat makes yew say dat?" asked Hans. "Vell," replied Hilda, "I yust heard a golfer say dat he had four…
Sermon Illustrations
CHERNOBYL SACRIFICE 2 Corinthians 5:21 - God made Jesus who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. A few years ago the Chernobyl…
Communicate | Consequence | Deceit | Humor | Opportunity | Perceptions | Perspective | Understanding
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION After World War II, a general and his young lieutenant were on a train in England. When they got on, the only seats left were across from a beautiful young lady and…
HOW ONE BANK LOST A MILLION Why is it so important to treat every customer like a millionaire? One reason is that you never know which customers might really be millionaires. Customer John Barrier taught…
FIRE I will always remember one particular trip to my grandmother Hicks' house more than all the others. It was a cool Saturday morning in 1967. We had packed our suitcases for the two hour…
ANSWERS ARE EASY Here is a little mental exercise for your congregation to do. Have them pick a number between 1 and 10, double that number, add 6, divide by 2, and subtract your original…
NOT CONDEMNED You are not condemned Because you are human. I made you. I gave you the freedom Of making your own choices Because I wanted you To return my love, Not like a puppet,…
DON'T FORGET THE COFFEE A new stewardess was making her first flight on a full plane out of Denver. The pilots made their routine announcements and forgot to turn of the intercom. One of the…
ORDINARY BELIEVERS We conservatives should ask ourselves why is it the ordinary believers can go on trusting the Bible, even though it appears to have defects due to transmission and discrepancies due to unknown causes.…
LET OUR SENIORS BE USEFUL My wife and I took our grandchildren to visit my parents in Missouri. When we were ready to leave, my dad gave me a picture of myself. I had sent…
WHY POISON IVY? At a Christian summer camp for children, one of the counselors was leading a discussion on the purpose God had for everything He had created. They began to find good reasons for…
CHURCH FOR GOOD STUDENTS One of the regular Monday morning assignments for our education secretary was to scan the previous day's visitor cards to determine local prospects. Our church was located in a college town,…
DINOSAURS Dinosaurs?/They're all extinct, I think. I want to cry, I don't know why The bruisers died! Perhaps because their six-ounce brains Were way back in their bony tails. They had no prehistoric fears Of…
DEFECTIVE CLOUD One day Charlie Brown is seated at Lucy's Psychiatric Help booth, where he has been pouring out his story. He says to Lucy, "And I remember what you told me. You said that…
NO FREEDOM: YOU HAVE TO GO! A mother was having a hard time getting her son to attend school one morning. "Nobody likes me at school," said the son. "The teachers don't and the kids…
FREE TO LIVE ON I 've dreamed many dreams that never came true, I've seen them vanish at dawn. But I've realized enough of my dreams, thank God, That makes me want to dream on.…
INSIDE OR OUT The Peace Corp used a wonderful ad with a partially filled glass of water, and asked the question, "Is this glass half empty or half full?" Suggesting a perspective can help persuade…
SPEAK FOR YOURSELF Maybe it all depends on the vantage. David Rieff tells of a visit by the Argentine film maker Edgardo Cozarinsky, in the company of a Columbian, to the port of Palos, from…
FREE OR FOUR A jubilant seminary graduate shouted, "I'm free! I'm free!" He was answered by his unimpressed son, "So what, I'm four!"
THIRTEENTH HOUR DELIVERANCE Over two centuries ago, a wealthy landowner, Sir Roger Boulter, visited the traveling fair at Colchester. As he went round the stalls and sideshows, he suddenly heard the market-square clock begin to…
