JUDGE NOT - OR AT LEAST TRY On Nightline, January 27, 1992, a liberal political commentator was speaking out against the conservative opinions of Cal Thomas. The judgment made was an amusing irony. Here are…
Sermon Illustrations
GOSSIP IN SONG The order of service of the Congregational Christian Church of Red Cloud, Nebraska, listed the sermon topic "Gossip." Immediately following was the hymn, "I Love to Tell the Story." From The Treasury…
OVERCOMING DARKNESS Once I knew the depth where no hope was and darkness lay on the face of all things. Then love came and set my soul free. Once I fretted and beat myself against…
KIND WORDS BETTER THAN WIT A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as pearls slipping from a broken string.
KINDNESS ECHOES Speak all kind words and you will hear kind echoes.
THE SINGLE HEARTED Blessed are the single hearted, for they shall see God. Blessed are those who recognize Him in hungry, angry and discouraged people, and with unrighteous familiarity carry Him into all the places…
THE POPE AND THE GRAND RABBI An apocryphal tale reports that during the Middle Ages there was a time of discord in Jerusalem. At that time the Holy City was controlled by Christians who appealed…
THE FATE OF SANDCASTLES by Rubel Shelly There are a couple of children on a beach. Playing. Giggling. Building sandcastles. They seem so intent on the project. You get amused at how meticulous and careful…
NO IMAGINARY FRIEND Often small children have an imaginary friend. They talk to this unseen person by name. When my son Joshua was four years old, he had such a friend named "Camel." One Sunday…
A MERRY HEART DOES GOOD Jesus, the Great Physician, declared the intended result of His teachings: "...that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full" (John 15:11). Part of that…
PREOCCUPIED In the classic book Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan describes a man with a rake gathering sticks and straw off the floor. He is so obsessed with his task that the man gazes permanently downward,…
KIPLING'S IDEA OF SELF-IMAGE Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book is the story of Mowgli, a little boy who was raised by wolves. There came a time then the wolves knew that Mowgli could not live…
IVAN THE TERRIBLE WAS A MONK Ivan the Terrible was as bad as he sounds. Still as far as he is concerned, he made it into heaven. The Russian Czar tortured thousands of citizens, indulged…
HAPPINESS: Happiness comes not from your position, but your disposition.
FRIEND: A friend is one who walks in when everyone else walks out.
PREPARATION: The best preparation for tomorrow is the proper use of today.
PERSISTENCE: Failure follows the line of least persistence.
COMFORTED TO COMFORT God does not comfort us to make us comfortable, but to make us comforters. By John Henry Jowett
HUMILITY God created the world out of nothing, and as long as we are nothing, God can make something out of us. By Martin Luther
CRITICAL IMPERFECTION A critic is one who points out how imperfectly other people do that which the critic does not do at all.
