CRITICAL EXERCISE The only exercise some folks get nowadays is jumping to conclusions, running down their friends, sidestepping responsibility and pushing their luck.
Sermon Illustrations
DISCIPLINED CANOES Children, like canoes, are more easily controlled if paddled from the rear.
TRY KINDNESS TO BE A WINNER There was a sheep raising farmer. Next to him there was another farmer who was raising wheat, children and large dogs. The dogs were scaring the sheep. The sheep…
THE KIND OF CRISIS In Chinese, there are two ways to interpret the word "crisis." One way means "danger." The other way is with the meaning: "opportunity." It all depends on one's perspective.
TIME TO WORRY A man once said, "I've got so many troubles that if anything bad happens today it will be two weeks before I can worry about it.
MAKING CROOKED LINES AND LIVES The thing that makes men and rivers crooked is following the lines of least resistance.
HERE'S THE ONLY PLAN A fictional tale tells of Jesus when He returned to Heaven after His earthly ministry. An angel asked Him how He planned to continue the work upon Earth. Jesus told him…
WAIT FOR THE WIND "Larry Newman has everything he needs to pilot his hot air balloon, Earthwinds, around the world. He has experience: In 1978, he navigated the Atlantic ocean, and in 1981, the Pacific;…
CHANGING TRUTH "The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it." By Flannery O'Conner
HEAVEN'S NEW STORIES One night while getting her boys ready for bed, a mother told them she would read them a new Bible story. The older boy said, "You mean there are more stories in…
BIBLE TIME The average person, by reading the Bible just ten minutes a day, could read the Bible through in less than one year! Dare you say you don't have any time to read the…
"Closing Your Eyes To The Truth" An old story tells of a desert nomad who awakened in the middle of the night. He lit a candle and began eating dates from a bowl beside his…
GOSPELS Why not take a look at the gospels in the order in which they were written? Consider how each of them extends the territorial claim of the gospel accordingly. Mark begins his gospel with…
ABSOLUTE EXCEPTION If absolute power corrupts absolutely, where does that leave God? By historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
WHY WE ARE HERE We are not here to predict the future, but to change it for the good. We are not here as helpless creatures, but as sons and daughters of Adam - capable…
BIBLE COMFORT One Spring my mother drove the Pennsylvania Turnpike to visit me at college. Knowing her fear of tunnels, I was concerned about the trip. "Did you have any trouble?" I asked when she…
A NEED FOR NOURISHMENT In early November, 1991, Jay and Linda Hill of White Settlement, Texas, were charged with aggravated kidnapping and injury to a child. A few weeks earlier, on November 3rd, Linda had…
LETHARGIC LITURGY "All your patient sees," writes one fictitious demon (Uncle Screwtape) to another (nephew Wormwood), "is the half-finished, sham Gothic erection on the new building estate. When he goes inside, he sees the local…
BACK IN TUNE Years ago, while attending Bible College in Ankeny, Iowa, a chapel speaker wove a message around an analogy that powerfully illustrated the Christian's standard to be none other than the Word of…
THE REAL BIBLE I went to visit a family. Before leaving I asked if they would like for me to read from the Bible. The lady of the house said to one of the boys…
