THE REASON FOR TRIALS A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the best lawyer. By Robert Frost
Sermon Illustrations
DRIVER OR PEDESTRIAN I 'm always a bit alarmed to find that, when I'm driving a car, I'm a totally different person from when I'm being just a mere pedestrian. I mean, whenever I find…
UNHEALTHY TIMING From under a beach umbrella: "Just when I can afford to lie in the sun, they decide it's hazardous to my health."
PROPER MODE OF COMMUNION or TOO MUCH STATIC FROM THE LIPS I heard a story recently, supposedly true, about the new pastor at the Methodist? Episcopal? Lutheran? church. After the first worship service, the pastor…
SLOW ME DOWN, LORD Slow me down, Lord Ease the pounding of my heart by the quieting of my mind. Steady my hurried pace with a vision of the eternal reach of time. Give me,…
BETTER LEFT UNSAID For all the "speechifying" they do, you'd think our politicians could avoid putting their feet where their mouths are. But not so, as David Olive scathingly demonstrates in Political Babble: The 1,000…
OUR SOURCE OF ASSURANCE Our normal, ordinary view of salvation is hopelessly and ridiculously inadequate. Our trouble is that we always start with ourselves instead of starting with God. Instead of going to the Bible…
DRY ROT AND WORMS An English Vicar, who was concerned with his congregation's aging and decaying building, made an announcement just before taking up the morning offering. He said, "The proceeds from the offering this…
THE LONG AND WINDING WORK The retired fellow felt like he had been tricked by his employer. For his retirement he had been given a beautiful gold watch that winded automatically whenever he would move…
THOSE WHO SORROW Blessed are those who sorrow, Those whom justice and happiness abandon. Blessed are those whose loneliness doesn't close their hearts to love. Blessed are those discontented with a twisted and broken world.…
GOD REMOVES SPLINTERS One day while playing on a wooden picnic table, four year old Jordan ran a splinter into his finger. Sobbing, he called his father at the office. "I want God to take…
RIGHT WAS WRONG Do you remember Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards? He was the British ski jumper at the 1988 Winter Olympics who received international attention because of his very bad form. several years ago, Edwards…
WRONG FAMILY VALUES A bumper sticker seen the other day in Boulder, Colorado bears warning to those who assert conviction without compassion in the name of Christianity. It read: "HATE IS NOT A FAMILY VALUE."
WESLEY'S GENEROSITY "John Wesley's rule of life was to save all he could and give all he could. When he was at Oxford he had an income of 30 pounds a year. He lived on…
PASTORS LACK DIRECTION My son David was given one of his first assignments in the first grade to help him learn his directions. The teacher asked the children in her class to ask at home…
HE WAS ONLY A CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE, BUT I LOVED HI M... I met him at a party. There he was at the end of the buffet -- a loner, the last one on the…
COMPARITIVE EULOGY A young pastor moved to a new church and during his first week is called upon to have a funeral. The day arrived for the service and the church was full. The time…
THE SPELLING OF LOVE L is for Listen. To love someone is to listen unconditionally to his values and needs without prejudice. O is for Overlook. To love someone is to overlook the flaws and…
RIGHT AND WRONG WORDS Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. Benjamin Franklin, author;
THROWING ACQUISITIONS It's easy to accumulate; it's tough to then throw it away.
