LIAR ALARM You see, God puts an alarm system in you if you are a Christian. A missionary to the Native Americans took a converted Indian chief to Los Angeles. They were walking down the…
Sermon Illustrations
IT MUST BE USED A bell's not a bell 'till you ring it. A song's not a song 'till you sing it. Love in your heart is not put there to stay, Love isn't love,…
THE MEANING OF DISCIPLINE What is discipline? Discipline is helping children develop self-control. Discipline is setting limits and correcting misbehavior. Discipline also is encouraging children, guiding them, helping them feel good about themselves, and teaching…
THE SOURCE OF HOPE "True hope, real hope... comes from knowing the truth. It comes from seeing what is possible and believing that it will come to pass." From The Gates of Zion, Bodie Thoene,…
THE DIFFERENCE LOVE MAKES Fred Craddock tells of a time he and his family were out for a relaxing Sunday afternoon drive. Suddenly the kids start beating him on the back and yelling, "Daddy, Daddy,…
BALANCED BELIEF John Stott said that we need to avoid "on the one hand the extreme superstition which believes everything, and on the other the extreme suspicion which believes nothing." From Epistles of John and…
SOMETHING MUST BE RIGHT "My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right? By Charles Schultz, Coffee Break, Vol.…
HOW HIGH CAN YOU FLY? Remember the first helium balloon you lost? It slipped out of your hand and up it went... up... up... up... until it was out of sight. A child's first lesson…
WORSHIP OR WARSHIP A teacher at a Quaker Sunday school gave an assignment to her preschoolers class: "What is worship?" She asked each child to bring in a drawing that "will show what worship means…
WHEN YOU COME DOWN My Pilgrim Holiness grandmother used to say: "Children, it don't matter how high you jump or how loud you shout. It's what you do when you come down that really matters."…
REASON FOR TARGETS John Dewey: people "do not shoot because targets exist, but they set up targets in order that throwing and shooting may be more effective and significant." From page 56
TAKE CARE OF SELF Groucho Marx: Take care of me. I am the only one I've got. From page 59
OPPOSING IDEAS F. Scott Fitzgerald: "The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function." From…
CRUCIFIX OR THREE MONKEYS R. Niebuhr (speaking of the blindness of the modern church to tragedy in a warring world): "If modern churches were to symbolize their true faith they would take the crucifix from…
EMERGENCE OF SPIRIT Tillich called the unity of power and meaning "spirit" From page 124
HEAD IN HAND When Cardinal de Polignac told Madame du Deffand that the martyr St. Denis, the first bishop of Paris had walked a hundred miles carrying his head in his hand, Madame du Deffand…
POLITICALLY CORRECT HECKLERS Steve Moore has taken a shot at being politically correct at heckling in his cartoon, "In the Bleachers" on January 20, 1993. A fan hollers at the official, "Yo, Ref! You Intellectually…
DAILY EXERCISE FOR THE NON-ATHLETIC Making the rounds is a calorie guide citing a recent medical association report: "Proper weight control and physical fitness cannot be attained by dieting alone. Many people who are engaged…
SUFFERING LOSS Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain: the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time. Chilon, 560 B.C., from Leadership Quotes
DEVELOPMENT OF LONGSUFFERING In order to be longsuffering a person has to suffer long.
