CONTINUING MIRACLES There was a man who had been a reprobate and a drunkard who was captured by Christ. His workmates knew about it and they used to try to shake him. They used to…
Sermon Illustrations
A GESTURE OF LOVE In his book, The Meaning of Persons, Paul Tournier tells how a little thing like bread turned one man's life around. The man was torn in early youth, by the Second…
REPENTANCE It is much easier to repent of sins that we have already committed than to repent of those we intend to commit. Mac's Giant Book of Quips and Quotes
THE COMPANION IN THE CHAIR There was once a pastor who was called to an elderly man's deathbed. The pastor went to sit in the armchair next to the bed, but the elderly man waved…
A SIMPLE WITNESS One of the local funeral homes in our city places a larger than life nativity scene on their front lawn each Christmas. The scene is complete with sheep, goats, and three huge…
DON'T GO TOO FAR! Two men were adrift in an open boat and it looked bad for them. Finally one of them, frightened, began to pray: "O Lord, I've broken most of the commandments. I've…
LINES ON A PRISON WALL Pacing back and forth in his prison cell, Leo D'Arcangelo was deeply disturbed - who wouldn't be, facing what was ahead of him? As a boy of eleven, he had…
WITNESS OF CARING A few years ago in Thailand, a Fulbright scholarship was awarded to a bright young Buddhist from a remote, poverty-stricken village in northeastern Thailand. Had it not been for the scholarship, this…
TIMELY REPENTANCE There is a story in the Talmud of a rabbi who taught his students a lesson on preparing for death and on repentance. One of the students asked, "Rabbi, when should a man…
TEARS OF REPENTANCE There is a legend that says that once upon a time the Angel Gabriel called all the angels together. Each one was asked to visit earth and bring back to heaven the…
THE PRODIGAL SON In a Sunday school class the teacher was quizzing her students on the parable of the Prodigal Son. She asked the class, "Who was sorry when the prodigal son returned home?" A…
PUT IT IN WRITING A missionary to China tells the story of having visited a Christian family in a small town. The mother of the family was a very fine Christian, as were all the…
FOR OTHERS In an episode of the comic strip Nancy, Nancy is sitting at a table writing: "9. Be nicer to people, 10. Eat only healthy food, 11. Share with friends, (all the way down…
CHOICE AND CONVERSION The following is from C.S. Lewis' autobiography Surprised by Joy: Really, a young Atheist cannot guard his faith too carefully. Dangers lie in wait for him on every side. You must not…
A NEED FOR A CHANGE In a Peanuts comic strip, Lucy is walking along the road with Charlie Brown. Charlie Brown asks her: "Lucy, are you going to make any New Year's resolutions?" Lucy hollers…
WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS A man had become fairly sick and was now lying home in bed. His doctor had come to examine him and had brought with him another doctor for a consultation. After…
WHERE CONVERSION BEGINS When we have exhausted our store of endurance, When our strength has failed ere the day is half done, When we reach the end of our hoarded resources Our Father's full giving…
THE ENIGMA OF SUFFERING AND GLORY I got my inspiration for this month's theme from reading Harold Myra's new book Living By God's Surprises (Word, Waco, TX, 1988). Myra is the president of Christianity Today,…
RECONCILING EVIL Dr. Vernon Ground, former president of Denver Seminary and a compassionate and thoughtful man, wrote this in a recent letter: "One thing which impresses me more and more is the bewildering tragedy of…
HIS PERSECTIVE God at work in the worst of events. I am sitting at the table looking at the bowling-pin lamp Richie made as a schoolboy. It reminds me of the phone call more than…
