IT'S JUST A QUARTER Billy returned from a friend's house and told his parents that his friend's parents were the greediest people he knew. Billy's surprised parents asked their son why he felt that way…
Sermon Illustrations
MINISTRY MOTIVATED BY MONEY Changing the subject from a newsletter from an organization called Ministry of Money this quote from Mary Pipher. " We live in a money-driven culture. But the bottom line is not…
OBVIOUS OBSTACLE The teacher asked her class, "What was the single greatest obstacle to the building of the Panama Canal?" She called on a boy in the back who answered, "Dirt?"
BELIEVE IN GOD OR ANYTHING When people cease to believe in God, they do not believe in nothing. They believe in anything. -- William Temple
DESIRING INFERIOR THINGS When the will abandons what is above itself and turns to what is lower, it becomes evil -- not because that is evil to which it turns, but because the turning itself…
GOOD & EVIL WORKS Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works; evil works do not make a wicked man, but a wicked man does evil works. --…
MEASURING MORAL QUALITY As water cannot rise higher than its source, so the moral quality in an act can never be higher than the motive that inspires it. From the Root of the Righteous, by…
RAISING CHILDREN The Bible is frustratingly silent on the question of how to raise religious children. The Gospels largely skip the childhood of Jesus, telling us only that Jesus' parents lost him for a few…
ADOPTED ROBIN A young turtle very patiently climbed up a tall tree until it came to a high branch. It carefully made its way out to the end of the branch, jumped off and began…
NAME HIM JOSEPH A Jewish couple were arguing over the name to give their firstborn. They finally asked the rabbi to come and intercede. "What is the problem?" the rabbi asked. The wife spoke first.…
MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS The judge asked the defendant why he was arrested. The defendant told the judge, "I was arrested for minding my own business." The judge looked at the papers before him and…
DOG DISGUISE The Americans and Russians at the height of the arms race realized that if they continued in the usual manner they were going to blow up the whole world. One day they sat…
WHY VISITORS RETURN Churches that do well in seeing newcomers return have certain common qualities: 1. A Positive Identity and Self Image: A positive self-image means that members have good feelings about their congregation. A…
IMAGE OF GOD Who we are is an enormously important and, in the long run, thoroughly practical concern. Every effort to help people to live responsible, productive, and joyful lives assumes some position or other…
THINGS TO LEARN FROM DOGS When family members come home, drop what you're doing and run to greet them. Let others know when they have invaded your territory. Take naps; stretch before rising. Run, romp,…
SCRAPS OR GOURMET John MacArthur describes a man who went on a cruise. The man spent his entire life to save enough for this cruise. The man finally earned enough money to take the cruise.…
CHRISTIANS WITHOUT WORSHIP Can you be a Christian without being active in worship? Yes . . . it is like a student who doesn't go to school, a soldier who will not join the army,…
MAXIMIZERS PRINCIPLES In the introduction to his book, Make a Life, Not Just a Living, Dr. Ron Jenson lists ten MAXIMIZERS principles that will produce what he considers authentic success: 1)Make things happen. I take…
DEAD RINGER RINGS A BELL After Quasimodo's death, the bishop of the Cathedral of Notre Dame sent word through the streets of Paris that a new bell ringer was needed. The bishop decided that he…
IDENTIFIED AS CREATURE Most of us define ourselves by staring into the looking glass of humanity. We need to look at all of creation to acknowledge our identity as creature. -- Saul Weisberg
