RELATED TO GOD To put it simply, marriage is a relationship far more engrossing than we want it to be . . . This is what true religion is supposed to do. It is supposed…
Sermon Illustrations
TOO MUCH SUNSHINE All sunshine makes a desert. -- An Arabic proverb
TO BE PERFECT From Doug Webster: "To "be perfect" in the sense that Jesus means it, is to make room for growth, for the changes that bring us maturity, to ripeness. To mature is to…
TASTE OF FREEDOM Here's a story by David Suissa titled, The freedom of obligation, "Every morning we wake up to the sweet taste of freedom. The freedom to be miserable, angry, depressed, inactive and self-…
SIGNS YOU DRINK TOO MUCH COFFEE Talking about starting over! Perhaps this next one is a bit overboard on getting a good start with coffee: 1. You answer the door BEFORE people knock. 2. You…
DO I HAVE TO DO IT? Amid these debilitating paradoxes of modern life, men and women search for some shred of meaning, some understanding of self. But the obsessive search for self leads only to…
THE LIFE OF ENOCH If someone were asked to sum up your life in three words, what would they say: "She dressed well"? "He worked hard"? or maybe "He loved life"? Those things aren't bad,…
CHANGING OURSELVES Akbarali Jetha writes, "Often we change jobs, friends and spouses instead of ourselves."
THE DANGER OF WINTER Cold weather. Whether it is snow or freezing rain or even a sunny day with freezing temperatures and a biting cold breeze, winter can be tough to take. So we bundle…
JELLYFISH EVANGELICALS Evangelicals are a lot like jellyfish. They float with the tides. They do not direct their own course. Sometimes the currents of the sea beach them. Then they melt in the sun on…
NATURE'S WAY Death is nature's way of telling you to slow down. Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once. Poverty is nature's way of telling you you're in the wrong line…
GOD'S ARTISTRY Our good friends, the Somers, live in Ault, Colorado. Deb tells about a spectacular sunrise she witnessed recently: The sunrise was absolutely perfect. The sky was still dark but as the light was…
FRESH NEW BOOKS Two thieves were robbing a bank. They tied and gagged the bank manager and put the rest of the employees in the vault. They filled their sacks with money and were ready…
WHICH WAY ARE WE GOING? The extended index finger pointing toward heaven is a common expression of our heavenward pilgrimage. This symbol was used frequently by a Presbyterian pastor in Port Gibson, Mississippi. After his…
SOURCE OF LOVE Honor and glory are indeed due God and to Him alone, but He will accept neither of them if they be not preserved in the honey of love. Love is sufficient of…
BEST THING ABOUT LOVE To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best. -- William Makepeace Thackeray (nineteenth century)
LOVE EXTENDS PARDON We pardon to the extent that we love. -- Fran�ois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680
TRUE LOVE IS But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never old, never dead, From itself never turning. From As You Came from the Holy Land, by Sir…
GOD CREATED CHOICE By giving humans freedom of will, the Creator has chosen to limit His own power. He risked the daring experiment of giving us the freedom to make good or bad decisions, to…
LOVE DOES NOT JUDGE We do not judge the people we love. -- Jean Paul Sartre
