CHARACTER & REPUTATION Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. -- John Wooden
Sermon Illustrations
FIGHTING FOR A CAUSE It is easy for one to join a group fighting for a cause. What takes courage is not only fighting for what you believe is right, but possessing the willingness to…
BIG EYES If what you see frightens you, the pupils of your eyes get larger. If what you see disgusts you, those pupils get smaller. We need to look long and hard at our fears;…
HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD A couple was being questioned about the way they had completed their tax form. They were asked why they had failed to answer who was the head of the household. Their…
ANGELS, TOYS AND HELL This is how a little boy explained the origin of fallen angels to his younger sister: "One day way up in heaven where God lives, God told his angels to pick…
PRAYING PAST THE PRESIDENT The story is told around Washington about former presidential assistant Bill Moyers who has a strong Baptist heritage and is presently a popular political commentator. Moyers was giving thanks at a…
Action | Choice | Confidence | Decisions | Desire | Initiative | Leadership | Power | Trust | Wishes
WISHING OR WILLING There are those who wish and those who will. Most of this world's goods are held by those who will. From The Warrior's Path, by Louis L'Amour
AN UNINTENDED LISTENER An elderly man who had been fitted with a hearing aid a week earlier returned to his doctor's office for a checkup. "How do you like the hearing aid?" the doctor asked.…
SCIENCE AND MIRACLES A couple years ago we ran a similar illustration concerning the cooking of turkeys. Here is one that may be more relevant for travelers: An incident at an airline counter in Philadelphia…
TWO SIDES OF THE PULPIT Dr. Fred Craddock presents a humorous contrast between the front and back of the pulpit as retold by Galen E. Skinner of San Bernardino, California: The front is beautiful and…
TAXES ARE FOREVER Nothing is forever, but a temporary tax comes close. From Coffee Break, Vol. 5, No. 4, April 1991, page 1
HYBELS ON GAMBLING Bill Hybels conducted an informal survey with his Sunday morning congregants and found that twenty percent of them had participated in some form of gambling within the last six months. His analysis…
GOD, HELP ME FIND HER! Leighton Ford tells of his daughter's getting lost. He said, "During the nearly two hours that Debbie Jean was missing, nothing else mattered. In my study were books to read,…
LEFTOVER PRAYERS A little boy was asked to pray before the meal. The boy looked over the meal set on the table before bowing his head. He picked up his fork instead and began to…
GOD'S FACE "I was all alone, and those [segregationist] people were screaming, and suddenly I saw God smiling, and I smiled," one North Carolina girl of eight told me in 1962. Then she continued, with…
SACRIFICE FOR HIGHER GOALS Playing for yourself wins trophies; Playing for your team wins championships. Sometimes a batter has to hit on the ground and sacrifice for the team, rather than swinging for the fences…
Charisma | Charismatics | Choirs | Differences | Failure | Humor | Tongues | Understanding | Worship
CHOIRS BEYOND COMPREHENSION Rev Allan Stuart, pastor of North Bay Community Church in Clearwater, FL, was approached by a parishioner who announced that he had visited a charismatic church. "The choir sang in tongues," he…
BOMBS AND BAKE SALES "It will be a great day when our schools (churches) get all the money they need and the Air Force has to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber." From…
UNWILLING TO BE RESCUED A shipwreck survivor had been cast upon an uninhabited island. For weeks and months he had waited for rescue. He watched from the island's heights for sign of a ship but…
LOCATE THE GOAL FIRST In life as in football, you won't get far unless you know where the goalposts are.
