TEST WITH ONE FOOT No one tests the depths of a river with both feet.
Sermon Illustrations
MISTAKES AND LAUGHS If you learn to chuckle at your mistakes, you will seldom be short of laugh material.
SERIOUS SUBJECTS To be successful at the game of life, take everyone seriously except yourself.
ABOVE THE GREEN GRASS If your neighbor's grass is greener, just be thankful that you are still above ground to see it.
ONE DAY RIP-OFF A grandmother would up a children's church bulletin and send it to her eight year old granddaughter in Tucson. On the days the bulletins would arrive the mother would sit down with…
A GOLDEN SPEECH There was a story about a creative and gutsy student who was giving her speech of demonstration, one of the three or four basic types of speeches that everyone in the beginning…
"IN THE HEAVENLIES" In his book, In the Heavenlies, Dr. Harry Ironside tells the story of an attempted assassination of Queen Elizabeth I. The woman who sought to do so dressed as a male page…
LAWS OF LIFE Johnson's Law: There is nothing to scratch but the surface. William's Law: There is no mechanical problem so difficult that it cannot be solved by brute force and ignorance. Harding's Homily: It's…
MEMORIES OF GROVER My mind began to wander as the communion prayer droned into its final segment, reminding God of what he had obviously forgotten. All the way back to Grover and me, years ago…
GEOMETRIC HUMANITY Here are a few of the words we use to tell what shape we are in: Well Rounded Square Block Head Two Faced Double Minded Narrow Minded Circular in Reasoning Close Minded Open…
DEVIL DEFINED The Bible talks clearly about the importance of a person's name. Ecclesiastes 7:1 says, "A good name is better than fine perfume." Let's look at the name of DEVIL: Take off the letter…
MURDERER FORGIVES SOCIETY, DIES In Huntsville, Texas, convicted murderer Charles Rumbaugh forgave society, laughed, then was executed by injection after ten and a half years on death row. Rumbaugh who was 28 committed his first…
WE DO IT FAST Only in America could these two industries thrive: fast food restaurants and fast weight-loss clinics.
JOBS WITHOUT WORK Millions of American are not working... but thank God, they've got jobs! By Henry R. Luce, founder of Time
INCONCLUSIVE ECONOMISTS If all economists were laid end to end, they still would not reach a conclusion. By George Bernard Shaw
Competition | Failure | Humor | Perspective | Pessimism | Short Shorts | Success | Victory | Winning
A SURE WAY TO WIN Anyone can win... unless there happens to be a second entry. By humorist George Ade
PERSISTENT COAL Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs. By Malcolm Forbes
WITHOUT CUSTOMERS Anyone who thinks the customer is not important should try doing without him for a period of 90 days.
THE REAL MEASURE OF MOM You can use most any measure When you're speaking of success. You can measure it in a fancy home, Expensive car or dress. But the measure of your real success…
NOT LIKE MOM A mother with two young children put them to bed and went to prepare herself for bed. She put on some old clothes and went to the bathroom. She washed her hair…
