CHICAGO BEDBUGS There once was a Texas rancher who visited collegues in Chicago. They decided to show him the big city. When he saw the stockyards, he said, "That ain't much. We've got branding corrals…
Sermon Illustrations
ACCOMPLISHMENT'S PATH One of the strongest motivations is the sound of the boss's footsteps.
LIVE EVERY DAY AS IF THE LAST Over Sunday dinner, a family discussed the sermon of the morning "The Second Coming of Christ." The teenager said that he still had a lot of questions about…
THE PARROT'S DOOM Ernest Campbell tells about the woman who went to a pet store to purchase a parrot to keep her company. She took her new pet home but returned the next day to…
COMPUTER GOD A theologian asked the most powerful supercomputer, "Is there a God?" The computer said it lacked the processing power to know. It asked to be connected to all the other supercomputers in the…
SWEAR BY ED Herb Miller tells about a trial that was beginning years ago in a small county-seat town. When officials prepared to swear in the first witness, they could not find the Bible they…
THE CHAOS OF COLUMBUS Maybe a little chaos can be helpful. Consider Columbus: he didn't know where he was going. When he got there, he didn't know where he was. And when he got back,…
ADJUSTMENTS A young couple had been married for about a year. They were struggling financially and decided to do something about it. They would develop a strategy. They sat down one day to talk about…
SAINT MANUFACTURED The conversion of a soul is the miracle of a moment, the manufacture of a saint is the task of a lifetime. From Alan Redpath, The Making of a Man of God, page…
Change | Memory | Perspective | Progress | Remembering | Short Shorts | Tradition | Trial | Weakness
NOT SO GOOD OLD DAYS At one time "Good Old Days" were referred to as "These Trying Times."
MILITARY TALK Our language is one of our greatest barriers to understanding and peaceful coexistence. David Evans postulates the military would take the following statement and revise it out of existence: 1st Draft: A word…
JAM OF FORBIDDEN FRUIT On a church bulletin board: "Forbidden fruit has resulted in many a jam." John Sierzant, from Catholic Digest, October, 1987
BORN STORYTELLERS No one is a born storyteller, but if you work hard at it, you can avoid being one. As quoted by Ben Holden
COMMITTEES AND NOTHING A committee is a group of people who can do nothing individually, and decide collectively that nothing can be done.
HUNTER GOOFS AND HITS A GOAT Ionia, Michigan. (UPI) - Al Kasper dropped the first bow-killed buck of the season near his home this week. Unfortunately, his kill won't make it into the record books…
MUDDY WATERS A Christian friend of mine has a son who is a pilot for a large airline company. Having flown all over the world, he says that one of the most amazing sights from…
THIN ICE One day in spring, as I walked along a path close to the edge of a small lake, I discovered a sign that someone had altered. The original sign was a warning: "Thin…
WHO WAS THAT HONEST MAN? FARMINGTON, N.Y. (AP) - Bob Dessel has an honest stranger to thank for saving him from a $3,000 goof. Kessel unknowingly sold that much in jewelry belonging to his daughter…
MARK TWAIN'S EXCITEMENT "Asked about the reason for his success, Mark Twain replied, "I was born excited." From Coffee Break, Volume 5, No. 9, September 1991, page 1
THEODORE ROOSEVELT ON ACHIEVEMENT "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit…
