B-I-B-L-T We were in the kitchen preparing bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches for lunch. Having just learned a few of the classic Sunday school songs in her class, our 5-year-old walked in, took in the…
Sermon Illustrations
SUFFERING BROKEN LEG A woman visiting in Switzerland came to a sheepfold on one of her daily walks. Venturing in, she saw the shepherd seated on the ground with his flock around him. Nearby, on…
THE PRICE FOR NO EXPERIENCE Foreman: "You're sure asking high pay for a man with no experience." Applicant: "Well, the work is much harder when you don't know anything about it." As quoted by Ben…
NOTHING GOOD ENOUGH "Before we were married," remarked a wife, "you kept saying 'nothing is good enough for you.'" "Yes dear," said the husband, "and I still think NOTHING is good enough for you." From…
THE OTHER JONAH The Biblical story of Jonah being swallowed by a whale -- just an ancient fish story? Don't be too sure. As recently as 100 years ago, a human being was swallowed by…
YOU HAVE TO TRY What isn't tried won't work. Claude McDonald, The Christian Word
SUCCESSFUL FAILURES I 'd rather be a failure at something I enjoy than be a success at something I hate. George Burns
CONSIDERATION FOR THE PHYSICALLY IMPAIRED HUNTINGTON, W. Va. -- Jim Keller considers himself a guardian angel of the disabled. Keller, a former construction worker, is a victim of multiple sclerosis. "Three years ago, I was…
CHASING TRAINS A railway stationmaster watched a man run after a train as the train left the station. The man finally turned around and walked back to the station. The stationmaster asked the man, "Did…
WARM FEET A man was gravely ill and was visited by a relative who looked at a very still body covered by a sheet. Assuming the worst, the relative asked, "Is he dead?" The nurse…
TOLSTOY ON CHANGE Ever wonder why the world seems to advance so slowly? Why change takes so long? Leo Tolstoy knew. He said: "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing…
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CHINESE DOCTORS The Chinese have an ancient custom where they paid a doctor as long as they were well. At the first sign of illness, they called the doctor for treatment, but they stopped paying…
HOLD THE ROPE Throughout the quiet streets of a fishing village that lay at the mouth of a turbulent river, a cry rang out: "Boy overboard!" Quickly a crowd gathered and anxious eyes looked out…
COUSIN OR RELATIVE One of the students in a teacher's class had the same name as another who had been in her class the year before. She asked if the two were relatives and the…
WHOLE LIES "A half truth is a whole lie." Yiddish proverb
THE BOY WAY A father became upset about the time his six-year-old son took to get home from school. He determined to make the trip himself to see how long it should take to cover…
FRANCIS SHAEFFER ON CREATION For several years Murray Eden at MIT has been using high speed computers to calculate the possibility of whether on the basis of chance there could be so much complexity in…
CONFIDENCE OF A SOLDIER The Christian soldier may wonder at times if there is any reason behind the various lessons of life; but a wise God knows that a soldier's usefulness increases with the breadth…
STOP THE FOOL As a kindergarten teacher in a Christian school, I try to discourage tattling by telling the children: "A wise man keeps secrets in his heart, and a foolish man tells tales." One…
THE ARIZONA GOSPEL "It is said that it's hard for churches in Arizona to motivate people with thoughts of the future life, because it's so beautiful here in the winter that Heaven has no attraction.…
