BETRAYED BY THE LIGHT A burly lineman for the University of Michigan checked into the hotel the day before the game of the year with Ohio State University. The Michigan coach had given explicit instructions…
Sermon Illustrations
A SIMPLE PROBLEM The problem with a simple solution is that it is often the wrong one.
A CLIMBING PROBLEM The problem with climbing the ladder of success is that it may not go where you needed to go.
PESSIMISTIC SHAKING The way two pessimists greet each other is not by shaking hands, but by shaking heads.
A LOT OF DIRTY SKUNKS One day a gangster rushed into a store, shooting right and left and hollered -- "All you dirty skunks get out of here." They all left except one Englishman. "Well,"…
FANATIC BALANCE A Fanatic is an artist at taking a small piece of life and making it into the whole of life.
LIVING THE MIRACULOUS So many wonderful things have happened to us that we have to be cautious not to become immune to the miraculous. We live amid the extraordinary, and we must never let it…
AN ORDINARY WOMAN Here is another illustration concerning Rosa Parks. We ran an illustration in the July, 1991 issue of The Pastor's Story File in which Alaskan Governor Jay S. Hammond gave her a tribute.…
OPPORTUNE VISIT When opportunity knocks, let it in and offer it a chair!
TOO MUCH AGREEMENT The moderator of the meeting looked around the room and then said, "I take it then that we are all in complete agreement on the decision here. Everyone in the room nodded…
THE MARRIAGE BOX J. Allen Peterson suggests that many enter into marriage believing the myth that marriage is a beautiful box containing companionship, sexual fulfillment, intimacy and friendship. He believes marriage is an empty box.…
MORE NON- MARRIED HOUSEHOLDS The most recent Census report shows married households at only 55% and non-married households at 45%. Married households were at 78% in 1950. In 1979 single parent homes numbered at 13%.…
EVER- LAUGHING LIFE A three year old boy listened attentively to the Sunday morning sermon. When questioned afterward, the boy proudly told what he had learned: "Jesus died so that we could have ever-laughing life."…
TAKE CARE OF THE LAMBS A landowner, while showing a friend his farm, pointed out the crops and his stock. His companion was especially impressed with the beautiful sheep he saw in the pasture. He…
OUR SHOES WILL FIND US OUT Suspected drug dealer Alfred Acree thought he could escape the sheriff's deputies by running into a wooded area at night. But thanks to Alfred, the deputies had no difficulty…
PASTORAL HOLDING A successful and eloquent pastor returned to the first church he had ever pastored during a reunion. During the reception, one of the long-time members of the church approached her former pastor and…
TELLING TIME An Air Force lieutenant with a terrible cough went to see a doctor. "This cough is serious," diagnosed the doctor. "Do you smoke?" "No," answered the lieutenant, "I gave smoking up." The physician…
Adversity | Faith | Fellowship with God | God | Perspective | Problems | Sovereignty | Trial | Trust
THE LOCUS OF THE FOCUS Many believers gaze at their problems and glance at the Lord. But how much better to gaze at the Lord and only glance at your problems. By Ted Smith
FIRED WITH ENTHUSIASM If you are not fired with enthusiasm, you'll be fired with enthusiasm! Coach Vince Lombardi
BAPTIZE THEM ALL William P. Barker tells of a machinist at Ford Motor Company in Detroit who became a Christian and was baptized. He became a devout follower of Christ and desired to right his…
