MOTHERS A child without a mother is like a door without a knob. Jewish Proverb, Leo Rosten
Sermon Illustrations
LET'S GET THIS PERFECTLY CLEAR Sign on the desk of church administrator: "Lack of planning on your part does not justify an emergency on my part." As reported in Campbell's Notebook.
TARGET: Sinners . . . Look into the preaching Jesus did, and you will find it was aimed straight at the big sinners on the front seats. From Sunday Sayings
THE VICTIMS When two elephants fight, it's the grass that get hurt. Old Kenya Proverb
SIN STATISTICS In a poll taken of mice, it has been conclusively proved that smoking is the major cause of statistics. Funny, Funny World
ANGER When you're angry always count to ten before you say anything. It'll give you more time to come up with the right insult. Funny, Funny World
MODERN TIMES In times like these it helps to remember that there have always been times like these. Bits & Pieces
SECRETS Most of us can keep a secret. It's the people we tell it to that can't. Bits & Pieces
DESK SIGN Thank you for not breathing while I smoke. Funny, Funny World
SUFFERING Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. Helen Keller
EACH LEARNS ANEW Each generation has to find out for itself that the stove is hot. Chestnuts, Freshly Roasted
A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.
GOD'S DESIGN God divided the hands into fingers so that money could slip through. Martin Luther
TIMING Why can't life's big problems come when we are twenty and know everything? Bits & Pieces
MIDDLE AGE That time of life when a man will let his wife go anywhere as long as she doesn't insist on his coming along. Bits & Pieces
DEFICIT SPENDING Senator Strom Thurmond has explained why Congress doesn't decrease deficit spending: "It's awfully hard to get a hog to butcher itself." Bits & Pieces, May, 1985
WORRY is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained. Arthur Somers Roche, The Treasure Chest, page 226.
SLEEP ON IT It's better to sleep on what you plan to do than to be kept awake by what you've done. Funny, Funny World
TEN COMMANDMENTS Everybody looks for different things in the Ten Commandments. Some look for Divine Guidance. Some look for a code to live by, but most of us are looking for loopholes. Funny, Funny World
ROCK Concert pianist Wladimir Jan Kochanski was asked if he liked any of the rock groups. He said, "One, Mount Rushmore." Have a Good Day
