SAVED BY HOPE Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore, we must be saved by hope. Reinhold Niebuhr
Sermon Illustrations
GOD LIKES BROWN SHOES Maybe you remember old Lonesome George Gobel, who always played the part of the guy with the worst luck in the world. He was the original born loser, Murphy's Law incarnate.…
CLOSE WATCH Lafayette, the famous pirate, told of how he was once shut up in a tiny room in a gloomy prison for some extended period of time. In the door of the cell was…
THE PROBLEM WITH SHORTCUTS "For every complicated problem, there is a solution that is short, simple and wrong." H.L. Mencken
Desire | Effectiveness | Focus | Goals | Leadership | Opportunity | Results | Short Shorts | Success
LEADERSHIP FOCUS The job of the leader is to focus the spotlight on what gets results. A quote from Tom Peters, from Breaking the 100-200 Barrier Seminar, sponsored by the Fuller Institute, March 10 -…
DIVINE INTERFERENCE No word in my vocabulary expressed deeper hatred than the word interference. But Christianity placed at the center what then seemed to me a transcendental interferer. If its picture were true, then no…
HOLLYWOOD HAPPINESS Zieg Ziegler, in his book Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World, tells about seeing a well-known interviewer and commentator on TV. The discussion was about the death of comedian Freddie Prinz. Freddie…
POSSESSIONS ARE CHAMELEONS I want you to know that possessions are chameleons that change from fantasies into responsibilities once you hold them in your hands, and that they take your eye from the heaven and…
VICTORIOUS LIVING One of the spiritual giants of the Twentieth Century was E. Stanley Jones, who spent much of his life as a missionary in India. Late in life Dr. Jones had a debilitating stroke…
SUGAR RAY LEONARD He was one of seven children; he was a boxing champ. Sugar Ray Leonard grew up in poverty. "A lot of people think I come from a middle-class background, but I started…
STOP BUYING HOTELS The tough new sales manager went over the expense account of a salesman just back from six weeks on the road. "Can you explain this item on your account?" he demanded. "Yes,…
UNRELIABLE LINGUISTICS James W. Moore, pastor of St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Houston tells of going to New York and riding in a cab with a cab driver from Honolulu. He writes, "I asked…
SPEAK OR LISTEN For five years, the adult education department of Minneapolis Public Schools offered two courses in speech and one course in listening each term. The speech courses were always filled. The listening courses…
DIALOGUES OF THE DEAF Dr. Paul Tournier once observed: "How beautiful, how grand and liberating this experience is, when people learn to hear each other. It is impossible to overemphasize the immense need humans have…
WRONG RECIPIENT The hostess at a very elaborate dinner party was seated quite a distance from one of her guests -- an actress of some fame. Seeking to help all of her guests have a…
CONFIDENTIAL MESSAGES If you can't get people to listen to you any other way, tell them it's confidential. From Farmer's Digest
SORROW IS SILENT "The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it has." The Talmud
SLAVES REACH SLAVES Many years ago a Moravian missionary went to the West Indies to preach to the slaves there. He was a good, sincere and eloquent man, but he could win no one for…
SIMPLE UNDERSTANDING "To be understood, things need to be expressed as simply as possible, but not more simply than they actually are." Albert Einstein, quoted by Don Raymond
ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS "I beg your pardon," said the man returning to his seat in the theater, "but did I step on your toes when I left?" "You certainly did!" answered the annoyed patron.…
