TIME FOR COMMUNICATION We spend approximately eighty percent of our waking hours in some form of communication. The average worker spends approximately fifty percent of his/her day communicating. Salespersons, support staff personnel and top level…
Sermon Illustrations
SHE ATE THE BAIT Danny protested vehemently when his mother told him to take his younger sister with him when he was going fishing, but Mom insisted so Danny obeyed. They returned only a few…
RELEVANT COMMUNICATION "I have this burning passion never to be out of touch with my times... I want my communications to be so clear that the public is stunned to realize how eternally relevant God…
LIMITS OF COMMUNICATION After many years of wanting an automatic-teller card, I finally got one. The first time I used it was at a bank machine in a nearby college town. A student was there…
IS YOUR FACE TOWARD ME? There's a poignant story of a young husband whose wife died and left him with a small son. Back home after the funeral, they went to bed as soon as…
ANATOMY OF COMMUNICATION "God gave us two ears but only one mouth. Some people say that's because he wanted us to spend twice as much time listening as talking. Others claim it's because he knew…
EVANGELISM OPPORTUNITIES The effectiveness of the Christian's role as a witness for church growth decreases with that person's maturity in Christ. The first is that older Christians simply have fewer contacts with non-Christians. notice that…
KID COMMUNICATION My cousin said she knew she'd been home with her kids for too long when they were watching a wedding between two puppets on "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" -- and she cried. From Readers…
COMMUNICATING THE PROBLEM Two golfers were annoyed by an unusually slow twosome in front of them. One of the offending pair was dawdling in the fairway while the other was searching diligently in the rough.…
LOT TO CROW ABOUT If you've ever spent time in the country, you know that early on a quiet morning you can hear the crows out in the fields with their loud "Caw! Caw! Caw!"…
TIPS FOR TALKERS One can acquire a lot of little gestures and habits that might impair his or her listening ability. Here is a checklist of some irritating things to avoid. 1. Avoid fidgeting with…
PUT SAINTS INTO CIRCULATION The story is told that during the reign of Oliver Cromwell the government ran out of silver coinage. Cromwell sent his men to a cathedral to see if they could find…
WHY WE GOSSIP Gossip is a form of expression that has such bad press that few admit to engaging in it as such. Euphemisms are coined. When diplomats do it, it's called intelligence gathering. The…
RYRIE ON GRACE Grace is a difficult, perhaps impossible, concept to understand. In seminary days I had a job working with underprivileged junior-high and high-school kids at the downtown YMCA. On what was then the…
LANGUAGE TOO FAMILIAR I was in the U.S. Coast Guard and I remember an incident that happened while I was serving a tour of duty in Japan. Most of us there were struggling to learn…
URGENCY ADDICTION For those of you lucky enough to have a few extra minutes on your hands, answer yes or no to these questions to find out whether you have an urgency addiction: 1. Would…
EVANGELISM STRATEGIES Our evangelism must not be the snoozing fisherman waiting for a bite on his hook with a bobber and cane pole. -- But the energetic scuba diver who goes where the fish are…
WHO'S GOD? The following was
PARROT WITNESS A defense attorney in a Northern California murder case says he believes Max the Parrot may hold the answer to who smothered Jane Gill to death in her bedroom two years ago. But…
DONAHUE GOSPEL One evening I went to visit one of our members who was in the hospital. It was late and I had another meeting so I stopped to get a hamburger and some fries.…
