AFRAID TO LET GO One dark night a man was walking down an unfamiliar path. On either side was a deep ravine. Suddenly he stepped into space and began to fall. Thinking he was falling…
Sermon Illustrations
A BEDTIME PRAYER I wanted to write a prayer for my youngsters to say at bedtime. There are so many of them, but somehow, none seemed just right for my children. So I produced one…
HOME IS NOT A NICE PLACE A cynic once observed that home is the place a fellow goes when he is tired of being nice to people. Submitted by Eugene Barron, Littleton, Colorado
THE STINK IN THE CHURCH Maybe William Warburton, the bishop of Gloucester in the eighteenth century, was right when he said, "the church, like the ark of Noah, is worth saving, not for the sake…
WRONG CLOCK I invited our local funeral director out for lunch on a Tuesday. I was looking forward to it. We had tried to get together before, but it never happened. I called him in…
OWNER OF THE SPHERE An unknown poet has written: I am the owner of the sphere, Of the seven stars and the solar year, Of a Caesar's hand and a Plato's brain, Of Lord Christ's…
SOMETHING TO LOVE A few years back it was reported in an Illinois newspaper that a woman had abducted a three- week-old baby. When the authorities finally apprehended the woman who had taken the baby,…
CLINTON ON RECONCILIATION In March of 1993 President Clinton invited some religious leaders to the White House. In addressing the group the president mentioned the three greatest problems he sees facing the United States and…
THE HIDDEN CROSS The story was told of a rock formation that looked like a cross on the side of a secluded mountain high in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Mountain men spoke of having seen…
WHAT GOD HAS JOINED TOGETHER A Sunday School teacher was showing pictures to her class and asking them what Bible verse each situation reminded them of. One of the pictures shown was that of two…
FAMOUS LAST WORDS OF THE CHURCH Why don't we elect Alice Jones to an office? That will get her involved with the church again and off the inactive list. Oh, just leave that for the…
CHURCH FOR ABSENTEES Too many people in America belong to the wrong church: The Seventh-Day Absentists
MISSION FIELD DRIVING It took newly appointed missionary Cheryl Derbyshire weeks to try driving in Bangkok, Thailand, which she describes as like "driving a suicide mission." Finally venturing out, she ran into "difficulties," which have…
JUDGING BIBLICALLY Luke 6:37 says, "Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. We love this verse and use…
CLASSED DISMISSED The teacher was the only one left in the entire classroom who was even listening, let alone excited, about what he was saying in his extended lecture. The entire class was bored and…
SECRETS REVEALED Most persons who have secrets told them are like the woman of whom it is said she never revealed her secrets except to two sorts of persons -- those who asked her and…
DECEPTIVE DRIVER Dr. Adrian Rogers after arriving slightly late to a prayer meeting. "I'm sorry I'm late, I had lost track of the time. I'll have you know that even though I was in a…
TIMES UNCHOSEN We are ever being born, or dying, and the thrill is of choosing which is ours. Only once must we be born without our own consent. Only once must we die without our…
PAINSTAKING WORKMANSHIP I was working for a construction company, assisting two masons, a father and his son, as they laid a block wall. The father worked with quick efficiency and was soon halfway finished with…
TIME TO GET UP Winston Churchill had planned his funeral, which took place in Saint Paul's Cathedral. He included many of the great hymns of the church and used the eloquent Anglican liturgy. At his…
