FAT MAN FLOATING DEEP AND WIDE It was at the closing program of Vacation Bible School. All the children had been brought up front to sing some of the songs they had learned during the…
Sermon Illustrations
SORRY ENOUGH TO CARE Once a boy was carrying eggs to market in a basket. He was supposed to sell them and bring home the money to his mother. Nonetheless, he stumbled and fell, and…
COMFORT YE MY PEOPLE When God said, "Comfort ye, Comfort ye my people," He didn't mean to fall asleep in the pew. When God said, "Comfort ye, Comfort ye my people," He didn't mean to…
FAMILY DISREGARD One day a boy's grandfather came to live with him and his parents. When the grandfather ate, he was unable to hold his spoon without spilling food on the tablecloth and the floor.…
THE BOTTOM LINE A three-year-old boy went with his dad to see a new litter of kittens. On returning home, he breathlessly informed his mother, "There were two boy kittens and two girl kittens." "How…
TURN IT OFF FIRST I remember the last time I received a good spanking from one of my parents. My youngest brother and I were helping my mother bake a cake in the kitchen. We…
FAMILY COMMUNION The children of pastors bear their own special cross in life. Four year old Betsy spends two days a week at the church office with me while my wife works. On Sundays, she…
DADS NEEDED A few years ago Purdue University researchers spent fourteen years tracking three hundred children and their parents. The results: DADS MATTER. "Contrary to research that focused exclusively on mothers, dads are generally as…
CHILDREN AS CANDLES We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled, but as candles to be lit.By Robert H. Shaffer
CHURCH NEVER HELPED DAD A lady says her seven- year-old son balked recently at going to church. "Daddy Doesn't go," the kid said. "When Daddy was your age, he went every Sunday," the lady said.…
WHICH END WHEN You can never go wrong by giving a youngster lots of love and kisses mixed with discipline. Child training is merely knowing which end of your child to pat... and when.Jan Marshall,…
PRIOR COMMITMENT The following conversation was overheard in a New York subway: "Be reasonable, Phyllis. I made this date with Rita months before we were married!"
WILL YOU WASH MY DISHES? Sometimes we get a distorted idea about what love is. One night, a man decided to show his wife how much he loved her. After dinner he began to recite…
MOTHERHOOD IS TOUGH I read recently that the average housewife has some "105,823 Tasks Demanding Her Daily Attention." (We do not know the original source, but we have been told that the figures were provided…
TELEVISIONS HAVE TIME "One reason that children are inclined to learn from television is that it is never too busy to talk to them"From "Overextending the Family" Newsweek, November 24, 1986
WHEN YOUR WIFE CAN'T FIND YOU Leisure time is when your wife can't find you.From Sunshine Magazine, July, 1973
MOM'S BEEN HOME TOO LONG A mother knows she's been home too long for the following reasons: 1. She begins to talk to Barney as a real person. 2. She forgets which one is real…
MARRIAGE PROBLEMS In handling problems in the marriage, we tend to revert to: 1. Open Warfare, which oftentimes leads to more trouble and/or divorce. 2. A state of Cold War, which again only eventually leads…
BEING A HOUSEWIFE In the excellent book, What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew About Women, James Dobson looks at the negative stigma that has been attached by our society to stay-at-home moms. He compares the…
FAMILIES SPEAK LOVE Children who are born into happy families grow up speaking love as their native language.
