BAD INVESTMENTS One guy tried to diversify just before the stock market crashed. He invested in paper towels and revolving doors. He said he got wiped out before he could get turned around.
Sermon Illustrations
PRAYER SIZES Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden. By Corrie ten Boom, Clippings From My Notebook, published by Thomas Nelson
GO THROUGH YOUR PROBLEMS In his pamphlet: "How to Cope with Ten of Life's Toughest Problems," Norman Vincent Peale tells about a colleage who claimed that he had found in one short sentence the answer…
A LOOSE TRANSLATION Sometimes, our words do not get accurately communicated to those around us. Take for example the recent words of Jorge Solari, the coach of the Saudi World Cup team. He spoke these…
EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTE NOT CREATED God created everything but one thing? Do you know what that is? No, I've always heard God created everything. Nope. God never got around to creating a substitute for experience. And…
THE WRONG VIRGIN A minister had run out of time to prepare for a sudden funeral. Using the latest technology, he went to his computer and found the funeral service he had used last, and…
MAKE IT INTERESTING A man arrived home early to find his wife in the arms of his best friend. The friend admitted that they were in love, and he came up with a plan to…
BOTH SIDES ARRIVE IN CLEVELAND Catherine Marshall in Touching the Heart of God writes, "My friend Marge was waiting for her plane to take off. On one side of the plane the sunset suffused the…
THOUSAND DOLLAR CIGAR He was the commissioner of a state highway department and his official okay could clear a voucher for payment. A contractor sauntered in. "Lovely day," he said. His hand drew from his…
M R. APOLOGY Yesterday on the radio I heard an amazing news story about a new 900 phone number. It's called -- Are you ready for this -- "Mr. Apology." Some clever capitalist has figured…
THE HEAVENLY FATHER'S DELIGHT The heavenly Father who delights to bless his children by giving to them what will be for their lasting profit. Jesus makes a big deal of this aspect of our heavenly…
SHE'S OUT OF SIGHT Uncle Arky tells about the couple up the road who got into a fight a while back, the husband didn't see his wife for more than a week -- then he…
CALVIN'S QUESTION In the comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes, Calvin is at school, and his teacher is attempting to teach the class: If there are no questions, we'll move on to the next chapter. I…
ONE NEVER KNOWS A rabbi in a small town in Russia began to get very meditative, after many years of searching for the ultimate purpose of life. He was getting old and had been in…
A BET A DAY A man's got to make one bet every day, else he could be walking around lucky and not even know it. By jockey Jimmy Jones
JESUS CAN'T COME TODAY Sad day, sad day, Jesus can't come today. I'll live for today and anxious be The beast and the prophet I soon shall see. Sad day, sad day, Jesus can't come…
SAD LIFE OF CHRISTINA ONASSIS The March, 1989 issue of Good Housekeeping, contained an article titled, "The Short, Sad Life of Christina Onassis." It is the disturbing story of a woman who had all that…
NOSTALGIA LIVES There has never been an age that did not applaud the past and lament the present. By Lillian Eichler Watson, Light From Many Lamps
WHY WE DO THINGS We are willing to do things for many reasons. Like following the crowd. Remember these words from childhood? "I dare you. I double dare you. I double-dog dare you." In the…
IF CHRISTIANS WERE RIGHT Alfred E. Smith told of the occasion when he was a member of a fishing party somewhere in New England. Devotion to their faith led him and a few members of…
