JUST ONE DRINK A man went into the same bar every day and ordered two drinks. He'd drink one, then slide to the other side of the table and drink the other. When asked about…
Sermon Illustrations
NEW SACRIFICES Recession: A time when we have to do without a lot of things our grandparents never heard of. From The Rotarian, July, 1994 and
BUDGET DREAMS Budget: A record of what the money should have been spent for. From The Rotarian, July, 1994 and
LOVE MAKES THE TRIP WORTHWHILE Love: May not make the world go around, but makes the trip worthwhile. From The Rotarian, July, 1994 and
WAR OF THE WORLDS Sunday evening, October 30, 1938, between the hours of eight and nine o'clock, millions of Americans were tuned to the CBS radio network. They heard an announcer's voice breaking into the…
CHURCH ATTENDANCE OPTIONAL? Twice as many people claim to be born again in America as attend church in any given year. From the "How to Close the Back Door of Your Church" seminar, Pheasant Run,…
THE REAL GREAT COMMISSION Great Commission is not what you pay a real estate agent. From the "How to Close the Back Door of Your Church" seminar, Pheasant Run, October 10 - 12, 1988
SERVICE & TRUST Most people when called on, will serve, so long as they are not being singled out to get the short end of the stick. By Lee Iacocca, from page 224 of his…
DAHMER ON STAYING WITH GOD Jeffrey Dahmer referred to his early failed attempts to seek solace in religion while living with his grandmother: "I should have stayed with God. I tried and failed and created…
BAD THEOLOGY When one finds himself, one finds God, and vice versa. I think God is inside everybody. There's a good feeling, a goodness in everybody, and it's just as easy to be good as…
LOOKING FOR AN ITCHY POOCHIE A veterinarian put a dog on the examining table to treat it for a skin irritation. The dog squirmed out of his grip, leaped off the table, and sailed through…
PROFESSOR FORGOT HIS CAR One of my beloved professors once spoke at a week-long series of meetings in a city a few hundred miles from his home. After the week was over, he flew back…
NO MONEY IN HEAVEN A pastor was preaching to his congregation concerning what heaven would be like. He explained that there would be no money in heaven -- those things would no longer matter. A…
DON'T BLOCK MY HORIZON Before the days of antibiotics, Robert Louis Stevenson, the great Scottish novelist and author of Treasure Island, was bedridden with consumption. Still, the disease never stifled his optimism. Once when his…
THE BAG OF OFFENSES OBJECT LESSON This is an object lesson that deals with the destructive nature of holding grudges and being willing to not express forgiveness. Materials needed are a strong grocery bag labeled…
WHAT GOD WOULD HAVE ME DO Recognition of need must be followed by earnest, persistent waiting upon God until the overwhelming sense of world-need becomes a specific burden in my soul for one particular piece…
GIVE A LITTLE WHISTLE Whenever my teenage boys find themselves in an uncomfortable situation they no longer want to be part of, they call home and nonchalantly whistle into the phone. I ask where they…
HEAD FOR THE WALL From Charles Stanley, "One of the things my grandfather said to me was: 'Charles, if God tells you to run your head through a brick wall, you head for the wall,…
WINNER vs. LOSER The Winner is always part of the answer. The Loser is always part of the problem. The Winner always has a program. The Loser always has an excuse. The Winner says, "Let…
POWER TO INFLUENCE The man who is impatient with weakness will be defective in his leadership. The evidence of our strength lies not in streaking ahead but in a willingness to adapt our stride to…
