LET JESUS RUB OFF ON US Our two-year-old daughter Kaitlyn is really cute. That is a given... no brag, just fact. People in our congregation love to pick her up and hold her before, during,…
Sermon Illustrations
PLANTING WEEDS The one who plants weeds must never expect to gather roses.
POWERLESS MONEY Thomas Aquinas was once speaking with the Pope Innocent II while the pope was counting a large sum of money from the Vatican treasury. The pope turned to Aquinas and noted that the…
THE BEST HELPING HAND The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor. By Hubert H. Humphrey
LEADERS NEED FOLLOWERS In order for a man to be a leader he must have followers. And to have followers, he must have their confidence. Hence the supreme quality for a leader is unquestionable integrity.…
INTELLIGENT TALK People of high intelligence talk about ideas. People of average intelligence talk about things. People with no intelligence talk about other people. Where are you in the lineup?
HEAR THE VOICES John of Arc, the peasant girl from Lorraine, became the heroine of France by following what she called "voices" which came to her from God. In Bernard Shaw's play "Saint Joan" one…
TOO TOUGH TO KEEP A burly construction foreman lined up his crew and told them, "The first thing I want you fellows to know is that I can lick any man in this gang." A…
WALK SLOW When my friend Terry Edele was a young pastor ministering at his first summer youth camp, he asked a veteran youth worker, "How can I be a better counselor for these kids?" "Walk…
CHASING TWO HARES If you chase two hares, both will escape you.
FOUR ESSENTIALS TO CHANGE There are four essentials for turning any organization into a group that will make a difference in this world. First, you need a PERSON with a vision of how things can…
THE PLACE TO STAND Never be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the minority that is right will one day be the majority. Always be afraid to stand with…
CASTING OUT COVETOUSNESS There lived two brothers who were very poor though they loved each other greatly. One day, as they were returning home from the field, they saw to their delight two pieces of…
HOW FLAT WILL YOU GO? If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may even get yourself knocked down. But remember this: Someone flattened by an opponent can get up. Someone…
DAD'S CLOTHES A father heard a roar of laughter from the other members of the family, and he walked into the hallway in time to see his little boy coming down the stairs dressed in…
FUTILE EXERCISE The only exercise some people get is jumping to conclusions, sidestepping responsibility, dodging issues, passing the buck, and pressing their luck. From Pulpit Helps, June 1988, page 25
THE POWER OF I WILL The difference between I CAN'T and I CAN is often I WILL.
NOAH'S FRUSTRATIONS & EXCUSES There is reason to sympathize with Noah as he faced the task God assigned him, especially as that story is recorded in this reversed, substandard version of the Genesis account: "And…
LIKE DECORATED EGGS While stationed in Europe with the US Army, I had opportunity to visit in the Soviet Union. A Russian friend took me to his hometown of Odessa, and while there, we visited…
A QUAKER & HIS MULE One day a farmer, who was a Quaker, was having trouble with his mule. He was trying to plow his field and the mule was being unusually stubborn. He wouldn't…
