STILL FOOLISH If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
Sermon Illustrations
GOD CONTROLS TRAFFIC Take the case of a gentleman named Michael Thomas. He was driving to a business appointment one day, and he was in a hurry as well as annoyed with traffic. He was…
WHO, ME? The English teacher asked Ted to name two pronouns. Taken aback and without the answer, Ted answered, "Who, me?!? Without hesitation, the teacher agreed, "That's correct, Ted. You're doing much better in this…
LINGERING LIMERICK A godless young man of the nation, put his faith in procrastination. He said, "Wait till tomorrow," till alas to his sorrow, he died without regeneration. By Louis Valbracht
PLAYING DOCTOR THE MODERN WAY Overheard: "Now I know health care really has become a major concern for everyone. The other day. I saw a boy and a girl playing doctor. She asked for his…
PAPERWORK FOR MOSES Moses was fleeing from the Egyptians with the Israelites when he came to the Red Sea. He asked God for help and was told there was good news and bad news. "The…
THE HOUSE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD By Sam Walter Foss, 1858-1911 Let me live in my house by the side of the road Where the race of men go by. They are good,…
GIRAFFE GROWTH Gary Richmond use to serve on the pastoral staff for Chuck Swindoll in Fullerton, California. Gary has written an excellent and humorous book entitled A View From The Zoo. I love the book.…
MULTIPLE MOODS WANT CHOCOLATE At the beginning of a new year, a young single woman evaluates her situation and looks toward the future. "I'm exhilarated by all the ways I'm going to transform my life…
PRIORITIZING PRAYER We live in a day characterized by the multiplication of man's machinery and the diminution of God's power. The great cry of our day is work, work, work, organize, organize, organize. Give us…
OVERFLOWING CUPS The optimist says, My cup runneth over, what a blessing. The pessimist says, My cup runneth over, what a mess. From Joyful Noiseletter, November, 1992
ICE CREAM TODAY Mom asked her preschool daughter: "Would you like an ice cream sundae?" Her daughter thought for a moment and answered: "No, I think I would rather have one today."
THE BELIEFS OF SCIENCE Certainly science has moved forward. But when science progresses, it often opens vaster mysteries to our gaze. Moreover, science frequently discovers that it must abandon or modify what it once believed.…
PORT-A- POTTY MOMMY While on vacation, a mother and her two sons -- ages six and seven -- were at an outdoor event where the only restrooms were a couple of port-a-potties. Mom watched the…
TO ERR & ADMIT Shakespeare -- or somebody literate and famous -- rephrased: To err is human; to admit it, superhuman Doug Larson, UFS
PURPOSE FOR CLOUDS A cloud is constantly changing. Yet somehow the cloud manages to hold fifty million gallons of water without an organization chart. From The Vision Community, by Joel Barker
WHEN THE NAZIS CAME FOR US Martin Niemoller's confession carries a warning for us all: "In Germany, the Nazis came for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they…
KEEP PRAYING During his many appearances in summer stock in the role of Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof," Robert Merrill had learned to expect the unexpected. "One night on stage," he says, "as I…
SPIRITUAL PRIDE FAILS A young college girl returned home for Christmas after only one semester in a large midwestern university. It had been a very difficult time for her both academically and socially. Her grades…
TONGUES ON TAP Any faucet can turn the water on, but after a few years, only a good faucet will turn it off. The same thing applies to human tongues.
