HUMAN ANIMALS Man's estimate of man is revealed by the epithets applied to him: He's a horse if strong; a mule if stubborn; a duck if strange; a beast when he puts aside ordinary intelligence;…
Sermon Illustrations
METHUSELAH'S FOOD Methuselah ate what he found on his plate, and never, as people do now, did he note the amount of the caloric count; he ate it because it was chow. He wasn't disturbed…
A THANKFUL LIFE Night is drawing nigh, For all that has been -- Thanks! To all that shall be -- Yes! From Dag Hammarskjold
MANNERS ARE NOT Manners are the noises you don't make when eating soup. From Omni Magazine, June, 1985
WHO IS THE PROBLEM If Bill and Sue think there's a problem, and Bill and Jack think there's a problem, and Bill and Joe think there's a problem, rest assured -- Bill's the problem. By…
ANGER IS A WIND Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind. -- Robert G. Ingersoll
A WILLING ACCOMPLICE Mickey Mantle had a friend who would let him hunt on his ranch. One day, along with teammate Billy Martin they went to the ranch to hunt. Billy stayed in the car…
WRONG NAME ON THE BALL A golfer hit a drive straight down the middle and longer than his usual distance. Pleased, he strode off after the ball, but found another golfer about to hit it.…
KID'S QUESTIONS TO GOD What Do Kids think about Him? These questions were asked by elementary children, and appeared a newspaper article: Dear God: Why isn't Mrs. God's name in the Bible? Weren't you married…
CHRISTIAN AND A LAWYER Two New England farmers were walking through the cemetery when they saw a tombstone, "Here lies a Christian and a lawyer." Said one, "They must have been hard up for ground…
MILKED BY THE LAWYER Jewish parable: Two farmers claimed to own the same cow. While one pulled on the head and the other tugged at the tail, the cow was milked by a lawyer.
I HAD A CHANCE by Thomas Olson I had a chance to do a good work today, a hungry one to feed. I was angry, mad, I didn't care /The world was under my feet.…
YOU HAVE TO RUN In the movie Chariots of Fire Harold Abrahams, the British track star, loses a 100 meter heat. For a long time afterward he sits in the empty stands staring at the…
NOT ONE OF THEM Little Chad was a shy, quiet young fella. One day he came home and told his mother he'd like to make a valentine for everyone in his class. Her heart sank.…
CONVENIENT VIRTUES In the movie, "Lost Horizon," a story by James Hilton, a few Americans were suddenly cast into a near perfect Tibetan society called, "Shangri-La." In one of the first meetings with a local,…
FORGIVENESS HEALS FACES In Zapoteco of the Ricon, Mexico, the sentence "I forgive you." is translated "My face heals toward you." At one time in the history of these Indians, the difference between the facial…
THE DIRECTION OF COLUMBUS Three small ships, the biggest was sixty-six feet long. Every day the crews on the ships threatened mutiny. Not a day from the time he left port that his crew did…
CHRISTIANS SURVIVED ROME As the Roman world fell apart, and all of the western civilization collapsed with it, men's hearts failed them for fear. It was then that Bishop Cyprian spoke for himself and for…
THE LAST BATTLE Teacher: In which of his battles was King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden killed? Student: I believe it was the last one.
SET FREE FROM SIN A lot of people proclaim that God loves them, but refuse to acknowledge that it is the love of God that delivers from sin. God's love, to them, is treated as…
