WHAT NEW JOB-LINGO REALLY MEANS "JOIN OUR FAST-PACED COMPANY": We have no time to train you. "CASUAL WORK ATMOSPHERE": We don't pay enough to expect that you'll dress up; well, a couple of the real…
Sermon Illustrations
THE GREATEST STUDY Let every student be plainly instructed, and earnestly pressed to consider well, the main end of his life and studies is, to know God and Jesus Christ which is eternal life. Taken…
AFTER THE HONEYMOON A young couple got married and went on their honeymoon. When they got back, the bride immediately called her mother. "Well," said her mother, "so how was the honeymoon?" "Mama," she replied,…
CITIZENS OF CHARACTER Recently presidential hopeful, George W. Bush, was in the Silicon Valley speaking to a group of several hundred people, including the president of Oracle Corporation. While commenting on our nation's current economic…
RESPECT OF AN ENEMY King Philip II of France was dining with dignitaries when a messenger entered the royal chamber. He bore ill tidings. The courier spoke softly to Philip, furtively shielding the news from…
DATING RULES FOR DAUGHTERS My brother Steve sent this one to me. I'm thinking about adding it to my form letter collection. He has revised them from an earlier set of rules he had seen.…
COLLECTED WISDOM Don't sweat the petty things; and don't pet the sweaty things One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor. I doubt, therefore, I might be. Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday…
PURPOSE OF TRANSLATORS Max Lucado tells of the primary task of the translator, not to add or subtract from what the speaker says, but to convey the meaning to the listeners. The translator does his…
CALLING OUT THE LAST RITES A man is struck by a bus on a busy street in New York City. He lies dying on the sidewalk as a crowd of spectators gathers around. "A priest.…
REMEMBER BRING VEDDING PRESENT Abe and Sara were an elderly Swedish couple. They tried their best to keep up with the times, but truthfully, they were a bit backward. They had few friends and received…
WATCHING EVERY STEP The passengers on the bus watched sympathetically as the attractive young woman with the white cane made her way carefully up the steps. She paid the driver and, using her hands to…
STOPPED BY A BRICK About ten years ago, a young and very successful executive named Josh was traveling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit too fast in his sleek, black, 12…
GOD'S ANSWERING MACHINE What if God had an answering machine? Imagine praying and hearing this: Thank you for calling My Father's House. Please select one of the following four options: For requests, press 1. For…
INSTRUCTIONS FOR LIFE 1. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully. 2. Memorize your favorite poem. 3. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want. 4.…
CHURCH HOPPING HERMIT A man was shipwrecked and found himself washed up on an island. He searched around it and found he was the sole inhabitant. After thinking about his situation, he got busy and…
ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN THE CHURCH William Diehl is a sales manager for a major steel company. He is also a devout Christian who has concerns about the lack of accountability and intentionality by the church for…
PRAY FOR A STRONGER BACK Do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back. -- Phillip Brooks
FAMILY FAITH A Sunday School teacher was quizzing her class and asked one of the boys in her class, "Why do you love God?" The boy had to think about this one for a moment.…
HELL'S FREEDOM Our society has so brainwashed us against the idea of eternal judgment that it serves no purpose to discuss such with most people unless one can undo or sneak around that brainwashing. I…
INSTITUTIONALISM & THE CHURCH Structure has become the enemy of the church unleashed. I agree with Howard Snyder when he says: "Protestantism is caught in a stifling web of institutionalism. The wineskins have grown rigid.…
