FALLEN INTO ADULTERY There was an old priest who got sick of all the people in his parish who kept confessing adultery. One Sunday, from the pulpit, he said, "If I hear one more person…
Sermon Illustrations
SPIRITUAL CHERRIES A certain minister was visiting in a church member's home when he was offered a glass of homemade cherry brandy. At first he refused, but at their insistence, he finally drank a glass.…
CHURCH SIGNS "Free Trip to heaven. Details Inside!" "Try our Sundays. They are better than Baskin-Robbins." "Searching for a new look? Have your faith lifted here!" An ad for St. Joseph's Episcopal Church has a…
REPLACEMENT INSURANCE A farmer's barn burned down and his wife called the insurance company. She told the insurance company, "We had that barn insured for fifty-thousand dollars, and I want my money." The agent replied,…
GIFT WRAP IT? After spending over three hours enduring the long lines, surly clerks and insane regulations at the Department of Motor Vehicles, I stopped at a toy store to pick up a gift for…
SCIENCE & CREATION Science is trending away from dispirited views of a merciless cosmos toward a new vision of creation as poignantly favorable to life. From "Science Sees the Light," by Gregg Easterbrook, in New…
MENDING THAT WHICH IS TORN I recently purchased a set of sheets for our mattress. I did not realize that these sheets were a different style from others I'd purchased in the past. There was…
JUST GIVE HIM A PUSH A man is asleep in bed with his wife when there is a rat-a-tat-tat on the door. He rolls over and looks at his clock, and it's half past three…
GRAB A SKUNK & RUN A funny thing happened in Darlington, Maryland, several years ago. Edith, a mother of eight, was coming home from a neighbor's house one Saturday afternoon. Things seemed too quiet as…
PREACHING FOR TRANSFORMATION Preaching is for transformation, not information. By H. Eddie Fox
EVANGELISM THROUGH BEAUTY There is a story in the Russian Primary Chronicle that tells of Vladimir, Prince of Kiev, who sent several of his followers in search of the true religion. First, they went to…
MIXED MESSAGES Recently, there was an insurance advertisement that aired on the CNN news network that had an error in it. Thousands and thousands of dollars had been spent to give a warm and friendly…
CLAMS & CROWBARS In his book, Men Are Clams, Women Are Crowbars, David Clark writes that the differences between men and women force us to do three things: 1. depend on God; 2. develop complementary…
MOMMY'S VICTORY Have you ever noticed the times in which a four-year- old's voice is louder than a hundred adult voices? Several years ago, a man returned home from a trip just when a storm…
CROSSING LIONS A marine biologist developed a race of genetically engineered dolphins that could live forever if they were fed a steady diet of young seagulls. One day his supply of the hatchlings ran out,…
BETTER WEDDING OFFER During the wedding rehearsal, the groom approached the pastor with an unusual offer. "Look, I'll give you $100 if you'll change the wedding vows. When you get to me and the part…
JUST A STORY Many years ago a rugged, old, Texas cowboy came off the range and saw his first motion picture. He was wild and untamed. The movie was an old-time drama with a hero,…
CHANGING JOBS In the past, people who moved from one career to another were regarded as unstable, indecisive, even flaky. Today, college graduates are predicted to have at least a dozen jobs and change fields…
Y2K TOTAL COMPLIANCE Please take time out of your busy lives to check your toilet paper stockpile. Make sure it's Y2K compliant!!! Word has it, if it isn't, come January 1, 2000, it will roll…
COMPLETELY IGNORED A man walked into the psychiatrist's office and said, "My problem is that people seem to just ignore me." The psychiatrist walked to the door and called out, "Next!"
