GRANDMA'S COLORS I didn't know if my granddaughter had learned her colors yet, so I decided to test her. I would point out something and ask what color it was. She would tell me, and…
Sermon Illustrations
FORGIVENESS FORMULA 1 tree + 3 nails = 4 given
CONVICTIONS WITHOUT CHARACTER Convictions without character are quickly dissolved into mere good intentions. William L. Kynes, courtesy of Bradford McDouall
WINNING ATTITUDES From the USA Shooting Center, U.S. Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs... To develop the Winning Attitude you must: Become excited, confident, and enthusiastic about your goals. Give yourself permission to be a winner.…
ADVICE THAT WORKS To youth, I have but three words of counsel: work, work, work! -- Bismarck
YOUR NOSE OR YOUR HEART I forgot where this came from but I liked it, "There is a vast difference between putting your nose in other people's business and putting your heart in other people's…
CHRISTIAN QUOTES Worldly Christians stop praying, but praying Christians stop worldliness. Faith is going, not knowing. Trials are an indication that you have not been conquered. Everything that Jesus taught boils down to two things:…
GETTING TO TOMORROW Ken Blanchard writing about being a change agent, "The thinking that got you to where you are today will not take you where you need to be tomorrow."
CLASSROOM CONSIDERATIONS In "Seeker Sensitivity on Sunday Mornings," Gary Hardin, pastor of Crossroads Community Baptist Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan, suggests the following practices for the Sunday School leaders who want to meet the needs…
NOT FIT FOR A DOG A pastor was excited about how his little congregation was so interested in serving their community. A particular family in the community had been receiving meals from families from the…
EVANGELISM FOR SKEPTICS Ed Young, pastor of 2nd Baptist Church of Houston, Texas and author of A Challenge to Examine Christianity writes: "To believe in Christ certainly requires the exercise of a person's faith--but reason…
PRETENDING THEY'RE MARRIED A man and a woman who have never met before find themselves in the same sleeping carriage of a train. After the initial embarrassment they both go to sleep, the man on…
MISSIONS-MINDED CHILDREN Tricia Goyer of Columbia Falls, Montana proposes sixteen ways in which parents can involve their children in missions and make them missions-minded: 1. Give to a Great Commission organization; 2. Give of yourselves;…
THE FINAL MISSIONS FRONTIERS Some of the basic truths of missions are presented by James Long of CB International: The love of God encircles the globe; The commission of Christ embraces all nations; The invitation…
SEIZE THE DAY Around the corner I have a friend In this great city that has no end, Yet the days go by and weeks rush on, And before I know it, a year is…
VENGEFUL FORGIVENESS A man was on his deathbed with his wife maintaining a steady vigil by his side. As she held his fragile hand, her warm tears ran silently down her face, splashed onto his…
A SPARE BEDROOM One night years ago a cloudburst stranded a newlywed couple on a remote country road. Unable to go any farther, they got out of their car and set out on foot toward…
PARROTS TASTE LIKE CHICKEN Three sons leave home, go out on their own and prosper. Getting back together, they discuss the gifts they were able to give their elderly mother. The first says: "I built…
JOBS OR COLLEGE Two friends who hadn't seen each other in years met in a supermarket. One woman asked, "Tell me, Ruth, how is your son George?" "He's getting along fine," Ruth replied. "He's a…
FICKLE AUTHORITIES A police officer stopped a woman for speeding and politely asked her, "May I see your license." She replied in a huff, "I wish you guys could get your act together. Just yesterday…
