INTELLECT & PERSONALITY We should take care not to make the intellect our god. It has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality. -- Albert Einstein
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COPPER WIRE INVENTED BY LAWYERS Question: How was copper wire invented? Answer: Two lawyers were arguing over a penny.
TOLL BOOTH OF MADNESS Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change.
GIVING PRECEDES GETTING A young boy accompanied his father to a church at which his father had been invited to speak. The morning offering was given to the visiting preacher. On the way home the…
GOD & GRANDCHILDREN God has no grandchildren. -- Robert MacColl Adams
THE BIG GUY Nobody roots for Goliath. -- Wilt Chamberlain
Aging | Eternity | Heaven | Life | Pilgrims | Providence | Short Shorts | Sojourners | Understanding
EARTH IS WRONG PLACE There comes to all men ultimately the awareness that this earth is the wrong place. -- G. K. Chesterton
DON'T FORGET THE PENNY A Scottish lad and his lassie were sitting next to each other in the Scottish Highlands. They sat in silence for a while just gazing over the glen. The lass turned…
WAKE UP CALL A man was pulled over by a police officer for speeding. As the officer was explaining to the driver that he was speeding, she noticed several large daggers in the back seat.…
NO RETURNS A fellow bought a new Mercedes and was out on an interstate road for a nice evening drive. The top was down, the breeze was blowing through his hair, and he decided to…
FLOWER GENDERS A man walked into a florist shop at the hospital and asked for a flower for his wife who had just been admitted and was about to have a baby. Noting his enthusiasm,…
MORE DOGS NEEDED A young guy from the city went to visit his uncle who lived on a farm. The nephew was to stay for one week. For the first several days, the uncle showed…
KISSING HER BACK Child: "Mommy, Grandma kissed me today!" Mother: "Did you kiss her back?" Child: "No, I didn't! I kissed her on her cheek."
REVEALING PHOTO The following incident was reported as a true story by an embarrassed mother: I was taking a shower when my two-year- old son came into the bathroom and wrapped himself in toilet paper.…
LAW PROFESSORS & LIGHT BULBS Question: How many law professors does it take to change a light bulb? Answer: We don't know yet, but it took fifty of them to get the research grant.
IDEAS LIKE RABBITS Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. -- John Steinbeck
SMALL PHONE HOLES A little boy ran to answer the phone for his mother. His mother called from the other room, "Who is it?" The boy answered, "I can't tell who it is, Mommy. The…
CREATIVE SOLUTION The young clerk's responsibilities included bringing the judge a hot cup of coffee at the start of every day. Each morning the judge was enraged that the coffee cup arrived two-thirds full. The…
ILLUSTRATIONS ILLUMINE Illustration serves either explanation or application, and is therefore not considered a separate functional element of preaching. Its verb form, "illustrate," comes from the Latin illustare, which means "to cast light upon." A…
SURPRISE IN HUMOR The kind of humor most often used in the telling of a joke is humor based on surprise. The punch line is a line that often takes the listener in a direction…
