'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE JESUS CAME ' Twas the night before Jesus came & all through the house Not a creature was praying, not one in the house. Their Bibles were lain on the shelf…
Sermon Illustrations
SHOWING HIS GRATITUDE An Italian barber, giving a man a haircut, learns that his client is a Protestant minister. When it comes time to pay, the barber says, "Reverend, of course I am not a…
FAMILY & RESPONSIBILITY Ten Ways Families Can Promote Responsibility: 1) Spend quality time together as a family. 2) Encourage each other and build self-esteem. 3) Demonstrate responsible values. 4) Support community and school regulations. 5)…
NEED TO FORGIVE The movie, "There was a Little Boy," (1993, Cybill Shepherd, John Heard) is about a couple searching for their child kidnapped 15 years earlier when a new piece of evidence is found.…
COPING WITH CUSTOMS The wife of an Army Colonel had made an all-night flight to meet her husband at his latest military assignment in Germany. She wearily arrived at Rhein-Main Air Base in Germany with…
BEST WEAPON IS PRAYER In the raids, of a multitude of activities we must let nothing encroach upon our prayer time. The devil will allow us to be as busy as we please if only…
OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILY NEWS In an episode of the comic strip Dennis the Menace, Dennis comes into the house yelling "Hey, Dad... It's raining!" His father is sitting in the living room reading the newspaper…
WITH CHRIST AS YOUR GUIDE Vision is so important in the Church of today. Oswald Chambers in his devotional material puts it well: "It is easier to serve God without a vision, easier to work…
CAN'T FIND SISTER In an episode of the comic strip For Better or For Worse, Michael, the teenage boy of the family is tormenting the family dog: pulling a bone on a string to keep…
INTERPRETING DREAMS A wife said to her husband over breakfast, "I had a dream last night that you gave me a pearl necklace. What do you suppose that means?" He answered, "You'll find out tonight."…
BLACK EYE PROGNOSIS A doctor was examining an eyebrow laceration on a very active three-year-old. Two nurses and an orderly were required to restrain the screaming child. Noting the incipient swelling and discoloration, the doctor…
OPPORTUNITY COST There is an economic term that appropriately describes the choices made in our spiritual lives. The term is "opportunity cost." The term refers to that which is lost by choosing the other option.…
WRONG INFORMATION I knew this fellow who went to seminary. He was brilliant, was first in his class, Phi Beta Kappa, about as bright as anybody who'd ever graduated from the seminary, but he had…
JUSTICE BRIBED or UNWISE CHOICE A man on trial for murder bribed a member of the jury to hold out for a lesser verdict of manslaughter. After debating several days, the jury finally brought in…
CREATIVE SOLUTIONS Not all creative ideas become effective solutions. It seems that a whale washed up on a beach in Florida. But all efforts to save it failed. Then they had to decide what to…
POLITICAL LIGHT-WEIGHTS I always wanted to get into politics but I was never light enough to make the team. -- Art Buchwald
MISSING HEADS People who lose their heads are usually the last to miss them.
MISSED OPPORTUNITY Jim Egan worked at the West Coast Computer Fair in 1977. His job was to help customers decorate their booths. Industry shows are the cheapest way to reach customers within the trade, but…
ONE UPS- MAN-SHIP Back in the 1920s a famous battle was waged in New York City between the owners of the Chrysler Building and the owners of the Bank of Manhattan Building. Competing architects and…
FOOTBALL MEMORY The Athletic Department at SMU had a tough time a couple of years ago due to overzealous alumni and their illegal gifts. When the new Coach Forest Gregg came on board, he had…
