FAITH, CAUSE, & SELF We must have... A faith fit to live by... A cause fit to live for... A self fit to live with. By Inge Cannon
Sermon Illustrations
PULL TOGETHER A motorist drove his car into a ditch in a remote farm area. A farmer came by with his horse which he called Buddy. The farmer offered to pull the motorist out of…
THANKS FOR THE THORN George Matheson, the famous blind preacher of Scotland, once said, "My God, I have never thanked thee for my thorn--my blindness. I have thanked thee a thousand times for my roses,…
MOUNTAIN MEN & HARD MEN From an article in Newsweek magazine about men who climb mountains: Men who climb mountains are referred to as "Mountain Men." It estimated there are some 60,000 serious mountain climbers…
TO KEEP FROM LOSING The easiest way to keep from losing is to stay out of the game. Michael Hodgin
WHO DISLIKES LAWYERS? A group of prospective jurors was being questioned by a defense lawyer during the jury selection process. With every intention to intimidate these prospective jurors, the lawyer asked the panel question after…
FOOLS IN LOVE After a quarrel, a wife said to her husband, "You know, I was a fool when I married you." And the husband replied, "Yes, dear, but I was in love and didn't…
MAKING OF MEN Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. From Of Studies, by Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
KEEPING CHARACTER Character is much easier kept than recovered. -- Thomas Paine From The American Crisis, Number 13; by Thomas Paine, 1783
LEARNING LOVE "We do not develop habits of genuine love automatically. We learn by watching effective role models - most specifically by observing how our parents express love for each other day in and day…
PSYCHIATRIC HOTLINE "Hello. Welcome to the Psychiatric Hotline. If you are obsessive-compulsive, please press 1 repeatedly. If you are co-dependent, please ask someone to press 2. If you have multiple personalities, please press 3, 4,…
LIFE by Rich Thomson A dream is like a star whose light courses through the crystal space of time and night. Though once the star has gone, Through centuries its light moves on, Oblivious that…
SUN SPOT ART There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, thanks to their art and intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun. -- Pablo Picasso…
HOUSE OR HOME by Victor Hugo A house is built of logs and stone, Of piles and posts and piers; A home is built of loving deeds That stand a thousand years. By Victor Hugo
BAD JUDGMENT Here are some actual lease rush me the name of a reliable illegitimate doctor? ...Our son writes that he is taking Judo. Why would a boy who was raised in a good Christian…
MAD COW DISEASE One cow looked at another cow and asked "Have you heard about the new mad cow disease going around?" The other cow answered, "What do I care? I'm a helicopter."
DRINK COFFEE & TALK One evening, a man and his wife called another couple to see what they were doing. "Oh," said the other wife, "we're just drinking coffee and talking." As she hung up…
HONEST WORKERS A man wrote a check at the hardware store, and he pulled out his driver's license for identification. "That's okay, I don't need it," the storekeeper said. "In all my years of business,…
STRETCHING THE MIND A human mind, once stretched to a new idea, never returns to its former dimensions. Source unknown
REVOLUTIONARY TYRANNY SHIFT Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny; they have only shifted it to another shoulder. George Bernard Shaw
