ASSUMED BIBLE KNOWLEDGE 80% name the Bible as the most influential book in human history. 58% believe the Bible is totally accurate in all it teaches. 38% read the Bible during a typical week, not…
Sermon Illustrations
TRUE LEADERSHIP Peter Drucker offers insightful guidance to the church when he calls leadership a peak performance by one who is "the trumpet that sounds a clear sound of the organization's goals." His five requirements…
FOLLOWING THE WRONG LEADER In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a cross- country race was held. The race was to cover a seven-mile course. Two hours after the race had begun, ample time for the runners to…
THE TRUTH WILL GET YOU FIRED Seems some Boeing employees decided to steal a life raft from one of the 747 airplanes. They were successful in getting the raft out of the plane and home.…
OUR TRUE PURPOSE My son Ryan took a ski class at the University of Northern Colorado that required him to go skiing in Winter Park, Colorado on December 5 and 6, 1998. Tough assignment! My…
FEELINGS DO NOT EQUAL TRUTH The current world philosophy is summarized by the following: A man sat waiting for the light to turn green when his car was unexpectedly rear-ended. The two drivers hopped out…
THE PARABLE OF THE CHURCH BELL For generation after generation the community church had made an impact on the people of the small village. The people depended on the church for much of their social…
WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT Be willing to die for your convictions but not your preferences. (God give us wisdom to know the difference.) -- Jack Hyles.
NO MORE FLAMES ON THE SIDE During a wedding rehearsal, the bride and groom were practicing the lighting of the unity candle. The minister read from his text that the two candles represent two lives.…
WORSHIP THE GROUND A man approached his friend and asked him why he was still dating a mutual acquaintance who did not really seem like a likely candidate for an ongoing relationship. His friend resisted…
MADE FOR EACH OTHER When Adam saw Eve, he asked, "Do you love me?" Eve answered him in the best way she knew how: "Adam, you're the only man for me!"
OPEN HEART THEN OPEN LIPS "Never close your lips to those to whom you have opened your heart." Charles Dickens
ONLY WINNERS OR LOSERS In the game of love there are only winners or only losers.
LOVING MEMORIES An elderly couple were sitting in their living room toward the end of the evening and were discussing some of the changes that had taken place as they grew older. The husband observed…
RENOUNCING VIOLENCE If anyone has an urge to kill an abortionist, let him kill me instead. That's about as clearly as I can renounce such madness. -- Cardinal John O'Connor
Acceptance | Christmas | Encouragement | Forgiveness | Grace | Love | Marriage | Servanthood | Trust
THE GRACE OF LOVE I 'm honest when I say, the better I get acquainted with the grace of God, the less I concern myself with authority in our home, and the less threatened I…
THE REASON SHE HELPED A story is told of a magazine that interviewed Bob and Elizabeth Dole a number of years ago. The article included a picture of Bob and Elizabeth making the bed together.…
LONELY MARRIAGE The divorce lawyer asked his client: You haven't been married very long. Why did you get married in the first place? His client answered, "I was lonely, and I hated being by myself…
LOVE IS MORE Some think that love is all flowers and good times but I think that love is more than just that... Love is the bad as well as the better, not lived alone…
CHILDREN REFLECT LOVE Children may be conceptualized as mirrors. They reflect, but do not initiate love. If love is given to them, they return it. If none is given, they have none to return. Unconditional…
