WHEN MAN CREATES GOD Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a flea, and yet he will be making gods by dozens. -- Michel De Montaigne
Sermon Illustrations
MARK TWAIN ON SCHOOL I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. -- Mark Twain
POLITICS & AGE Any man who is under thirty, and is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over thirty, and is not a conservative, has no brains. -- Sir Winston…
WHEN NOTHING HAPPENS? Since the beginning of time, God's people have periodically wrestled with feelings of absence, doubt or disillusionment. Times when God seemed silent. There's a story of a little girl who was taking…
TELL ME IN PLAIN ENGLISH A man went to the doctor and explained that he wasn't able to do all the things around the house that he used to do. After the physical examination was…
LIFE IN INTENSIVE CARE The intensive care waiting room is different from any other place in the world. And the people who wait are different. They can't do enough for each other. No one is…
DATA PRECEDES THEORY It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. -- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
DOUBT & LOVE When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe. -- Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld 1613-1680
TODAY I woke up early today, excited over all I get to do before the clock strikes midnight. I have responsibilities to fulfill today. I am important. My job is to choose what kind of…
THREE-LEGGED CHICKEN A man was driving on a country lane when he noticed that a chicken with three legs was running in front of his car. He looked down at his speedometer and saw that…
TEACHER'S BIG HANDS The teacher asked, "If I have seven oranges in one hand and eight oranges in the other, what do I have?" One of the pupils answered, "Big hands!"
IROQUOIS DECISIONS America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future…
DECAY WITHIN BEAUTY In the Unexpected Universe, the naturalist Loren Eiseley tells of his chance meeting with a fellow scientist. It was a beautiful day, and Eiseley was enjoying the bright, sunny, windswept day in…
WHEN WE HIRED OUR MOMMY When my daughter was about four years old, she still had a hard time grasping the concept of marriage. But anyway, I got out our wedding album, thinking visual images…
HIDDEN ABUNDANCE In Mason County, Illinois, a radical change occurred recently. People had been living there for years, having an especially difficult time during dry years. Then suddenly, an underground lake was discovered, next in…
PREACHING & LISTENING After listening restlessly to a long and tedious sermon, a six-year-old boy asked his father what the preacher did the rest of the week. "Oh, he's a very busy man," the father…
BUYING THE VALUES OF THE WORLD When we act as if the great issues of the day are moral and political rather than theological and spiritual, we unconsciously buy into the values of the world.…
BOTH PRAYERS ANSWERED A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men on it were able to swim to a small, desert like island. The two survivors, not…
WORSHIP & GOD'S PRESENCE The act of worship brings us into God's presence and brings his presence into us. From Ministering to the Lord, by Roxanne Brant
JOHN F. KENNEDY JR. ON RITUALS It's hard to kiss rituals good-bye, but if the result is greater participation, it's a worthwhile sacrifice. We need to develop dramatic steps to revitalize our democracy for the…
