“This is the day made memorable by Yahweh, what immense joy for us” (Psalms 118:24). A little girl is trying hard to grow up fast and be a young lady. What do we say to…
Sermon Illustrations
“Eternal life is this: to know You, the only true God, and Him whom You have sent, Jesus Christ” (John. 17:1-2). “Windows of Wonder” is the title of a beautiful little reflection on this Gospel…
“My dear people we are already the children of God” (I John 3:2). Many members of the Taft family have made their mark in the American political arena. Apparently, they were very good at recognizing…
“God opposes the proud, but He gives generously to the humble” (James 4:6) A wise old man of business once said, “Competition brings out the best in products and the worst in people." Similarly, C.S.…
“…yet not My Will, but Yours be done” (Luke 22:42). Plato, the ancient Greek philosopher, talked a great deal about establishing our life’s priorities. In one of his writings, he asks us to imagine life…
“Well now is the favorable time; this is the day of salvation” (II Corinthians 6:2). A man set out to purchase a compact disc player. But what kind of CD should he buy? He begins…
“ . . . it is I, Yahweh, who gives you healing” (Exodus 16:26). A 78-year-old man was driving home from Church one Sunday evening. As he was passing through a shadowy, isolated stretch of…
“I can do nothing by myself” (John 5:30). Author Gerald Kennedy often told the story of his visit to the office of a Bell Laboratories executive: On the man’s desk, I saw a small wooden…
In an interview at Yale University, novelist Ayn Rand was asked by a reporter, “What’s wrong with the modern world?” She replied, Never before has the world been so desperately asking for answers to critical…
“It was God who reconciled Himself to us through Christ and gave us the work of handing on this reconciliation” (II Corinthians 5:18). A woman who had no religion, decided to read the New Testament…
The time in which we live has been called by many names. A few years ago, a philosopher suggested a name that never took hold, yet had the ring of truth to it. “We should…
“...if my blood has to be shed as part of your own sacrifice and offering — which is your faith -- I shall be happy and rejoice with all of you, and you must be…
"He who is not with Me is against Me; and He who does not gather with Me scatters” (Luke 11:23). Someone has said of today’s Christians: “Too many people have just enough religion to feel…
“They went out and preached that men should repent” (Mark 6:12). To conclude a long sermon on repentance, a fire-and-brimstone preacher said forcefully, “I want everyone in this congregation to know that there is one…
“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand” (Matthew 3:3). In his famous novel, “The Death of Ivan Ilyich,” Leo Tolstoy has given us a classic example of repentance. Ivan is dying a horrible…
“…if you are repentant, produce the appropriate fruit” (Matthew 3:9). For many, repentance is a word that belongs to yesterday. It’s one of those slippery words. We hear the word and we speak the word…
“…and he will wipe away every tear from their eyes” (Revelations 21:4). There is a story from the Middle Ages about a young woman who was expelled from heaven and told that if she would…
“Jesus began His preaching with the Message, ‘Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is close at hand’” (Matthew 4:17). An old Chinese proverb tells us: If you wish to be happy for a week, have…
“Never have grudges against others…or allow any sort of spitefulness” (Ephesians 4:31). The word resentment means to re-feel — to feel again a wrong that has been done to you by another, to re-feel the…
“Love is always patient and kind…it does not take offense, and is not resentful” (I Corinthians 13:–5). Many people are ill not because of what they’re eating but what’s eating them inside. The Medical and…
