“…on me alone, my Lord, be the blame” (I Samuel 25:24). Behold, a baseball team went forth to play a game. Just as the ump was saying “Batter up,” the pitcher for the home team…
Sermon Illustrations
“If you love Me you will keep My commandments” (John 14:16). An out-of shape, overweight man decided to take up tennis. He took several lessons from a pro. He also read several self-help books which…
“They will all be taught by God” (John 6:45). A University of New Mexico professor gave his students an opportunity to evaluate his Course at the end of the semester. One student said, “I liked…
“Here we are, fools for the sake of Christ” (I Corinthians 4:10). There was a seminary professor who was much admired by his students because he always managed to keep his spiritual vitality at a…
“You have heard that it was said, ’An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth’...But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (Matthew 5:38,44). Late…
“…He became poor for your sake, to make you rich out of His poverty” (I Corinthians 8:9). A poor old man bowed his head to say Grace. He prayed, “I thank you Lord for my…
“Love one another” (John 13:34). The following letter, written by a mother to a Criminal Court Judge, is part of an “Impact Statement” requested by the Court prior to sentencing the man who murdered the…
“Now I urge you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only the ship” (Acts 27:27). A famous theologian wrote a parable in which a young…
“…follow Christ by loving as He loved you” (Ephesians 5:2). What is the difference between “romance” and “authentic love”? According to the popular inspirational writer, Marjorie Holmes, the difference amounts to “turning ’sweet nothings’ into…
“…remember that it is not you who supports the root, but the root supports you” (Romans 11:18). Nature has a beautiful way of illustrating the growth process. Take the Chinese bamboo tree, for instance. The…
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 19:19). An eighty-five-year-old woman was interviewed on her birthday by a reporter from her small-town weekly newspaper. “You seem so at peace with yourself and the world,”…
“...go on growing in the Grace and the knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ” (I Peter 3:18). You hear a lot of singing and talking about saints in Church. What is a saint…
“I have come to call, not the self-righteous, but sinners” (Matthew 9:13). A preacher from the Southwest tells the story of a man he describes as the “undisputed chief of the village bums in our…
“Faithless and perverse generation!…How much longer must I be among you and put up with you” (Luke 9:41). There is a daily syndicated newspaper cartoon strip called “The Small Society” in which the author seems…
“And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory” (Luke 21:27). Once upon a time, in a small Russian village, there lived a rabbi who had…
I paid a dime for a package of seeds. The clerk tossed them down with a flip. ”We have them assorted to every man’s needs,” he said, with a smile on his lips — Pansies,…
In a rare moment of remarkable religious insight, the “Wall Street Journal” ran a full-page treatment which sounded very much like a modern-day application of St. Paul. “How important are you?” the article began... More…
“People will be self-centered…Have nothing to do with people like that” (II Timothy 3:2,5). After Church, a woman went to the zoo. As she was walking around the various animal sites, she came upon an…
“God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him…” (Genesis 1:27). Anthony Campolo, the popular author of many inspirational and spiritual books, sums up the reason for our self-esteem…
“I’m O.K., You’re O.K.“ is the title of a best-selling book published a number of years ago. In the book, Dr. Thomas Harris, a practicing psychiatrist, insists that one of the basic problems we all…
