SURE FIRE CROWD CONTROL A rookie policeman was asked in an examination what he would do to break up a crowd. His answer indicated a deep knowledge of human nature. He replied, "I'd take up…
Sermon Illustrations
PUTTING THINGS MORE DIPLOMATICALLY The federal government in Brazil has ordered the state of Cerna to replace many of its road safety signs. The current signs, in the government's view, are "Detrimental to the public's…
BEING A HERO I 've grown up in a world of superheroes -- Wonder Woman, Superman, Captain Marvel, the Fantastic Four. Ordinary people like me, without super powers or limbs that stretch for miles or…
HEROIC FAITH God gives heroes of the Bible very little comfort. Sideshow religion sells comfort. Comfort is the theme of so many of the hymns that are sung in the church. The "comfortable words" are…
TRUE BELIEVERS PERSIST Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "A believer is never disturbed because other persons do not yet see the fact which he see." Charles Goodyear was a believer, even though others could not…
WHO'S WASTING MONEY? To keep religion in perspective, I sometimes like to look at secular phenomena. According to A. C. Nielson, it costs the following to buy a minute of TV commercial time: Superbowl $1,000,000;…
JUDGMENT IS COMING After a called strike the rookie batter threw his bat high into the air in anger and protest. The umpire turned to the rookie quickly and said, "Son, if that bat comes…
THE STATE LOTTERY is a tax on the mentally deficient to reward the undeserving. JSH
LOVE Love, like a well, is a good thing to drink from but a bad thing to fall into. Dr. Rosenman
FOCUS IS EVERYTHING No noise is so emphatic as one you are trying not to listen to.
CHANGES Everything in Washington, D. C. moves so fast and changes so often that you couldn't stay wrong all the time if you tried. Funny, Funny World
POINT OF VIEW Bumper sticker seen on an auto in Brighton, England: PAUL REVERE WAS A SNITCH.
BATTLEFIELD PRAYER One of the fiercest battles of the Civil War was fought at Kennesaw Mountain near Marietta. The night after the battle a young twenty-year-old Union Army captain lay wounded. The stretcher bearers came…
CHRIST AND PRAYER Luke 3:21; 4:1-13 Christ prayed before his temptation. Luke 6:12-16 He prayed before appointing the twelve. Luke 6:12, 17-49 Christ prayed before the Sermon on the Mount. Luke 4:16-32; Mark 1:21-22 Christ's…
BRUNNER ON PRAYER As children, lost in a woods, are fearful of the sinister darkness -- and then, suddenly, hearing a sound from the sombre blackness, a familiar voice, a loving, seeking, helping voice, their…
A PRAYER by Max Ehrmann Lord, let me do my work each day, and if the darkened hours of despair overcome me, May I not forget the strength that comforted me in the desolation of…
ON BEING THANKFUL Every Sunday morning, when I lead the pastoral prayer in our church, I tack on a list of things for which we can be thankful to God. I try to be creative…
A MODERN PRAYER O Son of God, we beg, we beseech, we supplicate, we petition, we implore You to hear us. Lord, be good to us. Christ, make things easy for us. Lord, deliver us…
WHAT TO PRAY FOR Do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger men and women. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers, but pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then…
A PARISHIONER'S PRAYER FOR A PASTOR You may be able to adapt this in either a sermon or your church newsletter, to help instruct your people how to pray for you. Our Father, this man…
