Sermon Illustrations

In a Joe McKeever cartoon, the pastor sits behind his desk. (We know it's make-believe because the desk is clear of everything except his blotter and the nameplate with "Pastor" on it.)

J. Floyd Jones in the 1958 Word Lectures at Guilford College told of a Maine farmer who built his stone fence four feet wide and three feet high. Why? That way if it blows over it will be better than it was before.

Christopher Paul was born and raised in Ohio. Why does an American citizen from the heartland of America hate America?

Philip Anschutz was in his mid-20s when his father took ill and turned over to him the oil-drilling business. For awhile, every hole was a dry hole.

Alan Greenspan acknowledged in his recent book, The Age of Turbulence, "There are errors in this book. I do not know where they are. If I did, they wouldn't be there. But with close to two hundred thousand words, my probabilistic mind tells me some are wrong. My apologies in advance."

Bob got home from work at his usual hour of 5 p.m., only to discover that it had not been one of his wife's better days.

Dear Mom, Scoutmaster Webb told us to write our parents in case you heard about the flood and got worried.

Recently some of Anne Rice's fans were shocked that she had returned to the Catholic faith of her childhood.

News reports have introduced us to a church choir director named Rocky, who wants to bring down gas prices through prayer.