Sermon Illustrations

Two years ago, Richard Brimage of Kingsville, Texas, lured Mary Beth Kunkel, 19, to his home. "I really wanted to have her sexually and when she did not do so, I killed her," he told police. Brimage choked Kunkel to death, then tied her up in a fashion similar to a bondage scene in pornog

Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, made the newspapers recently and it wasn't even Groundhog Day. Did you read about Donald Wyman? He was by himself in the woods when he was pinned down by a falling tree. There was no way to get free. There was no one to help. With nothing but his pocket knife,

Our nation's larges cash crop is corn. The second largest cash crop is marijuana. -Paul Harvey News 1/22/90  

In his recent interview with convicted serial killer Ted Bundy, Dr. James Dobson asked Bundy: "Do you deserve the punishment the state will inflict on you? This was his response: "I'm not going to kid you. I don't want to die. But I certainly deserve the most extreme punishment this so

Jefferson City, MO. - Sixties rock star Jimi Hendrix made a statement that should have concerned ever parent long ago: "Music is a spiritual thing of its own. You can hypnotize people with music and when you get them at their weakest point you can preach into the subconscious mind what we

In the 1840's, a young man who was an earnest Christian found employment in a pawn shop. Although he disliked the work, he did it faithfully "as unto the Lord". To prepare himself for a life of Christian service, he wrote on scrap of paper the following resolutions: "I do promise God that

Mother's Reward You are the trip I did not take, You are the pearls I cannot buy. You are my blue Italian lake, You are my piece of foreign sky. You are my Honolulu moon. You are the book I did not write. You are my hearts' unuttered tune, You are a candle in my night. You are the f

Mark Twain compared himself favorably to George Washington. He noted that he had a higher standard than the first President. George Washington could not tell a lie. Twain said the he could tell a lie but he wouldn't! -Robert Shannon, Preaching March/April 1999

There are three types of Christians who respond to the call of service: 1. Rowboat Christians - have to be pushed. 2. Sailboat Christians - always go with the wind. 3. Steamboat Christians - make up their minds where they ought to go and go there regardless of wind and weather. -Sermons

Did you know that the idea for Mother's Day was born in a small Methodist church in Grafton, West Virginia? It was 1876 and the nation still mourned the Civil War dead. While teaching a Memorial Day lesson, Mrs. Anna Reeves Jarvis thought of mothers who had lost their sons. She prayed