Sermon Illustrations

French scientists have succeeded in causing chickens to sound like quail. Nancy Ross-Flannigan, writing for the Detroit Free Press, reports that researchers took tissue from parts of the Japanese quail brain thought to control the bird's call and implanted it in the brains of five chicken

One of my favorite quotations was given to us by the great Samuel Johnson. He said, "Great works are performed not be strength but by perseverance. He that shall walk with vigor, three hours a day, will pass, in seven years, a space equal to the circumference of the globe." -Sermons Illu

H.P. Barker gives a graphic illustration that points up the need for both knowing and applying the Bible's truth. As I looked out into the garden one day, I saw three things. First, I saw a butterfly. The butterfly was beautiful, and it would alight on a flower and then it would flutter

833 Christians will be martyred tomorrow! As incredible as it seems, it's true. An average of 833 believers are killed daily because of their faith. That's more than 300,000 Christians martyred each year! These staggering statistics come from David Barrett, editor of World Christian Enc

A wife came in to see a lawyer about getting a divorce. He said, "Do you have grounds?" She said, "Well we have about one acre." He said, "No, I mean does he have a grudge?" She said, "No, but he has a carport." He said, "What I mean is do you wake up grumpy?" She said, "No, I just let

A friend called on Michelangelo as he was putting what appeared to be the finishing touches on a sculpture. Later when the visitor stopped in to see the artist again, he was surprised to find him busy on the same stature. Seeing no evident changes, he exclaimed, "You haven't been working

What do women really want to hear men say? The following list may seem obvious, but the authors of Why Men Don't Get Enough Sex and Women Don't Get Enough Love insist men don't say the obvious often enough: "Put on your best dress. I'm taking you out for a surprise evening."

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years. -Mark Twain

I have heard that if a rattlesnake is cornered, it can become so frenzied that it will accidentally bite itself with its deadly fangs. In the same way, when a person harbors hatred and resentment in his heart, he is often hurt by the poison of his own malice. He thinks he is injuring his

Thomas Jefferson said "When angry, count to 10; when very angry count to 100." Mark Twain changed it and said, "When angry, count to 4; when very angry, swear." -Sermons Illustrated July/August 1990