Sermon Illustrations

A passenger jet was suffering through a severe thunderstorm. As the passengerswere being bounced around by the turbulence, a young woman turned to a ministersitting next to her and with a nervous laugh asks, "Reverend, you're a man ofGod, can't you do something about this storm?" To which he replie

If a child is the first person in a household to become a Christian, there is a 3.5 percent probability everyone else in the household will follow. If the mother is the first to become a Christian, there is a 17 percent probability everyone else in the household will follow. But if the father is fi

Recently a "Husband Shopping Center" opened in Dallas, where women could go to choose a husband from among many men. It was laid out with five floors, with the men increasing in positive attributes as you ascended up the floors. The only rule was once you opened the door to any floor, you must choos

A man found a magic lamp, rubbed it, and out popped a genie, who offered to fulfill one wish. The man said, "I've always wanted to go to Hawaii, but I'm afraid of planes and boats. I'd like you to build a bridge from California to Hawaii so I can drive." The Genie said, "That's too much work. Try a

Christian businessman Fred Smith reports that the membership of the Moscow Baptist church is 5,600, the attendance 6,000, and the participation lever almost 100 percent. These Russian Christians are zealous for their faith. The pastor told Mr. Smith, "In Russia, we have no four-wheel Christians.

Two middle-aged couples were enjoying friendly conversation when one of the men asked the other, "Fred, how was the memory clinic you went to last month?" "Outstanding," Fred replied. "They taught us all the latest psychological techniques, like visualization, association, and so on. It was great.

After a long illness, a woman died and arrived at the Gates of Heaven. The gatekeeper came by and the woman said to him "This is such a wonderful place! How do I get in?" "You have to spell a word," the gatekeeper told her. "Which word?" the woman asked. "Love." The woman correctly spelled "Love

"When I was a boy, my father, a baker, introduced me to the wonders of song," tenor Luciano Pavarotti relates. "He urged me to work very hard to develop my voice. Arrigo Pola, a professional tenor in my hometown of Modena, Italy, took me as a pupil. I also enrolled in a teachers college. On graduati

Illustrations from the July/August issue of Preaching Magazine

An old Frank and Ernest comic shows Frank asking Ernest, "Which would you rather do?Watch virtue triumph in a movie, or evil triumph in a newscast?"Sometimes it seems we can't see virtue triumph anywhere, but the Bible tells us that eventually God will triumph over evil.