Sermon Illustrations

According to Aesop, a miser sold all his possessions and bought a lump of gold, which he then buried in a hole beside an old wall. Every day he went to visit it. One of his friends took note of his frequent visits and decided to watch more closely. He soon discovered the secret of the hidden...

In his autobiography the late Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's, tells of his difficult childhood. Dave had been adopted, but did not learn of it until he was thirteen. His adoptive mother died when he was quite young. His adoptive father ran through several wives and he and Dave had a...

The Associated Press recently released a story about a pair of sisters in Tokyo, Japan that became concerned that something was wrong with their father. They reported him missing. The police found the man and something was definitely wrong. The man was dead-his body lying on a...

A hard working man heard an interesting conversation his two year old daughter had with his wife. They were discussing geography and the mother asked." Where does mommy live?" "Minneapolis," answered the child. "Where does grandma live?" "Baltimore," said the little girl." "Where...

Ninety percent of all the flowers in the world have an unpleasant odor or no odor at all. Yet, we remember the flowers because of the ten percent that are pleasantly fragrant! Ten percent that is given is remembered long after we have forgotten how we spent the ninety percent. The ten...

In Shakespeare's The Tempest Gonzalo is sailing through a stormy sea that threatens to capsize his vessel. He reminds the boatswain that the king of Naples is a passenger, crying, "Remember whom thou hast aboard!" The boatswain replies, "None that I more love than myself." There are...

When we built Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam), it was the largest in the world. As is common on such projects, there were the inevitable accidents and some workmen lost their lives. When the dam was complete, they put a plaque into the wall. On it they inscribed the names of the...

The first law of Thermodynamics says that no mass or energy is ever destroyed, that it merely changes form. When a piece of wood is burned, it is not gone. Some of it becomes heat; some deteriorates into the ashes. But it is not destroyed - it just changes. When a lake dries up,...

In London's Westminster Abbey, many great men and women are buried in the floor of the church. Visitors walk over their tombs without hesitation...all but one. There is one tomb that no one walks over. Even the Queen at her Coronation walked around it. It is the tomb of Britain's...

In the Middleton's comic strip by Dunagin and Summers, little Wendie is getting ready to pray. Her mother says, "Time for prayers Wendie." Wendie declares, "I'm going to pray for my friends." Her mother responds by reminding her daughter, "We're also to pray for people...