Sermon Illustrations

In a classic Peanuts comic, Lucy asks Charlie Brown if he worries about the world blowing up. Charlie responds by asking, "It all dependswhat day is today?" Lucy reports that it is Tuesday. Charlie replies, "Well, on Tuesdays I worry about...

Robert Anthony tells a story about a man who went to see a psychiatrist because he was obsessed with worry. The psychiatrist used hypnosis in therapy and was able to wipe out the memory of what was worrying the man. The psychiatrist was...

There is an old story about a lamb that got away from the rest of the flock as she munched her meal. She did not notice a wolf approaching. When the wolf pounced, the lamb begged the wolf saying, "Please don't eat me. I have been eating grass and that will ...

Ruben Ramirez of Yakima Washington wanted life in prison. To his disappointment he was only sentenced to 8½ years. Perhaps you saw his story in the newspaper. Ramirez told people he robbed the bank, not for money but to activate the state's...

There is an old Chinese proverb that says a man who keeps one eye on the past is blind in one eye. A man who keeps no eye on the past is blind in both eyes. Virgil wrote that Aeneas founded Rome after the fall of Troy. He said that Aeneas fled...

Michael Lebouf recounts an anecdote about the great football coach, Bear Bryant. Bryant is reported to have said, "There are several kinds of football players. There are those who have it and know it, those who have it and don't know it, those who...

Morality

A confused looking gentleman was noted on a street corner with a rope in his hand. Many people simply stared and passed him by. Finally a young man stopped and asked, "What's the problem?" "I'm not sure," replied the man. "I can't remember whether...

A young woman noticed in church that an elderly couple held hands the entire service. She was so moved by that, she decided to mention it. She went to the elderly woman and said, "I think it is so sweet that you and your husband...

In her book, Three Kentucky Towns That Never Were, the author, Mariam S. Houchens, names Lystra and Franklinville in Nelson County. They existed only on paper. Elaborate plans showed streets, parks, churches, markets, town halls,...