Sermon Illustrations

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In his book The Pleasure of His Company, Roger Palms tells about two men who work for the same nonprofit organization. "One lives as the friend of God," he wrote, "the other does not," According to Palms, this is evident by the way they use their expense accounts. One always orders steak; the other does not. One always...

I won't say that my parent's didn't like me, but on my 4th birthday, my parents gave me an abandoned refrigerator. It took my father two hours to get the door back on!!

Oscar Hammerstein had seen a picture, a photograph of the top of the Statue of Liberty from a helicopter. And he said, "This picture reveals the intricate detail that has been sculpted on Lady Liberty's head, her hair and her crown and all of those things at that angle which no one could ever see," And he said, "I got to thinking...

Many born-again Christians cannot recall just when they were saved. Perhaps they grew up in a Christian home and didn't have a dramatic conversion. Yet they love and trust Christ. Some are every sensitive people, and Satan may try to make them doubt their salvation by suggesting that if they can't remember the date of ...

I just read some rather disappointing figures in the latest issue of Leadership, a journal for church leaders (Fall, 1989, p. 97). The average percentage of after-tax income given by U.S. Protestants to their churches in 1938 was 3.05%....

A vital part of worship is giving. We are to respond to the needs of the church and God's people in a loving, sacrificial manner. Leslie B. Flynn illustrated this kind of personal giving in his book Worship. He wrote, "A man was packing a shipment of food contributed by a school for the poor people of Appalachia. He was separating...

Have you wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? 5 signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. 12 had their homes ransacked and burned. 2 lost their sons in the revolutionary...

You may be familiar with the famous "Study of Praying Hands" by Albrecht Durer (1472-1528), but you may not have heard the story behind the artwork. When Albrecht was young, he and his friend Franz were studying to be artists while both were working long hours at other jobs. Rather than both failing...

A Marine stationed in Afghanistan recently received a "Dear John" letter from his girlfriend back home. It read as follows: Dear Ricky, I can no longer continue our relationship. The distance between us is just too great. I must admit that I have cheated on you twice since you've been gone, and it's not fair to...