Sermon Illustrations

As the preacher was greeting people at the door after service, he saw an infrequent attender approach. Taking the man's hand, the preacher said to him, "You need to join the Army of the Lord!" My friend replied, "I'm already in the Army of the Lord, Preacher." The preacher questioned, "Then why

Seems an elderly gentleman had serious hearing problems for a number of years. He went to the doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed the gentleman to hear 100%. The elderly gentleman went back to the doctor for a test a month later. Then doctor said

In the washroom of his London club, British newspaper publisher and politician William Beverbrook happened to meet Edward Heath, then a young member of Parliament, about whom Beverbrook had printed an insulting editorial a few days earlier. "My dear chap," said the publisher, embarrassed by the enco

Dedicated Little Things A little girl who loved the Lord longed to share the message of salvation with those who had never heard it. So she contributed a penny to a missionary to help with the work of evangelizing the people of Burma. That small coin was all she had, but it was given from her heart

Jack has died, so his lawyer is standing before the family and reads out Jack's Last Will and Testament. "To my dear wife Esther, I leave the house, 50 acres of land, and 1 million dollars." "To my son Barry, I leave my Big Lexus and the Jaguar." "To my daughter Suzy, I leave my yacht and $250

John and Dave were hiking when they spotted a mountain lion staring at them. John froze in his tracks, but Dave sat down on a log, tore off his hiking boots, pulled a pair of running shoes from his backpack and hurriedly began to put them on. "For crying out loud, you can't outrun a mountain lion!"

The coach of a Buffalo little league team called one of his players over to him and said that he would like to explain some of the principles of sportsmanship. He said, "We don't believe in temper tantrums, screaming at the umpires, or using bad language. Do you understand?" The boy nodded. "All rig

Fortune in a Bottle Fifty-five year old Jack Wurm had reached the depths of despair. He had failed in business and now was killing time walking along a California beach between job interviews. As he plowed through the sand his eyes fell on a half-hidden bottle. He kicked it idly and then stooped t

In a recent Breakpoint commentary, Chuck Colson says, "Bad choices in all of the major areas of our lives - education, career, marriage, and more - can be traced back to mistaken beliefs about what will make us happy. The truth is that spending our whole lives chasing what we want is the best way no

Open Wide A minister tells of dispensing food to residents in an impoverished area by means of a "soup kitchen." All of the people were instructed to bring a vessel that would hold about 2 quarts. However, an 11-year-old boy ragged and dirty but with flashing eyes and a winsome smile, lugged in a