Sermon Illustrations

The words that house speaker, Jim Wright, quoted upon his resignation, really hit home: Horace Greeley had a quote that Harry Truman used to like: "Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wings, those who cheer today may curse tomorrow, only one thing endures - character."  

Mistakes Think you're the only one that's made mistakes? Hardly. Imagine if you had been the president of a Michigan bank who advised Henry Ford's lawyer not to invest in the new motor company, assuring him, "The horse is here to stay, but the automobile is only a novelty." Or there was Gary Coop

"The great Easter truth is not that we are to live newly after death - that is not the great thing - but that we are to live here and now by the power of the resurrection; not so much that we are to live forever as that we are to, and may, live nobly now because we are to live forever." -Phillip Br

"The TV is my shepherd, my spiritual growth shall want.It maketh me to sit down and do nothing for His name's sake,It keepeth me from doing my duty as a Christian; because it presenteth so many good programs that I must see.It restoreth my knowledge of the things of this world, and keepeth me from t

In his book Harvest of Humanity, John Seamands told this story: "A German soldier was wounded. He was ordered to go to the military hospital for treatment. When he arrived at the large and imposing building, he saw two doors, one marked, 'For the slightly wounded,' and the other, 'For the seriously

Invulnerable Covering The great English preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon told of a man who had been sentenced to death by a Spanish court. Because he was an American citizen but also of English birth, the consuls of both countries decided to intervene. They declared that the authorities of Spain ha

Businessmen say lives 'empty': A study of 4,126 male business executives reveals widespread dissatisfaction with the corporate experience. Forty-eight percent of all middle managers said that despite years spent striving to achieve their professional goals their lives seemed "empty and meaning less.

Let Go As children bring their broken toys With tears for us to mend, I brought my broken dreams to God, Because He was my friend. But then, instead of leaving Him In peace, to work alone, I hung around and tried to help In ways that were my own. Finally I took them back and said, "Dear God, why

Feed the Crocodiles A missionary tells of a woman in India holding in her arms a weak, whining infant, while at her side stood a beautiful, healthy child. The man of God saw her walk to the banks of the Ganges River and throw the robust youngster to the crocodiles as an offering, and then turn towa

According to a recent Nielsen survey of television viewing habits, women over 55 average almost 36 hours in front of the tube each week. Children under 6 watch 27 hours in the same period. In the average American household, the television is on for 6 hours and 44 minutes a day. One media journalist