Sermon Illustrations

Hum the First Line My husband and I were enjoying an impromptu concert of Sunday school songs from our grandchildren, Jacey, 7, and Jessica, 4. After they'd run through their repertoire, Jacey began making up songs of his own, using Scripture he knew. I was impressed. "Jacey," I said, "you've lear

It's hard to admit a mistake. But I'm not the only one with this problem. Once when Frederick II, an eighteenth-century King of Prussia, went on an inspection tour of a Berlin prison, he was greeted with the cries of prisoners, who fell on their knees and protested their unjust imprisonment. While

I received an interesting chain letter the other day. It went like this: To Whom It May Concern: If you are not satisfied with your present pastor mail this letter to the 6 churches listed at the top of the letter. The pack up your pastor and ship him to the church at the bottom of the list At th

A scientist approaches God and says to Him: "God, we don't need You anymore. Science has finally figured out a way to create life out of nothing. We can now do what You did in the beginning." "Oh, is that so?" replies God. "Yes," says the scientist, "We can take dirt and form it into a human liken

Known as the "Bishop of the South Pacific," John Selwyn had at one time been recognized for his boxing skill. Touched by the Holy Spirit's convicting power, however, he later became an outstanding missionary. The Southport Methodist magazine reports that one day this saintly leader reluctantly gave

Early in my ministry, I met a man named Worral. He had been stricken with Rheumatoid Arthritis at age 15, and when I met him 30 years later, he was totally paralyzed except for 1 finger, could barely speak, and was totally blind. But he had a string tied to the one mobile finger that could turn

There are a lot of Christians who are doing nothing. But there are no Christians who have nothing to do. -Anonymous

Troubled Youth When Dr. R.A. Torrey was a young man, he had no faith in God or the Bible. His mother however, was a devout Christian who constantly prayed for his conversion and often witnessed to him. One day he said to her, "I don't want to hear about my sins and your prayers; I'm going to leave

In a tenement district in New York City, a boy in ragged clothes was seen with a small piece of broken mirror in his hand. Holding it high in the air he moved it slowly back and forth, watching the narrow slit of a window above him as he did so. "What are you doing?" a man suddenly demanded as he sh

If I straighten the pictures on the walls of your home, I am committing no sin, am I? But suppose that your house were afire, and I still went calmly about straightening pictures, what would you say? Would you think me merely stupid or very wicked?...The world today is on fire. What are you doin