Sermon Illustrations

When George Whitefield, the eighteenth century British evangelist, first sailed to America, he wrote in his journal that the ship's cook had a drinking problem. When he was reproved about his sins, the cook boasted that he planned to reform his life two years before he died, but not before. Whitefie

Frank Fried said: "Folks, the grass is not greener on that side of the fence. And the grass is not greener on this side of the fence. The grass is greener where you water it."

Rick Warren recently wrote, "God's purpose for the church is also his purpose for every Christian. As individual followers of Christ we are to use our lives in worship, ministry, evangelism, discipleship and fellowship. The church allows us to do it together. We are not alone in serving him. That's

Modern Jews call the Day of Atonement "Yom Kippur" and regard it as the holiest day on their calendar. On Rosh Hashanah, it is believed that God writes a "book" of each person's actions during the past year. Eight days later, on Yom Kippur, these "books" are irrevocably sealed. The eight days known

A businessman was queried about his feelings toward a competitor up the street. "There's nothing in the world I wouldn't do for Bill Johnson," he said, "and there's nothing he wouldn't do for me. That's the way we are. We go through life doing nothing for each other."

Chicagoan Silas Purnell is credited with helping more than 50,000 inner-city teens get into college. In the mid-1960's he quit a marketing job and opened a college placement office in the basement of a public housing project. He worked relentlessly to help those who came to his door: persuading adm

After church one Sunday morning, a mother commented, "The choir was awful thismorning." The father commented, "The sermon was too long." Their 7-year-old daughter added, "You've got to admit, Dad, it was a pretty good show for a dollar." (from www.mikeysfunnies.com)

Ann Landers recently asked her readers the question: Has your sex life gone down hill since marriage? One reader, a man age 52, from Newark, New Jersey put it best: "Your question - has sex gone downhill since marriage? -is an insult to those of us who waited until marriage to have sex. You ou

A man was on the golf practice course, when the club pro, Maury, brought an important looking man out for a lesson. Maury watched the guy swing several times and started making suggestions for improvement, but each time the pupil interrupted with his own versions of what was wrong and how to correct

On February 7, 1904, the story goes; a man in the basement of a downtown Baltimore building discarded a lit cigarette. It was a small act of carelessness, but one with enormous consequences. The cigarette started a fire that the wind whipped into a larger fire. By evening, it raged out of cont