Sermon Illustrations

Tithe in the Spirit of Love The Sevenfold Blessing Of The Tithe 1. It blesses the heart by making it receptive to God's will. 2. It blesses the life by lifting it to a higher plane of grace. 3. It blesses the hands by making them willing to do God's work. 4. It blesses the mind by giving it the s

Bad Breaks A boy in Decatur, Illinois, was deeply interested in photography. He answered an ad in a magazine, ordering a book on photography. The publisher made a mistake and sent him instead a book about magic and ventriloquism, and he began practicing the art of throwing his voice. He created

The following are actual statements found on insurance forms where drivers attempted to summarize the details of an accident in the fewest words possible: Coming home, I drove into wrong house and collided with a tree I don't have. I thought my window was down, but found it was up when

Be Yourself I read the other day about the American musician George Gershwin. He idolized Irving Berlin. Gershwin was a struggling composer, getting about $35 a week in New York City's tin-pan-alley, and Berlin noticed him. He offered him a job as his musical secretary at three time $35 a week. But

Earl Palmer in his book The Enormous Exception wrote the following about the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, which is built directly upon the fault zone of the San Andreas fault: It is built to sway some twenty feet at the center of its one-mile suspension span. The secret to its durabili

An item by Sally Cunnech in Leadership magazine illustrates the importance of giving attention to needs, not just to numbers. She wrote, "During World War II, economist E.F. Schumacher, then a young statistician, worked on a farm. Each day he would count the 32 head of cattle, then turn his attentio

Does that startle you? I have been an avid football fan, but now I've had it. Let me list the reasons for my decision never to attend another football game. 1. I was taken to too many games by my parents when I was growing up. 2. It seems that the games are scheduled when I want to do other things

Christian psychiatrists Drs. Frank B. Minirth and Paul D. Meier insist that any patient of theirs who is a Christian must be honest and use language that expresses the reality of the situation. In their book Happiness is a Choice the authors' state, "…we cringe whenever patients use the wo

The math teacher saw that little Johnny wasn't paying attention in class. She called on him and said, "Johnny! What are 2 and 4 and 28 and 44?" Little Johnny quickly replied, "NBC, CBS, HBO and the Cartoon Network!" (from Pastor Tim's Sermon Illustration and Inspirations List - http://www.cybers

An old-timer sat on the river bank, fishing pole in hand, although the fishing season had not officially opened. A uniformed officer stood behind him quietly for several minutes. "You the game warden?" the man inquired. "Yes sir." Unruffled, the old man began to move the fishing pole from side t