Sermon Illustrations

The story is told that a young boy complained to his father that most of the church hymns were boring - old-fashioned, with tiresome tunes and words that meant little to his generation. His father challenged him with these words: "If you think you can write better hymns, why don't you?" The boy acc

It is estimated that if the widow's mite had been deposited at the "First National Bank, Jerusalem" to draw four percent interest semi-annually, the fund today would total $4,800,000,000,000,000,000,000. If a bank on earth could multiply the widow's mite to such an astronomical figure, think wha

The story is told of a family that moved into a new community. They were promptly visited by two elders and the pastor of a nearby church who cordially invited them to attend the services on the Lord's Day. The man assured them that he would come just as soon as he got straightened out. Several

Charles Spurgeon looked back upon dark hours in his own life and said: I bear willing witness that I owe more to the fire, and the hammer, and the file, than to anything else in my Lord's workshop. I sometimes question whether I have ever learned anything except through the rod. When my schoolroom

Friends for Sale A farmer was detained for questioning about an election scandal. "Did you sell your vote?" the attorney asked. "No sir, not me," the farmer protested. "I voted for that there fella 'cause I liked him." "Come, now," threatened the attorney. "I have evidence that he gave you fifty do

A couple of boys were fishing at their special pond off the beaten track. All of a sudden, the Game Warden jumped out of the bushes. Immediately, one of the boys threw his fishing pole down and started running through the woods. The Game Warden was hot on his heels. After about a half mile, the boy

"Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile." (Albert Einstein)

Many Americans must have wondered what all the William Bennett gambling fuss was all about, if you can believe Gallup's most recent annual survey on America's values and beliefs. That survey indicates that most Americans don't see gambling as inconsistent with moral living. The survey shows that 63

Corrie Ten Boom used to tell the story about a proud woodpecker who was tapping away at a dead tree when the sky unexpectedly turned black and the thunder began to roll. Undaunted, he went right on working. Suddenly a bolt of lightning struck the old tree, splintering it into hundreds of pieces.

A word of warning from dermatologist Michael Kalman: "Today's deeply tanned beauties are tomorrow's wrinkled prunes." As I read that warning, I thought about sin. Sin is kind of like getting a tan. It may look great today, but tomorrow's a different story.