Sermon Illustrations

When World War I seemed imminent, the enormously wealthy Andrew Carnegie went to see the Kaiser. He handed him a signed check with the amount left blank. He told him he could write in any amount if he would stop his country from going to war. The Kaiser refused. A price had to be paid for us to make peace with God. No...

Thomas Edison changed the world with his invention of the light bulb. The last words he ever spoke were: "It is very beautiful over there." When he died the President of the United States suggested that lights all over America be dimmed in his honor. But in honor of Christ we turn on the lights, the lights of truth and justice and...

National Public Radio was interviewing veteran radio and television reporter Judy Muller about her new book entitled "Now This." She chose the title because those two words are used so often by radio and television news people to move into a commercial. She remarked that those two words would also make a good epitaph...

Sir John Bowring was a famous British diplomat. He was fluent in thirteen languages. He was twice elected to Parliament. He was knighted by the Queen. He was sent on diplomatic missions to China, Thailand and Italy. He was the governor of Hong Kong. When he was governor of Hong Kong he took a trip by ship along the...

Everyone has heard of the famous British journalist, Henry M. Stanley. He is the man who was sent to find the great missionary David Livingstone. Livingstone had not been heard from for many months and some thought he might be dead. In 1869 the publisher of the New York Herald sent Stanley to cover the opening of the...

The mystery novels of Agatha Christie have been enormously popular. Only the Bible and the works of Shakespeare have sold more copies. At the time of her death she had sold more than two billion copies of her books all over the world. Her play Mousetrap opened in London in 1952 and has been running ever since, the longest...

It is so damp in northern California they say that everything will either rust, root or rot. But we have the assurance of Jesus that treasures laid up in Heaven will neither rust nor rot. In His day wealth was often in metal or cloth which did in fact rust and rot. our treasures may be intangible, but that does not mean they will ...

Years ago in a small Tennessee city there lived a man who did not believe in banks. Word got around, and one day he was robbed. The culprit was caught and put on trial. The defense attorney tried to prove that the robbery was in fact a hoax, a scheme to avoid taxes. He put the victim of the robbery on the witness stand and...

Recently a popular magazine noted that it is now possible to own a hand held satellite receiver. Already installed on some new autos, the devices work with the global positioning satellite to tell you exactly where you are. They can now be carried and are designed for hikers and other walkers. Sadly, the story's title was taken from...