Sermon Illustrations

In 1876, a highly touted plant made its American debut at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.

Maximus Julias Pauson was not given a name at birth and went without one for 19 years. His birth certificate simply said "Baby Boy. Name to Come."

Have you ever heard of the disease Encephalitis Lethargica.

When William the Conqueror came to invade England, he made a grand entrance; but as he got off the boat, he stumbled and fell, bloodying his nose on the cobblestones.

Thomas Paine was the fiery writer who ignited the American Revolution with his book Common Sense.

The author J.R. Dolan was traveling in Austria. He rang the bell at the entrance of an old monastery, hoping he could get a tour.

Lady Diana Cooper, an aristocrat whose husband was an ambassador, went to a concert and began chatting with "a nice little woman." Afterward, she suddenly realized the woman was Queen Elizabeth II.

The world's oldest man recently died at the age of 114. His name was Walter Breuning.

It has been said that you can learn a lot in jail-most of it bad-but there are some good things that can be learned in prison. Just ask John Bunyan.

We have heard of the place called Death Valley. Normally it is barren and forbidding, but every once and a while it explodes with color.