Sermon Illustrations

There’s a story about an old Cherokee chief sitting before a flickering fire with his grandson. The boy had broken a tribal taboo, and his grandpa wanted to help him understand what made him do it. "It’s like we have two wolves inside us," said the chief. "One is good, the other is bad. Both demand our obedience." "Which one wins?" asked the boy. "The one we feed!" said the wise old chief.