Contributed by Eric Snyder on Oct 22, 2001
based on 54 ratings
| 1,983 views
Juan Carlos was a famous pirate. He was notorious for his thievery, and it was rumored that he had a very large amount of plunder buried.
One day he was in Mexico and a man came up to him, pushed him to the ground and said “Juan Carlos tell me where all your money is buried or I will shoot you
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
based on 139 ratings
| 2,076 views
Most of us can sympathize with the fellow who received a call from his wife just as she was about to fly home from Europe. “How’s my cat?” she asked.
“Dead.”
“Oh, honey, don’t be so honest. Why didn’t you break the news to me slowly? You’ve ruined my trip.”
“What do you mean?”
“You could have
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Greg Yount on Nov 30, 2001
based on 10 ratings
| 2,797 views
Some people are like Ken, the struggling student, who, during an exam was asked by his
teacher, “how close are you to the
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
based on 60 ratings
| 2,277 views
“Many years ago a man conned his way into the orchestra of the emperor of China although he could not play a note. Whenever the group practiced or performed, he would hold his flute against his lips, pretending to play but not making a sound. He received a modest salary and enjoyed a comfortable
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
United Methodist
Contributed by John Beehler on Apr 4, 2002
based on 100 ratings
| 2,572 views
Once, when a stubborn disputer seemed unconvinced, Abraham Lincoln said, "Well, let’s see, how many legs has a cow?"
"Four, of course," came the reply disgustedly.
"That’s right," agreed Lincoln. "Now suppose you call the cow’s tail a leg; how many legs would the cow have?"
"Why, five, of
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 30, 2002
based on 47 ratings
| 3,886 views
Revelation vs. Lord of the Rings
Many, many people, Christians and non-Christians alike, say they find the Book of the Revelation ‘uncomfortable’. They find much of the imagery disturbing, and are put off by the concept of God’s judgement on the world. Yet in recent days millions of people have
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 9, 2002
based on 8 ratings
| 2,021 views
There is a silly story about an elderly Scottish couple who had never flown before, but who decided they were going to visit their children in New York and see their grandchildren for the first time. They were on a charter flight in a Lockheed TriStar (3 engines). They were about half-way out over
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Ian Biss on Jul 2, 2002
based on 11 ratings
| 3,571 views
There was a guy who tried to rid his house of mice. He bought a mouse trap but had no cheese. To remedy the problem, cut out a picture of cheese from a magazine. He loaded the trap with the artificial cheese and went to bed. When he checked the mousetrap that following morning he was quite
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Grace Brethren
based on 3 ratings
| 3,472 views
In his book The Screwtape Letters, C. S. Lewis describes what is like a parable that is ongoing through different episodes of how a Senior Demon, whom he calls Screwtape trains his young and vulnerable apprentice nephew Wormwood how to disrupt, derail and hinder the growth and progress of
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
United Methodist
Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on Oct 29, 2002
based on 1 rating
| 1,628 views
I think the lead story for the Money section of the September 23rd issue of USA Today is a great example. The long piece chronicled some of the problems facing Japanese bankers. Bad debts for that country’s banks rose 29% in the last fiscal year to $350 billion, and that may be only a partial
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Lutheran
Contributed by Paul Decker on Nov 19, 2002
based on 2 ratings
| 30,679 views
A small storeowner was being pressured to sell his store to the owners of a large department store who had bought every building on the block, except his. Frustrated by the man’s refusal to sell, they eventually opened their huge store on either side of the small one, with a big banner running
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by S Henriques on Jan 27, 2003
based on 4 ratings
| 2,792 views
There’s a humorous story about Judge John Lowell of Boston. One morning the judge was at breakfast, his face hidden behind the morning paper. A frightened maid tiptoed into the room and whispered something to Mrs. Lowell’s ear. The lady paled slightly, then squared her shoulders resolutely and
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by S Henriques on Jan 27, 2003
based on 1 rating
| 2,939 views
One husband arrived home very early in the morning, after being out all night, drinking and brawling. He sneaked up the stairs quietly, doing his best not to awaken his wife. He looked in the bathroom mirror and bandaged the bumps and bruises he’d received in one of his fights that night. He then
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Troy Borst on Aug 24, 2004
based on 2 ratings
| 2,314 views
CONCLUSION... The Matrix (http://www.ozsermonillustrations.com/frames/truth_&_error_frameset.htm)
One of the great films of 1999 was The Matrix, starring Keanu Reeves. It’s a futuristic sci-fi movie, where the world has been taken over by computers. The computers need the energy that comes from
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Greg Buchner on Sep 26, 2004
based on 1 rating
| 2,165 views
Chuck Colson is quoted saying, “Without ultimate justice, people’s sense of moral obligation dissolves; social bonds are broken. People who have no fear of God soon have no
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
based on 2 ratings
| 2,242 views
You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death. It is easy to say you believe a rope to be strong as long as you are merely using it to cord a box. But suppose you had to hang by that rope over a precipice.
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
based on 2 ratings
| 2,395 views
A recent Barna Research Group survey on what Americans believe confirms what this brief scenario illustrates: we are in danger of becoming a nation of relativists. The Barna survey asked, “Is there absolute truth?” Amazingly, 66 percent of American adults responded that they believe that “there is
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
based on 1 rating
| 3,085 views
Once, when a stubborn disputer seemed unconvinced, Lincoln said, “Well, let’s see how many legs has a cow?” “Four, of course,” came the reply disgustedly. “That’s right,” agreed Lincoln. “Now suppose you call the cow’s tail a leg; how many legs would the cow have?” “Why, five, of course,” was the
...read more
Tags:
Sermon Central