Sermons & Devotionals by Sermon Illustrations II

A FARMER, who bore a grudge against a Fox for robbing his poultry yard, caught him at last, and being determined to take an ample revenge, tied some rope well soaked in oil to his tail, and set it on fire. The Fox by a strange fatality rushed to the fields of the Farmer who had captured him. It was ... Read More

Today is the first day of the rest of your life. In her book, CELEBRATE JOY!, Velma Seawell Daniels gives a striking new meaning to this familiar phrase. She tells of interviewing a man who had made a trip to Alaska to visit people who live above the Arctic Circle. "Never ask an Eskimo how old he is... Read More

And what does your anxiety do? It does not empty tomorrow, brother, of its sorrow; but, ah! it empties today of its strength. It does not make you escape the evil, it makes you unfit to cope with it when it comes. It does not bless tomorrow, and it robs today. For every day has its own burden. God g... Read More

BreakPoint Commentary - October 12, 1998 A Good Book Is Hard to Find - The Fiction of Flannery O'Connor What great Twentieth-century writer said: "For me the meaning of life is centered in our Redemption by Christ and what I see in the world I see in its relation to that." C. S. Lewis? Maybe G. K. C... Read More

At the request of his father, Karl Marx was baptized at 6 years old into the Evangelical Established Church. Marx's adolescent writings exhibited a spirit of Christian devotion and longing for self-sacrifice on behalf of humanity. Later at the University of Berlin, he fell under the influence of a y... Read More

John Wycliffe, John Knox, David Livingstone, Hudson Taylor, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, G. Campbell Morgan--what a notable list of Christian leaders from Great Britain! They established vital churches, publishing houses, and mission societies. In spite of this godly heritage, a recent edition of the Lo... Read More

It is stated that when the terrible earthquake was raging in Charleston, South Carolina, a proud, worldly, dead congregation was in service. They were very formal, with never an amen or note of praise. But when the building began to shake and many were falling, these formalists began to weep, scream... Read More

Go Out, Old Ship, Go Out An old gentleman states that when he was a small boy, he lived on the coast. One morning after a great storm he saw an old ship stranded. The storm had blown her in, and she was badly damaged and deserted by her crew. He said that often, when the tide would come in strongly ... Read More

In the town of Delburne, Alberta, there is an old water tower, built in 1926. Now standing empty, the building has been bought by two men who want to turn it into a dining and cocktail lounge. Plans call for a bar to be built on the second floor. Something similar has already happened in various com... Read More

The very name of Judas has a sor of hiss in it. Its sylables conjure up memories of such consistent villainy as precludes one relieving virtue. We think of him as a gnarled fiend from boyhood, skulking through the years with a malevolent gleam of hate glinting in his eyes. But we have the wrong idea... Read More

All of the apostles were insulted by the enemies of their Master. They were called to seal their doctrines with their blood and nobly did they bear the trial. According to traditional statements, the following is what became of the apostles: Matthew suffered martyrdom by being slain with a sword at ... Read More

Our house was directly across the street from the clinic entrance of John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to out patients at the clinic. One summer evening as I was fixing supper, there was a knock at the door. I opened it to see a truly awful looking... Read More

It is the Light of the Sun of Righteousness that makes sin appear as it is. Until that great light shines upon sin through His Law, His Word, sin appears as an attractive light. After the Light of the Sun of righteousness shines upon sin, its true blackness appears: I heard about a man sitting befor... Read More

Fred and Bill were having their weekly round of golf at the Land o' Sky Golf Course and as they were walking down the fairway on the long par-five number six hole a funeral process drove by them along River Road. Fred paused and took off his golf hat, held it over his heart and stood motionless, wat... Read More

A good story is told of a lady who, during the Crimean War, was distributing tracts to the occupants of a ward in a hospital, and was excessively shocked to hear one poor fellow laugh at her. She then stopped to reprove the wretched patient." Why, Mam," said he, "you have given me a tract on the sin... Read More

In "The Encourager," Charles Mylander writes: "Sunrise was dawning when Los Angeles motorcycle police officer Bob Vernon saw a red pickup truck speed through a stop sign. This guy must be late to work, he thought to himself. He turned on his emergency lights and radioed that he was in pursuit. The p... Read More

A young man, who had formerly attended Dr. Bethune's meetings, after an absence of a few years called upon him and said: " Dr. Bethune, I have recently become a Christian since I saw you, and have joined the Army of the lord." "I am very glad to hear it," said the doctor, and added,"With what denomi... Read More

One day the telephone in the office of the Rector of President Roosevelt's Washington Church rang and an eager voice said, "Tell me, do you expect the president to be in church this Sunday?" "That," the Rector explained patiently, "I cannot promise. However, God will be there, and that will be incen... Read More

During the French war, a train carrying dispatches to the headquarters was compelled to go over sixty miles of very rough road, and reach its destination within an hour. The engineer was the bearer of the dispatches, and his wife and child were in the coach. Every moment threatened to pitch the trai... Read More

I Know What wonderful Blessings overflow, When we can truely say "I Know!" I know in whom I have believed. I know the One I have received. I know His blood avails for me. I know that I was blind, but see. I know that my redeemer lives. I know the gift He freely gives. I know He'll keep me to the end... Read More