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Not Really Bright

AT&T fired President John Walter after nine months, saying he lacked "intellectual leadership". He received a $26 million severance package. Perhaps it's not Walter who's lacking intelligence......

Should We Use Someone Else's Sermon?

The issue of homiletical plagiarism isn't a new concern....

Illustration: Conscience and Guidance

Do you pay attention to your conscience? How's that working out for you?...

Illustration: Skill, Comparisons

How smart is your canine companion? Is he or she smart enough to play board games with you?...

Listening

Recently, Dennis the Menace’s mother had to put Dennis in time out for something that happened at school. His mother said, “Your teacher says you don’t listen, Dennis.” ...

Illustration: Competition

Outbidding one's self......

Illustration: Danger, Distance

Children have an amazing sense of humor when they still have not developed their sense of the abstract....

Illustration: Light and Perception

Are you able to perceive the light that is there, or has your vision become dark?...

Thanksgiving

A fourth-grader stood up in his public school class, giving a report concerning the origins of the Thanksgiving holiday. Here’s how he began:...

Illustration: Pluralism, Postmodernism

In modern times, all forms of religion and the beliefs associated with each are available to a consumer culture....

Almost Understood

One Sunday during the evening service someone noticed their child entering zestfully into the singing of the chorus, "Soon and very soon /we are going to see the King..." Listening closer to their fiv...

To Illustrate: Eternal Life

Abraham Lincoln was instrumental in freeing the slaves in the United States, but it was William Wilberforce who was instrumental in freeing the slaves in the British Empire. ...

Illustration: Christmas

In a Garfield comic, we see Garfield looking at a December calendar. He says, "It's the holiday season. I just love this time of year. It makes me feel greedy all over."...

Illustration: Future, Predictions

Teachers of small children here it all...and sometimes their encouragement backfires, unless they have a sense of humor and can laugh off what can pop into children's minds....

Sermon Illustration: God

It has been reported that a student was given a question, “Where do our rights come from?” He answered with one word: God. The teacher marked it wrong. ...

Sermon Illustration: Love

There is a minister’s wife in the Midwest who is also a well-known speaker. Her name is Love Lockman. ...

Prayer

If you have ever read the “Dennis the Menace” comic strip, you know that Dennis often comes up with some interesting prayers. ...

Discipleship

As the preacher was greeting people at the door after service, he saw an infrequent attender approach. Taking the man's hand, the preacher said to him, "You need to join the Army of the Lord!" My fri...

Eternal Life

Sir William Russell was sentenced to death and while on the scaffold, he handed his watch to a friend and said, “I shall not need this any longer. From now on I shall be dealing with eternity.” The tr...