Sermon illustrations: Discontentment

Know When to Stop

Each year on the fourth of July the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Company sponsors a hot dog eating...

Criticizing What They Can’t Do Themselves

“You will find that, as a rule, those who complain about the way the ball bounces are usually the...

Church on the Island

A man was marooned on a desolate island. After he had been there for five years he was found and...

Unaware of His Possessions

William Randolph Hearst was a very wealthy newspaper publisher who had an incredible collection of...

Joy Is Not Found in Money

“Researchers have found almost no correlation between income levels and happiness. Between 1957 and...

Two Husbands

The story is told about two wives who were doing their laundry in a laundry mat. They were both...

Wanting More

Two friends met each other on the street one day. One looked forlorn, almost on the verge of...

Turn Trials into Pearls

The oyster takes a grain of sand and turns it into a beautiful pearl. Many people are just the...

Desire for Wealth Grows With It

How rich is rich? According to a survey of people who ought to know, the answer is $1 million to $5...

Greener Pastures

Sometime ago there appeared in a newspaper a cartoon showing two fields divided by a fence. Both...

Murmuring

“Murmuring is an outward manifestation of an inward lawlessness and rebellion against a holy God...

Complaining

“Complaining is like bad breath, you notice it when it comes out of somebody else's mouth, but not...

Stop Whining

While Roxie Wallace’s preschool grandson was visiting, he got testy and started crying about the...