Sermon illustrations: Money

The Surprised Pastor

A lady’s husband had heart surgery, and she received a letter saying her husband inherited one...

Playing Store

A little boy and his father were playing store. The father offered to pay a nickel for a set of...

Credit Card Humor

A man once said his credit card was stolen, but he decided not to report it because the thief was...

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

There is a bumper sticker that says, “Tithe if you love Jesus. Any idiot can honk.” A lot of peole...

Giving the Firstfruits

A missionary had been teaching tithing to his church. One morning a young Christian came to...

What Money Will Not Buy

Money will buy a bed but not sleep; books but not brains; food but not appetite; finery but not...

Time Is More Valuable Than Money

Let’s pretend that your banker phoned you late last Friday and said he had some very good news. He...

The Stress Bracelet

A Netherlands-based electronics firm is creating a bracelet that will change color and flicker from...

Wealthy Givers Do Not Start Wealthy

Fortune magazine reported that the nation’s top twenty-five philanthropists gave away more than $1....

The Soulwinner's Reward

General Booth told of a man leaving Australia who had been working in the gold fields, and had...

Financial Priorities

A lady was standing in front of a casino when she was approached by a desperate looking man, “...

The Family Is the Core of Society

The evidence is convincing that the better our relationships are at home, the more effective we are...

The Priority of Soulwinning

In 1990 newspapers reported that city workers in Newport Beach, California, were sifting through...

Remember Your Blessings

The story is told of an old Navajo Indian who became rich when oil was found on his property. He...

Finding Christ's Riches

A rich man was in the habit of giving his wife an expensive piece of jewelry every year on her...

Giving Cheerfully

A mother gave her little girl a quarter and a dollar before church, “Put whichever one you want in...

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...

Heaven Cannot Be Earned

In June of 2008 Phuljharia Kunwa, a rich 80-year old Indian widow, spent thousands of dollars on a...

Changing Love

The story of is told of a girl who regretted breaking her engagement and wrote this letter: “...

God Owns the Cattle on a Thousand Hills

In its early days, Dallas Theological Seminary was in critical need of $10,000 to keep the work...

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