Sermon illustrations: Words

The Wisdom of Silence

In one of Aesop’s Fables, a donkey walking through the woods finds the skin of a lion. Hunters had...

Do You Know Me?

The story is told of a prosecuting attorney in a small town courthouse called his first witness, an...

Choose Your Words Carefully

President Calvin Coolidge was famously known as a man of few words. His nickname was “Silent Cal.”...

Do You Know Who I Am?

At a tea for officers and their wives, the commanding general of a base delivered a seemingly...

The Necessity of Preparation

In May 2013, thirteen-year-old Arvind Mahankali correctly spelled the word “knaidel” (a German-...

The Mouth of the Fool

When the Cornerstone Bank in Waco, Nebraska, was robbed of some $6,000 in November of 2012, the...

Hard of Hearing

A husband read an article to his wife about how women use 30,000 words a day to a man’s 15,000....

The Wisdom of Silence

One of Aesop’s fables concerned a turtle who envied the ducks who swam in the pond where he lived....

You Can’t Take it Back

In the washroom of a place of business in London, British newspaper publisher William Beaverbrook...

Dividing through Gossip

During World War II, the United States government became concerned that a number of German spies...

Political Insanity

In today’s politically correct environment where you have to be so careful to keep from offending...

Two Words

Sandra Bullock won the 2010 Best Actress Academy Award for her portrayal of Leigh Ann Tuohy in The...

He Asked at the Wrong Time

The story is told about a barber who had just been gloriously saved in an old-fashioned revival...

Don't Mail It

One day Abraham Lincoln’s Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton, came to him with a wrathful letter...

Handling Criticism

George Whitefield was a famed English evangelist in the 1700s. He led many meetings where hundreds...

Christmas and Political Correctness

The following memo was sent by a school administrator: Dear Staff, Please remember that we live in...

Respect for a Foe

During the Civil War someone reported to Abraham Lincoln that Edwin Stanton, one of the President’s...

People Are Watching and Copying You

A little boy said to his mother, “Can I go outside and help Daddy put snow chains on the car? I...

A Mother in Law’s Visit

Oh, I sure am happy to see you,” the little boy said to his grandmother on his mother’s side. “Now...

Actions Speak Louder than Words

Korean Air Lines flight KE007 was shot down by Soviet fighter-jets on September 1, 1983. On that...

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