Wednesday, July 26, 2006

When Sermon Illustrations Backfire!!!

A friend just emailed this to me. I thought it was so cute that I needed to post it.


A minister decided that a visual demonstration would add emphasis to his Sunday sermon.

Four worms were placed into four separate cans.
The first worm was put into a container of alcohol.
The second worm was put into a container of cigarette smoke.
The third worm was put into a container of chocolate syrup.
The fourth worm was put into a container of good clean soil.
At the conclusion of the sermon, the Minister reported the following results:

The first worm in alcohol - Dead.
The second worm in cigarette smoke - Dead.
Third worm in chocolate syrup - Dead.
Fourth worm in good clean soil - Alive.

So the Minister asked the congregation - What can you learn from this demonstration?

A little old woman in the back quickly raised her hand and said,
"As long as you drink, smoke and eat chocolate, you won't have worms!"

2 comments:

J. Guy Muse said...

Those of us who fight worms and parasites all the time will have to remember the health benefits afforded by alcohol, cigarette smoke, and chocolate! :-)

Matt Snowden said...

There is a women in our church who says of winter bourbon sipping, "None of us would drink it if we couldn't call it medicine." I wonder how she fights worms?