Sermon Illustrations

Two Preachers and Two Signs

Two preachers were standing beside the mountan road holding two signs. One sign said "turn around before it is too late" and the other said "the end is near". All the sudden a car came speeding around the curve and past the two preachers holding their signs and never slowed down. All the sudden, there was a sound of screeching tires, the high pitch of twisting steel, the sound of breaking glass, and finally the crunch of metal. One preacher said to the other, "do you think we ought to change our sign to say ’bridge out ahead’ "?