A young Baptist Minister was preaching a Revival at a small church in Maryland. Following the service the pastor of the church asked him to stand at the back door with him to greet people as they left to go home. He enjoyed talking with several people, all of whom were very nice and complimented him on the message. But then a woman walked up to him and took him off guard by grabbing him by the hand, looking him straight in the eye and saying, "Dr. Streiker that was a sorry sermon.” Then instead of leaving she turned around and walked back inside the auditorium. He didn’t know what to think. Then a few minutes later there she re-appeared. This time she shook his hand, and said, "A sorry sermon and you didn’t even preach it well" Then just as she had before, she turned around and walked back into the auditorium instead of leaving. A few minutes later she returned, looked him straight in the eye, shook his hand for the third time and said, "A sorry sermon and you didn’t preach it

...

Continue reading this sermon illustration (Free with PRO)