{"id":19664,"date":"2004-04-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-04-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/2004\/04\/01\/whats-in-brown-paper-sack\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T19:14:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T19:14:36","slug":"whats-in-brown-paper-sack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/whats-in-brown-paper-sack\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s in the Brown Paper Sack?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t<strong>I<\/strong> was filling in for a pastor who was on vacation. I was prepared, prayed up, and ready to preach. That is, until the youth pastor stepped up to give the children&#039;s sermon.<\/p>\n\n<p>What happened next changed my preaching forever.<\/p>\n\n<p>The youth pastor read the Scripture and then pulled out &quot;the brown paper sack.&quot; I leaned forward, wondering what he had in the bag. Looking at the audience, I noticed all the adults were caught up into his message, too, some on the edge of their seats trying to get a good look.<\/p>\n\n<p>When it was my turn, I put on my preacher voice and preached just as hard and fast as I could. The usual handshakes followed, along with &quot;Good sermon today, Preacher,&quot; but I knew those comments were better directed at the youth pastor. He had captured their attention, and it was his message they took home.<\/p>\n\n<p>It was then I decided to make the &quot;brown paper sack&quot; a regular part of my preaching. People remember the point when it&#039;s represented by a prop.<\/p>\n\n<p>My sons&#039; toy boxes and closets have been the source for many of them.<\/p>\n\n<p>One Sunday I was preaching on obedience. My visual that day was a remote controlled car. It was a big one that would flip and do wheelies and spin. But while I was running the car around the back of the sanctuary, it ran into the leg of the trustee chairman.<\/p>\n\n<p>My older ladies were not happy that I had brought the car into the auditorium, but the kids loved it. I think the trustee did too&mdash;after the scars healed.<\/p>\n\n<p>People remember visual illustrations. They remember the misfires even longer.<\/p>\n\n<p>Memorable mishaps\nLast year I preached a sermon on grace and works. For the visual I tried to recreate the popular bridge illustration. Using two-by-fours I built two &quot;bridges,&quot; one long and one short.<\/p>\n\n<p>The long bridge of grace extended all the way to the gift of God, a wooden crate covered in brown butcher paper. The bridge of works fell short. So did I.<\/p>\n\n<p>I walked across the grace bridge successfully, but on the works bridge, I lost my balance and slipped off. As I went down, my illustration pushed a pew into the piano and broke. A gasp was heard all over the auditorium, and everyone was on their feet. I bounced right up and continued preaching. People still mention that message and how the illustration made a lasting impression.<\/p>\n\n<p>So did this one: I was preaching about prayer. My text was from Revelation, the passage where the prayers of the saints ascend as incense.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-left alignleft is-style-article-callout is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>As I went down, my illustration pushed a pew into the piano and broke. A gasp was heard all over the auditorium, and everyone was on their feet.<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>At the appropriate time I lit several sticks of incense. One of the ladies sitting up front jumped up, ran to the back, and in a moment was puffing on her inhaler. I had caused an asthma attack.<\/p>\n\n<p>People remember that one, too. 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