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Illustration: Confusion, Signs

Often those signs and indicators intended for adults leave children confused and exasperated....

Illustration: Confusion

A pediatrician in town always plays a game with some of his young patients to put them at ease and test their knowledge of body parts. ...

Assumptions, Confusion

It was the first day of school. As the principal made his rounds, he heard a terrible commotion coming from one of the classrooms. He rushed in and spotted one boy, taller than the others, who seemed ...

Fathers, Faithfulness

It's a fascinating story that comes out of the 1989 earthquake which almost flattened Armenia. This deadly tremor killed over 30,000 people in less than four minutes. In the midst of all the co...

Sermon Illustration: Thanksgiving

Melodie Beattie, a noted self-help author, often stresses the importance of gratitude. ...

Diligence

It happened at the battle of Mill Springs in South Central Kentucky. It seems the battle was raging in early morning on a fog-shrouded ridge. The two armies were involved in hand-to-hand combat and th...

Illustration: Names

The story appeared in the January 29, 2003, edition of The Washington Post. Titled “Picabo’s Problem,” it is a story about the well-known Olympic gold medallist, Picabo Street. The article notes that ...

Time

It is not correct to say that there are 365 days in a year. A year is about one fourth of a day longer than that. There are 365.24219878 days in a year. By the year 46 B.C. that little bit of time had...

Spiritual Riches

Fortune in a Bottle Fifty-five year old Jack Wurm had reached the depths of despair. He had failed in business and now was killing time walking along a California beach between job interviews. As he p...

Does God Really Talk to People?

In this week's sermon, you'll discover how to know God's voice when He speaks to us....

Ministry Post-9/11: Thoughts from Leading Pastors

Trevin Wax

Five well-known pastors, including two former Muslims, respond to the question: "How does living in a post-9/11 world influence the way you preach and do ministry?" ...

Easter Sunday: Deliverance Now!

March 31, 2013—John 20:1-18...

The Power of the Big Idea

What did you learn in church today? How is it possible that so many people, young and old, can respond with nothing but silence to such a simple question after spending an entire Sunday morning in chu...

The Challenges We Face: A New Generation of Gospel Ministers Looks to the Future

Albert Mohler

Will this generation of gospel ministers finish the race? It will require gospel faithfulness at every turn....

Catch-and-Release Preaching

Are there similarities between fishing and preaching? Jesus thought so, but He wasn't talking about catch-and-releast fishing....

The Expository Method

"It is, perhaps, an overbold beginning, but I will venture to say that with its preaching, Christianity stands or falls." – P.T. Forsyth...