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An Alphabet of Grace

A 26-word parade of hope: beginning with God, ending with life, and urging us to do the same. Brief enough to write on a napkin or memorize in a moment, yet solid enough to weather two thousand years ...

How Does God Vindicate Us When We're Wronged?

Eric C. Redmond

How does God want you to respond when you are wronged, when you are in need of vindication?...

Illustration: Baseball in Heaven and Hell

The irony of sports in hell......

Illustration: Living for Today

If you're always living in the past or rushing toward the future, how can you be present in and enjoy the now?...

Illustration: Jesus

In their book Jesus Manifesto (Thomas Nelson), Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola share this: “There is a billboard in Oklahoma that reads, 'Eternity is hell without Jesus.’...

Illustration: Values

Rodney Dillard was a key member of the progressive bluegrass group, The Dillards. ...

Illustration: Love

In The Book of Babel by Mark Abley, the author says there are 6,000 languages spoken in the world today, but half of them are unlikely to survive into the next century. ...

Illustration: Cleansing from Sin

In a recent edition of the Daily Hope with Rick Warren email newsletter, Jon Walker writes: “Jasmine is my beautiful and tenderhearted dog (cockapoo). She knows it is wrong to go near an old barn that...

Illustration: Marriage

According to a column in “Ripley’s Believe It or Not,” the Tujia people in China have a unique ceremony in which the prospective bride and her wedding party cry every day for a month before the weddin...

Lord's Supper

The oldest synagogue in the western hemisphere is the Mikve synagogue on the island of Curacao....

To Illustrate: Swearing

News reports recently told of something unusual in South Pasadena, California. The city council adopted a resolution calling for one week off from swearing....

Church

When a new minister was introduced for the first Sunday of his ministry, he was surprised and pleased to be greeted with sustained applause. Thanking them, he said that he hoped for a long ministry wi...

Illustration: Death from the Perspective of 9-Year-Olds

Children have keen imaginations about lofty topics....

To Illustrate: Ressurection

Why didn’t they just lock up Jesus? That would have stopped Him from teaching, preaching and gathering followers. ...

Sermon Illustration: Christmas

President Calvin Coolidge was often called “Silent Cal.” It has become part of the legend of the man. Although, he wasn’t silent about Christmas. Here is what he said as his Christmas message in 1927:...

Pornography

According to a U.S. government study based on over 200,000 pieces of pornography, nearly three-quarters of all pornographic material is prepared for children under the age of 18. Pornography in the U...

Jesus

Robberies are not unusual, but this one is. A sketch by artist Salvador Dali has been stolen from the men's prison at Riker's Island. The sketch is of Jesus Christ on the cross....

An Interview with Max Lucado: Preaching John 3:16

his newest book, 3:16, Lucado explores that great passage we know as John 3:16. He recently visited with Preaching editor Michael Duduit about the sermon series that led to the book, then discussed hi...