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Illustration: Death and Good Reputation

At one's passing from this life to the next, what will others know and believe about you and the life you lived on earth? Will it be a testimony for good or for loss?...

Sermon Illustration: Peace of Mind

David Suchet is a well-know British actor, known primarily for his brilliant portrayal of Agatha Christie’s eccentric detective, Hercule Poirot. In an interview in The Strand magazine, he was asked ab...

Influence

The ancient Greek mathematician once used his ingenuity to help defend his home against foreign invaders. When Roman forces prepared to attack Syracuse about 214 BC, Archimedes installed mirrors on sh...

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 ...

What Is the Apostles' Creed?

Jared C. Wilson

The creed, attributed to the earliest missionary followers of Jesus, distills the basic outline of what it means to be a Christian into a short summation that belies the depth and richness of what it ...

Living in Darkness

One of the greatest tragedies for people would be to live in darkness when they could live in the light. Rose Crawford had been blind for 50 years. The amazing thing about her story, however, was that...

Beauty & Gratitude

For 51 years Bob Edens was blind. He couldn't see a thing. His world was a black hall of sounds and smells. He felt his way through five decades of darkness. And then, he could see. A skilled surgeon ...

Faith And Confidence

A little girl named Mary was in bed one night preparing for lights-outs. Prayers had been said and Mom had hugged her. Perhaps in an effort to put-off sleeptime, Mary asked her mother why God created ...

Illustration: Biblical Literacy

What's in a question? Not the typical Sunday School answer. How well do your church leaders know the Bible from which they live and preach?...

Fear Not!

What do you do when your fears seem to be winning the day? What if you pray and God still hasn’t come through for you? If you are like most people, you begin to lose hope, and you wonder why you bothe...

Illustration: Marriage, Vision

Marriage partners are a matter of perspective, which become our realities....

The Gospel in an Abortion Culture

Russell Moore

What we often forget is the second casualty of an abortion culture: the consciences of countless men and women....

Faith

After the 1988 Winter Olympics, a television show featured a group of blind skiers being trained for slalom skiing. Paired with sighted skiers, the blind skiers were taught on the flats how to make ri...

MacArthur: The Emergent Church is a Form of Paganism

Paul Edwards interviews pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church John MacArthur about the emerging church movement in America....

What Women Wish Their Preacher Knew

Many Christian women today view the sermon—the proclamation of the gospel—as the centerpiece of the worship experience. They yearn for the serious pastor to stand with integrity in the pulpit, open hi...

Evangelism

Through the courtesy of MovieMinistry.com, we'll be frequently sharing illustrations from films. Here's one from the new movie, Secondhand Lions. The Big Idea: You can't reach out to people you don't...

Pessimism

An optimist sees the best in the world, while a pessimist sees only the worst. An optimist finds the positive in the negative, and a pessimist can only find the negative in the positive. For example, ...