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9,837 illustrations — Vivid stories and real-world analogies for sermon use
On a clear autumn afternoon, I found myself wandering through a local park, captivated by the vibrant canvas of leaves painted in scarlet and gold. As I admired the trees, I stumbled upon a small clearing where a child was...
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In a bustling café downtown, I recently witnessed a scene that encapsulated the tension between technology and our yearning for authentic human connection. A young man sat alone at a table, his fingers dancing across the screen of his smartphone,...
In 2019, a retired teacher named Margaret Chen in Portland, Oregon, received a handwritten letter from a former student she barely remembered. The man, now...
Between 1892 and 1954, more than twelve million immigrants passed through the Great Hall on Ellis Island. They arrived speaking Yiddish, Italian, Greek, Mandarin, Polish,...
On May 27, 1992, a mortar shell struck a bread line in Sarajevo, killing twenty-two people who had simply been waiting for food. The city...
In the heart of a bustling city, a young woman named Sarah found herself at a crossroads in life. With her career taking off, she was celebrated for her achievements and surrounded by the allure of a fast-paced lifestyle. Yet,...
When you send a message through Signal, the app encrypts it end-to-end — meaning only the person you're writing to can unlock and read it....
In 1988, nearly 800,000 acres of Yellowstone National Park burned in a series of devastating wildfires. Rangers feared the park might never recover. But ecologist...
On August 3, 1992, British sprinter Derek Redmond lined up for the 400-meter semi-final at the Barcelona Olympics. He had trained for years, overcome multiple...
Underneath the vast, open sky, a young boy named Samuel spent his summer afternoons at his grandfather’s farm. One day, as he wandered through the fields, he stumbled upon a group of baby rabbits nestled in the tall grass. Their...
Sarah Chen worked the overnight shift in the ICU at Memorial Hospital in Houston during the spring of 2020. Every evening she suited up in...
On April 8, 2024, millions of Americans stopped everything to stare at the sky. In Dallas, Texas, traffic ground to a halt. Office workers spilled...
In December 1995, astronomers at NASA made a bold decision: they pointed the Hubble Space Telescope at one of the emptiest-looking patches of night sky...
Imagine for a moment a young parent, Sarah, standing in her living room, the gentle hum of her smartphone buzzing with notifications in one hand, while her toddler tugs at her pant leg with the other. The room is filled...
In July 1941, a prisoner escaped from Auschwitz. As punishment, SS guards selected ten men from the block to die by starvation. When Franciszek Gajowniczek...
In 1892, German anatomist Julius Wolff published a principle that orthopedic surgeons still rely on today. Wolff's Law states that bone remodels itself in response...
In 2018, firefighter Marcus Torres fell through a burning floor in a Houston warehouse, shattering both legs. Doctors told him he might never walk again....
In 2012, Marcus and Denise Holloway ran a small produce farm outside Tulsa, Oklahoma. When a brutal drought scorched the region, most neighboring farms held...
On April 15, 2019, the world watched Notre-Dame Cathedral burn. The spire collapsed into flame. The great rose windows cracked. And then, for five long...
There is an old practice in the spice markets of Aleppo that every merchant once knew. When a customer came to buy grain, the seller...
In the winter of 1944, Betsie ten Boom lay dying on a thin mattress in Ravensbrück concentration camp, her body wasted by forced labor and...
In our modern world, where the noise of distractions often drowns out the voice of truth, preaching can feel like navigating a stormy sea. Yet, just as the biblical figures faced their own tumultuous waters, we are called to engage...
In 1836, George Müller opened an orphanage on Wilson Street in Bristol, England, with exactly zero pounds in his operating fund. He had made one...
In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, British sprinter Derek Redmond was favored to medal in the 400-meter semifinal. Then, at the 150-meter mark, he heard a...