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12 illustrations for sermon preparation
True Christians manifest Christ's personal *presence* among men.
This distinguishes His Church from every other society—without Christ present, there is no Church.
The striking agreement between Paul's report and the eyewitness accounts of those present stands as evidence of Scripture's truth.
This verse captures the great change and its obligations.
To eat and drink unworthily means partaking of the sacramental bread and wine contrary to Christ's institution, not discerning the Lord's body in the ordinance.
The greatest truths burned high in the heavens like the star that guided the Magi, yet they directed Christians to the humblest details of daily conduct.
This is not peculiar to Christianity—the ancient Greeks inscribed "Know thyself" on their noblest public buildings.
First, it denotes God's essence, majesty, and perfections—the *doxa* (glory) that radiates from His divine nature.
In 1723, Johann Sebastian Bach took up his post as Thomaskantor at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, Germany. The position was grueling — he was...
Paul's instruction that women wear a covering "because of the angels" (1 Corinthians 11:10) reveals his characteristic method: he never rests in mere rules, but anchors conduct in *arche* (first principles) applicable across all circumstances.
The Apostle Paul warns against a dangerous illusion: the believer who imagines himself beyond the reach of temptation.
In the summer of 1906, six members of the Charles Henry Warren family fell ill with typhoid fever in their rented home in Oyster Bay,...
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