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150 illustrations — Vivid stories and real-world analogies for sermon use
Music has an extraordinary power to shape our lives, transcending barriers and binding us together in shared experience. Imagine walking through a bustling city street, where the cacophony of honking cars and chattering pedestrians suddenly gives way to a street...
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In the heart of our bustling modern world, where the whispers of climate change echo through our cities and landscapes, we find ourselves in a narrative as ancient as time. Picture the Apostle Peter, standing on the rooftop in Joppa,...
In 1912, Sadhu Sundar Singh arrived in a remote Tibetan village to preach the gospel. The village lama was furious. He ordered Sundar Singh arrested...
In 2013, a nurse named Erin Marie Olszewski walked into a hospital administrator's office in New York and refused to falsify patient records. Her supervisors...
In 1741, Count Nikolaus von Zinzendorf stood before a skeptical audience in London, tasked with introducing the Moravian missionary movement to the English-speaking world. Zinzendorf...
In a bustling coffee shop, a group of friends gathered every week, their laughter intertwining with the gentle hum of steaming milk and clinking cups. They were not just there to enjoy their favorite brews; they were there to share...
In 1661, a Bedford tinker named John Bunyan stood before English magistrates who offered him a simple bargain: stop preaching and go home to your...
In the autumn of 1904, Evan Roberts was a twenty-six-year-old coal miner in Loughor, Wales, known mostly for his quiet temperament and calloused hands. He...
As we gather today, let’s take a moment to reflect on the profound challenge of climate change that we face in our world—a challenge that resonates deeply with the heart of our faith. In Acts 10:34-35, we are reminded that...
On January 13, 2018, a false missile alert went out across Hawaii. Every phone on every island buzzed simultaneously with the same terrifying message: "BALLISTIC...
On December 28, 1944, Corrie ten Boom sat on her thin mattress in Ravensbrück concentration camp, her body weakened by months of forced labor and...
On October 13, 2010, a billion people worldwide watched their television screens as a narrow rescue capsule broke the surface at the San José mine...
In 2010, thirty-three Chilean miners were trapped 2,300 feet underground in the San José copper mine near Copiapó. For seventeen days, the world didn't even...
On October 13, 2010, shift foreman Luis Urzúa sat 2,300 feet below the Atacama Desert in Chile, where he and thirty-two other miners had been...
On October 13, 2010, Mario Sepulveda stepped into a narrow metal capsule called the Phoenix, 2,300 feet beneath the Atacama Desert in Chile. For sixty-nine...
In 2010, thirty-three Chilean miners were trapped 2,300 feet underground in the San José copper mine near Copiapó. For seventeen days, no one on the...
In our bustling, modern world, the invitation to embrace the Holy Spirit can sometimes feel daunting, as if we are navigating a stormy sea without a compass. Yet, much like the early followers of Christ, we too are called to...
In October 2001, recovery workers sifting through the wreckage at Ground Zero discovered a Callery pear tree beneath the rubble — snapped nearly in half,...
In 1813, Adoniram Judson sailed from America with India fixed firmly in his mind. He would plant the gospel there, he was certain. But the...
In 2010, a Chilean copper mine collapsed, trapping thirty-three miners nearly half a mile underground. For seventeen days, no one on the surface knew if...
In 2018, a small Baptist church in rural Alabama had the same Wednesday night potluck they'd hosted for forty years — casseroles on folding tables,...
In the heart of California, a small church took a bold step that would ripple through its community like a stone thrown into a tranquil pond. This wasn’t just any church; it was a vibrant congregation that believed in the...
In 1943, a sharecropper named Hattie Mae Roberts in Kosciusko, Mississippi, made a quiet promise to God. She couldn't read, owned nothing, and picked cotton...
When Idi Amin expelled all missionaries from Uganda in 1972, many feared the Ugandan church would collapse. Instead, it exploded. Without foreign leadership, local believers stepped up. The church grew from 2 million to over 10 million in the following decades.