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353 illustrations — Vivid stories and real-world analogies for sermon use
Every Friday morning at Haley House Bakery Cafe in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood, something quietly radical happens. Volunteers who spent the previous evening in prayer groups...
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In the autumn of 1904, a twenty-six-year-old Welsh coal miner named Evan Roberts could barely sleep. For thirteen years he had prayed for revival, and...
In 1965, Millard Fuller was a thirty-year-old millionaire in Montgomery, Alabama, with a law practice, a Lincoln Continental, and a marriage falling apart. His wife...
On November 15, 1940, Provost Richard Howard picked his way through the smoldering ruins of Coventry Cathedral. German bombers had reduced the 600-year-old sanctuary to...
In 2009, a young Haitian-American woman named Michaëlle Jean stood before the United Nations, largely unknown to the global stage. For years she had labored...
For six years, Susan Albright fasted every Wednesday during Lent. She skipped lunch, drank only water, and spent her break reading devotionals in her car...
In 1978, Coach Wayne Gordon moved into North Lawndale on Chicago's West Side — not to commute in for weekend charity, but to stay. The...
In 1843, a woman named Isabella Baumfree walked out of New York City with nothing but a pillowcase of belongings and a fierce conviction that...
In 1942, Clarence Jordan — a Baptist minister with a doctorate in Greek New Testament — drove his family into the red clay countryside outside...
Every Saturday morning, ceramic artist Elena Vargas opens her studio on Magnolia Street in San Antonio to teach free classes to teenagers from the surrounding...
For three years, the members of Mount Olive Baptist Church in Memphis held a Wednesday night fast. They gathered in their sanctuary, sang worship songs...
Marcus Webb had written his resignation letter three times. The small congregation in Huntsville had dwindled to thirty. The budget was nearly gone. His faith...
On Christmas Day, 1909, a twenty-one-year-old Japanese seminary student named Toyohiko Kagawa moved into a six-foot-by-six-foot shack in the Shinkawa slums of Kobe. The neighborhood...
Every Tuesday night, Maria Santos unlocks the doors of Spin Cycle Laundromat on Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis and puts up a hand-lettered sign: "Free Wash...
Hannah, a woman of deep anguish, understood the weight of gentleness in a world that often prizes strength. When she poured out her heart to God at Shiloh, her quiet cries were a fierce testament to her faith. In her...
Every Lent, Maria Dominguez gave up coffee, chocolate, and social media. She marked each day of self-denial on a calendar taped to her refrigerator. She...
By age twenty-nine, Millard Fuller had amassed a fortune. His law practice and business ventures in Montgomery, Alabama, had made him a millionaire. He had...
In 1901, William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, needed to send a message to rally his workers scattered across Britain. Telegrams charged by the...
In 1909, a twenty-one-year-old Japanese seminary student named Toyohiko Kagawa walked out of his comfortable dormitory in Kobe and moved into a six-foot-by-six-foot shack in...
Every Sunday morning, First Community Church in Decatur, Georgia held a prayer vigil for their struggling neighborhood. They sang. They fasted. They wept at the...
Every Sunday morning, the congregation of Grace Fellowship in Baton Rouge sang three hymns, bowed for a long pastoral prayer, and drove home past the...
There’s a small café in my neighborhood, a cozy spot where the scent of freshly brewed coffee fills the air. I often see a man named Samuel, a retired teacher, sitting by the window. Despite his age, he carries a...
In 2019, a pop-up restaurant called "Fyre Festival Dining" became an internet sensation for all the wrong reasons. Guests paid hundreds of dollars for an...
Every January, Grace Fellowship in south Memphis held a twenty-four-hour prayer and fasting vigil. The sanctuary would fill with worship music, the smell of candles,...