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100 illustrations for sermon preparation
In the heart of our bustling, modern world, we often find ourselves at a crossroads where the pressures of life seem to collide with the call of our faith. Just like the biblical figures who faced their own daunting challenges,...
In our churches, the struggle with mental health often remains hidden beneath the surface, like a deep well obscured by a placid pool. Yet, just as the woman who reached out to touch the hem of Jesus' garment—eluding notice in...
In today’s rapidly changing world, the challenges and opportunities of Diversity and Inclusion can feel overwhelming, especially for those of us who seek to live out our faith. But if we look closely, Scripture is alive with examples of characters...
In 1666, Isaac Newton darkened his room at Trinity College, Cambridge, and cut a small hole in the window shutter. A narrow beam of sunlight...
In the midst of turbulent political waters, we might feel like sailors battling a storm at sea. Imagine a small boat, tossed by waves, with a diverse crew aboard—each member representing a different perspective, each voice vying for attention as...
William Wilberforce sat in the British Parliament for years, hearing impassioned speeches about the horrors of the Atlantic slave trade. He knew the statistics —...
On the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse has thrown its beam across the Atlantic since 1870. Sailors caught in the treacherous...
On August 5, 2011, NASA launched the Juno spacecraft on a five-year journey to Jupiter. When it finally slipped into orbit, scientists discovered something remarkable...
When NASA released the first deep-field images from the James Webb Space Telescope in July 2022, astronomer Jane Rigby stood at the podium in Greenbelt,...
For twenty-two winters, Ruth Abernathy left a kerosene lamp burning in the front window of her farmhouse outside Galena, Kansas. Not because she expected anyone....
In nineteenth-century Bristol, England, George Müller opened his orphanages with nothing but prayer and an unshakable conviction about the character of God. One morning in...
Margaret Chen kept a wooden recipe box on her kitchen counter in Portland, Oregon — a gift from her grandmother. Inside were over two hundred...
Margaret Rowe spent forty-one years climbing the seventy-six steps of the Cape Bonavista lighthouse on Newfoundland's eastern coast. Every evening at dusk, without exception, she...
When astronauts aboard the International Space Station orbit Earth, they witness something that reshapes how they understand light and darkness. From the ground, we watch...
In 1838, George Müller sat at a long wooden table in his Bristol orphanage with three hundred children. The plates were empty. The cupboards held...
In a physics lab at the University of Chicago, Dr. Keiko Nakamura would begin each semester the same way. She held a glass prism up...
Every September, Helen Matsuda drove her grandchildren out to the old orchard on Maple Ridge Road outside Wenatchee, Washington. The trees had been planted by...
George Müller of Bristol kept meticulous records. Over sixty years of caring for more than ten thousand orphans in Victorian England, he documented over fifty...
Margaret Chen kept her Red Cross first aid manual on the kitchen shelf between a cookbook and a potted basil plant. She had taken the...
Every year, the National Fire Protection Association reports that three out of five home fire deaths occur in houses where smoke detectors were either missing...
Elena Rodriguez signed up for Spanish classes the year her abuela moved from San Salvador to the apartment downstairs. For eighteen months, she filled three...
Every morning, the slip of paper sat next to the coffee maker. Dr. Sarah Chen at the Cleveland Clinic had written it out carefully —...
Margaret Chen kept a wooden box on her kitchen counter in Portland, Oregon, filled with over two hundred recipe cards written in her grandmother's careful...
In Israel, two bodies of water are fed by the same river, yet they could not be more different. The Sea of Galilee receives the...
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