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47 illustrations for sermon preparation
During inspection, workers discovered a live artillery shell wedged in a disused corner—a projectile that had remained concealed for over fourteen years.
The hand lifts itself to violence, as Cain's did against Abel, or grasps what belongs to others, as Achan seized forbidden spoils.
That ordinary crowing became extraordinary, ordained by Elohim for specific ends: to remind Peter of his broken promise, to witness to Christ's words Peter refused to believe, to reprove his sin, and to accuse his own conscience.
They "belong" to Christ—they are peculiarly and emphatically His.
The truths requiring cordial belief are these: all have sinned; I am a guilty sinner exposed to just punishment; Jesus Christ, having died for all, is Saviour to those who truly believe on Him.
The Paschal moon flooded the landscape nightly with splendor as pilgrims from across Palestine and beyond arrived in Jerusalem in family groups and bands, filling the city to overflowing.
Herod's sorrow when Salome demanded John the Baptist's head reveals a critical spiritual truth: not all tears flow from godly conviction.
The Biblical Illustrator identifies this legion as anger, malice, intemperance, murder, impurity, unfaithfulness, dishonesty, hypocrisy, ingratitude, disobedience, envy, covetousness, blasphemy, and atheism.
Rees preached last in North Wales, a friend said to him—one of those who are always reminding people that they are getting old—"You are whitening fast, Dr.
First, he directly contradicts Christ's express words that all disciples would fall away.
This repetition teaches us the nature of biblical *proseuche* (prayer): not a single petition, but sustained intercession through distress.
Exell observed three profound meanings in Christ's rising.
The Greek *ochlos* (ὄχλος), meaning "great multitude," designates not merely a numerical crowd but those without wealth, power, exalted rank, or intellectual refinement.
2:13), where every meat-offering required salt as a preservative, Christ establishes a profound contrast between two destinies.
This command demands reading with utmost attention, diligence, and devotion—weeping as John did until the sealed book was opened, digging deep in the mine of Scripture for the mind of God, and holding it fast lest it slip away.
Paul, writing to the Hebrews, calls this inner barrier "the second veil," describing it as the threshold beyond which lay the most sacred articles of Jewish worship.
Yet this encounter in Mark 5:21 reveals a paradox that Joseph S.
How long shall I be with you?"—reveals not divine anger but infinite pain.
Yet Elohim had a deeper purpose: Peter must become an eyewitness to all of Christ's sufferings, that the Church might know the cost of discipleship.
First, faith means taking God at His word about things unknown, unlikely, and untried—trusting your soul to His care, your sins to His cleansing, your life to His keeping.
Some suppose we must love our neighbour with the same *selfish* affection we naturally direct toward ourselves, yet such self-love is sinful and cannot be our model.
A paradox haunts this tetrarch: he reverenced God's faithful minister while remaining enslaved to his own appetites.
The Baptist rebuked Herod without provoking his anger, which reveals he spoke with gravity, temperance, sincerity, and genuine goodwill toward the king.
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