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22 illustrations for sermon preparation
In 2011, a massive EF5 tornado tore through Joplin, Missouri, flattening entire neighborhoods in minutes. Wind speeds exceeded 200 miles per hour. Houses became kindling....
On May 20, 2013, an EF5 tornado — two miles wide with 210 mph winds — bore down on Moore, Oklahoma. Briarwood Elementary sat directly...
In a small town, there was a community center known for its vibrant gatherings. Every Sunday, families from all walks of life would come together, sharing meals and stories, forging bonds that reflected the love of Christ. One year, the...
In March 2022, as Russian missiles struck Kyiv, a young mother named Mariana went into labor in the basement of a maternity hospital. Doctors had...
In 2011, a massive EF5 tornado carved a mile-wide path through Joplin, Missouri, flattening entire neighborhoods in minutes. Wind speeds exceeded 200 miles per hour....
On February 24, 2022, when Russian missiles began striking Kyiv, doctors and nurses at the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital rushed newborns from the maternity ward into...
In the heart of a bustling city, there’s a small community center that serves as a refuge for many facing life's storms—people from different walks of life, carrying burdens that often feel insurmountable. Within these walls, you might find a...
In 2018, Iranian authorities raided an apartment in Tehran where nine Christians had gathered for worship. They confiscated Bibles, arrested the host, and padlocked the...
In 2011, a massive EF5 tornado carved through Joplin, Missouri, leveling entire neighborhoods in minutes. Bethany Stover clutched her newborn son in a hallway closet...
In June 2018, twelve boys from the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach crawled into the Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand for a...
In February 1944, the Gestapo raided the ten Boom home in Haarlem, Holland. Corrie ten Boom and her family had been sheltering Jewish refugees for...
In February 1944, the Gestapo raided the ten Boom home in Haarlem, Netherlands. Corrie ten Boom and her family had been hiding Jewish refugees behind...
In 1655, the Duke of Savoy ordered the extermination of the Waldensians, a small community of believers who had clung to the gospel in the...
In the winter of 1940, Pastor André Trocmé stood before his congregation in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, a small village in the mountains of south-central France, and...
On February 9, 1709, the Epworth rectory in Lincolnshire, England, burst into flames in the dead of night. Susanna Wesley — already mother to more...
In October 1943, the Nazi regime prepared to round up every Jewish citizen in Denmark — over seven thousand men, women, and children marked for...
In 1174, a merchant named Peter Waldo of Lyon gave away his wealth and began preaching the gospel in the language of common people. The...
When Elise Thornton went into labor at just twenty-four weeks, the doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville already had a plan. Before her...
In September 1939, before a single German bomb had fallen on London, the British government launched Operation Pied Piper — the largest mass evacuation in...
In the heart of California, nestled among vibrant vineyards and the whispering winds of the Pacific, there lies a church that is not just a sanctuary of worship but a beacon of hope in the face of climate change. This...
In 356 AD, imperial soldiers stormed a church in Alexandria, Egypt, with orders to arrest Bishop Athanasius. The Arian heresy — which denied the full...
In 1730, French authorities locked nineteen-year-old Marie Durand inside the Tower of Constance in Aigues-Mortes, a circular stone fortress rising from the marshlands of southern...
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