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The orthodox, historical consensus of biblical interpretation.
Key question: “What is the most widely accepted and historically grounded understanding of this text?”
25,889 sermon illustrations through the Traditional lens
Vivid sensory description for preaching John 8:12-30
Vivid sensory description for preaching Luke 12:1-12
Vivid sensory description for preaching Psalm 86
In C.S. Lewis's *The Voyage of the Dawn Treader*, the boy Eustace Scrubb falls asleep on a dragon's hoard and wakes to discover he has...
Vivid sensory description for preaching John 7:37-52
In March 2019, a three-year-old boy named Casey Hathaway wandered away from his grandmother's backyard in Craven County, North Carolina, and disappeared into dense woodland....
Vivid sensory description for preaching Matthew 18:1-9
Vivid sensory description for preaching Psalm 83
Vivid sensory description for preaching Mark 13:9-13
Vivid sensory description for preaching Luke 24:13-35
In George MacDonald's beloved children's novel *The Princess and the Goblin*, young Princess Irene receives a remarkable gift from her mysterious great-great-grandmother: a thin, silken...
Vivid sensory description for preaching Matthew 27:45-56
For nearly fifty years, Mother Teresa carried a secret. Letters published after her death revealed that the woman the world celebrated as a saint of...
In 2010, neuroscientist Yadin Dudai and his team at the Weizmann Institute of Science made a remarkable discovery about what happens inside the brain when...
Vivid sensory description for preaching Mark 1:1-8
Vivid sensory description for preaching Luke 4:38-44
Vivid sensory description for preaching Luke 4:1-13
Vivid sensory description for preaching Matthew 6:5-15
Vivid sensory description for preaching Psalm 116
Vivid sensory description for preaching Matthew 27:57-66
Young sunflowers do something remarkable. From dawn to dusk, they track the sun across the sky, turning their faces from east to west in a...
In the 1980s, Dr. Tiffany Field at the University of Miami founded the Touch Research Institute after observing something remarkable in neonatal intensive care units....
Vivid sensory description for preaching Mark 10:46-52
In 1947, when Jackie Robinson stepped onto Ebbets Field as the first Black player in Major League Baseball, the abuse was relentless. Opposing players spiked...