Sermon illustrations Being Watchful A Roaring Lion in Context When you imagine a lion, what comes to your mind? For me, I envision a lion’s strong, giant, catlike torso that is covered with a tan coat and moving with a cocky strut. I see his unflinching facial...
Sermon illustrations Lions The Embodiment of their Hopes I have been reading Julian Jackson’s biography of Charles de Gaulle — it’s exceptional, so far — and I find myself meditating on a story Jackson tells near the beginning of the book. In June of 1940,...
Sermon illustrations Restoration The Best Treatment (Sometimes) is No Treatment In 1974, Cynthia Illingworth, an English physician specializing in emergency medicine, discovered that when children accidentally sever the finger tip (down to the first joint), the best...
Sermon Illustrations on THE FIVE SENSES The BodyJoy Awakens from a Smell On a trip to France during college, I (Cyd) was walking through a historic garden in Paris with my older sister. Rounding one of the reflecting pools, we both caught a familiar scent and stopped...
Sermon illustrations Emptiness The Blood Suckers During a large part of my childhood my father was in school, so we never really went on a traditional “vacation” until late in my elementary school years. I distinctly remember one of our first trips, where we left the...
Sermon illustrations Christ the King The Daughter of a King The British novelist George MacDonald loved writing stories about princes and princesses. At one point in his life, someone asked him why he focused so much of his writing on them.His answer was profound:...
