Ten Tips on Sermon Illustrations
If you want to know how to do this well immerse yourself in Spurgeon and the Puritans. They illustrated phenomenally well. They used Scripture but they also used day to day things. As a side note it is rather comical when the Puritans use common held medical advice for illustrations.
Mine too! It’s a goal of mine to help many others rediscover Newton. I have a book idea that would make his letters current and be specifically written to pastors. But I’m not sure I’ve the talent to bring it to fruition. (That isn’t me being needlessly pessimistic about my writing skills. It’s a serious concern—I want to do justice to Newton’s work).
30 Books Every Christian Should Read Before Turning 30.
I’ve read 22 of them. I think my list might be a little different. Maybe I should do a 40 books pastors should read before turning 40. I’ve been shaped by so many good books.
Christianity Is Not a Frowning Contest
I think Alcorn is right. I’ve argued for awhile that we’ve forgotten how to lament. I think the other pole is missing as well. We don’t know how to be absurdly happy.
52 Ideas For Your Church This Year
There are some really fun and creative ideas in here. I rarely print off an article (with this being the 21st century and all) but I did print this one to go through in a future missions meeting. I think some of these might be great outreach or fellowship ideas.
Resting in God’s Sovereignty over My Anxiety
I believe there is a ton of truth in this article. There is a way that anxiety might be the means that God leads to propel us into greater joy in Christ. “Plenty of ink has been spilled on the numerous ways we can be sinful in times of depression, anxiety, and worry. I am careful to own my sinful thinking and repent. But have you ever considered that the other side of the anxiety-sin coin could be begging (dare I say, demanding) that the Lord remove the very thing He is using to refine us? Could my prayers for deliverance actually be sinful discontent?”
