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Three Reasons You Can Sing Today

November 17, 2014Mike Leake 2 Comments

I’ve decided to do a little more to bridge the gap between my writing ministry and my ministry here at First Baptist Jasper. To this end I’ll occasionally post sermons that I’ve preached in the past that I believe may… Continue Reading →

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When Sermon Illustrations Sit For Twenty Years

October 2, 2013Mike Leake

In 1720 an inquisitive young man set to observing spiders. What had captivated his mind was the curiosity of how a spider can spin a web from tree to tree. Through curious observation and various experiments he came to a… Continue Reading →

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What Can We Learn From Voltaire?

May 31, 2013Mike Leake 2 Comments

Voltaire isn’t an evil robot from an 80’s cartoon, nor is he the bad guy from Harry Potter. Voltaire was an atheist that hated God and the Bible. Near the end of his life he claimed that within 100 hundred… Continue Reading →

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You Make the Illustration: Dog Pulling Up a Root

October 15, 2012Mike Leake

Charles Spurgeon was the master of sermon illustrations.  In his helpful Lectures to My Students he devotes five chapters (105 pages) of his work to the the importance of using good illustrations.  At one point he encourages ministers to train… Continue Reading →

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