Illustrations for Preaching and Teaching: From Leadership Journal Book

Preachers crave illustrations like the thundering steam locomotives of yesteryear did coal. Whether we preach one sermon a week or three, whether we're veterans in the pulpit or novices, we burn illustrations as fast as they're shoveled in.Unlike coal, however, a telling illustration is as rare and valuable as a diamond. Out of the scores of illustrations submitted each quarter for To Illustrate, the column of sermon illustrations in Leadership, only eight to twelve glitter bright enough for publication.