Illustrations Archives

• Search For God  (July 20, 2007)
• Satan's Work  (July 20, 2007)
• Salvation By Grace  (July 20, 2007)
• Salvation By Grace  (July 20, 2007)
• Salvation By Grace  (July 20, 2007)
• Salvation By Grace  (July 20, 2007)
• Salt of the Earth  (July 20, 2007)
• Sacrifice of Christ  (July 20, 2007)
  Leslie B. Flynn told a story that illustrates a great truth. An orphaned boy was living with his grandmother when their house caught fire. The grandmother, trying to get upstairs to rescue the boy, perished in the flames. The boy's cries for help were finally answered by a man who climbed an iron drainpipe and came back down with the boy hanging tightly to his neck...
• Repentance  (July 20, 2007)
• Procrastination  (July 20, 2007)
• Sacred Marriage  (July 20, 2007)
• Sacred Marriage  (July 20, 2007)
• Sabbath  (July 20, 2007)
  Mike Duffy, writing in the Detroit Free Press, makes this observation: "For many people, blue Monday is merely the follow-up to blah Sunday." Although it might be difficult to pin down one specific reason for this strange phenomenon, Mr. Duffy does single out a possible cause...
• Revenge  (July 20, 2007)
• Respecter of Persons  (July 20, 2007)
• Redemption Through Christ  (July 20, 2007)
• Purpose of Life  (July 20, 2007)
• Quarrels  (July 20, 2007)
  After Dunkirk, in the Second World War, there was a tendency on all hands to look for someone to blame for the disaster which had befallen the British forces, and there were many who wished to enter into bitter recriminations with those who had guided things in the past.
• Promises Concerning Afflictions  (July 20, 2007)
  An evangelist told the following story in one of his campaigns. He said, "I have a friend who during the depression lost a job, a fortune, a wife, and a home, but tenaciously held to his faith - the only thing he had left. One day he stopped to watch some men building a stone church. One
• Progress of Church  (July 20, 2007)
  Playing Church Anne Ortlund writes: When I was little we used to play church. We'd get the chairs into rows, fight over who'd be preacher, vigorously lead the hymn singing, and generally have a great carnal time. The aggressive kids naturally wanted to be up front, directing or preaching