Category: Outlines and Illustrations

Introduction: In 1973, J. Paul Getty III was kidnapped in Rome and his captors demanded […]

As I’ve studied the book of Philemon, one verse has taken me be storm: Perhaps […]

(This entry is adapted from my sermon for February 6, 2011.) If there was ever […]

Luke 6:1-11 contains two stories involving the Sabbath Day. In the first, the disciples are […]

Introduction: The first half of Luke 4 has a lot to teach us about dealing […]

Some time ago while we were ministering in Jackson, Mississippi, Katrina and I visited the […]

Introduction: Mark Bittman is a well-known cookbook author and food writer for the New York […]

On this week in which we celebrate the birth of Christ, our primary source of […]

Introduction: For many years I thought that “faith” was primarily an intellectual and a spiritual […]

Introduction: Revelation 19 opens with the celebrations in heaven as Christ prepares to come to […]

Introduction: In his book, Thanks! How Practicing Gratitude Can Make You Happier, Dr. Robert Emmons […]

For my sermon at TDF on Thanksgiving weekend of 2010,I want to point out Psalm […]