Product Description750 Engaging Illustrations for Preachers, Teachers, and Writers is a compilation of great stories and illustrations from Craig Brian Larson's many years with Leadership Journal. This popular collection offers unique features, such as: - alternate subject listings to help users adapt selections for use with many topics - easy-to-use topical index and Scripture index - the right for readers to photocopy entries for filing in their own system - illustrations that fit on one page for easy filing and use A convenient source for contemporary illustrations and stories, 750 Engaging Illustrations for Preachers, Teachers, and Writers will help users make their messages more memorable, powerful, and relevant to today's media-engaged listeners.
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Rating: - Rather disappointing
I'm sorry to say that this book turned out to be a disappointment to me. I am an associate pastor at a small church, and I am called upon about once a month to deliver the sermon during the main Sunday worship. A compelling story or vivid illustration can change a dull and forgetable sermon into a discourse that can touch a person's soul and change a life, and I was hoping to find such stories in this book.
Unfortunately, most of the stories found here seem rather meaningless or dull, ... Read More
Rating: - useful
In preparing for the event of speaking to others, it is appropriate to people one's ideas with concrete illustrations. While our ideas may be our own, our communication is a shread event. A tool such as this book helps us get beyond ourselves into the mind of others. At least, we know when we pick an illustration that two people like it - me and the author.