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1001 Illustrations that Connect
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Overview
Every preacher, teacher, or writer knows the value of a good illustration in helping connect the truth of the passage with the congregation or class—and how hard it is to come up with good illustrations week after week.
This book contains the cream of the crop: 1001 illustrations carefully selected from among thousands on Christianity Today’s popular website PreachingToday.com. These illustrations are proven, memorable, and illuminating. As the saying goes, they will preach! And they’re fresh, all written within the past seven years.
Of course the best illustrations are no good if you can’t find the right one. These illustrations have been arranged according to twelve master topics, each divided into several subtopics. Further, with Logos Bible Software, you can employ the powerful search features to find exactly what you’re looking for!
- Divided by subject into 37 sections for each reference
- Contains detailed topical index
- Instantly find what you’re looking for with the search features in Logos Bible Software!
- Title: 1001 Illustrations that Connect
- Authors: Craig Brian Larson, Phyllis Ten Elshof
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Print Publication Date: 2008
- Logos Release Date: 2010
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital > Logos Edition
- Subjects: Sermons; Homiletical illustrations
- ISBNs: 9780310591320, 9780310280378
- Resource ID: LLS:1001ILLCONCT
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2019-08-13T20:31:06Z
Craig Brian Larson is chief editor for Christianity Today's PreachingToday.com, an online journal and illustration service. He also pastors a church in Chicago, Illinois. His books include Contemporary Illustrations for Preachers, Teachers, and Writers; Preaching That Connects; and The Art and Craft of Biblical Preaching. He and his family live in the Chicago suburbs.
Phyllis Ten Elshof is employed with Christianity Today International, Carol Stream, Illinois. She has been editor of Your Church magazine, a CTI publication; news editor for The Banner, in Grand Rapids, Michigan; and a feature reporter for the Clarion-Ledger newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi. She lives near Grand Rapids, Michigan.