750 Engaging Illustrations for Preachers, Teachers & Writers

Jacket Description/Back: Your one-stop source for relevant, compelling illustrations. With this user-friendly, portable volume, you can access more than 750 illustrations that will make your preaching, teaching, and writing more effective and your messages more memorable. Drawn 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 - Scripture index and easy-to-use topical index- the right for readers to photocopy entries for filing in their own system - space to record when and where each story or illustration is used A convenient source for contemporary illustrations and stories, "750 Engaging Illustrations for Preachers, Teachers, and Writers" will help you make your messages more powerful and relevant to today's media-saturated listeners. Biographical Note: Craig Brian Larson is editor of PreachingToday.com and Preaching Today audio, produced by Christianity Today International. He is also the author of Staying Power. Larson is the pastor of Lake Shore Church in Chicago and lives in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Marc Notes: First work originally published: Illustrations for preaching and teaching. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Books, 1993. 2nd work originally published: Contemporary illustrations for preachers, teachers, and writers. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Books, 1996. 3rd work originally published: Choice contemporary stories and illustrations. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Books, 1998.; One volume ed. originally published 2002.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 621-644) and indexes. Publisher Marketing: 750 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.

Contributor Bio:  Larson, Craig Brian 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.