by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Apr 28, 2020 | Sermon Illustrations
Take the case of courage. No quality has ever so much addled the brains and tangled the definitions of merely rational sages. Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die. ‘He that will lose his...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Apr 21, 2020 | Conflict, Sermon Illustrations
When my kids were little, I used to hang piñatas from our favorite tree in the backyard as often as possible. Sometimes we did it for their birthdays, but sometimes we did it because it was Saturday, and what better day for a piñata than Saturday? I’d sneak off to the...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Apr 16, 2020 | Book Reviews
It is an interesting time to write a book review on the sacraments (or anything, for that matter). As Tim Chester, author of the book, Truth We Can Touch, points out, “You can read your Bible on your own. You can pray on your own. You can worship God on your own. But...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Apr 14, 2020 | Crisis, Sermon Illustrations
You fear you won’t. We all do. We fear that the depression will never lift, the yelling will never stop, the pain will never leave…We wonder: Will this gray sky ever brighten? This load ever lighten? We feel stuck, trapped, locked in. Predestined for failure. Will we...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Apr 8, 2020 | Death, Hope, Jesus' Death, Sermon Illustrations
What, as Christians, can we say to those who face death, either their own or that of their loved ones? We certainly can give them the hope of Christ’s resurrection, if they or their loved one has trusted Christ in repentance and faith. We can also assure them that...
